Not Again | Catch All for Steph

[applechemist]

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Week 1 | Monday

[applechemist]

[ Hello Escha is just basking in the nice cozy feeling of being kind of drunk and sitting outside. Did you enjoy your Mess™ being publicly spectated? anyway Gee Steph how come you get to have 2 boyfriends etc. ]

Haha.

[ ... This is meant to be good-natured and not. Just laughing at Steph. ]

[vigilantics]

... ha.

[ she is

trying to figure out what kind of laugh that is. ]

[applechemist]

It's nice to see everyone having a good time.

[ ... ]

Sorry that some of it was at your expense.

[vigilantics]

... I'm gonna be honest, this is literally the least messy relationship drama I have ever been in? So I'm fine with it.

[applechemist]

What - really?

[ she. she can't even fathom messy relationship drama, her life and relationships are all so mellow. ]

week 2, saturday

[vigilantics]

[ me trying to figure out who was hosting this for five minutes

but steph has temporarily left her hiding spot to go grab something to make an Attempt to eat. there is escha.

... steph does not really stop to chat, but she does like. wave? a small wave of acknowledgment. ]

[applechemist]

[ Escha, however, waves back before stepping up beside Steph. You going to get food?? Let her make you a food! ]

... I'm sorry about your friend. I should have said so earlier.

[vigilantics]

You're fine. It's been... a busy weekend.

[ and she knows people are dealing with their own problems right now. ]

[applechemist]

Still.

How are you holding up?

[vigilantics]

I dunno.

I've mostly just been thinking about how trial went, which is giving me a headache.

Week 3, Saturday

[applechemist]

[ Hello (understandably) sulky Steph. Escha approaches and holds a transparent umbrella over her. ]

You'll get sick if you stay outside, like this.

[vigilantics]

[ oh

that surprises her. ]

It's fine.

[applechemist]

It's not fine. We have to take care of ourselves - and each other.

[vigilantics]

[ she sighs ]

Let's go inside.

[applechemist]

Good idea.

Do you want me to make you something warm to drink? Tea or cocoa?

week 6, tuesday

[vigilantics]

[ steph hasn't actually spent a lot of time in the tech lab. she is not a tech person? she knows Enough to be passable as a bat, but also, it's not typically her thing.

but she pokes her head in and... sees escha. hm. ]

Whatcha doing in here?

[applechemist]

[ Escha sure isn't a tech person either. She's holding a soldering iron! ]

Just looking!

[ And touching? Don't worry about it. ]

[vigilantics]

Do you know how to use that?

[ can't believe they're gonna wander into a snake battle with soldering iron injuries ]

[applechemist]

[ She shakes her head. ]

Nope. What is it? All of this stuff looks like ancient technology from the ruins.

[vigilantics]

[ ancient..... ]

A soldering iron. I guess the simplest way to explain is that you can like, melt stuff and it joins together? So if you want to connect two ends of something, you solder it and connect it.

... you don't use it for everything, though. Just certain things.

week 6, friday

[applechemist]

[ Escha is still carrying around the kitten because she would feel bad just. Setting it in her cabin and then walking away.

So, hm, she's poking her head into the music room, like she's following a sound? Is Stephanie playing any instrument? It doesn't matter, even if it was silent, Escha is following a sound. ]

[vigilantics]

[ steph is at the piano, it's fine.

but she looks up when escha comes in. ]

... isn't that Junpei's cat?

[applechemist]

[ ... she nods. ]

Yeah. Junpei and - the other directors are all [ ... ] missing. So I thought I'd take care of him until we get them back.

[vigilantics]

[ after the announcement, that's not too surprising, so she nods.



what is surprising is that she just bursts into tears right after. ]

[applechemist]

[ OH MY GOD? Escha does not know how to handle this but she rushes over to like. Well. She's still holding a cat, so to put a hand on Steph's shoulder.

is this a curfew effect or is Steph just Actually Sad... ]

I-it'll be okay...!