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[hellawrath]

Need something set on fire? Leave a message with Taako at Fantasy Walmart in the temple ruins and Lup might hit you up!

But you better bribe Taako or it'll go something like this
[3:02:15 PM] Jazzy:
"some dude wanted to talk to you"
[3:02:29 PM] Laura:
"was he hot"
[3:02:37 PM] Jazzy:
"nah"
[3:02:51 PM] Laura:
"nevermind then"

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[catpiper]

[She knew it would be hard.

Knew the second the word sis left that woman's mouth, while she was in the throes of her own grief, that it would hurt. She thought it would happen the day she found out about her illness-that it would end in rejection and a different sort of hurt than the one consuming her that day.

But-

Sis is what hurts the most now. It weighs on her heart as she picks up chores she used to ignore. Sweeps dust out of the tent openings because it won't be comfortable for her to dig the bits of sand out of her long hair when she comes back to sleep and-

She won't come back. Ren knows that. Doesn't really think much about it as she sets on this mindless task. As she sits around a fire that's too empty and flips a phone in her hand that goes unanswered no matter how many times she tries to say her name.

No matter how many times she thinks of her sis-of her aunt. It doesn't change anything.

It's hard to do her hair now and more often than not, she doesn't bother. Kravitz tries-makes tiny little braids and strands and tries to put little trinkets, but-

Sometimes she sits in a corner and tries to do it alone-reaches back behind her head to get those loops pulled tight- they were always hard to reach, but the little bands to keep her hair up are in short supply and it's not worth her accidentally flicking them. She could ask for more, but-

It wouldn't be the same.

She thinks about her family sometimes. Thinks how they made this a family. How Lup made a family here, out of nothing. Out of sticks and leftover fabric and stolen goods from islands that no longer exist and-

She calls for Aunt Lup now, because it's hard without her. Because Umui is back and they took care of her and now they aren't here. Because it's not a family without them all and-

She calls for Sis sometimes, when it hurts more than normal. When the flowers twist and dig into her heart and she wants to hold someone's hand and she needs to be there for Kravitz. Muster some of that strength Sis had-a woman who won't answer, who isn't answering, and she's not sure she can do it. Be anything like her, keep this last piece of home safe and-

She brings the fresh water back to camp sometimes. Drags it by the pail handle and looses more than she intends, because Kravitz shouldn't have to do everything and maybe if they see she's trying, they might come back.

She knows it doesn't work like that, but-

She hopes it might.]