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[ninetoes]

You've reached Izzy Hands. Leave a fuckin message.

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[saltwaterlungs]

There's some minimal struggling during the dragging, but eventually Darcy goes limp like a kitten being carried by the scruff.

The next morning she has a headache and a mouth like something died in it and she spends entirely too long reading the note over and over. She didn't drink enough to impact her memory, so she gets treated to some immediate regret as she recalls the night.

Izzy gets a text a bit later than her usual wake-up time.

so
sorry for being a cunt to you last night
see you at training

A pause.

and i dont hate happy or whatever edgy bullshit i said
its just not really been a priority
its nice that you want it for me and i shouldve said

[ninetoes]

There's his girl.

Or some variation of thereof. A more open Darcy who admits wrongs and apologizes. So he should answer with Izzy Who Feels The Same Way and not Izzy Who Can't Possible Do The Same, right?

The thought of the latter actually makes his stomach hurt a little. What the fuck is wrong with him. Should he even answer? Why is this so difficult.

People say stupid things when they're drunk. That's part of it.

How's your head?

[saltwaterlungs]

Darcy's first instinct is to go 'of course, stupid things'. She types out something curt and snarky but... ugh. She... probably has to be a little generous. Hope that he meant her being edgy and not the conversation generally. Biting at everything that moves is how they ended up here. So.

its fine
not bad enough to skip training
dont think im going to drink as a thing i do peh
kind of sucked

[ninetoes]

Its certainly an acquired taste, but probably better if you don’t cultivate it. Drinking dulls a person. Senses, reflexes, clarity. And you always feel like shit after.

[And yet people still celebrate the stuff. And yet he still drinks off duty. And yet and yet and yet]

Entirely unrelated question, how much do you know about Friday?

[saltwaterlungs]

her actual name is galatea and apparently she can make the captain do shit but other than that
basically nothing
why?

[ninetoes]

I was under the impression that she was a creation of the Captain? An extension of himself?

[saltwaterlungs]

yeah as far as i know
why?

[ninetoes]

She told me that the resurrection of Guabancex was her will, not her master’s.

What that really means I have no idea but it sounds dangerous.

[saltwaterlungs]

i mean
your parents made you and you have thoughts and opinions of your own
i dont know if its the same with friday but
it cant be a bad thing that shes more than just a puppet

[ninetoes]

…huh.

I hadn’t considered her like that. A child rather than a puppet. That’s very good.

Her being good is another story. If she has free will then she has the free will to become a problem. Children rebel against their parents.

[saltwaterlungs]

more of a problem then what exactly
like
literally how could she make any of this worse
i cant think of how she could be a bigger problem than were already dealing with

[ninetoes]

Not knowing is the thing, little one. I have no idea what she's capable of. Does anyone?

[saltwaterlungs]

were the same height
and shes capable of stopping the captain
he told us that when he ordered her to stop him using memory erasing charms on himself
she stopped him
and he cant get around it
i guess im just hoping that she is actually on our side like she seems to want us to think

[ninetoes]

I hope you're right for all our sakes. We should keep an eye on her in any case.

I've just been speaking with our screaming leader. I think you're right about us being here a while.

[saltwaterlungs]

he told you how the talk with asshole in chief went?

Because she needs to know how much she can talk about before they start this conversation.

[ninetoes]

He did. Shackle seems ironic. Bit vulgar.

[saltwaterlungs]

mm
kind of shit
all of it
shit all the way down
im sure well come up with a plan or something eventually
for now i just kind of want to hit someone with a sword about it

[ninetoes]

I can support this.

And much as I hate to bring up painful things, if we can't go home then my first offer to you is unobtainable after all.

[saltwaterlungs]

thats true
if we can find a way to get the captain to let people go then it could
but
im staying here until everybody else is out anyway
i have a duty to the people here i think

[ninetoes]

I think that's an admirable cause, Darcy.

I'd like to help.

[saltwaterlungs]

good
ill be glad to have you here
and then who knows where well go after

[ninetoes]

[We'll, huh. She must mean the royal we.]

Sounds like time and space are the limit, our own worlds and origins excepted. I'd like to see something interesting before I die.

[saltwaterlungs]

more interesting than a giant haunted cruise ship?
what could be more interesting than that?