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[bossyboiler]

Who: Kate Cordello
Username: bossyboiler
Warnings: N/A (will update when/if necessary)

Could everyone maybe check in, even if I don't know you. I feel like there's a few people I haven't seen around here lately.

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[musicdied]

Yes.

[There isn't even a second's hesitation.

She's known some awful people in her lifetime. She knows about even more.]

[bossyboiler]

Okay.

[ She believes her. ]

Can I bring you anything?

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

I know.

I just hate that we can’t ever really know what happens.

[musicdied]

[She utters a short laugh.]

Yes, but if I say it here, it will get me yelled at if the doctors decide to listen in.

[worthallthis]

Well, that's nice, but he also feels like he has to protest: "I can live without your dinners and brownies if I have to. It's you I'd miss. I love you for more than just food."

[edalyn]

It's... a lot quieter there, too.

[Normally that's something she might be glad about, but, well, not under these circumstances.]

Hunter and Cortana have moved in, but there's still a lot more empty rooms than there used to be.

[canofmanji]

So, hearing people checking in helping you to feel better?

[bossyboiler]

Yes, a little.

[bossyboiler]

It's quiet all around then. I don't like it.

Cortana has? I wasn't expecting her to leave the apartments.

[bossyboiler]

Oh, Winter. That's so sweet. While Kate knows that she is truly valued for more than just her cooking she can't help but feel a little emotional. She scoots down the couch and without asking hugs Winter. "I love you too."

[bossyboiler]

Oh, I'll deal with them if they decide to bitch. What do you need?

[bossyboiler]

Me too, John. Me too.

[unnecessaryflourishes]

They may well not, given their insistence they have little idea as to how we arrive here in the first place.

[bossyboiler]

This is terrible any way that you look at it.

[defendwhatremains]

Good company and a purpose can do that.

Well, when you get back in, I happen to have my new lounge just about up and running: Lavender Jack. Come in and take a breath of fresh air and I'd be happy to hear your stories. Someone who's been here so long must have plenty.

[worthallthis]

Thankfully, he's been getting a lot of practice with touching these days, and he's jumpy right now but not about hugs. So he lifts his arms, gets the metal one out of the way so it doesn't spasm and hurt her, and puts the other one around her, back. "You're my team," he reassures her. "I don't want to be far away from you. Who would read you books or yell at stupid movies with you."

[graveyounglady]

You got any notion what you're gonna do? Leaving soon like some of the others, or are you staying? Me'n Rue were gonna look into new housing options.

[edalyn]

I think it's just cos the power was out

idk if she's staying forever

[bossyboiler]

Okay. Well. At least I know where she is if something else happens.

[bossyboiler]

I'm not leaving.

[ She's going to be a mole and spy on ADI for her friends. ]

Where do you think you might go?

[bossyboiler]

I suppose that it can.

Thank you. I'll keep the offer in mind.

[canofmanji]

Then that's somethin'.

[There is a pause. Then it strikes Manji that Kate is one of the first people he met here that is still around.]

Did you ever think you'd last this long? I don't mean dying or anything like that. Just, being here? Still with ADI?

[bossyboiler]

[ It is something. ]

I've been here two years. I didn't think I'd last this long. I thought I'd be home by now.

[canofmanji]

You and me both. I don't feel any closer to home than the day I arrived. What about you?

[bossyboiler]

I don't think I'm ever going home.