Hello Grimm. I hope I'm not bothering you, but there is something I'd like to speak to you about if you have time.
[She feels...ridiculous speaking to him through this considering she could simply go home and speak to him in person, but she doesn't think she'd be able to manage it otherwise.]
I hate to sound so dramatic but I want to talk to you about something that's very difficult for me to talk about. I don't think I'd be able to manage if I had to say it out loud.
I saw this message written on the network. It scared me. Being in this place has been very strange for me. At first all I could think of was getting back, but since coming here I've been realizing that I have the opportunity to find peace and to have freedom. I do not have that back where I come from because of a man named Roc Hijoushiki, and I am very afraid that one day he will be brought here. I do not have any evidence of the things he has done to me, so I suppose I wanted to try and speak up now so if that ever happens, some people will already know.
[And not just think I am flinging hasty accusations. She doesn't write that since she doesn't want to make any implications about what Grimm would make of what she'd say in those scenarios...but it's hard not to worry. Given all that Roc has done she would hardly blame anyone for not wanting to believe something based on word--it's better that the law doesn't but...it would still hurt.
It takes her a while to write the message because her hands have started to tremble, making her fumble with her typing and have to go back and correct it.]
[He has seen her tremble in fear, and known for a long time that she was hurt. That he did not know the exact details, that she had no 'evidence', did not matter.]
What does this man look like, so that I may keep an eye out for him?
[Her vision blurs and she wipes at her face, trying to steady herself.]
His species is that of a demon.
[She's not sure if those exist where Grimm is from or if he has encountered them]
Similar to humans. He's a little over six foot. Shoulder length blue hair he usually keeps tied up. Red eyes. Long, thin twin tails that end in spades.
[Thinking of him, recalling all those details is making her feel nauseous. One day she hopes she can be in a place where his mere name doesn't evoke such feelings in her--she'll take anger over fear and or this sorrow]
[And the next evening, Grimm arrives on time. He isn't dressed up because he doesn't... dress, but otherwise he's all prepared for a Proper Dinner (And Then Hookup).]
Grimm enters, taking a look around - he hopes your decor is as goth as his apartment, he'll visibly approve if it is - before settling down at the nearest approximation to a dining room table.]
I should like to say that I have been perfectly fine, but it has not been long enough since I began crystalizing for me to say such with a straight face. When assisting my kraken friends, it was all too easy for me to overestimate my own stores of Chroma.
Thankfully, I have received a good scolding from my roommate for my recklessness, and will not repeat such a thing.
[...hopefully. He will still put others before himself, but hopefully he'll be more careful about it in the future.]
Yeah, you seem a bit of the self-sacrificial type, huh.
[And he means that positively, but he knows the type. To put others before themselves. It's admirable, but it also means putting oneself in frequent danger.
Abbacchio fills two glasses of white wine before offering one to Grimm.]
I actually have no idea how you feel about wine, but I figured it couldn't hurt.
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Date: 2019-09-15 12:43 am (UTC)I hope I'm not bothering you, but there is something I'd like to speak to you about if you have time.
[She feels...ridiculous speaking to him through this considering she could simply go home and speak to him in person, but she doesn't think she'd be able to manage it otherwise.]
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Date: 2019-09-15 12:45 am (UTC)Would you prefer to speak in person, or through this device?
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Date: 2019-09-15 12:53 am (UTC)I'd prefer it be through this device.
[There's a long pause before her next messages]
I hate to sound so dramatic but I want to talk to you about something that's very difficult for me to talk about. I don't think I'd be able to manage if I had to say it out loud.
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Date: 2019-09-15 12:54 am (UTC)[text]
Date: 2019-09-15 01:06 am (UTC)I saw this message written on the network.
It scared me.
Being in this place has been very strange for me.
At first all I could think of was getting back, but since coming here I've been realizing that I have the opportunity to find peace and to have freedom.
I do not have that back where I come from because of a man named Roc Hijoushiki, and I am very afraid that one day he will be brought here.
I do not have any evidence of the things he has done to me, so I suppose I wanted to try and speak up now so if that ever happens, some people will already know.
[And not just think I am flinging hasty accusations. She doesn't write that since she doesn't want to make any implications about what Grimm would make of what she'd say in those scenarios...but it's hard not to worry. Given all that Roc has done she would hardly blame anyone for not wanting to believe something based on word--it's better that the law doesn't but...it would still hurt.
