𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾...

#RWBYRP #NOVENARY

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

"There's a fire in my brain, and I'm burning up
Oh my, oh my
Keep running for the sink, but the well is dry
Oh my, oh my

Every word I say is kindling
But the smoke clears when you're around
Won't you stay with me, my darling
When my walls start burning down, down, down..."

[𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮. @CALLISTEM0N]

They only want what they can sell
And I can't help that I sell well
We are drawing circles on an empty page
Playing power chords on a private stage
The body's a temple, it's in ruins
Empty visions, empty tomb
If everything I own I steal
Tell me, baby, how does it feel?

#NOVENARY

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

Starting the day off right with total organ failure,

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

@ArcPatriarch [She hasn't been hugged in a while, and bristles almost instantly, but relaxes after a second. She's not sure what to do.]

Hey... been a... a hot minute, hasn't it?

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

//when you when when when you when you you

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

--since she... It wears on me, you know? I'd like to think I'm getting better but I know that-- that I'm not. It's a constant struggle but I don't think I know how to do anything else. Don't grieve, if you know what's good for you, I suppose."

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

Even if she could smile again, she didn't like to. Her face didn't move the same after she'd gotten hurt too many times, but it wasn't enough to make her stop.

"It feels like there's more than a few holes I've been left with. I... haven't been able to sleep without help--

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

"Actually, there's like 13 of you, and all of you are equally important to me."

She couldn't smile properly, anyways, so it was rare when she tried to.

"It's always the same thing. Losing someone you were supposed to spend forever with. I don't know why I can't get over it."

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

"I'm only here because I forgot about how sad you'd be if I wasn't, I guess."

She paused when she tried to hug her, eventually understanding the assignment and doing it back.

"What is there to really tell you? I'm just... sad, still."

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

I was putting my life on the line because I didn't expect to be alive this long, and it isn't a good adventure at all.

Stress comes in different forms. I'm not going to pretend like you don't experience it differently than me.

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

She's incredibly lucky that she's decided to never see you again. I never said I'd be good if there were continuous infractions.

[A little annoyed sigh. At Least she doesn't have to deal with that much anymore.]

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

[The hand that held her now empty bottle almost shattered it then.]

/Excuse me/? I-- seriously?

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

[Holding up her little finger.]

Pinky promise.

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

Ash, we are all going to be quite literally emotionally scalped by Mom or each other.

If I promise to be good will you tell me? If not I'll leave you be.

[She's very good at getting in trouble for occasionally the right reasons.]

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

No, no it isn't. If it hurt you they deserve me slapping sense into them.

[She is, perhaps, too fond of trouble, but it IS her sister...]

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

Fair.

[An eyebrow shoots up. She crosses her arms now.]

Do I have to send anyone to the gates early?

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

Well, he's... I don't wanna say fine but we haven't gotten any condolences so...

[A little shrug.]

I cannot believe that. You're very Well meaning at least.

Don't be offended. I say it out of love.

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

Did we send him or did he leave on his own?

[She's not upset, but she does give her a look.]

I'm not upset at you! I promise. Even if you're an ass sometimes.

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

I don't blame anyone for it. We just... weren't taught, or weren't taught well.

[She's not upset at her... yet.]

That's all right. I... my head doesn't work like it's supposed to more than yours. I can't be upset at you when it happens to me all the time...

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

--/anything/? Maybe I've misunderstood... which happens a lot.

Maybe our definitions are just different.

[𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾... @ClericWithCords]

She might. If she hasn't already, anyways. But we're not... equipped for that as much as I'd like to be.

[She almost takes another drink but pauses when her sister speaks again. She says nothing, for a while.]

I hope what you just said was poor phrasing. I don't worry about--