week 2, saturday

[vigilantics]

[ it's been a long nine hours.

honestly, that's really all steph can say about it. it's been a long, tiring nine hours, and all she wants to do is sleep but she also knows she probably won't any time soon. she just lets herself fall face first onto the bed, muttering a low "ouch," because that was a bad idea.

hey, hikage. what's up. ]

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[vigilantics]

I don't want to.

[ do it, she means. or even choose a target. she reaches out to grab one of the pillows to cover her face with it.

when steph talks again, it comes out as muffled. ]

We'll see.

[psychedelica]

[ he stares at her for a little while. If he was in her position, he wonders if he'd struggle this much.

Probably not. But, much like his objective, that's not something he feels like she needs to know.

After a moment or two, he rises from his seat, planting himself next to her on the bed. ]

We will... Trying to figure it out now is probably a waste of time. You're tired. [ a beat. ] Just go to sleep. Don't overdo it.

[ even though he knows she will, because she always does ]

[vigilantics]

I'll try.

[ she's being honest, at least. trying isn't really the same as succeeding, and she knows that she won't succeed there.

steph turns so that she's looking at him. ]

You too.

[psychedelica]

[ he exhales quietly through his nose. ]

Yeah. [ beat ] Goodnight.

[ he's not gutsy enough to face towards her, too... but he lays down on his side next to her without much fanfare, reaching out to turn off the light. ]