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[isawallflower]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, CHEERYCHERRY. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 019.46.820.17 *** CHEERYCHERRY has joined 019.46.820.17 <CHEERYCHERRY> It's Riley! <CHEERYCHERRY> Please leave a message! <CHEERYCHERRY> Please be someone with their priorities sorted out properly!

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<CheeryCherry>

[isawallflower]

[ At first, when Riley checks her laptop, she doesn't know what to make of the message. She's more than a little out of it, weak from revival and too afraid to leave her apartment to hunt (to acknowledge the urge to hunt) for anything to help keep up her strength.

So, she takes a few moments, curled up with her emotional support cat, to parse that Beau's trying to talk to her about the


the murder. The thing, from earlier. The shitty way she started this awful shitty month.

It takes her awhile to even work up the urge to reply. She doesn't know why she even does it. ]

thanks.
but i don't really want to talk.
it's been a rough month.

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[afewlicks]

[Honestly, Beau isn't really even expecting a reply, but she is glad when she gets one. She sits up on the sofa a little straighter, chewing on her thumbnail for a moment while she thinks of how to reply.]

100% ok
i understand
just wanted to let you know i'm thinkin about you
make sure you're eating and stuff

<CheeryCherry>

[isawallflower]

[ Eating. She hates thinking about it. Preparing a nice meal used to make her feel good. Now, it doesn't quash the urge inside her to hunt and kill, so it feels almost useless. ]

yes.
sort of.
i got a few things from the soup kitchen.

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[afewlicks]

that's good.
just hang in there, ok kiddo?

<CheeryCherry>

[isawallflower]

[ Kiddo?

...She doesn't dislike it. Not at all. ]

okay.
you too?
are you ok?

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[afewlicks]

yeah dude, i'm doing good
if you ever need to get out of the house, you could come over
meet my girlfriend
she's really cool you'd love her

<CheeryCherry>

[isawallflower]

girlfriend?
you have a girlfriend?
oh.
um congratulations??

<pop.pop>

[afewlicks]

yeah, it's been really awesome
it's yasha, my friend from back home
we've apparently been in love with each other for forever but neither one was ready to make the first move
because we're fucking useless lesbians

[isawallflower]

[ It's a terrible time for Riley to freeze up, but she does. ]

oh.
really??
wow.
she's nice i've met her.
well good for you two!!

[ How is she so awkward. ]

[afewlicks]

haha thanks man
it's a pretty good silver lining i can't lie
anyway take care etc etc
i won't make you listen to me worrying any more than you already did

[isawallflower]

[ Beau's concerned. But still letting her do her own thing. It's a strange contradictory feeling, where Riley wants her to dig more, but also wants to keep anyone else possible from learning about her past. ]

thank you.
for checking in and all that
you know.

[afewlicks]

any time, riley
that's what friends are for

[isawallflower]

[ Friends...

Would any of them still like her, if they knew?

She keeps wondering. Even now. ]