[ There was definitely an argument about the Daredeviling. And she may or may not have torn the house apart looking for any hint of where he might have gone, so... ]
His stupid costume's here.
[ Her voice comes partially muffled, like she has a hand to her face. ]
"It is pretty stupid, huh?" is the insensitive one, and she thinks it, but doesn't go with it. (It's not that stupid, but it feels easier than confirming their loss.)
The other thing is "it's stupid and he has a spare. Probably." But she doesn't know that. Lil would have a better idea than her.
So, she goes for something else. She goes for something she's seen Kanaya explain to others, even if Kate doesn't like to float on this shred of hope.]
I once saw someone explaining that we can tell if someone's on their way back. That while they don't get messages, they can still show up as being "one" of us. I've never really tested it here, but ...
[ There's this pause on the other end. Like Lil is trying to decide if she's going to throw the coffee table out the window or just stand there and scream -- whatever it takes to loosen the impossibly tight knot in her gut. Last time she'd lost someone important, she'd gone to Matt. Now that he isn't here, she has nowhere to run, no one to take it out on. But what she won't do is cry, not on the phone with Kate.
So she lets out an unsteady exhale in a most remarkable show of self-control, which is probably less due to actual self-restraint and more because she hasn't fully processed this yet. ]
I don't know if it's legitimate. When Loki's taken off, we were still able to send messages, but who knows. It's ... [She shrugs vaguely, even if Lil can't actually see that.]
Sorry. These things don't get easier.
[And as she looks around the office, she's really thinking of how it's not easy for her, either. Her and Matt, they had a system. They had it worked out.
Now she's a little at a loss. But she can barely focus on that, and in a way, the fact that she's talking to Lil is making that easier (or harder, depending on the perspective).]
[ Mentally, she's telling herself she's been through things a hundred times worse than this -- the concentration camps, the experiments -- but none of that feels more painful, and it isn't much of a comfort. ]
Kate -- [ But she will not. Flip her shit. On the phone. ] Hon, I'm gonna need t'call y'back.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
selfequipped) wrote2014-02-10 02:43 pm
no subject
Give me one second.
[At that, she pops out of her apartment into her office. The call probably drops thanks to the teleportation, but Kate calls right back.
She is now standing in her office, and there is no sometimes annoying red-headed man.]
No sign of him. He's not out ... Daredeviling, is he? [Somehow ... somehow, he's kept that a secret in this world.
Boy, she hopes that Lil knows, because this conversation is about to get weirder if not.]
no subject
His stupid costume's here.
[ Her voice comes partially muffled, like she has a hand to her face. ]
no subject
"It is pretty stupid, huh?" is the insensitive one, and she thinks it, but doesn't go with it. (It's not that stupid, but it feels easier than confirming their loss.)
The other thing is "it's stupid and he has a spare. Probably." But she doesn't know that. Lil would have a better idea than her.
So, she goes for something else. She goes for something she's seen Kanaya explain to others, even if Kate doesn't like to float on this shred of hope.]
I once saw someone explaining that we can tell if someone's on their way back. That while they don't get messages, they can still show up as being "one" of us. I've never really tested it here, but ...
no subject
So she lets out an unsteady exhale in a most remarkable show of self-control, which is probably less due to actual self-restraint and more because she hasn't fully processed this yet. ]
But what?
no subject
Sorry. These things don't get easier.
[And as she looks around the office, she's really thinking of how it's not easy for her, either. Her and Matt, they had a system. They had it worked out.
Now she's a little at a loss. But she can barely focus on that, and in a way, the fact that she's talking to Lil is making that easier (or harder, depending on the perspective).]
no subject
Kate -- [ But she will not. Flip her shit. On the phone. ] Hon, I'm gonna need t'call y'back.
no subject
Her empty office that might not be hers for much longer.
Damnit.]