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[exonerated]

[ maybe in the mess hall when she was lamenting not having alcoholic drinks?

in any case, edmund knows her now, so he will be attempting to contact her to see if she's ok. he and zevran had been going back and forth texting each other with the devices so he's a little faster now. ]

hello

i thought i'd check to see if you're alright
it's been a busy day, hasn't it?

[motivation]

[ dutch doesn't want to care for people here, khlyen's voice still ringing in her ears that friendship, that caring makes her weak, vulnerable. the loss of the quad hurts, and maybe without the years with johnny, years of knowing that friendship can make her stronger, too, she would take that as proof that khlyen was right.

he wasn't, but that doesn't mean dutch is going to open herself up to people immediately. and yet, sometimes it's difficult not to, when they're the ones taking the first steps. ]

busy's one word for it, yeah
i'm all right. you?

[ she doesn't know him well, but he'd seemed — sweet, well-meaning, if a bit clueless. ]

how did you like your first drop from orbit?

un: eggsy | itt: secondhand embarrassment

[tailorable]

not a bad testdrive, huh
let me know if you want to go for another spin 😉

cackles quietly also id: killjoy

[motivation]

that depends
what are you wearing?

text, u.n: j.watson (early afternoon of the first)

[enarms]

You doing alright in all this?

[motivation]

the bomb?

[ dutch is not even remotely all right, but it has nothing at all to do with the bomb going off. ] not my first rodeo
how overrun with patients are you

text | foster | encrypted

[beknight]

Enjoying the scenery?

[motivation]

i've seen worse. how's it going, old man?

text | foster | after they're back in wyver

[beknight]

Anyone you know awake?

[motivation]

yeah
one from my world, some i met here that went back in, as far as i can tell

and you?

text, u.n: j.watson | backdated to the time of the plot log

[enarms]

You don't happen to know every inch of the wilderness yet do you?

[motivation]

not every inch, but close enough
why?

[ here's a fact he doesn't know about her (yet): khlyen trained her to blindly navigate entire building complexes after a few minutes with the blueprints beforehand. she's had to put that into practice even after running away from khlyen because that's just what her life is.

so no, she doesn't know every inch of the wilderness, but she's got a pretty decent mental map of the place. ]

voice; un: zx83; encryption, whatever

[rzhavyy]

[It's the night before the gala, when she gets a phonecall, rather out of the blue.]

Hey, Dutch, are you- busy?

[There's something slightly off to his tone of voice. She may or may not recognize it as I may have made A Mistake.

Look, trying to cut his own hair was a terrible idea.]

same encryption, id: killjoy

[motivation]

[ it's the night before the gala, and dutch isn't fighting, so her evening's consisted of some stew and some wine. not a bad way to spend it, really. bit boring, maybe. so she picks up quickly. ]

You all right?

[ no, she's not busy. and she recognises that tone, even if she can't quite place it. ]

christmas!

[tailorable]

[ on christmas eve, dutch will receive some swanky as hell bourbon on her doorstep, with a ribbon tied around the neck of the bottle and a tag reading Happy Christmas, Dutch. — Eggsy ]

[motivation]

[ she's liking this christmas thing more and more. somewhere during the next day: ]

want to open it together?

christmas gift;

[beknight]

[ Delivered to her at her job, signed with his name in his elegant handwriting. Inside is an ornate jewellery box, silver, carved with intricate leaf and flower motifs. No animals, nothing of that kind of symbolism. Only growing things. The main lock has her name carved on it in cursive. ]

[ Inside is lined with velvet, has a few secret compartments, for her to fill it with anything she pleases. The note (inside, in one of those secret compartments), Put in what you choose to keep. Season's Greetings. - A. Foster. ]

[motivation]

[ dutch is handed a box -- alan's name is on it and it isn't red, but for a moment, all she sees is a box. (it's a beautiful box. there are plants on it and it's ornate and intricate and silver. there's no weapon inside it, only space for her to fill it. it's the opposite of the kind of boxes khlyen used to hand her, freedom to choose what to put in it instead of a task.)

she puts the box aside and she fights her next fight and wins and then she takes the box home and looks at it. then she doesn't for a day.

eventually, she writes: ]

i used to know a man who would hand me boxes

[ not quite a knife, not yet, but the start of one, handed to him. again. ]

text; un: eproghuefgdzptrrw

[vorrutyer]

🍆 ?

un: killjoy

[motivation]

[ she doesn't get it immediately, but after a moment of squinting and considering bylery's personality, she does. ]

if that's meant to be an accurate representation of your dick right now, i'd go see a doctor.
i don't think they're supposed to be that colour

text | private

[toten_sie]

I killed someone.

