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[ How unexpected. But not unwelcome. ]
Still in one piece for the time being. Storming long lines at the hospital, however.
[ Damnation! What she'd give to be able to once again do what she knows Kimiko can do. ]
How are you faring?
[ Physically fine, she imagine. But otherwise? ]
Still in one piece for the time being. Storming long lines at the hospital, however.
[ Damnation! What she'd give to be able to once again do what she knows Kimiko can do. ]
How are you faring?
[ Physically fine, she imagine. But otherwise? ]
[ Well, she was riddled with bullets and had her vehicle stolen — and then, a gate blew up in the general direction of her face. Fortunately, she's still pretty. Truly, MC Hammer said it best: can't touch this. ]
I'm okay.
Thanks.
If you need running water, you can go to my apartment.
Why are you at the hospital? Are you hurt?
I'm okay.
Thanks.
If you need running water, you can go to my apartment.
Why are you at the hospital? Are you hurt?
Edited 2026-03-03 18:26 (UTC)
Feels like a broken wrist.
[ Important but not Urgent. Triage is doing its thing and has appropriately deprioritized her. She'd be more annoyed if she couldn't see the haphazard beauty in the emerging systems replacing all of those rendered useless by the blackout.
Fortunately, she's adept at getting things done one-handed. ]
[ Important but not Urgent. Triage is doing its thing and has appropriately deprioritized her. She'd be more annoyed if she couldn't see the haphazard beauty in the emerging systems replacing all of those rendered useless by the blackout.
Fortunately, she's adept at getting things done one-handed. ]
Edited 2026-03-03 23:00 (UTC)
I'm afraid I did. A poorly judged punch.
[ She's ordinarily in shardplate when engaging in petty violence. Quite a different experience. ]
But I appreciate your concern.
[ She's ordinarily in shardplate when engaging in petty violence. Quite a different experience. ]
But I appreciate your concern.
Did someone attack you?
[ Kimiko was riddled with bullets from a semi-automatic and then had her vehicle stolen while she was healing on the pavement, so. She's not a stranger to the fact that people are more desperate and more daring this week. But out of the two of them, only one looks like an easy target from a distance — and it isn't Jasnah. ]
[ Kimiko was riddled with bullets from a semi-automatic and then had her vehicle stolen while she was healing on the pavement, so. She's not a stranger to the fact that people are more desperate and more daring this week. But out of the two of them, only one looks like an easy target from a distance — and it isn't Jasnah. ]
Someone tried.
[ She does have an air about her of being a bit more well-to-do than she actually is. Doesn't justify it. There will be no victim-blaming in this house. And so she refuses to change her behaviour simply because someone else decides to be an asshole. ]
Barely more than a petty mugging.
[ And the man had already been banged up from a previous altercation. Plus, she'd had a bit of help. All details Jasnah doesn't see fit to elaborate upon. ]
You mentioned your place has running water—?
[ She does have an air about her of being a bit more well-to-do than she actually is. Doesn't justify it. There will be no victim-blaming in this house. And so she refuses to change her behaviour simply because someone else decides to be an asshole. ]
Barely more than a petty mugging.
[ And the man had already been banged up from a previous altercation. Plus, she'd had a bit of help. All details Jasnah doesn't see fit to elaborate upon. ]
You mentioned your place has running water—?
👍
[ She doesn't love that Jasnah was mugged, but it doesn't seem like more information is forthcoming. Better to focus on how she can help. ]
No hot water.
But you can go there if you need to stock up or wash your face.
[ Or if you're metal enough to withstand a cold shower. ]
[ She doesn't love that Jasnah was mugged, but it doesn't seem like more information is forthcoming. Better to focus on how she can help. ]
No hot water.
But you can go there if you need to stock up or wash your face.
[ Or if you're metal enough to withstand a cold shower. ]
Edited 2026-03-10 01:49 (UTC)
I'm on the other side of the city but one of my roommates might be home.
Lucy - Long hair. She'll offer you cereal.
Furiosa - Short hair. She might threaten to shoot you but she won't actually do it.
[ This is followed by an address, quick instructions how to buzz in, where the spare key is kept.
(And Jasnah is absolutely metal as fuck, okay.) ]
Lucy - Long hair. She'll offer you cereal.
Furiosa - Short hair. She might threaten to shoot you but she won't actually do it.
[ This is followed by an address, quick instructions how to buzz in, where the spare key is kept.
(And Jasnah is absolutely metal as fuck, okay.) ]
[ It does give her some pause. Jasnah isn't the most social creature — and in a crisis, she can imagine others might be just as tetchy as she feels on a given day. But, oh, a shower sounds so ideal right now.
She asks: ]
You're quite certain?
[ About the she won't actually do it of it all. ]
She asks: ]
You're quite certain?
[ About the she won't actually do it of it all. ]
[ — Oh. It's not every day someone tells Jasnah she might successfully get along with someone else. Then again, she's found her authentic self to be considerably more well-recieved here than back home. ]
A bold claim.
