savetheearth | Text; Evening 4/8

As anyone's noticed from Winter's update, we arrived in one piece. With our pulses/echoes intact, but there's some caveats to that. So... a quick rundown, for anyone interested:

Upon leaving Locke City's barrier, our pulses were not entirely LOST - rather, they were weakened severely. Memories of the Network and regained memories of other lives became fuzzier. I didn't try to transform, but I imagine it wouldn't have worked, although my transformation device remained. But there was still some remnant, or trace of things - but it was like trying to pull back thoughts veiled through static. Just not... QUITE there, but I knew they SHOULD have been. It's a weird sensation, but... it's important. One can hypothesize that the more of these light there are, the wider WE can reach. At the very least, it's enough to keep you on track if you travel outside.

Everything returns in full at a certain point when hitting the Las Vegas barrier. There's a difference, however: This barrier is much smaller. A cursory walkabout leads me to believe it doesn't go terribly far away from the Vegas strip.

The hotel offer is entirely legitimate. If you have super powers.

Unfortunately, that walkabout also turned up one disturbing thing - I spotted a creature that most definitely should not have been there. A hairy little creature. No one else seemed to notice it, and it took off before I could get close enough. It was before my time on the Network, but based on what I know... I think it was a Vermini.

As an side: You can smell CLOUDS cigarette smoke from casinos without even being relatively close to them. I practically feel the need to walk around this place with an air freshener as a necklace.

[OOC - Small note to roommates: By the time of posting this, Lily would have informed any of them of all this. Anyone in that vicinity is free to harass her via action for the evening time, as well.]

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I... [What did she even say to that? Lily had just taken a sledgehammer to all her present concerns and was cheerily sweeping the pieces into a dustpan while humming a tune. And she'd said a few choice things that make Winter's heart do some very interesting things, as her mind fights to keep up with everything else. She gives up on trying to let everything click into place a moment later, surging forward in a crushing hug that is likely to knock them both over. And she doesn't mind. There are so, so many things that she wouldn't mind right about now, and a part of the working section of her mind recognizes that... well, that makes sense.]

Lily... Lily, I... I...! [Nope, can't talk. Too busy drowning in happy tears at the moment to get a word in edgewise; she'll settle for burying her face in Lily's chest and getting everything out while she has the chance. In a minute or two, she'll start to work things out. Right now... she needs the comfort, no matter how much she's been telling herself she didn't. No matter how strong she wants to pretend she is. No matter how it looks to Lily, or to anyone else.]

[Lily is tackled and very nearly has the wind knocked from out of her. She too does fly terribly mind, and hugs her back tightly, just thankful for the response. It feels like forever ago when Lily had to take comfort from Winter, rather than the other way around as it presently was. There's a part of her distinctly thankful that she can do the same by even a marginal degree. Because... if she wants to follow through with what she said, they both had to be able to take care of one another, right? If she can do that for Winter too... then maybe she feels like she halfway has the right to say these things. Of course, her own eyes are blurred from the renewed tears running down her cheeks because the sound and sight of Winter crying are about the worst things she can imagine.

Still, she holds her and strokes her hair, and while she does notice she doesn't terribly mind their position in relation to one another for a variety of reasons... she just lays there, and waits for her, though she continues to speak softly:] All I ask is you have a little more faith... I'd never turn you away for something like this, or ever... ever think I wouldn't want to see you again. Everything I'm telling you now are just... things I'd already been thinking... maybe things I should have already said... I just want to stay by your slide, because there's no one else who makes me feel like you do...

I... you're too kind to me. [It's quiet, but it's a little less shaky than her voice has been, so that's a start.] But... I'm gl-glad I can be this important to you.

That thing... it scares me. [She shivers, a dark look crossing her face again for a moment.] It imprinted on the bad things... it almost did some t-terrible things to you... I know I shouldn't feel like it's my fault, but...

