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[grappler]

In case you haven't noticed, we're not really normal sisters. So shoot.

[opheliac]

[ she chuckles briefly at that. ]

... Do you think I'm pretty?

[grappler]

[... there's a brief pause at that. not because she didn't think Jinx wasn't pretty, but because... isn't this a normal sister thing after all?

again, she really wouldn't completely know.]

Yeah. Why're you asking?

[opheliac]

Everyone around this place seems to be coupling up or... finding someone to get intimate with.

[ there is ekko who confessed to her, but there's too many complications regarding why she can't be with him. ]

[grappler]

I mean, that's what people do when they can't go anywhere else.

[it's kind of odd that she's asking this sort of thing... why hadn't she said anything before?]

Why are you asking now?

[opheliac]

I dunno...

[ such a little sister answer, but it's just to fill in for what she's actually going to say. once she gets the words right. ]

Seeing it all happening around me makes me feel... ugly. And not loved, somehow. Quentin and I were only together for a month until, it got all screwy. And I keep getting this dumb feeling to like, have that again, y'know? But I know I'm... different and everything, so... I don't... think I'll get that again.

[grappler]

[there's a long silence. she doesn't really know what to say -- there's enough wild people here to probably like her sister, and yet.]

But you are loved. Even if you don't have someone in that way, you're loved. You'll find you someone... and honestly? You're too good for most of them, anyway.

[opheliac]

[ she chuckles softly over the receiver. what a big sister thing to say, but there's something lovely about it. ]

You think so? I guess a lot of them are a buncha losers, eh heh heh.

[grappler]

Oh, definitely. Did you see that guy talking about nurse outfits on the network a while back?

[she rolls here eyes, even if her sister can't see it.]

I'd punch you if you ended up with that guy.

[opheliac]

Wait, nurse outfits? Was he wearing one or he wanted a chick to wear one for him?

[grappler]

He wanted a chick to wear one for him. I was about to say something, but he was totally getting roasted.

So I just watched it all instead.

cw: NSFW

[opheliac]

Sheesh, when you're desperate like that, of course you're gonna get roasted. — He should do what I do, find some local nobody and let them go down on you.

[grappler]

[. . . .]

I didn't really need to know that.

[opheliac]

Oh, c'mon, Vi! You're my big sister. Who am I supposed to talk to or go for advice when it comes to sex stuff? — I can always go to Silco about it, and I have before, but he's a dude, and it's also a little awkward.

[grappler]

[that's awkward for so many more reasons...]

Okay, I'll let that one go then.

[especially since she's not even supposed to be talking about Silco!!! so moving right along.]

Guess it's just weird for me to think about my little sister doing that shit. But you know I'm always here, anyway.

[opheliac]

Good, 'cause I might... need some advice about that later. Or help. Maybe. It's all complicated.

[ because she is still beside herself with this whole thing ekko, and not entirely sure what's the right move to do with him or what she should do. ]

[grappler]

It's only complicated if you make it complicated.

[says the person who still refuses to toe the line with Caitlyn......]

[opheliac]

Tell that to the other guy. I'm not making it complicated. He's the one with the... mush guts.

[grappler]

Mush guts.

[she rolls here eyes.]

And how do you feel?

[opheliac]

Mixed up? [ a pause. ] I like... the stuff he says, and everything feels... nice with him. But I can't really be with him.

her* lmfao

[grappler]

[??]

Why not?

I saw it but I was quiet. Teheeheee

[opheliac]

I'm still... hurting over Quentin. I guess. I-I still think about him sometimes, and... I don't know. Wouldn't seem fair, maybe?

'Sides, our history is crapped with stuff.

[grappler]

[she's quiet as she thinks about it for a long moment. this is quite the predicament, isn't it?]

Well... I mean, you can do whatever you want here. You might as well, since it's getting more fucked up by the day.

[totally.]

Me and you are making our relationship work, even though back home is... complicated.

[opheliac]

[ if this weren't a phone call, vi would be able to see a certain look on her face, but her chuckling might have given her an idea. ]

Oh, come on, Vi. You know, I can't do whatever I want here. If I could, my life would be soooooo much better. And yeah, we're making it work, but... I still don't like that you're with Caitlyn, and I would prefer if you were dating someone who I like too.

It's still... a punch in the gut that you're with someone who is an Enforcer. Who was after me, and probaaabbbly still is. We don't really know what's in that stupid head of hers. And the only reason I haven't blown her brains out yet is because she helped me with Silco.

[ she pauses on her side of the line, suddenly forgetting who she is talking for a split second as she rambles out her frustration. ]

— And now I have to go through this whole thing again with him is just... Ugh!

[grappler]

[there's a long silence. maybe she shouldn't have gone that far... if it was going to upset her about Caitlyn. but it's not like she's at the point where she could just dump her either, because she's so entwined with her life now that it'd feel wrong if she did.]

She's not after you.

[she remembers her conversation with Caitlyn after she killed Silco. about the cycle of violence.]

She's... let a lot of that shit go. For me. And because she's a better person than all of us.