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

[entreats]

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.

Comments

[manyone]

[ I'll let you know if I ever find a way to truly bring them here. Ange says it and Beatrice can feel her heart twinge. Because she does miss them. They had been her friends as much as her furniture. Something consistent. Someone to rely on. ]

They were.

Thank you, Ange-chan.

[entreats]

[ .. oh.

Thanks isn't quite what Ange was expecting here. Especially when her expectations of other people are generally low, and with the fact that things with Beatrice in particular are awkward on top of it.. She definitely didn't see it coming.

It's what renders the girl quiet for a moment, like she's dumbstruck by hearing that, before she finally manages to talk again. ]

.. it's nothing.

[ It's mumbled a little bit more than usual, perhaps to cover up the fact she didn't quite manage to have her usual deadpan tone while saying that. ]

And.. you know. Feel free to stop by the construction site once we start building. [ A-At least she's accepting the offer for help in the light of all this..? ]

[manyone]

{ There's a laugh when ANge says that. Of course, it's Beatrice so the only way she can laugh is in that cackle of hers, high-pitched and grating. ]

I will. We'll have that dusty of old house of yours looking like nothing has ever happened to it soon enough~.