foolishwren | 97. [Action for Goldenrod/Private Text]

97. [Action for Goldenrod/Private Text]

[Locked to Ironhide, Minnie Mouse, Otacon, and Dale Cooper]

I don't know if it'll fix anything at this point, because I said some pretty horrendous things to all of you, but for what it's worth, I'm sorry.

I'll understand if you're still mad. None of you need to reply to this.

[Action for Goldenrod]

_{[It's probably not surprising that there's been radio silence from Heather on the 'Gear for awhile, considering... well, everything. Even if she hadn't had her 'Gear confiscated as part of the 'grounding', she hadn't exactly been in a chatty mood.]

[But even if she's bound to the city, she's not bound to the hotel room, and considering that she's sort of in the doghouse at the moment, she's not too interested in staying cooped up with the people who are rightfully upset with her.]

[So she can be found wandering the streets of Goldenrod City with Cujo padding along at her side, window-shopping or occasionally lounging on a bench-- minus the firepowers that blew the metaphorical Diglett-hole into a volcanic mountain a few weeks ago, but unfortunately still with the unattractive aftereffects of the whole ordeal: smoky black hair, patches of scorched-looking skin, and a permanent burnt-toast smell following her around.]}

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I hear you're grounded.

_{[Ugh, who hasn't heard...]}

I think everybody's heard by now.

_{[Thanks to Harry's broadcast...]}

The only thing I didn't hear was why.

Would you like to tell me yourself, or would you rather I start guessing and we'll both see how close I can get to the right answer?

well what the heck

your guesses'd probably be funnier than what actually happened, so go ahead

_{[Anything to lighten the mood a little...]}

Something from your past at home turned up again. You reacted badly. I imagine you also disobeyed your father at some point, given that he's opted to ground you on top of it. And whatever it was, it involved violence.

[So much for lightening the mood, Carmen.]

Should I keep going?

_{[... Carmen this isn't helping. :(]}

no you can stop there

So tell me. Was it worth it?

well I wasn't able to do it so you tell me

_{[What's 'it', Heather?]}

Don't be so stubborn. That was an honest question.

_{[A long pause.]}

i don't know.

Violence isn't the answer. You know that.

it is where i come from

_{[... Silent Hill, that was... not home. But still...]}

This isn't where you come from.

You can't change your past, Heather. But that doesn't mean it has to control your future, either.

well the past CAME BACK

what else am i supposed to do

You could try approaching it with maturity and reason instead of recklessness.

However good of an answer it seems at the time, the hindsight isn't often so rosy.

I did that

it didn't work

_{[... Well, admittedly, she hadn't exactly been too mature about it... but she had tried to talk to Claudia first. Made one last attempt to get through to her, even though she knew it wouldn't work. It had been a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy, really...]}

That's not an excuse. That's an answer I'd expect from Lee Jordan, not from you.

look carmen you don't know anything about my situation

I'd appreciate it if you stopped talking like you did

_{[... except she HAD guessed it rather accurately B-BUT ASIDE FROM THAT...]}

Then I'll simply wish you a happy grounding, Heather. At least it should give you some time to reflect on just how badly you worried your father.

i KNOW I worried my father

I don't like that I did but there was no avoiding it, he couldn't come with me


I am not losing him again

...'Again'?

DEAD


back home he is dead


D E A D

dead dead dead dead

_{[... And then, about five seconds later (because second thoughts).]}

sorry


that was probably the rudest fucking way for you to find out about that

[Well, y'know, after backing the fuck up from her Gear and that message like it was a snake about to bite her...]

That 'something' that turned up was a 'someone', wasn't it.

His killer.

Is that it?

He was murdered and you went after his killer.

YES okay?



that's what happened

_{[Except there was even more to it than that, but Carmen's pretty much put two and two together so perfectly that Heather doesn't really wanna put more puzzle pieces in the pile.]

[Because she's pretty sure Carmen'd put those together, too.]}

And you thought that confronting that person, alone, when he'd already demonstrated a willingness to kill, you somehow reached the conclusion that consciously putting yourself in a situation like that was a good idea?!

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