[ steph & lili double reckless ]

[coastal]

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[coastal]

[ . . . . she is going to leave the tray of tea there.]

... you want painkillers too?

[vigilantics]

[ she shakes her head. ]

No, it's fine. Thanks.

[coastal]

[ . . . . she nods her head at that, and then moves to sit.]

... I can go, if you don't want to talk.

[but she also thinks

it's bad to be left alone after loss]

[vigilantics]

It's fine. I took care of what I had to.

[ which was to find damian and make sure he as okay as he can be. ]

[coastal]

[sets my pcs around each other - ]

... Damian? Belph said you went to look for him.

[vigilantics]

Yeah. He's going to take it harder than anyone else.

[ but anyway

she will try out the tea. ]

[coastal]

[it's good tea

it's literally anything but chamomile which lili won't drink for like six years now thanks dimitri]

... I know it probably sounds empty coming from me, but...

It's not fair that you both had to lose him.

[vigilantics]

[ steph is more of a coffee drinker than tea, so she doesn't have much of an opinion on the kind. but it's good tea. ]

... no matter what happened, someone was going to be unhappy.

[ it's just how this place works. ]

[coastal]

[ . . . . ]

Doesn't make it right by any means.

It just means that we have to finish it off before we lose any more - now that the end's in sight.

[vigilantics]

We will.

[ she, at least, sounds as confident about that as she did on their first day here. if... more tired. ]

No one will accept any less.

[coastal]

They won't.

[ . . . ]

What will you do, when it's over?

[it might be nice - to talk about something a little more hopeful, than discuss what they've lost.]

[vigilantics]

Go back to Gotham.

[ it's an immediate reply. and then a pause ]

That's the city where I live. I'm bringing the idiots with me.

[coastal]

Oh, we talked about this once...

[it feels

so fucking long ago]

Back to helping others and hating men a little?

[vigilantics]

Pretty much. The job doesn't stop just because you get kidnapped for four months.

[ ... it's been so long wow ]

[coastal]

[she'll

say it out loud]

... wow. Four months.

[vigilantics]

Pretty terrible, isn't it? And time doesn't like, pass or anything, right? So you're just randomly four months older than you're supposed to be and your birthday no longer lines up.

[coastal]

[ . . . . . ]

I wonder if it's been my birthday...?

[she hadn't thought about it.]

How many do you think we've missed? This place doesn't even have calendars.

[vigilantics]

Going by the amount of people who are here...?

Probably a couple, if I'm honest.

[coastal]

[she hums thoughtfully]

.... perhaps a celebration after the final battle is in order.

For many reasons.

[vigilantics]

I was telling Dimitri that we should go to Disney.

[ she had to explain what disney was and she assumes she will have to here, too, ]

It's an amusement park, like the one that was at the temple, but bigger and fancier.

[coastal]

Taking Dimitri anywhere that isn't the snow sounds like a good idea.

[she sounds fond and perhaps just a bit sad.

but she will not talk about it.]

Would we take everyone to Disney?

[vigilantics]

Yes.

[ ... ]

We will definitely get kicked out, but yes.

[coastal]

Worth it...?

[vigilantics]

[ a nod ]

Completely worth it.

[coastal]

[she nods in return]

Then let's do that.

Everyone deserves a break after this.