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vaccination) wrote2020-07-25 10:45 pm
vaccination) wrote2020-07-25 10:45 pm
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[God, that’s right.]
I think so, I just don’t know if that’s a real thing or a movie thing.
I think so, I just don’t know if that’s a real thing or a movie thing.
[Joel would know. Ellie sighs.]
Yeah, me either. Guess Mr. Not A Cowboy can be asked if it keeps us up at night.
Yeah, me either. Guess Mr. Not A Cowboy can be asked if it keeps us up at night.
Might as well satisfy that curiosity.
You seen him at all outside first getting here?
You seen him at all outside first getting here?
Haven't had a reason to.
[And maybe she's been careful to stay out of his way and Tess', if she can, but Tess is harder to avoid without it being obvious.]
[And maybe she's been careful to stay out of his way and Tess', if she can, but Tess is harder to avoid without it being obvious.]
[Good to know. Tess wasn’t hot on the idea initially but knowing Arthur will believe her over Ellie makes the idea of them tolerable should Ellie bother trying.]
What reason would you need?
What reason would you need?
We don't really have much in common aside from you.
[And apparently journals and horses and probably some other shit because of that.]
[And apparently journals and horses and probably some other shit because of that.]
I’m not trying to convince you otherwise. I’m just saying, make friends. Don’t be awkward. That goes for everyone.
They still do a minute of silence in Jackson, or is that more of a Boston thing?
[Ellie lets this text sit there until the last hour of the day.]
There's a part of the cemetery that's a memorial to those people lost during the early days of the outbreak. Whoever wants to can gather there. People barbecue and talk and shit like that.
There's a part of the cemetery that's a memorial to those people lost during the early days of the outbreak. Whoever wants to can gather there. People barbecue and talk and shit like that.
[Tess counts every one of those hours.]
That's nice. Cozy.
[Boston didn't have room for graveyards. Just somber military affairs, a bit of state-driven be grateful you have us protecting you. Good ol' American bravado.]
Do anything interesting today?
That's nice. Cozy.
[Boston didn't have room for graveyards. Just somber military affairs, a bit of state-driven be grateful you have us protecting you. Good ol' American bravado.]
Do anything interesting today?
No.
[She spent the whole day thinking about Joel. Thinking about the birthday dinner invitations she ignored and made excuses to not go to, because she was mad at him. He never made a big deal about his birthday but she knows it would have made him happy if she would have just fucking showed up.]
[She spent the whole day thinking about Joel. Thinking about the birthday dinner invitations she ignored and made excuses to not go to, because she was mad at him. He never made a big deal about his birthday but she knows it would have made him happy if she would have just fucking showed up.]
[No big surprise there.]
Want to get a drink?
Want to get a drink?
Fine.
[She's still mad but she's also lonely as hell.]
[She's still mad but she's also lonely as hell.]
[Despite her very obvious lack of enthusiasm, Ellie is there promptly. Was she in the area? Who knows. But she's waiting, without her backpack. Just her in a sweater and jeans, looking... cozy.
She watches Tess with a slight frown. That's it, that's the greeting.]
She watches Tess with a slight frown. That's it, that's the greeting.]
[Tess is there shortly too, backpack over one shoulder. The first look she gives Ellie is somewhat cool, almost dispassionate, and when she gets closer, she puts on a tight little smile.]
You really need that drink, huh?
You really need that drink, huh?
Wouldn't be here if I didn't.
[The petty part of her considers stealing something from Tess just to do it, but she won't. Sighing, she turns around to lead them in.]
Hang out with Arthur today?
[The petty part of her considers stealing something from Tess just to do it, but she won't. Sighing, she turns around to lead them in.]
Hang out with Arthur today?
[Tess follows her in.]
Nah. Today was a good day to be on my own.
Nah. Today was a good day to be on my own.
Until right now.
[The first and last time she was here was to meet Arthur to get her journal back.]
Bar or somewhere else?
[The first and last time she was here was to meet Arthur to get her journal back.]
Bar or somewhere else?
Yeah, well, you’re different. You wanna take drinks up to the deck or something?
Yeah. Sure.
[She doesn't love being different, but the deck? Sure, it's a wonderful escape.]
What are you having?
[She doesn't love being different, but the deck? Sure, it's a wonderful escape.]
What are you having?
Rum 'n coke is fine. You been up on that warden-only part of the deck yet?
Yeah.
[Does she hide out there to avoid Tess and think about space and stars and planets? Maybe.]
You wanna go all the way up there?
[Does she hide out there to avoid Tess and think about space and stars and planets? Maybe.]
You wanna go all the way up there?
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