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 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?!

carmen i already did the same damn thing in a place way more dangerous than here three years ago I'm not a damn child and it's way more complicated than that



and she wouldn't have hurt me

not the way you're thinking

And you think any of that helps your case?

You should've known better. You're too smart not to know better.

Don't think you're entitled to lecture me on the consequences of hurting someone else and then escape responsibility for it when it's your turn.

_{[There's a long pause.]}

that's not even remotely the same thing

Whatever it was you set out to do, do you really think it's something your father would want his daughter to do in his name? On his behalf?

it wasn't just for Dad

Does that make any difference?

yes


it does.



I don't expect anyone to understand but it does
I'm not going to spew my life's story at people just so that they get it

There are always other options.

Always.

not for this






it's as much for her as it is for dad

_{[Or at least it had been back there in Hell. She's not so sure about here...]}

If she hurt you that badly, then that's all the more reason not to rush into it headlong the way that you did. Not because of what she might do to you. Because of what you might end up doing to yourself.

what would i have done to myself that's so terrible

kill someone?


been there, done that.

i hate it but it happens

it's happenED

So what's one more, is that it?

Think about what you're saying. Listen to yourself. The thought of taking a life is nothing more than "been there, done that"?

You've answered your own question.

_{[Looooong pause.]}

Okay


you've made your point

you're right.




I wasn't even able to do it in the end so I don't know what that says.

It's not about being right.

It's something I wish someone had said to me, when I was your age.

.... what? why?

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