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017. 💥 TXT; UN: QUEENOFZAUN

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, AND GAGGLE OF FREAK OF NATURES,

INTRODUCING........ the causer of chaos, reluctant hero, deranged symbol of hope, queen of Zaun, and your FAVORITE maniac, JINX and her MOST AMAZING, USEFUL, AND GREATEST REPORT NOTES OF ALDRIP!! 💥💥💥💥💥💥🎇🎇🎇🎇🧨✨🎉

are u new and have NO idea where u are, what ure in for, and u need information FAST?? or are u some regular schmuck with a flat brain and been living ur days like a mindless dope? dont worry, the author of ur nightmares and pleasant dreams has got u covered.

READ THIS!! (special guest, rhino, who will be asking the ANTICIPATING questions.)

RHINO ASKS: what is this place?

A. it's called aldrip (but i call it aldrag because its funnier)

RHINO ASKS: hey! this thing said i did a crime, but i didnt do it!! im innocent!!

A. thats because its prrroobabbly fake and made for show.

PROOF:

[there's an audio file that she uploads, and if one presses play:]

Person a: Duplicity? That's it? There's no way that that girl hasn't done other things.
Person b: Yeah, I think that crime isn't harsh enough. Some of them aren't harsh enough at all! Who--[STATIC NOISES]
Person a: Maybe we can [MORE STATIC NOISES].
Person c: That'd be so much more interesting!!

RHINO ASKS: so what do i do? how do i get back home?

A. TRUTHBOMB IMCOMMING!! 💣💥, but this is ur home now until they decide its time for u to go home. and completing ur "sentence" =/= u automatically go home after u finish it. thats a scam.

RHINO ASKS: well FINE! i guess i just wont do the sentencing then. 😡

A. if u dont complete ur sentence, something bad might happen to u or ur loved ones.

ex: they have the power to control ur thoughts, ur feelings, ure entire body, AND!!!! turn off ur abilities!!! so i would think twice about skipping out. the longer u wait, the more u start feeling funny!

RHINO ASKS: maybe the LOVELY LOCALS can help me out of this mess and give me answers!

A. dont bother, theyre not real, wont tell u squat, and theyre part of the system. OH!! but feel free to kill them if u want. they wont come back. and they probably wont feel a thing!

(💥AUTHOR'S NOTE: but if u DO decide to kill them, u may or may not get punished/sentenced for it. depends on whose sitting in the big chair that day!)

RHINO ASKS: who IS in charge anyway? can i talk to them?

A. jerry > council > AI. that my theory hierarchy. and nope! jerry is a coward scumbag and wont talk to *me* whenever ive tried. mmmmaybe if he quits being a dirt slug, he'll talk to u. except, no one has seen or heard from the guy in months, unless its sentencing time inside that courthouse. the bigwigs probably told him he sux big ones, and got demoted. serves him right, throw his useless ass off a cliff!! ha ha ha!

RHINO ASKS: ugh SCREW THEM!! ill just BLOW UP THAT COURTHOUSE!

A. been there, done that, 2x. nobody likes a copycat and besides, blowing things up is *my* job. unless i give u special permission, or one of my mine. besides, exploding it wont do anything. but it did the first time!! we got sucked in a brand-new life and jacked up the system. it was pretty cool. thats where i got my café idea.

RHINO ASKS: what was with that dream thing that happened last month? is that normal? and why do u keep talking about this...system?

A-1. oh, that's just the hierarchy ne'er-do-wells putting us to the test for their hush-hush secret scheme. get use to it, kids, because some are worse than others!!

the ai and the council might be duking it out with how to handle our rehabilitation. u know. same idea, different approach sort of thing. or maybe they switch shifts every day!!! rotating the throne. and one doesnt know what the other is doing. thats my theory and this genius is sticking to it!

A-2. (and no, NOT A2 the snowflake chick) we are in a digital computer world space.

