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Allison Hargreeves
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Allison Hargreeves
missives | encounters
action; don't cry, hold your head up high, she would want you to
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gladiokinesis
2022-06-19 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
(diego hasn't been sleeping well lately with all the nightmares, but tonight's was a particularly cruel one. he hadn't thought of that moment in a while, standing there hopelessly with klaus as they cried to their mother to come down before it was too late. desperately looking through the rubble of the academy, trying to find her. needless to say he doesn't think he'll fall back to sleep. which is why he finds himself wandering the ship. the wolves are sleeping so it's just him for once.
until he spots a familiar face staring out at the sea.)
Nightmares getting to you too, sis?
Edited 2022-06-19 21:16 (UTC)
[Diego's not wrong.
It's not the first time she's had nightmares of that night with Vanya. In the weeks, months before her voice returned, after they traveled through time, there had been glimpses of Vanya on the street, nights where the White Violin came to finish what she started, and these are no different.
But those had faded as she built a life in the sixties and grew closer to Ray. She hadn't expected them to return, on a pirate ship in a completely different world. She already hates it.
Her hand comes up absently to cover the scar on her throat when she hears Diego's voice, then relaxes when she realizes it's just her brother.]
Something like that, yeah.
[She knows she doesn't want to open this door any more than he does, but part of her thinks that maybe it'll help it go away.]
Want to talk about it?
It's not the first time she's had nightmares of that night with Vanya. In the weeks, months before her voice returned, after they traveled through time, there had been glimpses of Vanya on the street, nights where the White Violin came to finish what she started, and these are no different.
But those had faded as she built a life in the sixties and grew closer to Ray. She hadn't expected them to return, on a pirate ship in a completely different world. She already hates it.
Her hand comes up absently to cover the scar on her throat when she hears Diego's voice, then relaxes when she realizes it's just her brother.]
Something like that, yeah.
[She knows she doesn't want to open this door any more than he does, but part of her thinks that maybe it'll help it go away.]
Want to talk about it?
(when diego was blasted into the sixties he became consumed by the idea of saving jfk, as if that could change the people he couldn't save, as if that could make up for the people he couldn't, like grace and patch. or at least it distracted him from those losses. not that he's quite put that all together consciously.
he catches the way allison covers her throat and he doesn't have to guess that she was dreaming about. )
No. Yes. Maybe.
(talking about his feelings has never been his strong point and there's a lot diego has kept to himself -- like who first killed grace. or seeing the human version of her in the 60s.)
[Everyone wants to talk about hearing dead people all of the sudden.]
I hear these whispers, mostly. In places where a lot of people might have died.
[Most of it these days is out in the open waters. Part of her wonders if they're passing shipwrecks.]
I hear these whispers, mostly. In places where a lot of people might have died.
[Most of it these days is out in the open waters. Part of her wonders if they're passing shipwrecks.]
[His stammering around it makes her smile. Her hand drops away from her throat and she lets her eyes wander out over the water.]
It's not just Vanya. It's ... a lot of things.
[But some of it is Vanya, and things they never really resolved between them.]
Did I ever tell you about what Dad made me do, when we were kids?
It's not just Vanya. It's ... a lot of things.
[But some of it is Vanya, and things they never really resolved between them.]
Did I ever tell you about what Dad made me do, when we were kids?
A belated requirement.
The proposal, due to a relative. Jiang Cheng will cannot refuse.
( Because this is already done, you see. )
The proposal, due to a relative. Jiang Cheng will cannot refuse.
( Because this is already done, you see. )
[She's still somewhat confused about who actually is getting proposed to here, but since they keep going in circles she'll just go along with it.]
Got it. As I said, just let me know where or when you need me somewhere for the ceremony(?) and I'll be there. Or do you just need my blessing?
Got it. As I said, just let me know where or when you need me somewhere for the ceremony(?) and I'll be there. Or do you just need my blessing?
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