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[grappler]

[alright. so now she's feeling the effects of her Sentencing. she can barely lift her gauntlets now, and... you know what? with the way things are looking right now, she's not about to let all this get in the way of her protecting herself or the people she cares about.]

alright, who has a grudge that they need to work through? could be anyone from here, or at home.

or i guess, how do you forgive people who've fucked with you? would that even work in this case?

whatever. i'm just doing this to get my Sentencing over with. let me know so jerry sees it and i can move on with my life or however the hell this shit goes away.

[send help lmfao-]

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[grappler]

probably the ones that're telling me that it's not even worth it to keep carrying it.

that nothing's going to change.

it's all shit i already knew, and shit Cait's told me, but... it's a little different, coming from other people.

[laserguy]

i guess it sometimes helps hearing it from multiple, different people.

so. not worth carrying a grudge because it won't change anything. it won't bring back the people that died, right?

[Won't bring Alex back.]

[grappler]

it won't.

but when they start taunting me about it... i just can't help it. i just lose my shit every time. and even if i do let it go, they're just going to find something else to needle me with.

[laserguy]

poking at the crap that pisses us off is what this place likes to do. but we can't just fall for it every time.

and yeah they'll find something new, but then we'll just figure something out for that too.

[grappler]

i know.

so what, should i just start to imagine them in clown makeup whenever they starts talking or something?

[laserguy]

what the hell, vi?? i was mostly thinking of just tuning them out.

and then doing whatever that needs to be done to satisfy their sentencing so you don't face some shitty punishment.

[grappler]

oh. well I'm not good at that, either.

how would they know i'd just get over a grudge, though? should I just say "oh I love this person forever now, I completely forgive them for all the terrible things they've ever done to me!" or something?

[laserguy]

does it have to be about your grudge? i thought you could just help with someone else's and call it a day.

[grappler]

it's something about helping someone else and then applying it to myself. so... both, kinda.

I dunno, it's all kinda stupid if you ask me.

[laserguy]

[.....]

what you said earlier.

about how holding a grudge won't bring people back. that stood out to me.

[grappler]

yeah, but I can still hate their guts.

what about it?

[laserguy]

[There's a delay in his next response. Like he's not sure how much he wants to say, but. Vi knows about Alex. At least, she's seen him-- a dream version yes, but she knows of him.]

i hate someone like that too.

[He's really only talked about this to Kotone.]

[grappler]

[oh.

interesting.]

... wanna talk about it?

[laserguy]

maybe.

i don't know. will it actually be useful for you?

[grappler]

maybe, maybe not.

will it be useful for you to talk about?

[laserguy]

maybe, maybe not.

[yeah just him throwing her comment back.] i'm not the one sentenced for a crime right now.

[grappler]

i'm supposed to help someone through this shit, remember?

[she's the queen of being a smartass don't smartass her!!]

[laserguy]

yeah and apparently apply it to your own sentencing! will you actually do that?

[NYEH.]

[grappler]

maybe, maybe not. you never know until you try.

[they are CHILDREN]

[laserguy]

[UGGGGGGGH.

Scott is OBVIOUSLY doing this as a favor and not because he actually needs to talk to someone about this. Obviously!!]

fine.

[Why is this harder to type than to actually say it out loud? Is it because looking at the words of 'Alex is dead' feels far more final??]

look this is harder than i thought.

[grappler]

I got time. not like I'm doing anything else but working right now.

private;

[laserguy]

[There's a bigger pause this time and then]

Alex is gone.

[Is that easier to type than saying he's dead? Maybe. At least he's sure that Vi will still understand what he's getting at too.]

private.

[grappler]

oh.

[she remembers the boy from Scott's dream. the one that Scott had craved attention from so badly... gone.

well, at least they can check off "dead siblings" from the ways they're alike.]

i'm sorry. what happened?

[laserguy]

he tried to stop a guy named apocalypse from kidnapping the professor.

it didn't work. there was barely even a body left.

[He wasn't even there to see it. This is just what Professor McCoy told him later because Scott was too busy goofing off his with friends. If he didn't do that, would Alex still be alive??]

[grappler]

[gods.]

and who's this apocalypse guy? sounds kinda edgy.

[she knows it's not the time to crack jokes, but since when does she not put her foot in her mouth?]