PROOF:
- we were receiving messages about some uploading crap

- 1st explosion to courthouse = world glitched, messed up the upload, i guess, and we got warped into a new universe within aldrip. but then the ai or the council must have seen what we did, then fixed it all up again. and now aldrag is A LOT LESS ALDRAGGY!

(💥AUTHOR NOTE: trust me. the older version of this place made me want to bash my head in, and scoop my eyeballs out with a spoon.)

- we were experiencing glitches ever since that, then we reset the system, and now thats gone.

- there was a tear in the skies of this "world" which leads to the outside????

what was seen on the other side????? — do not have information — ask around or ragna —(💥AUTHOR'S NOTE: i wasnt here for that, NO FAIR! )8< )

ragna had the brightest idea and shoved his arm through it. we should all congratulate the simple-minded for taking one for the team!

💥💣 JINX THEORY 💣💥: we are living inside a bubble away from the REAL reality

✨SAFETY TIP ✨: never touch things or jam ur arm through something thats heebie-jeebie looking. use a stick, throw a rock at it, or trick ur least favorite person to put THEIR arm through it. then u wont lose a limb.

unless SOMEBODY decides to just. u know. shoot off ur finger. then throw ur old finger in the hole. who needs them when u can have a fancier and cooler prosthetic?

and where are the pictures of this crack anyway? and why havent i seen it yet? please tell me somebody took one. how do u expect the greatest scientist alive (THAT'S ME AGAIN!) to study anything?????? come on, give me something to work with here!!

RHINO ASKS: i have more questions!

A. 1. you can die here, BUT its temporary.

2. people who died can be brought here

3. children are ??????, but the youngest i've seen so far in age was 13

4. when/if u do return home, u wont remember the life u had in aldrip or the friends u made along the way

5. when they do decide to bring u back here, u might:

1) not remember ur time here
2) immediately remember ur time here
3) gradually remember ur time here

6. if u need a place to stay: go to the Inn or nab an apartment

7. alcohol for everyone!!!

8. need to make money? ask around! my purrfect café offers free drinks and food for newcomers for an entire
month! or i can just... hand u money. i'm loaded.

9. newcomers arrive to aldrip roughly every 2 months. give or take. people disappear/return home at random.

10. the system may be fake, but ure about 95% real. need proof to know if ure the real deal? meet me @ the city center and ill shoot u, and then we can rate between 1 and 10 on how much pain i put u in.

11. watch out for monsters outside the city limits.

got something else to ask me, just write to me here and ill drop a bomb for u. ORRR!! we can just talk, let the big fat hero make ur day better, one minute at a time. ure welcome, chuckleheads. 🐵🙊🙉🙈

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probably the same way you're pals with Silco when he's also a prick.

they just don't understand. there's already a lot of animosity between topside and you, anyway. you just gotta show them that you don't have to be that person.

isnt the fact that i spent maybe 40mins of my time writing this stupid post of EVERYTHING i know about this place proof enough?

because u know, if we were in runeterra and ANY topsider, zaunite, noxian, demacian, or WHOEVER want any information from ANYWHERE about ANYTHING, u have to give up something. a trade, equivalent exchange, pay a price, something. this is *basically* a free handout. literal GOLD.

and im NOT asking for anything back. anyone with a working cog in their brain would know THIS is a terrible move on my part, and everyone back in zaun would be laughing in my face for doing this, or call me a dimwit. but here i am, RISKING IT ALL and laying it out on the table FREE OF CHARGE when i could be keeping it myself and watch everyone scramble around like worthless ants like i used to.

and THIS is the thanks i get for helping out during a war i keep hearing about??? wont they be roasted ducks and junk without me coming in to save the day??

but whatever. this the last time i bail them out. ESPECIALLY here.

[goddammit.

Vi just has to put her hands on her face on her side of the tablet for a little while, and then she finally runs her hand down her face.

it sure has been a Time since these people from Piltover had appeared.]

i don't blame you for being mad. i'd probably be mad too. they're judging you without even knowing the real you.

