[ch. 6] post-investigation, w/ varian

[asswipe]

[She looks like she's been crying for a while when she goes to seek Varian out, but. Well. It's fine, probably.

Either way—]

Ion... left a letter for you in the Owlery. I had to give it up as evidence, but I... thought you should know so you can request it after the trial.

[...]

I can tell you what it said if you want to know before then.

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[alchemenace]

[ that's fine for once varian doesn't look like he's been crying! but he's hiding sitting in a corner hugging his therapy raccoon so really what's the difference. ]

...

[ he looks at Veronica for a quick second before he swallows and look back down ]

... Could you tell me? I. I want to know.

[asswipe]

[Yeah. This is a mood. She sits down next to him, drained.]

... He wrote it as he was dying. He apologized for breaking your trust, and said that he hoped his ink would help.

[It's fine. This is probably their fault for the friend letter, but. It's fine!]

[alchemenace]

[ ... there's a wounded noise for varian that seems to upset rudiger a little as he scrambles to his shoulders instead, and varian takes out a red button from his pockets ]

He said-- I asked him if it was dangerous, and he swore it wasn't-- he said he wanted me to put it in for him when he completed it. His objective was to die, wasn't it? He's such a liar. I should've known, I should've--

[ just going to. yeet that button now with a half-strangled scream. it's fine. ]

[asswipe]

[...]

It was, but you can't blame yourself for this. It's not your fault, Varian. [She's trying to keep a level voice here, but it's... hard. Doesn't stop her from giving it her best attempt, though.] Ion decided this for himself. You can't take that choice away from him by putting the blame on yourself.

lmao

[alchemenace]

That doesn't make it better. He was always-- he was always doing things that are bad for him, because he didn't care about himself. I knew that. I knew that.

[ he's upsetti. :( ]

I should've... I should've stopped him somehow.

gets back to this late to say 🖕

[asswipe]

Listen to me, please. It's not your fault, Varian.

[He produced exactly one (1) corpse and it wasn't Ion. Gosh!!]

You're not psychic. You couldn't have known that he was going to pull something like this this week. Saying you should have known isn't— It's not going to solve anything. It's just going to make you feel like shit.