[ Wait. How does she reassure Kimiko that she means a bold claim in a kind of affectionate and fun way...? ]
:)
[ Damnation has frozen over. ]
A bold claim.
[ Wait. How does she reassure Kimiko that she means a bold claim in a kind of affectionate and fun way...? ]
:)
[ Damnation has frozen over. ]
hi!
it's sciel. how are you?
any shot you've been by the institute yet? with that fancy card of yours.
it's sciel. how are you?
any shot you've been by the institute yet? with that fancy card of yours.
[ What an immediate flaw in her tactic to keep her contacts listed under cipher'd names. CMSOV texts her only to reveal her name immediately within the first message. Which, Jasnah supposes, any enterprising codebreaker could probably use to crack the shift.
With a long-suffering sigh, Jasnah delays answering Sciel while she goes in, edits the record, and deletes the name entirely. So now Sciel shows up merely as 007-8719. So be it. Later, she'll delete everyone else's names too. Safer still if she simply memorizes the numbers and associates them with the appropriate faces.
Eventually: ]
Of course.
With a long-suffering sigh, Jasnah delays answering Sciel while she goes in, edits the record, and deletes the name entirely. So now Sciel shows up merely as 007-8719. So be it. Later, she'll delete everyone else's names too. Safer still if she simply memorizes the numbers and associates them with the appropriate faces.
Eventually: ]
Of course.
have you come across anything about death in the diadem? what happens to those who die here, or if there are records of people who'd died before arriving here alive again?
[ There's a pause. Then — ]
also: you didn't say how you're doing.
[ There's a pause. Then — ]
also: you didn't say how you're doing.
it is.
[ ...But not entirely. It's also about individuals who might turn up from her home world. ]
[ ...But not entirely. It's also about individuals who might turn up from her home world. ]
[ God, no. Sciel actually says the words aloud, feeling her breath catch at the very idea. ]
you know her?
[ If so, Sciel isn't going to possibly cause Jasnah any discomfort on her end at the notion that the teenager is dead in another world, so: ]
but no. she's okay.
it's about someone else.
and...the general idea, really. unbelievable as it is.
or was. before.
you know her?
[ If so, Sciel isn't going to possibly cause Jasnah any discomfort on her end at the notion that the teenager is dead in another world, so: ]
but no. she's okay.
it's about someone else.
and...the general idea, really. unbelievable as it is.
or was. before.
We've met. She suggested someone else also arrived alongside her.
[ Must be that someone else, then. And — as Sciel fills in — the prospect of others. Jasnah pauses, staring at the device. What was unbelievable to Sciel had become quickly apparent to her. But a particular conversation between the aisles of a bookstore might have helped cement the possibility in her mind. So! She spares the other woman a terse, callous why are you surprised? Doesn't seem like the time, really.
Growth. Anyway. Sciel had asked whether she'd come across anything— ]
My focus has been on local folklore. But I can...adjust. It'll be more effective if you tell me explicitly what questions you're hoping to answer.
[ It's not strictly true. The efficacy likely won't change by much. But she'd appreciate the constraint and — and, well, she's curious. ]
[ Must be that someone else, then. And — as Sciel fills in — the prospect of others. Jasnah pauses, staring at the device. What was unbelievable to Sciel had become quickly apparent to her. But a particular conversation between the aisles of a bookstore might have helped cement the possibility in her mind. So! She spares the other woman a terse, callous why are you surprised? Doesn't seem like the time, really.
Growth. Anyway. Sciel had asked whether she'd come across anything— ]
My focus has been on local folklore. But I can...adjust. It'll be more effective if you tell me explicitly what questions you're hoping to answer.
[ It's not strictly true. The efficacy likely won't change by much. But she'd appreciate the constraint and — and, well, she's curious. ]
[ Sciel doesn't specify further. At least, not yet. Jasnah is smart enough to put the more immediate pieces together, given that she'd obviously met the younger expeditioner, and beyond that...
Maybe she doesn't want to stoke the fires of her own hope unnecessarily. So far all it's really done is lick painfully at her scarred insides. ]
if you have the time, i'd appreciate it.
[ Lune had said she planned to look into it too, but it can't hurt to have another sharp mind on the task, if Jasnah's amenable. ]
trying to figure out a few things, but the gist is: is the power that brings us here able to truly revive the dead, or is it instead able to pull people in from certain points in time that might be right /before/ death?
Maybe she doesn't want to stoke the fires of her own hope unnecessarily. So far all it's really done is lick painfully at her scarred insides. ]
if you have the time, i'd appreciate it.
[ Lune had said she planned to look into it too, but it can't hurt to have another sharp mind on the task, if Jasnah's amenable. ]
trying to figure out a few things, but the gist is: is the power that brings us here able to truly revive the dead, or is it instead able to pull people in from certain points in time that might be right /before/ death?
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