@bttrswtblndnss ... I'd like that.
[She smiles again, and this time her expression is wistful.]
That's the thing I've always admired about you, Diego. When you believe in someone, you do it wholeheartedly. No room for doubt.
@bttrswtblndnss [She smiles. It's a little acerbic.]
I'm trying. Those of us left behind, well. Three ex-cons among us, all of us having lost our jobs, our loves, our hopesโ not a good combination, is it?
[Something softens in her face, and she sighs.]
But we're trying. That's all we can do.
@bttrswtblndnss Jake and Angel are... still here, yes. I haven't spoken to either of them properly for a long time.
...
Gant is... he was responsible for both Neil's and Bruce's death.
@bttrswtblndnss ... And you know I was never much of a jokester, Diego. I... the records still exist, for both of their deaths. I can show them to you. Prove that this isn't an elaborate trick.
Here we go! The Hunger Games Sim ss thread! S/o to @miafeyloves for picking the extra characters to fill slots with me. Feel free to lmk if you want to be untagged
(and @keyeslovesyou @fiercefey @finespacelover I couldn't tag you guys in the pic sksjf)
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cowardly of me to be complicit in /his/โ
[Her face twists slightly as she says the word, in something like suppressed disgust.]
โcrimes, especially something as weighty as murder. And I am so sorry.
[Lana pauses in front of the hospital room, double-checking the number on the door. 1379. This is it.
Taking a deep breath, she knocks on the door and pushes it open. She's no longer shocked dead-white like she was before, but she's still a little pale.
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@bttrswtblndnss [Lana hesitates in the doorway, but sits down after a few seconds. She looks... defeated. Dejected. Like she's thought about this conversation a thousand times, and been beaten down in every one.]
I want to apologise for the part I played in... in what happened to you.
It was +