wait, let me count out twenty-nine of these things ♏ audio
[the feed opens with a mutter, but one of somebody who knows what she's doing.]
Serves me right for trying to think about stuff to take my mind off my back.
[she knows damn well that what she's about to say is going to sound crazy. but it's on her mind, and she wants validation. or to hear the sound of her own voice. either way.]
If you take away the part where we never know what's coming next, and we don't know how Val is going to try to break us but we know she's going to find a way, and if you don't pay attention to how much she's taking out on our friends, I mean...
Is this place really that bad? Is it any worse than where we all came from? There's food, there's a place to live, there's... I have friends. I have friends! Predictable bitchy bitch Vriska Serket has people who give enough of a shit about her to worry if she's in trouble and tell her not to do stupid things and-
[her mouth is racing to match her heart. in the break between words, she cries in pain. another fucking wing twitch, aching to burst from under her skin. but not yet. she pauses, knowing that this will be the craziest part. and talks more quietly, like she's ashamed of herself.]
-and I never would've had that if it weren't for the Consortium.
[there's a rustle of clothing; she's fidgeting. debating if she should post this. a shaky breath is drawn.]
Serves me right for trying to think about stuff to take my mind off my back.
[she knows damn well that what she's about to say is going to sound crazy. but it's on her mind, and she wants validation. or to hear the sound of her own voice. either way.]
If you take away the part where we never know what's coming next, and we don't know how Val is going to try to break us but we know she's going to find a way, and if you don't pay attention to how much she's taking out on our friends, I mean...
Is this place really that bad? Is it any worse than where we all came from? There's food, there's a place to live, there's... I have friends. I have friends! Predictable bitchy bitch Vriska Serket has people who give enough of a shit about her to worry if she's in trouble and tell her not to do stupid things and-
[her mouth is racing to match her heart. in the break between words, she cries in pain. another fucking wing twitch, aching to burst from under her skin. but not yet. she pauses, knowing that this will be the craziest part. and talks more quietly, like she's ashamed of herself.]
-and I never would've had that if it weren't for the Consortium.
[there's a rustle of clothing; she's fidgeting. debating if she should post this. a shaky breath is drawn.]