[she had worked on it with Viktor, but...]

i'm on your side on all this. just know that.

thanks, sis. that means a lot.

its just not fair. u and cait or scott and kotone can yammer about ur relationships to the entire world and NOBODY blinks an eye about it. people would even find it cute or a d o r a b l e.

*i* talk about ekko, and suddenly, im a loudmouth, im putting his life in jeopardy, or im being naive. i like ekko.
A LOT. and im not ashamed to say it, and im *not* ashamed of him.

im not going to hide my relationship with him while everyone else gets to flaunt theirs. i know i.... havent always been on the good side of things. but i deserve love, too.

at least i like to think so.

as you should be. you shouldn't give a fuck what other people think about you and your relationships. the only person who should is me, because i'm your sister, and i gotta make sure they're not gonna fucking hurt you.

[small joke. she knows that Jinx can take care of herself.]

you do deserve love. you deserve the world.

heh, well. i think im in good hands with ekko. hard to get pissed at a guy who's mushy and tends to throw in sappy and corny lines. not that it bugs me. its sweet.

[a small pause before she ends her next message.]

u know. for a moment there, i thought u were going to side with councilor lady with this. i know ure buddies with most of the topside. or at least those who are here with us. so it... feels nice being on the same team and not butting heads. we're already booked doing THAT with the other subjects, ha ha!

yeah, i think so too. Ekko's a good kid.

[man... that second text.]

yeah well, just because we're on speaking terms doesn't mean i agree with half the shit that comes out of their mouths.

i keep fighting for you, Jinx. they may think i'm crazy, but you're not a bad person. i'm trying to get them to see that, too.

i still think u should give up on me sometimes. sticking up or saving me is a real crappy gig. but i dont know, it's fun being a bad girl from time to time.

but im also a SICK girl. thats something people dont realize. or do.

i mean. i was in denial about it until isha taught me that its ok to have a different brain than everyone elses.

[a pause.]

have i ever told u about the stuff i deal with? my memory is all jumbled up so i cant remember if we had a chat about it.

oh also!! memory is one of the things i struggle with. i cant always trust it. so i jot down my days in my diary.

worth it, though.

i know of some of it. i didn't know about the memory but... you hear voices, don't you? ones that aren't there.

[she knew that Jinx had shown signs of mental illness when she was younger, but... the stress of everything must've exasperated it.

but then again, weren't they all kind of mentally ill--]

yep. its all the time. some days, theyre louder. like now, theyre saying:

"what are u doing?"
"dont tell her! she wont get it."
"well, she has to tell her something!"
"this is a bad idea. baaaaaaad idea."
"are u trying to get vi to ditch u?"

goes onnn and ooonn. but sometimes theyre helpful? theyve gotten me out of jams when it counts.

"to ur left!", "something is coming from above", "target, 5 o clock!" so caaaant decide if theyre good to have or crappy to have.

the seeing things get... tough. especially around here when things get weird anyway. but when i see things, its not ALWAYS a no-brainer. it can be REALLY subtle.

u and i can sit at a bar and then a roach scrambles by. and i say "woah, sis! check out that bug. move ur drink." and u'll go, "what bug? i dont see anything". but *i* would see it.

those REALLY blow because bugs ARE real and what theyre doing isnt out of the ordinary. so how in the heck would i know for sure? trust u? u'd THINK that, but roaches are fast suckers, so maybe u just missed it. i tell u there was one, and u say no there really wasnt, and i say ure just a blind bat, and then we argue about it.

see how easy and quick things go down to the shitter? that happens a lot with my conversations with people. iiif not that, then its because of my AWESOME personality and no one can handle my greatness 😁.

