[ That this comes at a time when Vriska is at the lowest she's been since she jumped feet-first into this hellhole does a bit of a number on her, really. It takes her a few minutes to formulate a response once she sees the texts. She's touched, but also doesn't think she deserves to be. ]
01 You're welcome, Ellie.
02 Though I am not so sure you have anything to thank me for.
03 I guess I just had this sense that you are capa8le of gr8 things!
04 You remind me a little of this guy I used to know, actually. Only you outdid him in pretty much every conceiva8le way!
05 As far as I'm concerned, I will always have your 8ack now. ::::)
[ Though the truth is that she'd really rather Ellie didn't know about her past. She yet holds out hope the other girl isn't one to read personnel files. Maybe Ellie is even the type not to hold a bit of wanton genocide against a person, but she doesn't want to chance it. At least, not yet. ]
02 What! You mean you DON'T know a8out that?
03 EVERYONE knows a8out that.
04 Haaaahahaha. Like hell am I telling you! You get to live in 8lissful ignorance and I get to live it down just a little 8it more. ::::)
[It's just as well, because Ellie has yet to look at anyone's file. That involves a level of technical know-how that she just hasn't developed yet. She's only just learned how to text, after all.]
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
wow you are so hurting my feelings right now
i might cry
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
im not actually gonna cry
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
and i am clearly NOT everyone
so like
is this like a sneaky way to say youre really clumsy or something
having way worse than broken bones doesnt make it better that just means things are extra fucking shitty
[There's a pause here, where Ellie scrubs her hands over her face. Man she just does not get these aliens and superheroes. Just because they can get beaten to a pulp and survive doesn't mean it hurts any less. Does it?]
03 I'm going to take a wild guess and say you were tricked into signing up.
04 Am I right?
[ She's not wrong. Vriska still thinks about the slow, wet cracking of her bones, the way Gliese touched her face and left her there, stranded miles away from camp.
Of course it hurts. But you learn to ignore it when pain is all you know. ]
day 62
i wanted to say thanks
earlier i mean for having my back and stuff
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
that was
i dunno
cool i guess
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
and unexpected
and it helped
!!!!!!!! oh no ellie that's cute
01
You're welcome, Ellie.
02
Though I am not so sure you have anything to thank me for.
03
I guess I just had this sense that you are capa8le of gr8 things!
04
You remind me a little of this guy I used to know, actually. Only you outdid him in pretty much every conceiva8le way!
05
As far as I'm concerned, I will always have your 8ack now. ::::)
omg no!!!
wow well
i wouldnt go that far
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
what if i end up having like a super shitty idea?
that totally happens by the way
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
somebodyll have to talk me out of it
IT IS IT'S CUTE SORRY ELLIE YOU'RE ADORA8LE
Lol. I guess it depends on how shitty the idea is. ::::P
02
And if it's suuuuuuuuper shitty, now you have me to talk you out of it!
03
Gr8 deal, right?
POT KETTLE CALLING!!
there MAY have been some especially shitty ones in the past
but ill try not to come up with too many
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
what about you? need a talker outer of your very own?
we could trade
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Hahahaha. Now I'm wondering what those were!
02
Dish. I want all the sordid details.
03
........ 8ut yeah. Sure. That sounds like a fair trade to me. ::::)
04
8ecause if you've had shitty ideas, I promise you they are not nearly as spectacularly shitty as some of mine have 8een.
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this is like the opener for the worst competition ever
so im just gonna say youve got a deal
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
for the talking outing thing
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
speaking of
youre not doing anything that needs crisis intervention right now are you because im pretty sure were on vacation
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Haha. Cluck8east.
02
What! Hey. Why would you feel the need to ask me something like that!
03
I do not have any shenanigans plotted. Mostly.
04
There are always shenanigans, Ellie. Aaaaaaaalways. 8ut nothing that would get me tossed face-first into a mountain this time around.
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well if YOU wanna dish you can be my guest
but i dont wanna turn into a downy downerson
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
uh
what about a mountain?
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Pff. Ok, fine. No "downy downerson"s here!
[ Though the truth is that she'd really rather Ellie didn't know about her past. She yet holds out hope the other girl isn't one to read personnel files. Maybe Ellie is even the type not to hold a bit of wanton genocide against a person, but she doesn't want to chance it. At least, not yet. ]
02
What! You mean you DON'T know a8out that?
03
EVERYONE knows a8out that.
04
Haaaahahaha. Like hell am I telling you! You get to live in 8lissful ignorance and I get to live it down just a little 8it more. ::::)
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FROM: ellie@cdc.org
wow you are so hurting my feelings right now
i might cry
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
im not actually gonna cry
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
and i am clearly NOT everyone
so like
is this like a sneaky way to say youre really clumsy or something
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>::::P Cry your 8izarrely translucent alien tears! See if I care.
02
This is a sneaky way of saying that I made Gliese mad this one time.
03
Do not ever make Gliese mad.
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and she threw you at a mOUNTAIN?
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She is not to 8e trifled with. Ever!
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fuck
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oh my god
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well are you
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
are you ok?
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Wow.
02
I'm fine! Stop worrying. It's ok.
03
This happened a while ago! A couple of months at least. Not long after we got to Ajna.
04
And 8esides, I am made of pretty tough stuff. W8, you know I'm not human, right?
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uh
i do now
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
but for the record people who get both arms broken and thrown into mountains arent usually fine
thats totally not a word that gets used
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Oh. Whoooooooops. ::::P
02
I am an alien! And my species is much more resilient than humans.
03
Trust me. I've 8een through way worse than some 8roken 8ones!
04
8ut that is why I keep saying not to mess with Gliese. I have fought some powerful enemies, and she 8lows them all away!
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having way worse than broken bones doesnt make it better that just means things are extra fucking shitty
[There's a pause here, where Ellie scrubs her hands over her face. Man she just does not get these aliens and superheroes. Just because they can get beaten to a pulp and survive doesn't mean it hurts any less. Does it?]
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
but ill put it on my list
dont piss gliese off or else mountain
got it
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........
02
It's true. The CDC is a 8rutal place to 8e.
03
I'm going to take a wild guess and say you were tricked into signing up.
04
Am I right?
[ She's not wrong. Vriska still thinks about the slow, wet cracking of her bones, the way Gliese touched her face and left her there, stranded miles away from camp.
Of course it hurts. But you learn to ignore it when pain is all you know. ]
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no
i made a deal
[It isn't the first time she's been asked, but every time she has been, Ellie's found it's usually for the same reason.]
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
were you?
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01
You willingly signed up for planet destruction? You didn't strike me as the type.
02
No. I knew exactly what I was agreeing to.
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well i didnt know all the gory details at the time
but i knew i was making a deal
FROM: ellie@cdc.org
it was worth it
still is
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cracks knuckles
i don't even know what to say here take this award for monster of the year
i will treasure it always and put it with my other awards for being a terrible person