[She shakes her head, going silent for a second. There were an increasing number of things in her heart she couldn't let out aloud to anyone she knew, because she'd scare someone, or drive them away. Even if Lily said it would be okay... she wasn't sure Lily understood the gravity of some of those things. Better not to push her luck. But maybe, some of the little things... she didn't want to burden anyone with her insecurities and her desires, but if it was Lily... maybe it was okay. They could share amongst themselves and see what they came up with.]

I don't want to... be alone either. Please... stay with me, Lily? For... as long as it takes, and t-then some?

[Lily breathes something of a relieved sigh as Winter begins to speak some more. Which is good, and she sounds as if she's starting to calm down a bit... Which is what she wants, and what Winter needs first before anything else. So she just lays there and lets her talk, still stroking her hair, until the question comes.

She slips her hand around to Winter's face, to her cheek again, and tries to tilt it up so she can look her in the eyes. She sniffles a bit, but smiles.]

I already said that's what I wanted, isn't it...? To stay with you as long as you'll let me, be it now, tomorrow... months from now, or... much, much longer than that. [She pauses, trying to wipe the dampness from Winter's face a bit.] I probably sound like a silly romantic again, because... "forever" is an awfully long time, but... that's how I feel.

Still, no matter... how much everyone has those ugly parts, remember that I don't care if they're there, for the fact they are there for everyone. All I see is the Winter I love, and she's beautiful. Never forget that.

[Winter is right about one thing, though - the mirror double had almost done some terrible things, and not even the things Lily had mentioned. The whole... "trying to kill her at her rejection" thing was probably something best left tabled for the time being. She had seen a furious Winter in the past, so... It was easy to see where that mirror could draw that sort of fury from anyhow. For the time being, Lily feels like she's done enough damage.]

But... I will say, if the worst thing an evil you could do is try and seduce me, I'm a little bit... flattered...

[She'd started trying to say that with a little bit more confidence than where she ended, her voice faltering a bit by then. She laughs just slightly at herself, blushing.] ...at least, I hope I should be...

[Winter is... finally starting to calm down. The attention helps, even if it's making her fall even further for Lily. Not that she needed a whole lot of help with that.] We'll... take it one d-day at a time. I think I c-can manage that much.

[A deep breath, and her voice settles. Even as unfounded as her worries were, it still terrified her. But all of this... it was hard to stay so panicked when someone was trying so, so hard to pull her back. To make her feel safe. And that was something she valued immensely. It doesn't hurt that it's Lily, who she'd kind of already showed a fair amount of herself to.

...And who apparently thought the world of her; Winter's face goes red rather quickly.] You're flattering me... I don't t-think I'm that special. But... if you think so, I... mm...

[She just... snuggles a little bit closer, and lets her walls down a little further. This person is someone she trusts explicitly. Someone she... might be able to show everything to. Even the things she's been afraid to show anyone before, or the things she's not sure how to explain, even to herself. They'd agreed before that they'd learn how to make this work together...]

Even if the method was... a little coarse... she w-wasn't wrong. I want to be able to show you how I feel, someday. She just... had a little more courage. But... I'm not going to l-lose to her.

[Holding Lily a little tighter to distract herself, she gathers up as much courage as she can find right now, and quietly, she manages one simple request:]

So... may I be a little selfish in the future? Can I... show you s-some of my desires?

[The closer snuggling and the tighter hold are things Lily can't exactly complain about. Neither are Winter calming and forming her things better. For awhile, Lily had been wondering if she had what it took to help Winter, to take care of her in the same ways she had been in one of her darker moments. It's... encouraging, to say the least.]

You are that special, at least to me, and... that's what I want you to know...

[Then it's Lily's turn to go from just blushing to her face full on burning at that request. It doesn't hold her back any, but it's noticeable. Given their proximity, it would be hard to do anything less, really. Still, she holds her back just as tight, stroking her cheek all the same. She does gain a little more trouble with word choice, however. ]

I'd... want you to... to show me those, when... ah. When it feels... right. For you.. I'd want that sort of thing to be... special, but with you - the real you - it would be... no matter when... Because like I said, that's what you are to me.

Edited 2014-04-20 17:21 (UTC)

Text; Evening 4/8

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