pc w/ throne

[applebough]

girlboss meets girlfailure

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[naeddre]

You are not the only one working for it. [she tilts her head.] All of us intend to find a solution.

You are not alone. Rely on us, and we will rely on you.

[applebough]

[ Yuri gives Throne's hand a little squeeze. ]

Okay. I will do all I can.

[ ... ]

Ah, Throne. This might be overdue, but Scien told me to get in contact with you a while ago. Many things were happening, so I didn't have a chance to properly ask... He said something about "ghosts of the past Eudora crew".

[naeddre]

[a little smile, and then:]

Oh - yes. [she shifts.] The people mentioned in the datapads that we have been finding - the previous crew - are with our dead, as far as I can tell. I'm unsure how to speak with them, or if it's important to do so... but they are there.

Wherever it is, there are a lot of rats who bring gifts, and the walls are made of flesh.

[applebough]

[ Rats again... her hands hurt all of a sudden. ]

Thank you. I'm sorry... that must have been uncomfortable.

[naeddre]

[her poor rat'd hands...]

What must have been uncomfortable?

[applebough]

Talking about... such things.

[ Flesh walls and rats. ]

The rats seem to be a common theme.

[naeddre]

Oh. It's... far more common for me than you'd think.

[sweats]

But... yes. You're right. Charles told me a little about what happened to you, with the rats.

[applebough]

Oh, um... yes.

[ She feels a little embarrassed, but it's a good step in the right direction so that she's not full of MISERY. ]

I can only wonder whose idea that was...

[naeddre]

[AT LEAST IT'S NOT JUST MISERY we take those]

Good question. You can always write them an angry letter demanding they tell you. [this is a joke, judging by the way she's trying to not smile.] ... I'm sure they didn't intend for it. The dead worry for us quite a bit, I think.

[applebough]

Yes. I'm aware that things may get scrambled when they try to make it to us.

[ Polyamory bird... ]

It... still feels surreal, to refer to the deceased as someone we can communicate with.

[naeddre]

Yes. In my world, it is... unheard of, to speak with the dead like this.

But it is keeping me moving. [...] I have to have something. I'm losing steam, as I'm sure most everyone is.

[applebough]

... Yes. No matter what, we still need to keep moving eventually. But... we'll be rewarded. We have to.

[ She squeezes her hand for a moment. ]