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video; un: ushiromiya (cw: mentions of house fires, arson, murder)

So for those not in the know, our house burned down last month.

[ What a way to open a post, right. And yet Ange manages to say it with something very close to a pokerface. Those who know her well may see something at its edges though. An annoyance that starts to bleed more and more into the girl's tone as she speaks on. ]

And not in the 'dumb accident' sense. No, it's because apparently it's socially acceptable in this place to come to someone's house and set it on fire, before bringing your friends inside to start murdering its inhabitants. [ Okay, yes. At this point it's not thiny veiled annoyance anymore. This is obvious annoyance that she doesn't bother to hide. ] And before anyone asks me if I'm alright— I'm fine. Totally fine. I mean, I half-turned into a beast back there, but it's clearly cool. It's fine.

[ It's clearly not fine. The sarcasm is thick.

Though Ange seems to realise that's not why she was supposed to make this message, and manages to snap herself out of passive-aggressive-ville for just long enough to sigh and sound a little bit more neutral as she speaks on. ]

Anyway, we want to rebuild the house, but that's obviously something we need help with. None of us are exactly architects.. I think. I've learned to not question weird Remnant hobbies. [ You never know what those Remnant people are capable of. ] Not to mention we'd need help with the actual physical rebuilding itself too.

We could use help from a lot of people, so if anyone would be willing to help, that'd be great.

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[Oscar squints.

--And squeals:]

I don't think Johnny Sensei is my dad?!?!?!?!

He sure as shit ain't mine, but I don't know how to mark "karate mentor" down on a family tree. Guess someone's gonna have to work on expanding it... what a terrible fate to befall such a notable family enthusiast as yourself...

I dunno about this one, Anna. He's been good to a lot of my friends, but he still pooped in the nice clock we had in the hallway at our house-- and picked a fight with someone important to me for no reason and dragged half the town into it.

He's an okay enough guy. I've got my reasons to not want to call him Uncle.

[she thinks about it for a moment. she could find evidence of the fight if she wanted to. on her end, she's erasing johnny from the parentage, because she trusts oscar's words more than his. but she still can't let it go.]

He took a shit in a clock? Like, the Clock House clock?

Yeah. Sayo and I took it outside and burned it.

Jesus christ. All right, well, he's off the list.

So who is your dad figure? I know you've got one around here. You're fuckin' wild about family—which I mean as kindly as possible. You know that.

I mean, Ozpin is the closest? But it's awkward-- for reasons you probably saw on Paul's group chat.

He's the guy I share my Other Souls problem with. So, you see how that's weird?

Ohhh, yeah, that could get wild. How 'bout I just leave that off the tree?

I, uh. Haven't been in Paul's GC for a while, though. Like, I've checked in and let everyone know I'm alive, but. Well. You know.

Yeah, I did read all that-- way later.

You've got some clean up to do, Anna. I'm in your corner, but I don't know how to help with this.

Trust me, I'm way ahead of you. I've been working my ass off ever since then, making amends with people and trying to show... everyone that I can change from the monster that all my own grief turned me into.

I could catch you up once we're finished with this crisis, but the important thing is that I made up with Falco, and most of the other people I hurt are willing to give me another chance. It's up to me to prove that I'm not going to waste it.

That's good!

Falco seems like a good kid, so I've been keeping an eye on him as much as I can while Dipper is... Uh, indisposed. I know Dipper helped him last winter, so I kinda feel a little responsible for him even if we don't know each other that well.

I think the others will be staying with Johnny Sensei for a while, so that'll make your job a little easier. You've still got people on my end, though.... However our home gets rebuilt.

Yeah, I... I've kind of run into a bunch of them already. I'm taking classes at the dojo as a way to learn self-discipline.

K's staying there now, too, but we're trying not to make it weird. After she broke up with me, I mean. Which, by the way, that did happen. I don't think you knew that part.

I was bouncing between the sea and Paul's head for most of July, sis. There's a ton I'm still catching up on.

... The weirdest parts are the ones I can't even remember. That's probably because my body was still a squid.

Well, I don't think I knew that part. Fuck, dude.

...Were you there when Paul invited me to a duel and we ended up hugging it out?

.... That's one of the parts I completely missed.

It's really weird.

God, dude. I don't want to imagine how fucked up that must be. That's just a normal thing to expect with how your soul stuff works? 'Cause... man.

Not to get emo about it but I would be pretty fucking bummed if A2 started body jumping even for, like, fifteen minutes.

Thing is, I wasn't supposed to be gone for that long!

A day, tops, was what I expected. I think something is messed up on my end, Anna.

Think it could have something to do with our esteemed necromantic host's bullshit? I mean, dude's an expert on soul energy and I'm pretty sure you shot him.

I'm not saying it's not related. I just think some of my own decisions might be tangled up with this too.

...I did tell you about the tokens we had to make some decisions about when Deerington collapsed, didn't I?

Yeah, with... [shit. she thinks for a second.] With Julia and them, right? Hasn't it been, like, over a year? Why would that be fucking with you now?

Because it was part of the choices we made on our way in. There were a handful of tokens we all needed to decide on... One each for Julia and her Adults, and one for ourselves.

Ozpin got information that breaking the token for Julia's mother would release her and let her achieve her true form, and he died for that information. Breaking Cynthia Sodder's token is what let her become the Moon Presence here.

... And we hoped that breaking ours would release us, too.

But there's never a way to know for sure, is there.

[she says it somberly, but in a bit of a distant way, like she'd thought on it more when she was a different person with different experiences.]

Well, my main go-to on soul magic bullshit just revealed himself to be a total monster. So I'm not sure if I can recommend anyone to investigate yet, if you really think something's wrong.

.... I have a plan for that, Anna.

Honestly, I'm not sure what's up. So much in the dream came from stuff that could only happen in dreams. I'm thinking the this could be related to being... You're gonna laugh, being a Remnant of what's left of Julia Sodder's legacy.

All I know is that neither Ozpin's or my own magic has been the same since we got here. He can't use any of it, all I can do is use the bird shape I found in that place.

We tried to cut ourselves from the gods that abandoned our world. Maybe they're mad and finding a way to get back at us?

Edited 2022-09-06 15:54 (UTC)

[he has a better idea than she does, at least. he was here from the beginning, while she's just trying to get by day after day. by all accounts, A2 shouldn't still be here. she's grateful every day that she still is. instead of all that, she just says one thing.]

As your older sister, I'm legally obligated to be looped in on any and all plans you make, especially if they start with a capital P or if they involve gods.

[oh Anna. You have no idea what you're asking. Oscar froze for a moment, thinking of the ultimatum Chara had dropped on him, and of Pyrrha's insistence that he at least trust in her ability to keep a situation under control.

He sighed. ]

I hear you, but I'm wrapped up in the demands of a completely different Godling I don't think I'm at liberty to disclose. But, I've got a powerful friend I can trust, too. If you meet anyone calling themself Pyrrha? That's her.

I'll keep you as informed as I can, okay?

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