And I got someone hurt.

I didn't hurt him. But he got hurt because of me.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't bother you.

I don't know how to get rid of messages.

You don't have to answer.

I won't bother you again.

[motivation]

[ he's a soldier, or he was, so she's not immediately surprised to read that first text — but then the others come in and she is surprised.

and then she understands.

(there have been times, when she was younger, before she let khlyen make her hard and cold, that she'd cried bitter tears for the lives she's taken, the blood she's spilled.)

understanding is a cruel thing, sometimes. it keeps her from blithely shrugging him off. (that's not what johnny would do. it's what khlyen would do. call him weak.) she's trying to be better. to be good. she takes a breath and then another and replies: ]

what happened
tell me about it

PLOT TEXT, j.watson

[enarms]

Are you safe Dutch?

[motivation]

[ there is no response. ]

[willrevile]

I don't see you lined up for the rescue cattle call, you better just be sleeping something off.

later, voicemail.

[willrevile]

Pick up the fucking phone, Dutch.

[ But he sounds-- pissed off, distant enough to know she won't. ]

text | foster | encrypted

[beknight]

[ attached pic ]

There is no resemblance.

[motivation]

to me? no
to you? i think he has your eyes

un: anders, misfire

[judicia]

Yeah, she's really frisky in bed. 😉

( attachment )

[motivation]

for a second i was hopeful this was gonna be the fun kind of video

text / un: eggsy

[tailorable]

i want you to know that i typed up a proper [ gross. ] message for you and everything, but it went to someone else
you alright love?

[motivation]

half my texts have been going to the wrong people today, it's annoying as shit
what was the message
i'm fine
could do with a distraction though so i don't keep texting people who think dorian ii is a wronged lover or some shit like that

[ she's not actually doing great, but like hells is she going to admit that ]

text | un: BishopRunout (misfire)

[poolhall_killer]

He's faster than he looks.

[motivation]

the hells is that

text | s.trevor | misfire

[dianano]

So he asked me if I'm the 'jerk off while looking in a mirror' type of guy.

i love you

[motivation]

and? are you?
what did you say

text, un: j.watson 1/2

[enarms]

Sherlock's here!

[enarms]

Sorry all, I think I sent that to half the planet.

text | un: jtk

[willrevile]

I think I've got a better-than-nothing handle on what happened up on the station. Before I jump to any serious conclusions or start letting information out into the wild, are you able to do some basic spot-repairs on stuff like busted regulators and fried wiring, if I need backup? Barely anybody here even knows how to get into a suit if there's a breech.

[motivation]

so what happened on the station?
i know how to get into a suit and i can handle some fried wiring, but the guy who was responsible for fixing shit on my ship is taking a nap

un: anonymous, misfire

[judicia]

The only time I want to wake up with a sore arse is when I've been spanked the night before.

[motivation]

[ she has no idea who this is, but —it's as good a distraction as any. so: ] i didn't know you were into that

audio | we need... mmmmore threads, right

[1701]

Hey.

[ Casual, but-- audio is odd for Jim, usually opting to text while multi-tasking, used to the borderline in-and-out radio of communicators over proper phone calls. ]

Just so we're on the same page, you haven't seen Alan on the ground in a while, have you?

we always need more threads

[motivation]

[ she does not want to answer this question. if she has to answer, that means she has to consider the possibility that he's —gone. in stasis.

she doesn't want to answer, but after a beat, she does: ] ... No.

SLIDES IN AT LAST

[antecede]

Nothing too interesting, for the record. But something about that place gave me a bad feeling

eyyyy <3

[motivation]

bad feeling how?

un: the.punisher

[bellare]

Hey. Just checking in. We do that right?

[motivation]

looks like we do
hi

[ she's in a terrible mood, but it's got nothing to do with him ]