89. [Video/Action for travel group]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[A short while after the singing wild Pokemon and egg presents had died down, a rather unfortunate discovery was made upon dialing a number she'd been meaning to dial ever since Claudia Wolf and Kaito Kuroba had disappeared from Johto.]

[Already on the road, the weather's mild enough (even with the wind picking up) that Heather decided that was pretty much a good time to pocket her Valentine's Day present and just head off for a walk. Because lord knows, she needs one.]

[It's not the first time Johto has given everyone the gift of a precious little egg, but it is the first time that Heather's found herself resenting it.]

[The video feed pops on, focused in on a tiny, pale yellow little egg hardly bigger than a chicken's, nestled in the palm of Heather's hand as dry grass goes past underfoot.]</sub>



It would be so easy to just... crush it.

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[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Very zen! Unfortunately... Heather's not keen on having what she herself has been preaching for so long-- and just been turned against at last due to the sheer weight of losing three people at once, one of whom she'd never made peace with-- preached back at her. It's like losing faith and then being lectured about how important faith is.]

[Her voice trembles when she speaks.]</sub>

I have been thinking of them as tests of character for two. Years.

I've been imagining that they've been making me stronger.

But they aren't, and they haven't.

So save it for someone who's just gotten here and needs to be consoled over losing their best friend for the first time, because I've been around this fucking block.

_{[It's harsh, nasty, and unfair of her to hurl it all back in Ziva's face like this. But that had touched a nerve, apparently.}

[video]

[bywiseguidance]

Poor you.

[Harsh? Nasty? Unfair? That's Ziva's life story, right there. She's used to it--Heather's tirade isn't fazing her in the least.]

Wailing and gnashing your teeth will not bring them back. It will not make life 'fair.' Nothing is fair.

[video]

[foolishwren]

I think you missed the part where I ever claimed EITHER of those was the case.

Fuck off, lady.

_{[Heather's lived two (short) lives' worth of unspeakable horrors. She knows life is unfair, and that making a scene doesn't change anything. This isn't for the sake of change. ... What it IS for, she's not totally sure. Maybe just blowing off the steam she's been trying to keep in with each passing loss.]}

I've already heard your advice in my OWN voice and if THAT'S not worth listening to anymore, hearing it again isn't gonna change a damn thing.