fourth feather [text]

[charcoalfeather]

[It's midnight, the sixteenth. Honestly, everyone should be sleeping right now.]

I just thoguht of something.
that meat you buy from the store, what is it?

[...Except for when it comes to Rakka, she's been having a slight bit of difficulty with that. For a couple days now.]

I mean
where does it come from? Ive never seen a normal animal around besides pokemonoh no
are we eating pokemon?? is that it??

[And that would be where the texts stop for the night, but rest assured... or don't, Rakka is wide awake and ready for answers.

Or demands that she goes to sleep. That too.]

Comments

[usedflareblitz]

cant sleep?
i know the feeling

[ obviously, or they wouldn't be talking right now. ]

anything else on your mind

[charcoalfeather]

[if only she really knew...]

yeah it's something like that I guess. cant sleep.

[No matter how hard she tries.]

i havent been thinking about a lot
well, uh, besides home I guess

[usedflareblitz]

everyone thinks about home
it happens

[ wow that sounds. not reassuring. there is a short delay. ]

you never told me much about it

[charcoalfeather]

I
it never really came up i guess.

[Well, there's something different to talk about.]

I come from a town called Glie
like guri i guess
it's nice there, but small

[usedflareblitz]

guess it didnt

sounds like it was quiet
prolly not as crazy as this place huh

[charcoalfeather]

no not at



it kind of was I guess, but thats just because i was new

[usedflareblitz]

wait which was it
quiet or crazy

[charcoalfeather]

um
I think it was both. if that makes sense
I mean, it was quiet at first but then it wasnt

[usedflareblitz]

oh okay
something bad happen or???

[charcoalfeather]

yes
no
I mean yes
bad things did happen, but... that was a long time ago. it's over now

[usedflareblitz]

your lucky

i mean its good but

none of it followed you here right??

[charcoalfeather]

im alone here that's the way its always been

[Probably not the right words.]

[usedflareblitz]

[ definitely not. ]

im sorry i had no idea

[charcoalfeather]

no, im sorry
I mean
ITS OKAY YANG

[...]

i just dont want to let it bother me
but I think it's been doing that since the ball

[usedflareblitz]

sometimes you cant help the feelings
its okay

was it bc of all the people?

[charcoalfeather]

I guess so.
So many people showed up even some friends people hadnt seen in a long time

[She... she has to say it. There's little holding her back.]

no one from my world showed up

[usedflareblitz]

that doesnt have to be a bad thing

they would have just left again

or left & come back with no memories
or the wrong memories
worse ones

[ bitter about Blake? YOU BETCHA. supportive? not so much... ]

[charcoalfeather]

[....]

I never thought of that
but i still wanted to see them. any of them!
even if it was a short time, i wanted to see some of my friends too



and i guess it was angry

[usedflareblitz]

i can see that
if i had the choice about who showed up
i would have picked some other people
bury the hatchet

[ ... ]

not literally

[charcoalfeather]

I figured.
I guess maybe there were some other people I'd want to see, maybe.
but
my friends are more important right now.


i guess theyve always been.

[usedflareblitz]

friends ARE important

[ she leaves off the "when they're around" because that's not baggage Rakka needs to shoulder. it takes her another moment to add something on. ]

but your making new friends here too now right?
thats also important
because you never know when they could leave too

[charcoalfeather]

yeah
I never could know.

[Would she ever be ready for it? No, and it was stupid to think so.]

[usedflareblitz]

no sense worrying about it
if it happens deal with it then
not sooner

just

no plan may ever work out the way you hoped
thats just life

live for today

[charcoalfeather]

I
I will, Yang.

[She's tired, and a little touched. There's no way she'll argue anything about that.]

[usedflareblitz]

all right

now its time to get some sleep