D539 (before the battle) | Voice

[tonsofpun]

... ugh.

[Ellie sounds... out of it. Not herself. Distracted, like she's been hit a few too many times in the head, or is somehow drugged up. She's finding her way but she's slow, like she's having to think about every word before she says it.]

So. Question -- how many of you guys have been in two places at once?

I think I was back in my... my world. For a while.

But I was here, too.

Anybody?

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[tonsofpun]

[Ellie is surprised by the hug -- Tris has never initiated one with her. For a moment she's all tight, trembling muscle, holding it back before she lets out a small, wet noise and clings to her.

She'd needed it more than words could say.]

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[wasbrave]

( taking that for a sign that it was the right thing to do, tris holds her more tightly. everything's pretty messed up, and there's no fixing it. but when it's just the two of them, it's okay to take a moment to fall apart. )

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[tonsofpun]

[Ellie doesn't cry, but she needs this, this moment to be weak, to share the burden of knowing the truth with someone else. Slowly, her breathing evens out, and it becomes more of a hug than simple clinging.]

Thanks.

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[wasbrave]

Hey. Sure thing.

( she's done as much for tris - which is the only reason she accepts the thanks and doesn't brush it off. she knows how much this can mean now. even so, she wishes there was more she could do. )

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[tonsofpun]

[Awkwardly, Ellie draws back, taking a few deep breaths.]

What do we do now? ... I've never just sat down and poured my damn heart out before.

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[wasbrave]

( yeah this awkward disentangling sure is a thing. )

I... no idea, actually.

( which would be more funny if it was less awkward. )

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[tonsofpun]

[Despite the awkward, Ellie can't help but laugh. It's a broken, wet little sound, but once she starts, she can't seem to stop.]

Holy shit, can't we be normal about anything?

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[wasbrave]

What would normal even be?

( now that ellie laughs, it's bubbling up in tris as well. )

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[tonsofpun]

Good point. We've got nobody to ask.

[And dumb as laughing at this is, it's getting her to relax, feel more like herself again. She desperately needs that.]

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[wasbrave]

Since we're all nutcases here.

( tris knows what abnegation normal is, and she's got some idea of what dauntless normal is, but neither apply in asgard, anyway. so she'll just try and make light of it all if it helps. )

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[tonsofpun]

Loki really didn't think this one through.

... okay. New rule, if we spill our guts, we have to do something fun to make up for it.

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[wasbrave]

... good idea. Uh, any suggestions?