[ powder, no, please, don’t hurt yourself. vi lifts her free hand, wanting to pull those painted nails away but then there’s a mumble and then two pink irises snapped her way. shut up, i’m in no mood. it isn’t what powder says this time, but it’s what vi remembers. is powder talking to her this time? uncertain, vi’s expression goes wounded in the matter of one second and even when powder’s tone changes, vi is slow to regain her composure.
she doesn’t know what to say. she’s actually at a loss. like before is on the tip of her tongue, but that’s not right. as hopeful as vi is that she can unearth powder from the trauma of this jinx persona, she recognizes that there is no going back. she’ll never quite see that same unjaded, innocence of her little sister again.
… but that’s okay. powder is and will always be powder. vi still loves her. so how does she want them to be? she thinks of how their family broke apart. ]
We should be a team. [ you’re not ready. i told you to stay away. vi chews on the inside of her bottom lip in the pause. maybe if she’d treated powder as an essential part of the team back then, maybe everything wouldn’t have gone… that way. maybe this time – ] You depend on me, I depend on you, we trust each other, support each other and not keep secrets…
[ arm still wrapped around powder’s shoulders, vi holds tight, scared that if she lets up even a little, powder will slip away. ]
This is a fresh start for us, Pow-pow. [ new city, level playing field, no one knows who or what they are. they can do this. ] And this time, we’re gonna have better. No one is gonna push us around or split us up. It’s you and me… okay?
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she doesn’t know what to say. she’s actually at a loss. like before is on the tip of her tongue, but that’s not right. as hopeful as vi is that she can unearth powder from the trauma of this jinx persona, she recognizes that there is no going back. she’ll never quite see that same unjaded, innocence of her little sister again.
… but that’s okay. powder is and will always be powder. vi still loves her. so how does she want them to be? she thinks of how their family broke apart. ]
We should be a team. [ you’re not ready. i told you to stay away. vi chews on the inside of her bottom lip in the pause. maybe if she’d treated powder as an essential part of the team back then, maybe everything wouldn’t have gone… that way. maybe this time – ] You depend on me, I depend on you, we trust each other, support each other and not keep secrets…
[ arm still wrapped around powder’s shoulders, vi holds tight, scared that if she lets up even a little, powder will slip away. ]
This is a fresh start for us, Pow-pow. [ new city, level playing field, no one knows who or what they are. they can do this. ] And this time, we’re gonna have better. No one is gonna push us around or split us up. It’s you and me… okay?