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Out and about? ( Red lifts her eyebrows at the answer because it's kind of vague. Then again this place is fucked up, and maybe she's trying to keep busy how ever she can. No judgement either way. She's been staying in, trying to- trying to figure out how to process emotions, feeling stuck under the weight of them, drinking and sleeping and smoking. Very helpful. In truth, it's the first time in her existence she's been physically hurt in a way that mattered, and so she just hasn't really thought about how to deal with it. Everything in the Underworld healed pretty quick, and it's not like she ever got injured down there as it was until the end. )
Oh. Better, but yeah, I'd like that. You don't have to get it now. Like I said, I'm better. As long as I don't bump into anything on my side, I'm okay, but that would help. ( Or run or really twist her body too much, but she's seated now, watching Hermione's expression: that sheepish apology of hers.
And she wonders what on Earth she'd be apologizing for. She reaches a hand out to rest it against her arm, squeezing it gently, trying to say it's okay and thank you even though words are hard. Her own smile is soft. )
You have introduced me to the beauty of tea.
Oh. Better, but yeah, I'd like that. You don't have to get it now. Like I said, I'm better. As long as I don't bump into anything on my side, I'm okay, but that would help. ( Or run or really twist her body too much, but she's seated now, watching Hermione's expression: that sheepish apology of hers.
And she wonders what on Earth she'd be apologizing for. She reaches a hand out to rest it against her arm, squeezing it gently, trying to say it's okay and thank you even though words are hard. Her own smile is soft. )
You have introduced me to the beauty of tea.
[ Doctor McCoy will be able to provide more information about the struggle, whatever the hell he means by 'struggle with acclimation'. The person named Finn, she's not sure she's had a lot to deal with. She's surely heard the name, though...
Anyway. ]
Where must I go and what is needed? Potions, heating charms?
Anyway. ]
Where must I go and what is needed? Potions, heating charms?
[ The touch gives her pause, but it comes with the kind of warmth that makes Hermione glad; she's always been a hugger, ask her friends! It feels nice to be touched.
She manages a smile back, before she remembers the last adventure they had around tea and lets out a snort, rolling her eyes. ] Hopefully a better one than when we were being chased around by those sack creatures in the Unwinding.
[ Then again, they did manage to get to make the tea together, and finally exit that section of the Unwinding, even if Hermione lost track of Red afterwards.
It'll take a moment for the water to boil, and she is being needed, so she has time to slow down and focus her attention on Red. ]
So tell me - what's bothering you?
She manages a smile back, before she remembers the last adventure they had around tea and lets out a snort, rolling her eyes. ] Hopefully a better one than when we were being chased around by those sack creatures in the Unwinding.
[ Then again, they did manage to get to make the tea together, and finally exit that section of the Unwinding, even if Hermione lost track of Red afterwards.
It'll take a moment for the water to boil, and she is being needed, so she has time to slow down and focus her attention on Red. ]
So tell me - what's bothering you?
I don't hold that shit against the tea even if yeah, must have been the most complicated, dangerous tea preparation. ( Red's hand falls down from Hermione's arm, warmth in her own fingertips, warmth at reaching out and knowing she could help - somehow. It's nice.
What's bothering her? So many things. Being forced into being Cerberus, liking having that order she could not resist again even if it meant she had no freewill (and another part of her hating it too and hating that she liked it), thinking- genuinely feeling and thinking the Doctor was dead, revealing what she was to Fei before Fei disappeared and they couldn't even talk about it, Fei being gone, everything she learned from Clara, people being willing to recklessly protect her even at the expense of themselves, the fact that Hermione doesn't know what she is and Red still hasn't figured out how to just announce it, the fact that she has no idea what she really is (human but not, mortal but monster, young but ancient), all these human emotions and connections and worries that she didn't have to have in the Underworld. It swirls in her chest like something dark, and her throat tightens. )
How long do you have? ( She smirks, not fully able to articulate all of it. ) The advice though, which thank you in advance, and maybe this situation can't even be advised on. I know you've been here for awhile. I have a friend in the group, and someone from their world came here. She knows all this shit about what happens to my friend in the future, and it's terrible and a lot, and she told me.
And now I know and I can't tell him, but I know.
What's bothering her? So many things. Being forced into being Cerberus, liking having that order she could not resist again even if it meant she had no freewill (and another part of her hating it too and hating that she liked it), thinking- genuinely feeling and thinking the Doctor was dead, revealing what she was to Fei before Fei disappeared and they couldn't even talk about it, Fei being gone, everything she learned from Clara, people being willing to recklessly protect her even at the expense of themselves, the fact that Hermione doesn't know what she is and Red still hasn't figured out how to just announce it, the fact that she has no idea what she really is (human but not, mortal but monster, young but ancient), all these human emotions and connections and worries that she didn't have to have in the Underworld. It swirls in her chest like something dark, and her throat tightens. )
How long do you have? ( She smirks, not fully able to articulate all of it. ) The advice though, which thank you in advance, and maybe this situation can't even be advised on. I know you've been here for awhile. I have a friend in the group, and someone from their world came here. She knows all this shit about what happens to my friend in the future, and it's terrible and a lot, and she told me.
And now I know and I can't tell him, but I know.
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