{Animus}

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[ there is a static hum on everyone's PCD, as the screen goes black. it starts to whisper, before ghostly voices seep through the communication lines ]


thicker than water
and harder to _clean

but true ties are on the inside
which makes them messy to ^connect
the spots we tried some didn't fit

do not forget

we tried to believe

Comments

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Deeeep breaths. Deeeeeeep breaths. Which says something. There aren't many people he would stop this for.]

This is--

Just get her to...stop.

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

[Someone is gonna come and take the PCD away from your ass in about, oh, give or take a minute or so. Because seriously. He may not remember shit, but he knows enough to keep you two from tearing out each other's throats.]

Are you done?

Because yelling at him isn't going to change what already happened.

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

Just stop provoking her.

[Because he can't do shit if you keeping egging her on, Horst.]

And leave Usagi alone.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Well I'm...meeting Usagi to apologize. But--yes I'll stop talking to Rei if--

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

Stop talking to Rei. [Before he whacks you over the head and makes you.]

Go take care of things with Usagi.

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everything that's been forgotten
everything that needs recalled

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Have a very small smile. Because he never says 'thank you' to Cloud, and this is as close as he can come.]

Going.

[brb-pigfarts.livejournal.com]

...are you going to try to take our memories?

[flameandpassion]

[Every single word in that statement causes Rei's teeth to grind together. She could argue. She could bring up every single deeply personal reason why she had to go to the City. She could lay out every single plan and minute and drop of blood, sweat, and tears that went into making sure no one died, no one was injured, no one was hurt.

But Rei is tired of justifying her actions and she knows, deep down, that she did the right thing. So does Hitsugaya. So does Usagi. Even everyone else dear to her, like Cloud, understood, in the end, why she had to go.

So, in the grand scheme of things, Rei couldn't really give a damn what Horst thinks, because he isn't in her list of people she has to prove herself to.

Which means that Rei is now officially wasting her time.]

Whatever you say, sir. I'll be sure to alert every single person in the City the next time I decide to do my job.

[flameandpassion]

[Except that Horst is yelling at Usagi, and now Rei, for something that has already happened.

So that statement just ticks her off more.]

I have no more interest in talking to a cowardly idiot.

So yes, I'm done.

[Click.]

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

[He just makes a quiet "mming" noise. The closet he will ever come to saying 'you're welcome' and more important 'you owe me.']

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Good.

[End feed. Because he has to go meet Usagi and he's pretty sure if he keeps talking, Cloud is going to kill them both.]

[iceandivory.livejournal.com]

You won't. And next time any grievances can be taken up with me.

[And that's ... really all he's going to say.]

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maybe we already have

several times

[brb-pigfarts.livejournal.com]

[His mind races, and he shakes his head slightly.]

Impossible. I'd have felt you in my head.

[...right?]

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

[He's already planning your death, Horst. And it's gonna be slow and incredibly, incredibly painful. You owe him so. fucking. much.]

[argentimperator.livejournal.com]

[There are few things that could have been said to piss him off more. So he is just going to hang up and go blow things up outside the city before he says something the Animus will make him regret.]

[flameandpassion]

[She's going to strangle the next person who talks to her like she's a four year old, Hitsugaya, she swears to God.

But she knows better than to argue with him.

So have an annoyed noise instead.]

I know I won't.

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we took the feeling too

all of them
just the ones that we want
there's a lot to pick from

[brb-pigfarts.livejournal.com]

You're making no sense.

[Eyeroll.]

The riddle was interesting at first, but now you're just acting crazy.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[He knows, man, HE KNOWS, and he is going to give you a million favors. Oh yeah.]

[dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com]

And I wasn't invited?

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

[And that just pisses him off, because he's tired of your way of handling things is to hang up on him. Like that's going to fix anything.

He gives himself enough time to take a deep breath, enough to keep his voice in check before calling her back.]

Hanging up on me won't fix anything.

It won't bring my memories back. It won't stop people from being upset that you went into the Inner City and didn't include them or tell them or Shiva knows what else they're pissed off about.

It won't stop Horst from being an idiot and it won't stop Usagi from believing that everyone deserves a chance.

Save your energy for something that's worth it.

[He'd never say these things to her if he actually had the memories of those events. And at the moment, it's probably better he doesn't.]

[flameandpassion]

[It's a mark of great restraint that she holds her tongue and, instead, responds neutrally:]

I can spend my energy however I want to spend my energy.

Justifying myself, when I've already had to with you, isn't on that list.