[locked to new hires] post-babadon't

[princesspower]

[ Adora fidgets with her communicator, staring at the screen, her brow furrowed as the video feed starts up. She's in a bed in the infirmary, with some bandaging on her head where she's was previously bleeding from the scalp. She looks tired, mostly. ]

Hey everybody. I just - I guess I wanted to say that I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let myself get taken out like that. Everyone had to deal with that because of me. I screwed up. I won't let it happen again. Uh - I guess that's about it.

Comments

[text]

[runes_brand]

Cosigning this. Don't be sorry, be better.

[That was the advice Brand had gotten when his life had gotten fucked up at fifteen.]

[princesspower]

I'm going to be. I have to be.

[runes_brand]

Good. Take care of yourself while you're healing, you can't do shit if you fuck yourself up worse pushing yourself before you're ready.

[princesspower]

I'll manage. I always do.

[runes_brand]

Bzzt. The correct answer is "yes, that is a logical fucking argument and I will do my best to take care of myself so that I am prepared when something fucking unexpected shows up".

[princesspower]

I just said I was going to be prepared!

[runes_brand]

I told you to take care of yourself so that you could be prepared, you skipped the first part. I've lived with Rune long enough to recognize that trick.

[princesspower]

I really don't need another lecture.

[ Kind of. ]

[runes_brand]

Good, I'm not in the fucking mood to give one.

[Dealing with young people Brandon Saint John style!]

Rest up. Recover. Do something practical to improve, don't wallow in the past.

[princesspower]

That was my plan until everyone started telling me I was doing it wrong.

[runes_brand]

Then turn off your comm first and delete all the messages after.

[princesspower]

[ Thanks, Brand.

She's just gonna. Go curl up on her bed now. ]

Re: [text]

[wheyoftheadept]

yeah. at least that way, shit goes sideways, you know you did everything you could.

Re: [text]

[runes_brand]

[Yes, good, practical and more personable than him. Thank fuck.]

Asking anything more of yourself than that is a good way to miss the shit you need to deal with now because you're too fucking busy with the past.

Re: [video]

[wheyoftheadept]

yeah

[there are so many operators on this Rig, she's starting to take it as a sign that the Stuff is capable of planning. And switches to video.]

Don't think I've seen you around before. Call me Saturday.

[She looks better then she did when she got back, but she's still got a glorious shiner.]

Re: [video]

[runes_brand]

[Brand grumbles a little, but switches on video himself.]

I got here right before the fucking holidays. Call me Brand. I'm Rune's partner, if you've met him.