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[personal profile] plex 2015-04-05 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Did she actually just say 'shrug' out loud?

No, scratch that, she definitely just said 'shrug' out loud.

Oh well.

He continues to pet the edges of her hair as she talks, considering her words. At the beginning of all this, he hadn't thought of it in terms of 'building towards' anything, but eventually somewhere along the line he began to asses her capacities in terms of 'progress', gained or lost. ]


About three years, give or take? We were only a handful of realities away from home when we crashed on Earth--those who didn't die in the epiphany fire died on the dissection table. I was able to escape, but I had nowhere to go--just my ship. [ He draws one knee up, drumming the fingers of one hand against it pensively. The memories don't draw up pain like they used to, healed-over psychological scars. ] I was so angry, Vriska. Lost in my own pain. I spent most of that first year in prison, being tortured. Second year, I got out, but I hadn't really learned anything, and ended up making poor choices because I couldn't think for myself.

[ She doesn't need the details, though he suspects she'll ask for them. Those memories still hurt. ]

Third year, I stopped caring, went into space and tried to live under the radar. [ His tone is softly deprecating, as they both know he doesn't really do 'under the radar'. It wasn't all that healthy. He never did well in isolation. ] Eventually, I made friends. Actually lived, you know? I guess that was the healing I needed. That's when the CDC found me.

[ At no other point in his story would he have accepted the CDC's offer. He needed to be there, at that time, knowing what he did about himself and his options in life. Maybe they would have gotten him fresh-faced out of the Avengers, running from the accuser corps on Hala--but would he have been as effective? Doubtful. Just scared. ]