003 | VOICE

[queenofseers]

[ Cassandra's voice sounds nearly gone. And it sounds close- this is on the mental link, not her communicator. The communicator's smashed. (Many things are smashed, but this is voice, not video, thankfully.) She hasn't bothered to get a new one yet. ]

So if you were one of those shitheads who kept whining about how "oh, those Gods, they ruin everything", you're in fucking luck, because now three of them are gone. So if you had some sort of hang-up on Baphomet setting shit on fire, or Persephone and that flooding issue which, by the way, was her saving your asses, or with Dionysus- I, I don't know-

[ There's a brief pause. This hurts. She shouldn't be talking about it, and not in public. But she's already too far in. ]

You can just keep it all to your fucking self. It doesn't matter anymore. What a great time it is for you.

And- if you had some sort of problem with Rex, who knows what the hell that would be, and he doesn't come back- then you'd better keep that to yourself, too. Before I fucking rip your fucking mouth off.

[ There's quiet, for just a bit too long. Then, softly: ] What am I doing.

[ The feed cuts off. ]

Comments

[queenofseers]

[ She makes a dry sort-of-snicker. ] I'm going to guess he was barely ever home, though? He seems like he'd be mildly allergic to that sort of shit...

[ It's sort of a joke, but she's not laughing. Far from it. ]

I'll keep an ear out if any of the rest of us ever need an assistant, I guess. You're not going to get it from me. [ Too many problems. ]

[sanguinespell]

Dunno. He needed somewhere to shove his comics and Battlemace figurines, I guess. [yeah, no, neither is nico. she talks shit about her friends to cope with them not being around. it's become a whole thing for her.]

I've got something lined up, in about a week. I'm good. But thanks, seriously. [moving on]

It's fucked up, right? That Woden's still here and they're not. I know there's not any sense to Lachesis, but it just... [fuck.]

[queenofseers]

Has anybody claimed those yet, or are they just sitting there? I've got at least one person bothering me about wills. [ A morbid way to refer to it, but the way she thinks of it for sure.

That said, at Nico's last comment, she sounds a bit agitated; she's heard that sentiment a lot lately. ] We don't even fucking know if this is Lachesis doing shit or the Porter being itself, or what. And I'm just about done with being dragged along like this.

[sanguinespell]

Yeah, I don't know what's going on there. [sorry cass]

I'm sick of it too. We can't just keep rolling with whatever. [ugh. UGH. yeah it's bad.] As fucked up as it sounds, I'm just glad my girlfriend's still here.

[queenofseers]

[ Well, there's some jealousy hitting her right in the chest. But she can't be that jerk right now, can she? Nico isn't someone she's taking her anger out on. ]

That's lucky. [ She mutters, keeping it simple. ] But then you've just got to hope it stays that way.

[sanguinespell]

[didn't get mad at a teenage girl for gf-having. good job cass!! but no, yeah, she agrees.]

Yeah, I've been... really lucky, so far. But when she could just be sent back any day, it's... yeah. It's hard not to think about it.

[queenofseers]

[ She feels like she should say something reassuring here. But it's hard, not only with the mood she's in already, but considering how much this just makes her think of the Norns. She'll never stop being bitter about that. ]

Well. Go make the most of it. If you couldn't tell, there's a solid chance it won't last.