72,09 - Reparations

[ichoosefight]

So uh... the flood is over, right? [ Steph looks kind of unsure about this. People are acting oddly. ]

I guess I just wanted to check in and make sure everyone is okay. Since a lot of people said a lot of things that they didn't really mean, and all.

That's all.

Comments

[Private]

[lastmanstanding]

[Hoffman studies the feed for a long time before hitting "respond", "answer" whatever you want to call it and looking...tired.]

I hear that. Are you okay?

[Private]

[ichoosefight]

Right as rain. [ Although she will never get those images of you out of her head. ]

I, uh. Said some things. You know how it is. I'm sorry.

[Private]

[lastmanstanding]

[Nope, he knows. Hoffman inhales, and...]

You know...honestly throughout all of that I'm really more worried about you kid. Do you feel that way regularly?

[Private]

[ichoosefight]

All hopeless and doom and gloom? Not at all. Not anymore, at least.

[some_kinda_hero]

I wasn't affected, so I'm okay. You?

[ichoosefight]

I'm alright. Just patching some things up.

[some_kinda_hero]

I kind of figured you were affected when the pessimism didn't ebb away. [Winks.]

[ichoosefight]

Heh, yeah... Well, at least I didn't say anything awful to you.

[huge_egomd]

I definitely didn't mean anything I said. [Yep, he's back to being Mr. Crankypants, and he'd deny saying the things he said...if it wasn't out there on the network :| ]

[ichoosefight]

So you don't have half a brain and you don't understand people's problems?

[huge_egomd]

Ha ha [glare] I was referring to the offering of hugs, obviously.

[ichoosefight]

Oh, and here I figured that was the one thing you actually meant!

Heh. Sorry I was such a jerk.

[hungryanhorny]

[Faith's just gonna mumble something here; something fairly unintelligible, actually... she's still got half a foot in denial when it comes to admitting the flood or what she did.

Intelligible words may include "Hey BG," though.]

[ichoosefight]

That bad, huh?

[hungryanhorny]

[There's a moment while she pours herself a drink, and then...] Yeah.

[ichoosefight]

Wanna talk about it?

[batmanschmatman]

Nice to see you're back to normal.

[ichoosefight]

Yeah, and it's nice to know your 'Steph senses' are in full working order. Sorry.

[batmanschmatman]

It's okay. What kind of trouble did you get up to?

[an_abomination]

How does anyone ever graduate from this place with all of these floods?

[ichoosefight]

I think they just try to learn from them whatever they can. You do get used to it, after a while.

[an_abomination]

Did you learn anything from this?

[sharpememory]

Yeah, so, everything I said in the post wasn't actually true.

[ichoosefight]

Including the bit about you dating a high schooler?

[sharpememory]

She's actually already graduated.