14. Miser-cheese Loves Company (topped with 3 kinds of cheese)

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina decides to do this post in text; otherwise it'd be hard to hide how torn she still is about this idea.]

Mom and I are going to be moving to Heropa soon.

not right away, we need time to pack and find a house and everything, but maurtia falls isn't safe for me any more

I still like it there but i can't defend myself well, and I can't have people around me to protect me 24 hours a day, so it feels like the longer i'm there the more likely it is that something bad's going to happen

so be prepared!! the Tina tornado is going to take heropa by storm!!! and the linda... lightning bolt??

let me know what's good there as far as shopping and entertainment and stuff too

Comments

[h2no]

i think most people would feel that way, so you're not wrong to feel like that
where's the new place?

[continuousgroaning]

yeah

it does feel a bit like i'm spitting in magnus' face after all he's done for me, just packing up and leaving when the going gets bad. but he's also been doing what he can to help make the transition easier and even told me straight up he doesn't want me to leave, but we both agree it's too risky for me to stay

so

it is what it is

I was looking at some of the imPort housing, there are some vacant government-provided places. they're close to my new school and everything

[h2no]

are you going to keep seeing a counselor in your new school?
they can probably help you come to terms with that and also realise that that's not what you're doing
like you said, what's best for you isn't always nice or what you want. sometimes it sucks. sometimes it even hurts quite a lot.

good. heropa import housing is pretty swanky. i think you and your mom'll like it. some of them even have pools and the rent is still cheap.

[continuousgroaning]

I plan on it. i've still got some stuff I need to work through and now picking up and moving my life somewhere else is just leaving me feeling all sorts of things. most of them bad. mom being home helps a lot, though. just knowing that she's safe.

and Magnus and I still love each other. that's never going to change no matter where either of us live. the feelings will pass, and life will keep going. i've grown a lot, and i know now how to get help and that I can handle it.

I'll be glad to be pretty near the beach too. that's one of the things about my hometown that i missed

[h2no]

i'm glad you have some peace of mind. and there's nothing you could do to make magnus stop caring about you the way he does.

[this seems like it's good? so he's pretty sure it means magnus or linda will get ported out again. fuck.]

heropa is extremley chill. definitely tina town.

[continuousgroaning]

Yeah, and I intend to hold onto our relationship. he's really important to me. it'll be different, but that's not necessarily a bad thing

[Privately, she's been thinking the same thing. She's especially afraid that Magnus is going to go next- after Taako, Lucretia and Merle going, it seems logical that he or Ango will be next to go.]

i will like the chill. as much as I don't want to leave maurtia falls it's like

the opposite of chill

[h2no]

he's really lucky to have you, t.

unchill?
maurtia falls is maurtia falls is maurtia falls.
are you guys gonna need help moving?

[continuousgroaning]

and I'm lucky to have him. I feel like i'm a much stronger person because of him.

I've had a few offers, but i'll let you know. thank you. I think the hardest part is going to be having to find someone to move my horse, since he can't go through the porter or sit in a moving van

i'm not sure animal transport over long distances is even a thing :o

[h2no]

do they not do lay overs? there must be some way...
at least you don't have to leave him

[continuousgroaning]

i'll ask around at the stable!! they do transport horses around town so they have to know if they can do long-distance

i would have stayed if there was no way for me to bring him along. bar none. I am not giving up my horse for anything

[h2no]

if we really need to i can ask red to see if he can help, seeing as he could talk to jake and all

[he's not sure he wants to open that second can of worms...]

[continuousgroaning]

I'll let you know!! thanks. the more I think about it the more there has to be something, even if they do have to stop and let them out to exercise along the way

it's not like horses have never needed to be moved across state lines before, for showing and the like

[Probably best not to. Now that she's had her horse for a while, she's not going to want to consider the idea of giving him up, even as a hypothetical.]

[h2no]

exactly! it might just take a couple days for him, and you can always go see him the moment he's settled again. i'm sure your presence would even help him get used to his new home.

[continuousgroaning]

i AM his best friend, after all!

i guess this move won't be so bad. i'll have the same things, just in different places.

[h2no]

yeah, you will. it'll be hard to adjust but you'll be safer and that's what's most important.

[continuousgroaning]

i just need to keep telling myself that. and that Mom will be safer too.

[h2no]

it will stick.
your counselor will help.

[continuousgroaning]

i've got a great support system, too.

i'll just try to think of it as the next great adventure. the next chapter in the Tina Belcher story.