week 3, friday

[vigilantics]

[ she waits a little bit before going to find evan, mostly to not overwhelm him too much. she'll knock on his door, waiting patiently for him to open it.

or for dazai to open it?? she never knows what to do if the wrong person is the one in the room when she goes looking for someone. ]

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[selfinserting]

Okay. You can, um, sit down if you want to.

[He gestures towards the bed, then pauses again. In an effort to clear the air:]

What do you, um, want to talk about...?

[vigilantics]

[ she feels bad for making it awkward, but she figures that apologizing for it again will just restart the cycle of them trying to claim ownership of the blame. ]

Tell me about... anything.

[selfinserting]

Anything?

[It takes him a few moments to decide what to talk about. Something good, definitely, because he wants to lighten the mood.]

Last summer I worked as, as an assistant park ranger in one of the state parks back home. It was, um, it was really cool. Sometimes when it wasn't crowded, I'd have time to climb up one of the trees and watch, watch the sky and the sunset.

[vigilantics]

Where did you live exactly? You mentioned who were close to an orchard before.

[ it sounds like a lot more nature than she's used to. ]

[selfinserting]

Um, upstate New York. Right near Rochester, if you know where that is.

[He glances towards her.]

How about you?

[vigilantics]

Gotham. It's in Jersey.

[ APPARENTLY!!! ]

[selfinserting]

...It's kind of weird to think that we were only, only a state away, huh? I could've driven down to New Jersey in a day if I wanted to.

[vigilantics]

I know, right? It would be cool if it turned out some of us were actually from the same place, but... I'm pretty sure alternate universe stuff is going on here.

[selfinserting]

...Yeah, probably. I've never heard of Gotham. What was it like there?

[vigilantics]

I love it.

... but uh. It's. Special.

[selfinserting]

[A pause, before he prompts:]

Special...?