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Jul 04, 2011 00:10

It's too quiet around here. What, has 'fun' became a dirty word or something?

[Helen's pretty sure she can come up with some worse ones.I guess it's to be expected when it's the big mouths and the nice guys who disappear. Oh, that reminds me...Rin! Glad you came back out of the woodwork, kid ( Read more... )

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private! twoswordjuniper July 4 2011, 07:55:44 UTC

Really.

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In what capacity, exactly?

private! applelimber July 4 2011, 20:59:21 UTC

My old route. Hey, which isn't so old after all, since it's pretty much the same route I take to stretch my legs when happy hour ain't so happy.

[...]

I'm not saying it was wrong to leave. Just that...maybe it's time to go back.

private! twoswordjuniper July 5 2011, 17:18:41 UTC

Hm.

[An almost cold sound. This decision hasn't exactly been totally unforseen, but she'd have liked to have been more a part of it.]

How did you come to this decision?

private! applelimber July 5 2011, 18:54:09 UTC

[It took some thought, worried that Deneve might feel pressured, or even that she herself might back down.]

It's...like a debt that I owe. And I don't wanna just give up on stuff.

private! twoswordjuniper July 5 2011, 19:18:14 UTC

A debt you owe to whom? Yourself, this place... or Priscilla?

private! applelimber July 6 2011, 02:51:32 UTC

All of the above. And to you and to Clare and Yuma and Sis, and everyone and everything else that I love in this crappy little world.

private! twoswordjuniper July 6 2011, 04:51:54 UTC

And you feel like you have to be on the Patrol to do that.

private! applelimber July 6 2011, 23:56:45 UTC

Short answer?

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Yeah.

private! twoswordjuniper July 7 2011, 00:48:29 UTC

What's the long answer?

private! applelimber July 8 2011, 00:31:32 UTC

Well...the long answer is I don't guess I have to be on the Patrol to do it. But I'm sick of burning bridges. It just leaves us with fewer places to go, and there ain't a hell of a lot of places to go to begin with. I wanna build bridges so I can reach everyone again. And I think this...this is a good start.

Dene.

[Here Helen's voice turns more serious than it's been in...well, probably forever.]

You've still got my back, don't ya?

private! twoswordjuniper July 8 2011, 00:44:33 UTC

That was never in question.

What is... is whether or not my rejoining the patrol would ultimately be a positive or negative action. And whether or not I care to take it.

Your logic makes sense. But much as I may wish it wasn't true, the situation is less simple for me than for you.

private! applelimber July 9 2011, 01:31:57 UTC

I know. I thought about that...a lot.

[More than she can put into words, more than could probably ever be believed of Helen.]

You don't have to make a decision now. Hell, for that matter I'll never ask you to. But if there's something you do want me to do, just say the word.

private! twoswordjuniper July 10 2011, 18:05:30 UTC

Support her.

[She won't be explicit, but it's clear she means Priscilla.]

The city has been lucky enough to have been given a second chance to try. Everything possible must be done to help her to remain stable.

private! applelimber July 10 2011, 22:25:54 UTC

[It takes her a moment to respond. But when she does, Helen's voice is all teeth and spirit.]

You got it!

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