[Anemone, at least, sounds happier and more relaxed. Apparently being away from everything for a little while does wonders. There's a slight guilty edge to her voice, as she knows she'd meant to call Donnie more often than she had, but she's been kept busy by her mother for the last little while.]
Everything's better. It's nice being home, with my own people.
[It feels like it's been a long time since he's heard her sound that way, and it helps make him feel a little lighter too. The smile is faint, but it might be audible in his voice.]
I'm glad. [So glad.]
Yeah, I'm okay. [Default answer, there's still a lot he's been processing but he's in a slightly better place than where he'd been.]
Twitch? I...don't know, I haven't really talked to her or Hashtag since we got back.
[He's sure he would have heard something about anyone dying. Maybe.
At least that's not something he's thinking about, and Anemone's words cheer him up.]
You sure? Want me to check for you or..?
-ah, I look forward to it. Whenever you're ready to come back, okay? I miss you too, but you've been away from your mom for a while so I can't really be upset about that, can I?
[Anemone keeps her voice steady despite the bitter emotions that swirl through her core. Despite the memories of her father that have haunted her since she'd learned what Leo had to tell her. She works hard to pretend that the unfairness of it all isn't as crushing and exhausting as it is.]
...
I wish you guys could have met him as he was. He was so... kind and gentle. Wise. He always seemed to have advice for every situation and he was always there when you needed him.
[Her voice hardens into a familiar hard determination. It hurts. It'll always hurt, but Anemone isn't going to lie facedown on her bed and cry about it forever. She has to do something. She'll always do something.]
Maybe you guys can still meet him someday. No matter what he's been turned into, he's still my dad. I'm going to get him back.
...
Would you... help me? It'll be more dangerous and...
[His own hands tighten around his communicator. He hates that there's a distance between them.
He can't even imagine how things would be if it were his own dad, if he were in this position. But he has no doubt that he'd say the same thing Anemone does then.]
You don't even have to ask. I'd... If it were you or any of my family, I'd do the same thing. You know I would.
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[Audio] A couple days later
Date: 2024-05-16 01:18 pm (UTC)[Anemone, at least, sounds happier and more relaxed. Apparently being away from everything for a little while does wonders. There's a slight guilty edge to her voice, as she knows she'd meant to call Donnie more often than she had, but she's been kept busy by her mother for the last little while.]
Everything's better. It's nice being home, with my own people.
Um. Is everything okay with you?
Is... is Twitch... okay?
[Audio]
Date: 2024-05-16 04:43 pm (UTC)I'm glad. [So glad.]
Yeah, I'm okay. [Default answer, there's still a lot he's been processing but he's in a slightly better place than where he'd been.]
Twitch? I...don't know, I haven't really talked to her or Hashtag since we got back.
[Audio]
Date: 2024-05-22 07:57 pm (UTC)[So she's alive at least? Not permanently disabled or anything? That's what Anemone is getting from this.]
That's alright.
I'll be back on board soon. We should go do something fun when I get back.
I like being back home, but I miss you a lot.
[Audio]
Date: 2024-05-22 09:31 pm (UTC)At least that's not something he's thinking about, and Anemone's words cheer him up.]
You sure? Want me to check for you or..?
-ah, I look forward to it. Whenever you're ready to come back, okay? I miss you too, but you've been away from your mom for a while so I can't really be upset about that, can I?
[Audio]
Date: 2024-05-23 04:08 pm (UTC)[Maybe she should text Twitch herself? Or is it bad manners to text someone you blew up?]
I still haven't told mom about... about my dad yet. I don't think I'm going to, she's stressed out enough as it is.
[Audio]
Date: 2024-05-23 04:46 pm (UTC)[He has to wonder why she's not trying to contact Twitch herself, but he figures he should touch base with the sisters anyway.]
... [Oh. Oh, that. Donnie falls silent a moment.]
...oh. I'm sorry, Annie. I don't think I knew how to process that info when Leo told me what happened on his trip.
Re: [Audio]
Date: 2024-05-23 04:54 pm (UTC)...
I wish you guys could have met him as he was. He was so... kind and gentle. Wise. He always seemed to have advice for every situation and he was always there when you needed him.
[Her voice hardens into a familiar hard determination. It hurts. It'll always hurt, but Anemone isn't going to lie facedown on her bed and cry about it forever. She has to do something. She'll always do something.]
Maybe you guys can still meet him someday. No matter what he's been turned into, he's still my dad. I'm going to get him back.
...
Would you... help me? It'll be more dangerous and...
It's a lot to ask of someone.
[Audio]
Date: 2024-05-23 05:03 pm (UTC)He can't even imagine how things would be if it were his own dad, if he were in this position. But he has no doubt that he'd say the same thing Anemone does then.]
You don't even have to ask. I'd... If it were you or any of my family, I'd do the same thing. You know I would.