week 2, sunday

[vigilantics]

[ it had been, once again, another long weekend. everything from the ions getting to live and natsuo returning to life had been emotionally exhausting, but... mostly in the good way. at least one good thing happened this sunday.

when she sees evan ahead of her in the hall, steph calls out. ]

Hey there.

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[vigilantics]

I'm okay. It's... [ how do you say that things went better than they could have, while not downplaying the fact that someone still died horribly. ]

Well, I'm still kicking. You?

[selfinserting]

It... sounds kind of awful to say, but - things went better than they could have?

[They narrowly avoided mid trial murder and only one person died. He's not exactly counting that as a success, but compared to the other possibilities...]

But this is still all - wrong. [He's sure she can understand that.] How's your leg?

[vigilantics]

It's healing.

[ that's... kind of a lie. steph is fully aware that this leg isn't going to heal properly any time soon without the actual proper medical attention, but that's not really something she can announce. ]

[selfinserting]

[He pauses, glancing down at her leg. He seems a little skeptical, even if his next words are delivered as meekly as always.]

...I broke my arm last summer. I'm not a doctor, but broken bones don't usually heal that easily, do they...? Especially without a proper cast.

[vigilantics]

[ fuck ]

Oh... is that so...

[selfinserting]

Yeah. I mean, I even have the...

[Wait.]

I-I have the cast. It was for my arm, so it won't be the right shape, but at all, but... Maybe we could find a way to use it, or at least part of it, for your leg...? Like, um, the material.

GO TO BED

[vigilantics]

That's...

[ she has never frankensteined a cast before, but if she can make crutches from furniture than how difficult can it really be. ]

We could try? If you're okay with that.

fight me i'm eternal

[selfinserting]

Yeah! I-If it helps, of course. It's not like I need it anymore.

[He pauses.]

Um, it says Connor in really big letters across the whole thing. I hope you don't mind. Not that I think you would mind, but - you know.

[vigilantics]

We might as well give it a shot...

Who's Connor?

[selfinserting]

Oh, he's... someone who used to go to my school. He signed it before I, um, got a chance to ask anyone else.

["Now we can both pretend we have friends." It's not entirely a lie, but there's something in his expression and his voice that suggests it's not that simple.]

Anyways, I can find it now, if you want.

[vigilantics]

[ she wants to ask. she considers it, but then decides to maybe give it more time. ]

Sure. I'll wait here, unless you don't mind me slowing you down.

[ enough time for him to get the cast, anyway. ]