[ch. 5] wednesday, w/ steph

[asswipe]

[BECAUSE IN THIS HOUSE WE LOVE AND RESPECT STEPH—

Steph won't have to wander far from her respective dorm before she hears the telltale noise of metal hitting the ground. Should she investigate the armory, she'll find Veronica carefully stepping away from a pile rusty weapons, apparently having knocked over the contents of a whole ass shelf. Whoops.]

I, um— [HI, STEPH.] I can explain.

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[vigilantics]

Do I even want to know?

[ she was willing to accept that veronica is just clumsy, but her immediate defense has now made her suspicious. ]

[asswipe]

[Look... Listen.......... It's only half as sketchy as it sounds. :/]

... Depends. Would you help me out if you knew?

[vigilantics]

Yeah. Unless it's something super gross, then no.

[ nah she'd still help ]

[asswipe]

It's not gross.

[DRYLY. Steph, please.]

I just need help getting something down.

[vigilantics]

Yeah, sure. What do you want me to do?

[ since she cannot climb. ]

[asswipe]

If I give you a boost, can you grab it for me?

[... Since Stephanie definitely cannot climb.]

[vigilantics]

Yup. Just try not to drop me, I'm running out of legs.

[ she'll go over there so she can be in position. ]

[asswipe]

Hahah, very funny. I'm not going to drop you.

[she is maybe going to drop her

maybe??

either way, time for steph to get a boost.]

It's, um. It's a blue notebook. Do you see it?

[vigilantics]

Yeah, I see it. Hold on.

[ she will... reach over... and scoop it up triumphantly. ]

Got it!

[asswipe]

Awesome.

[And down Steph goes! Gently, if not super duper wobbly.]

Now give it here so I can burn it.

[... VERONICA.]

[vigilantics]

Uh.

[ UHHHH??? ]

I thought this was something important?

[ she's handing it over anyway. ]

[asswipe]

Something like that. Which is why it's gotta go.

[It's kind of

her diary

complete with vague confessions of murdering three of her classmates. Hi.

Anyway, both of them will find themselves trapped in a bubble the moment Veronica's hand makes contact with the diary. Veronica will only have enough time to look at their surroundings, alarmed, before a memory begins.

"Look, look, look, look, look. Here’s my revenge. I’m gonna put a flemglobber in her Prairie Oyster and she’ll never know. Ready?"

Entirely from Veronica's own point of view, Stephanie will find herself witnessing the rest of the scene play out. JD's bad attempt at a "joke", them kissing and making up, and then Veronica humiliating herself to try and get back on Heather's good graces. However, it's not until Heather's dead on the ground and Veronica is yelling at her boyfriend to call 911 that the memory fades.

That sure did happen, hm.]

[vigilantics]

[ uh

what the fuck.

stephanie does not know what to comment on, or if she should even comment on anything at all. there's just a long moment of her gaping, before slowly turning to look at veronica. ]

What.

[ well, her tapestry did drip ink. ]

[asswipe]

[It sure did.

Veronica looks like she wants the ground to swallow her whole. Which, you know, fair.]

It— It was an accident, I swear. [KILL HER.]

[vigilantics]

[ veronica did, at least, seem properly panicked about the whole thing. ]

Who... was the guy?

[ the asshole???? ]

[asswipe]

[she


drags a hand down her face.]

My ex-boyfriend.

[vigilantics]

He better be an ex.

[ CONSIDERING HE SEEMED

PRETTY DOWN TO MURDER????? ]

[asswipe]

Trust me. He's an ex.

[an ex everything, in fact.

ex boyfriend, ex confidant, ex living being??]

[vigilantics]

[ that's... something, at least. ]

What happened after that?

[asswipe]

We... made it look like a suicide so we wouldn't go to jail?

[SORRY, STEPH...]

[vigilantics]

[ SHE JUST COVERS HER FACE WITH HER HANDS, GROANING. ]

[asswipe]

[LOOK. LISTEN. LET HER LIVE.]

I know. I'm a terrible person.

[vigilantics]

...

What happened after?

[asswipe]

Everyone started acting like Heather was God's gift to our sad, cruel world. Departed too soon. Very tragic.

[... she's skipping the part where she wrote the suicide note. don't judge her.]

[vigilantics]

[ heather did not seem like a nice person from that memory, although stephanie is still pretty certain she did not deserve to get horribly murdered. before she can say anything else, though, the scenery starts to shift as i, francia, remembers that i never shared a memory.

it's... a less murdery than veronica's. still, she looks embarrassed??? why. ]

[asswipe]

[...

...

...]

I can't believe you're judging my bad choices when you settled for a masked douchebag who can't color coordinate?

[vigilantics]

Hey! He's...

[ ... ]

Cute?

[asswipe]

Girl, he won't even tell you his name.

[vigilantics]

I found out what it was later.

[ i mean like

not from him

she had to go behind his back to find out but

she definitely learned it at some point? ]

[asswipe]

After you sucked face with him.

[steph

steph]

[vigilantics]

[ opens her mouth




closes ]

He was cute?

[ she said that already. ]

[asswipe]

Again, he didn't tell you his name?

[stephanie brown, why.]

[vigilantics]

Look. Sometimes these things happen.

[ it's obvious she is running out of excuses here other than "boy hot" ]