foolishwren | 126. [Video, action for anywhere in Goldenrod] (backdated to January 29th)

_{[She'd been lucky enough to be spared the effects of the past three weeks. BUT SHE'S NOT SO LUCKY THIS TIME.]

[The video opens on her already walking hurriedly down a surburban Goldenrod street towards the downtown area. IF SHE JUST KEEPS MOVING, MAYBE SHE WON'T HAVE TO TALK TO ANYBODY ELSE TODAY.]

[But just in case, she's hoping she can stave off karma catching up with her by making a quick confession to the network.]}

HEY.

So anyone who was here like a year ago and wondered about the weird black eye I had that one time?

I lied.

I didn't get it in a fight with a dude 'the size of Kentucky' like I claimed.

Actually, I just walked into a glass door because I was thinking about how much I wanted a Pumpka-spice latte from Sawsbucks and I was too embarrassed to tell anybody.

_{[The camera then turns abruptly to the sky.]}

THERE! You happy, weird Pokemon gods? I said something embarrassing! Now leave me alone!

_{[The video ends.]

[Spoiler alert: she is not going to be left alone.]}

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_{[Her eyes slide back over to the camera at that, and for the first time in this entire distressing exchange, one side of her mouth quirks up a little.]}

... Well... you might not have been the most approachable person, but... you're a couple hundred steps above the friends I had back where I come from, so... you're not doing too bad, all things considered.

That doesn't say much for your former friends.

I've only ever been approachable to a certain sort of man. It's what I was raised for. There were never any women, just our master and the bitch.

Well, my first best friend murdered my father and tried to force me to--

_{[She'd started say it almost casually-- it just slipped right out without her meaning it to. But then, as though realizing what had happened, she clapped her hands over her mouth.]

[Because if there's one thing that's somehow even WORSE than admitting to Lust that the other woman had been the catalyst for some kind of... sexual awakening or WHATEVER the fuck you'd call it, it's what Claudia had been trying to do to her.]

[When she speaks again, her voice is muffled and hurried.]}

--I'm sorry, forget that.

YOU'RE A GOOD FRIEND.

That's what I was trying to say.

And I threw your master off a cliff last year in one of those shared dreams. Just thought I'd let you know. I hate her.

That hardly sounds very friendly.

It's fine, I have a dark past of my own.

Would that it weren't a dream. I hope she's suffering in hell.

I haven't told much of anyone about my dark shit. Envy knows the most.

... Out of anyone here now, I mean.

There were other people.

But they've all been gone for a long time.

_{[The words are coming a little easier now, as if she's just given up trying to keep them back. She HASN'T, but maybe if she follows each train of thought to its end and DOESN'T THINK about the ones she REALLY doesn't want to get out of the station, she can avoid it.]

[She won't meet Lust's eyes, still.]}

If I could've followed her down and PERSONALLY dropped her on Satan's lap, I would have.

But the dream ended right after I threw her.

I... kind of freaked Envy out. He kinda looked like he wanted to puke.

We all have those parts that we keep mostly to ourselves. I've gone through the same. I've opened myself to a handful of people, but most have returned to where they came from.

Our master...stirs many emotions. None of them pleasant.

I hate her!

_{[Heather's voice is suddenly full of vehement emotion-- she's been through like FIVE different emotions in this conversation alone, and now she looks angry. But she's meeting Lust's eyes, at least.]

[Being angry at Envy's mom and the Homunculi's collective slavemaster is a GREAT distraction from thinking about the whole fiasco that her infatuation with Lust had ended in.]}

I almost want her to show up, so that I can kick her ASS!

I'd do that for ANY of you-- Envy, you, Greed. None of you are ever gonna have to go back to her ever!

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You aren't alone. Though your vehemence is almost surprising.

But it's hardly worth the dealing with her. This world is too full of those who don't know her, and her skills of manipulation are too great. It wouldn't go well. The personal satisfaction pales in comparison.

Yeah, I know, I know. It surprised Envy too.

But I have my reasons, and also I'm pretty sure the personal satisfaction would be great.

I imagine you do.

I have my personal satisfaction, I suppose. I'm human. Envy and I are happy. I have Scar. I have the life she told me I could never have.

The best revenge is living well.

_{[The vicious words come out before Heather can do anything to bite them back.]}

I was living well and mine still found a way to take it away from me.

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