LOG | July Catch-All | Closed for Now

[rainewhispers]

Who: Raine Whispers, Donna, Eda, Hunter + Others TBA
When: Mid-July onwards
Where: ADI Headquarters + Other Locations TBD
Summary: A sudden arrival + July Catch-All TBA
Warnings: Near-Death Experiences, Trauma, Paranoia, more TBA
Closed prompts in the comments, open prompts to come!

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[edalyn]

Eda looked like she was ready to be angry again, based on that first part. Even if it was a good excuse, that didn't mean she had to be happy about it.

The next part, though, caught her off guard. It made sense now, but at the time she'd had no idea who'd both know and want to help.

"...I did think that was dumb even for Hooty," she said after a moment. If it was someone he knew that explained a lot. Or maybe the flowers would have worked for anyone, you never knew with him.

"Thanks," she added, deflating a bit. "Not sure I could have pulled it off without that. And they got out just in time, too. Belos wasn't exactly happ--" Eda paused, suddenly remembering the specific note with those flowers.

"Hang on, secret admirer?"

[rainewhispers]

Raine let out an internal sigh of relief when it tided her over. They weren't sure how much more arguing they could do at this rate, it was proving to be extremely emotionally and physically taxing to try and keep this up. If things were different, they'd tell her everything they could, confide in her. She still thinks there's a home to go back to, doesn't she? They'd rather keep it that way.

Then she decided to press a specific detail about their little stunt with the flowers and Raine's face begun to burn as their eyes went wide. For a moment they stammered, trying to come up with some sort of sly comment or coy excuse but it all turned to mush before they could say anything.

Raine stopped themselves, took a deep breath.. and let out a small, sort of nervous laugh. "Yeah.. I was- Well I was working on the fly and I knew that'd appeal to Hooty's sensibilities, at least. Besides, it worked didn't it?"

[edalyn]

Eda started to smirk, just a tiny bit, at that blush. Upset as she was overall, it didn't change the fact that Raine was very, very cute when they did that. But then they made excuses and... what else was she expecting? After all, she teased them about it to be obnoxious. It wasn't like she actually thought they meant anything by it.

So why did it kind of hurt a little? Why did they somehow feel further away when they were here than when they weren't? Pull yourself together Edalyn, you're a grown-ass woman.

"Yeah--yeah, I guess it did. Hooty's always been a big sap so, you know, good thinking."