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[well, of course Vi doesn't get it. she hasn't gone through it as much herself.

but she's so incredibly glad that Jinx is confiding in her, anyway.

and... maybe she should be a bit vulnerable, too. maybe it'd help Jinx feel less alone.]

sometimes i see people. usually when i'm at my breaking point. i've seen mom. i've seen Vander. i've seen Caitlyn. when you showed up in my apartment, there was a minute that i didn't know if you were even real or not.

sometimes the memories of things get so overwhelming that i can't move. i can't think. all i can do is be consumed by those memories. that's why you sacrificed yourself for me. Vander was changed, and he was lying right in front of me. you were screaming at me to leave him behind and get to safety... but i couldn't.

all i could see was the first time he died. i couldn't get myself to think of anything else.

he almost attacked me, and you saved my life.

my pitfighting phase wasn't just a way to blow off steam. it was a way to punish myself.

the times that i punch things so hard and so much that my knuckles bleed, i'm punishing myself. trying to forget things. like the time you locked me in that cell, all i could think about was my regrets and my first time in jail. when Caitlyn found me, my knuckles were all fucked up.

i'm not telling you all this to guilt trip you, or anything. but i just want you to know... you're not alone. we're both kind of fucked up. but i still love you, anyways.

no, no, im not thinking that, dont sweat bullets about that there. but. i. well.

after i quit being such a bitch, i've learned. how hard its been for u. it took those months of just hiding from everything with isha and sevika to just... u know. calm my anger, center myself, and stuff to get it. and watching u during those fights were a huge eye-opener for me. i realized u're hurting too. and then i slowly noticed more people were hurting.

ekko was hurting. and i know u dont like sevika and everything, but... she was hurting too in her own way. the firelights, our people, topsiders... well, theyre debatable (ha ha!).

but wow, that DOES sound like me. i hope ure... still not beating urself up about that.

as muuuuuuch as i get SUPER ANNOYED about this stupid prophecy and being the new Janna can be SUCH a pain in the ass... it. comes with the job???

that sounds off. what i mean is. i have to keep u dummies alive and well taken care of. so. if not u, i would have done the same for ekko, for jericho, or madame babette, even some worm who probably deserve to get his teeth knocked in.

ill do it because ure my people, and ill protect everyone and everything in zaun the best way i can.

[Jinx is so amazing, Vi thinks. she's been through so much, and to come out on the other side with this sort of mindset is amazing to her. she always knew that she was amazing, though.

Jinx just never saw it for herself.]

you watched my fights?

and yeah, i'm beating myself up. if you know anything about your older sister, you know that i'm going to do it.

[again, such a high standard she puts on herself. anyone else? she'd tell them to not blame themselves too. but she's supposed to be the fixer. the protector. the older sister.

but she just really, really sucks at it.]

you still shouldn't have done it. usually things go a lot better when i'm not around. there's a whole alternate reality dedicated to it.

[she would be 0% surprised if Jinx knew. Caitlyn had known, after all...]

but i'm proud of you. i really, really am.

of course i did. why wouldn't i?

well, quit it. dont say that world is better because ure not in it. that world is better because hextech doesnt exist there. and if u keep thinking that, im going to go over there and slug u. hard. and i wont hold back either.

and. thanks. ive always wanted u to be proud of me. i still wanna be like u. not FULLY u because u get pretty gross.

[well. she can think of a few reasons.]

i dunno, because i tried to kill you or something.

but what was the catalyst? i was the one who died in Jayce's apartment that day.

i've always been proud of you. and you shouldn't be like me... you should find yourself, instead.

come on, sis. u werent actually trying. yea, and im sure the "me" there is sooooooooooo stoked about it and so is everyone else. we totally do not think about u, or miss u, or in some kind of mourning every single day.

hard to do that when im stuck here. but im still gonna look up to u even when i find myself. so suck it up, baby.

yeah, but still. i shouldn't have ever gone that far.

and you think life without you, Vander, Mylo and Claggor are any better?

i'm not a baby. just probably not the best role model.

the ONLY person who've gone too far between all of us was ur little pastry dish for sniping my finger off. but i guess if she hadnt, my finger wouldnt look so cool. flipping people off became 1000x sweeter.

u are too a baby. also hello? curse?? i was born with it?? did we forget?

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cw mental health talk ig?

cw: mental health talk! also hey, matching icons, look at that. ssistters :)

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