[ch. 2] wednesday morning, w/ varian

[asswipe]

[Hey, Varian.

He got kind of lucky that Veronica didn't get a chance to pull him aside yesterday, with everyone tripping over themselves to help A Child and all, but she's coming for him late during Wednesday morning. Without any type of greeting or anything of the sort:]

One, what did you do yesterday? [HONESTLY.] And two: Did you wake up with anything, uh, weird on you?

["Weird" as in a random ass cut. Veronica's sporting one on the side of her neck, not particularly long or deep but still kind of painful looking.]

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[alchemenace]

I ... would strongly advise against going near the woods. [ that's all he wants to say about that. strangely enough, he is looking a lot better than yesterday. like. a lot better. hm. ] And. What happened to your neck?

[ he says, with no irony ]

[asswipe]

No shit. I can't believe you.

[He looks better but, also. She's going to yeet him and Stephanie if they ever do that again.

Either way, she rubs at her neck, frowning.]

Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe Dracula was feeling peckish?

[alchemenace]

[ he laughs sheepishly. he has no excuse honestly?? but... wow look a subject change ]

You don't remember getting that at all?

[asswipe]

[squints at that subject change, but carries on.]

No. Which is why I asked you if you woke up with anything new on you.

[alchemenace]

I. I might have. I could look?

[ listen. its a lot of stuff ]

[asswipe]

... Would you notice if you did look?

[child, why.]

[alchemenace]

Well, a lot of it is mostly healed since Fane gave me something, so I might? ...But not if it's on my arm.

[ he's not unbandanging that ha ha fuck that ]

[asswipe]

... Yeah. Let's leave your arm alone.

[Which, by the way, she's squinting at it again.]

We're not going to talk about the elephant in the room, huh?

[alchemenace]

[ nervous laughter ]

Elephant? What elephant? I don't see any elephants.

[ ...nailed it ]

[asswipe]

[....... SIGHS. WEARILY.]

My point exactly.

[alchemenace]

[ sighs himself as he looks away ]

Um. I got injured. What's there to talk about?

[asswipe]

That's it. That's the whole topic, Varian. You can't show up injured and expect me to brush it off like it's no big deal.

[alchemenace]

I'm fine. Mostly. It... was a learning experience.

[asswipe]

A learning experience.

[v a r i a n]

[alchemenace]

[ owo???? ]

Yes. We learned that the woods... are a terrible place.

[ ~learning~ ]

[asswipe]

Tell me something that isn't common sense.

[alchemenace]

It's not like anyone else had gone into the forest to check, there, there could have been something important in there.

[ there wasn't but y'know. ]

[asswipe]

Was there?

[rip varian and steph]

[alchemenace]

[ ............. ]

Well. No, but.

[ but uh listen this was clearly ... worth it ]