[It’s a chaotic bombardment alright, some of it immediately expected while the rest doesn’t really click into place until he thinks about how both of their previous meetings played out. And yet despite all of that, what Jinx will feel in return is a brief, but powerful, flash of relief when he first hears her voice. Hostility be damned.]
I just wanted to know that you’re alright. Still hanging around this place. Because…
[A slight pause, some of that worry thrumming to life again.]
Well, you mention family—have you heard from your sister? Seen any sign of her? Because I think she might be gone.
[ It really isn't fair, this whole thing Vander's got going on - all steadiness and patience and kindness, even in this place where his emotions should be easier to read. It's confusing. (No, it isn't, because some part of her knows exactly why he's like that - why he'll always be like that, because it's who he is--)
So, naturally, she doubles down on the vitriol and venom, a seething, unstable mania riding the high of her anger - but it doesn't last long. ]
Gone?
[ 'Gone'? A shivery, shuddery flicker of nonsense, and then: ]
Then go and find her. You two are real buddy buddy, aren't you? Trouble in paradise?
[ Vi. Vi, Vi, Vi and Vander. Having a grand ol' time playing house, she's sure of it. ]
Did you check with the Enforcer? [ That word couldn't be spat out with any more disdain despite the faux cheerful tone. ] Yeah, she's all nice and cozy with one of them now, if you didn't hear!
[All that venom and anger—it hurts, it really does. And all he can really do is try to weather it, do his best to keep it from slipping through this shared connection. He’s not exactly a master at this mental communication, though.]
Gone gone. Like she’s not anywhere in Kenos anymore.
[The topic of the Enforcer girl feels as glaring as a landmine sprayed with neon graffiti. It’s an argument they don’t need, not right now, so he tries to sidestep it as carefully as he can.]
No one has seen her, Jinx. And if you try to reach her to talk like this, there’s just… nothing there.
Vander wouldn't be able to see it, but he would feel the rush of fear - abandonment - that rises to meet those words and quickly finds itself swallowed by the comfort of anger. She's already on her feet, ensuring she's armed as she sprints out the door of Silco's chambers in Yima's manor. ]
She can't be-- [ a blip, a waver, ] gone gone. [ It comes quickly and reeks of denial. ]
[The protective instinct it draws from him is almost knee-jerk.]
Just— promise me you’ll be careful around here, alright? I don’t know if there was trouble involved or…
[A pause and a bit of anxious frustration as he shakes his head. She couldn’t have simply up and vanished, right? Right?]
You haven’t seen any sign of her lately? Heard anyone say anything?
[The question’s a little more pointed than he rightfully means for it to be, but he’s on edge and the storm of emotional feedback doesn’t help matters.]
[ The words are spoken aloud and spat through Communion simultaneously, carrying with them a white-hot hiss of that instability. (She's getting a look from someone as she runs down the hall; she doesn't see it or care.) ]
She has to be here. She HAS to be here, you--
[ 'You have to find her.' Is that really what she was about to say? She can't trust him with shit, never mind something as important as Vi. (She knows she can.) People don't just disappear unless you make them disappear. Did someone kill her? No, no, there's no way. Vi wouldn't go down without a fight, and Jinx would know. She would know, she--
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Date: 2022-12-06 05:24 am (UTC)I just wanted to know that you’re alright. Still hanging around this place. Because…
[A slight pause, some of that worry thrumming to life again.]
Well, you mention family—have you heard from your sister? Seen any sign of her? Because I think she might be gone.
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Date: 2022-12-06 07:34 pm (UTC)So, naturally, she doubles down on the vitriol and venom, a seething, unstable mania riding the high of her anger - but it doesn't last long. ]
Gone?
[ 'Gone'? A shivery, shuddery flicker of nonsense, and then: ]
Then go and find her. You two are real buddy buddy, aren't you? Trouble in paradise?
[ Vi. Vi, Vi, Vi and Vander. Having a grand ol' time playing house, she's sure of it. ]
Did you check with the Enforcer? [ That word couldn't be spat out with any more disdain despite the faux cheerful tone. ] Yeah, she's all nice and cozy with one of them now, if you didn't hear!
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Date: 2022-12-06 11:29 pm (UTC)Gone gone. Like she’s not anywhere in Kenos anymore.
[The topic of the Enforcer girl feels as glaring as a landmine sprayed with neon graffiti. It’s an argument they don’t need, not right now, so he tries to sidestep it as carefully as he can.]
No one has seen her, Jinx. And if you try to reach her to talk like this, there’s just… nothing there.
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Date: 2022-12-07 12:26 am (UTC)GONE gone.
Vander wouldn't be able to see it, but he would feel the rush of fear - abandonment - that rises to meet those words and quickly finds itself swallowed by the comfort of anger. She's already on her feet, ensuring she's armed as she sprints out the door of Silco's chambers in Yima's manor. ]
She can't be-- [ a blip, a waver, ] gone gone. [ It comes quickly and reeks of denial. ]
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Date: 2022-12-07 03:28 am (UTC)Just— promise me you’ll be careful around here, alright? I don’t know if there was trouble involved or…
[A pause and a bit of anxious frustration as he shakes his head. She couldn’t have simply up and vanished, right? Right?]
You haven’t seen any sign of her lately? Heard anyone say anything?
[The question’s a little more pointed than he rightfully means for it to be, but he’s on edge and the storm of emotional feedback doesn’t help matters.]
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Date: 2022-12-07 04:55 am (UTC)[ The words are spoken aloud and spat through Communion simultaneously, carrying with them a white-hot hiss of that instability. (She's getting a look from someone as she runs down the hall; she doesn't see it or care.) ]
She has to be here. She HAS to be here, you--
[ 'You have to find her.' Is that really what she was about to say? She can't trust him with shit, never mind something as important as Vi. (She knows she can.) People don't just disappear unless you make them disappear. Did someone kill her? No, no, there's no way. Vi wouldn't go down without a fight, and Jinx would know. She would know, she--
she promised. ]
I'LL find her.