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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.

Comments

[canofmanji]

Like things are getting to be too quiet and yet too loud at the same time? [ADI feels emptier with the people who have quit and yet there are still forces trying to end the world around every corner it seems like.]

[bossyboiler]

Yeah. That's a very good way to put it.

[canofmanji]

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

[bossyboiler]

Yes, a little.

[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.

[canofmanji]

I have to get home. I don't belong here. Now.

[bossyboiler]

I wish I could help you.

[canofmanji]

Ah. It's fine. We're in the same spot really.

[Although that makes him wonder.] If we do find a way home, do you want to go back?

[bossyboiler]

I think I'd go home, yes.

[ But she's not really one-hundred percent certain. She loves Yelena and Winter too much. ]

[canofmanji]

I wonder if there is anyone here who would rather stay here now. [There's no judgement in his voice. Just mild curiosity.]

[bossyboiler]

I honestly don't know. This place is horrible.

[canofmanji]

It can be pretty shit at times, can't it?

[There's another long pause. Maybe Manji is about to hang up?]

You doing alright?

[bossyboiler]

That's putting it mildly but yeah.

I'm okay, Manji, just a little tired.

[canofmanji]

I can understand that. [He was always tired most days thanks to the curse that was always active.]

But there's probably someone here you can talk to if you ever get too tired. [Not him. He's bad at this sort of thing. He's not sure why he tired.]

[bossyboiler]

Oh, yeah. I do have people I can talk to about that.

[ Not Manji though, never him. ]

[canofmanji]

Good. [He doesn't really have more to say.]

Then I'm glad you got what you needed from this. Take care kid.

[bossyboiler]

Thanks Manji. You too.