It takes her a while to write the message because her hands have started to tremble, making her fumble with her typing and have to go back and correct it.]
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Date: 2019-09-15 01:22 am (UTC)[He has seen her tremble in fear, and known for a long time that she was hurt. That he did not know the exact details, that she had no 'evidence', did not matter.]
What does this man look like, so that I may keep an eye out for him?
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Date: 2019-09-15 01:41 am (UTC)His species is that of a demon.
[She's not sure if those exist where Grimm is from or if he has encountered them]
Similar to humans.
He's a little over six foot.
Shoulder length blue hair he usually keeps tied up.
Red eyes.
Long, thin twin tails that end in spades.
[Thinking of him, recalling all those details is making her feel nauseous. One day she hopes she can be in a place where his mere name doesn't evoke such feelings in her--she'll take anger over fear and or this sorrow]
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Date: 2019-09-15 01:58 am (UTC)You have my oath.
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Date: 2019-09-15 02:06 am (UTC)But.
At least here, at least if Grimm is by her side...she knows he will keep that promise and it means more than words can ever say.]
Thank you, Grimm.
For everything.
[text]
Date: 2019-09-15 02:26 am (UTC)[He can't say 'it's nothing' or 'it's the least anyone can do' because it clearly isn't, but it still feels inadequate.]
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Date: 2019-09-15 02:31 am (UTC)Even simply being able to tell someone of this is more than I thought would ever be possible.
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Date: 2019-09-15 02:43 am (UTC)[text]
Date: 2019-09-21 01:34 am (UTC)If luck is with me he'll never appear here.
But knowing I have someone I can turn to if he does takes a weight off my shoulders.
[Luck has unfortunately never been on her side, but that just means that she will have to continue to prepare for the worst.]
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Date: 2019-09-21 11:38 pm (UTC)Should he appear here, it will be to his regret.
[Grimm knows that the crystalized deaths here are temporary. He is also very familiar with the pain of dying over, and over, and over again.
Few people take it well.]
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Date: 2019-09-29 03:25 am (UTC)tomorrow evening work for you?
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Date: 2019-09-29 03:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-29 03:59 am (UTC)i have drink and food
unless there's something you think we're missing
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Date: 2019-09-29 04:01 am (UTC)I'll see you tomorrow.
[And the next evening, Grimm arrives on time. He isn't dressed up because he doesn't... dress, but otherwise he's all prepared for a Proper Dinner (And Then Hookup).]
A pleasure to see you again.
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Date: 2019-09-29 05:16 am (UTC)Hey. You too.
Come in. Make yourself comfortable, Grimm.
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Date: 2019-09-29 05:22 am (UTC)Grimm enters, taking a look around - he hopes your decor is as goth as his apartment, he'll visibly approve if it is - before settling down at the nearest approximation to a dining room table.]
You have been well, I hope?
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Date: 2019-09-29 06:57 am (UTC)It's close enough! A bit more like Hot Topic threw some of their product inside and hoped for the best.]
Eh, as well as I can be. Better with company; never thought I'd say that. You?
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Date: 2019-09-29 07:56 am (UTC)I should like to say that I have been perfectly fine, but it has not been long enough since I began crystalizing for me to say such with a straight face. When assisting my kraken friends, it was all too easy for me to overestimate my own stores of Chroma.
Thankfully, I have received a good scolding from my roommate for my recklessness, and will not repeat such a thing.
[...hopefully. He will still put others before himself, but hopefully he'll be more careful about it in the future.]
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Date: 2019-09-29 08:24 am (UTC)[And he means that positively, but he knows the type. To put others before themselves. It's admirable, but it also means putting oneself in frequent danger.
Abbacchio fills two glasses of white wine before offering one to Grimm.]
I actually have no idea how you feel about wine, but I figured it couldn't hurt.
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Date: 2019-09-29 08:29 am (UTC)[His end is fated, and while it's not impossible to kill him outside of the Ritual, it's extremely unlikely.
Harm to him is nothing. Harm to his loved ones could be everything.]
Now and then I might have a taste of wine. [He lifts his glass.] Shall we make a toast?
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Date: 2019-09-29 08:34 am (UTC)[Abbacchio shrugs.] To what, fucking? Not being a hunk of rock?
Or I guess to being alive. I should probably be happier about that.