[ she shouldn't laugh. there's nothing funny about this. but something about the exhaustion, general level of panic, the whole process of coming to a new world, new members of the circle dealing with the new fears and panics. she's been working, she's been exhausted, and something about the combination has a soft laugh bubbling up from her chest.
[ and all the remaining tension she might have been holding, loosens.
though roy's messages don't...make sense. really. she's trying to put the words together, but...mermaids? then she thinks back on the figures they've seen, the pointed teeth. she assumes that's what he means, and then is relieved to hear a2, that he's there with others who are capable. ]
-'m in the Depths. Mako . . . Jing . . . too. ----- cold. Too cold. Food . . . short.
[ mako. jing. good people to be stuck with. the depths is a term he has heard used by the locals, but roy has no idea where that properly is. the news that it is cold and that there might be a food shortage . . . not great, either.
still: ]
What a [ . . . ] annoyan--.
[ riza can probably guess what the missing word is. ]
Separating us with--- [ . . . ] of a plan. Idiotic. Reckless. Foolish. And [ . . . ] underwater.
[ angrily texting seems to work, in pushing messages through. ]
[ she wants to see him - that realization hits her wholly and squarely in the chest. it's been two weeks, two weeks of uncertainty and of space and of not knowing if he's okay or what this world is going to be. the contact has brought relief, but something about seeing his frustrations in text, in a way she could almost hear the annoyed huffs he's making.
it's a sharp pain. she swallows it back. ]
What do . . . message from ---thashun? Need to . . . Natives seem polite enough. . . . -bout their princess.
[ roy is frustrated and annoyed and riza is just going to try to redirect him. ]
[ she isn't alone. it's never until they're separated that roy realizes just how much time they truly spend together. it's an ache, he realizes belatedly. a frustration, that he can't see her. loneliness, to be sure. and something else, too, a longing that he's been steadily ignoring.
and, true to form, he continues to ignores it. he doesn't have time for this stupidity. piece together what she's trying to say. and perhaps it's just because roy is naturally good at puzzles, or because he knows riza better than he knows himself, that solving what's missing doesn't seem too hard. ]
[ . . . ] left El Minha. I have no idea how [ . . . ] out of [ . . . ]. Or [ . . . ] Maes.
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because. well. he's got a point. ]
Other than the o-vious.
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Unharmed.
[ maybe sending less complicated messages will make the network work faster? ]
Arrived [ . . . ] robots. A2.
New people are [ . . . ] me.
Mermaids [ . . . ] fascinated with [ . . . ] missing [ . . . ]
[ or roy could just not understand the concept of succinct. finally, a complete sentence: ]
I'm in the Thunderdome.
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though roy's messages don't...make sense. really. she's trying to put the words together, but...mermaids? then she thinks back on the figures they've seen, the pointed teeth. she assumes that's what he means, and then is relieved to hear a2, that he's there with others who are capable. ]
-'m in the Depths.
Mako . . . Jing . . . too.
----- cold. Too cold. Food . . . short.
( text )
still: ]
What a [ . . . ] annoyan--.
[ riza can probably guess what the missing word is. ]
Separating us with--- [ . . . ] of a plan.
Idiotic.
Reckless.
Foolish.
And [ . . . ] underwater.
[ angrily texting seems to work, in pushing messages through. ]
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it's a sharp pain. she swallows it back. ]
What do . . . message from ---thashun?
Need to . . .
Natives seem polite enough.
. . . -bout their princess.
[ roy is frustrated and annoyed and riza is just going to try to redirect him. ]
Any. . . transportation?
They --st travel?
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and, true to form, he continues to ignores it. he doesn't have time for this stupidity. piece together what she's trying to say. and perhaps it's just because roy is naturally good at puzzles, or because he knows riza better than he knows himself, that solving what's missing doesn't seem too hard. ]
[ . . . ] left El Minha.
I have no idea how [ . . . ] out of [ . . . ].
Or [ . . . ] Maes.
( text )
-nd how . . . here?
It just - - - - like too much . . . coincidence.
I . . . to General Hughes.
He's close - - - - - -alace.
We need t-. . . way to meet up.
[ because simply ignoring it is easier than accepting whatever that feeling is supposed to be, right? ]