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[Charlie looks like a mess - her slightly frizzy hair now strongly resembles a Pomeranian, there are the beginnings of circles under her eyes, and her right eye is now yellow glass. Being in actual combat and dying and death seriously not being permanent have not done good things to her brain.

But she's not going to talk about that. Instead, she's gonna ask, in a slightly out-of-it tone:]

...did I miss anything? 'Side from classes - sorry to the teachers, by the way, but I was kinda dead. Can't... [She covers a yawn.] ...can't attend class when you're dead. Or reviving. I think.

How does it all work, anyway? How long's it take until you get used to it?

[She's maybe a bit too sleepy, it seems...]

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[Yeah, the whole 'death not always being permanent' thing is...well, she's still getting used to it.]

I - oh. Yeah, that probably would've been a good idea. Where do we get those again...?

[Sheepish smile. This is something she should know by now, right?]

[ It's actually not that simple, so Snake doesn't blame her for not knowing. ]

Supplies aren't the most plentiful around here. You should ask for something during the next mail drop.

[ Snake has to believe that she can avoid getting herself killed again between now and then. The whole revival thing is unnatural, he doesn't think it's a good idea to let it happen at all, let alone more than once. ]

[So now the mail drop has a purpose. Oh, there were things she wanted, sure, but...not to that extent, especially after the Caducan incident. Too risky, really.]

Okay, I'll do that next time. Thanks. ...I just really hope that whole mess doesn't happen again, though.

[It's a quiet admission, but not particularly personal or revealing. Who would hope for that mess to repeat itself, really?]

[ Snake doubts that anyone here would want to live through that again, unless they were particularly sadistic. It's entirely possible that someone on the crew fits that profile, but if that's the case he doesn't want to know them.

He's had to deal with enough sadists in his life as it is, thank you. ]

It's hard to say. They're all dead now, but who's to say we haven't pissed someone else off for defending ourselves?

[ It's all a matter of perspective. Some might see them as ruthless murders. ]

[Never tempt fate, Snake. Not even in the brackets.

That said, the statement actually makes her stop and think. If they've pissed someone off for defending themselves, then that means the other 'someone' will come by, doesn't it? And then...and then...]

...It's never gonna end, is it? As long as that keeps happening - what you just mentioned, I mean.

[The only way for it to end is to walk away. ... This seems like something she wants to keep in mind...]

Edited (snek is a good mentor even if he isn't meaning to be) 2016-08-04 16:06 (UTC)

[ He'll tempt fate all he wants, thank you very much.

That being said, Snake hadn't really intended to make Charlie get all doom and gloom either. It's not like he can be sure that this problem will continue to follow them, even if his instincts tell him that it will.

Still, not everyone needs to be as cynical as he is.

He glances down at the MID screen and shrugs. ] Depends on how fast we run.

[It's less doom and gloom and more just...thinking. And there are so many other reasons to be a cynic, anyway! So no harm, no foul, and she shrugs back.]

From the ship or from the people following the ship?

I was thinking more the latter, though I guess you could always ask for a ride off of here if you wanted to go that route.

[ Snake's tone is uncertain, and his eyes flick to the side as he shrugs. It's not in his plans, but he isn't going to stop someone from going it alone if they think they'll have better luck that way.

It sounds a lot more like a death sentence to him, but he's not here to order anyone around unless it has to do with stealth techniques. ]

Nah, things aren't that bad.

[YET.]

I was just...I don't know, trying to not be such a downer? Carlton's a lot better at that than I am, though.

[y u no here, comedian bro.]

[ There are definitely people around this ship who are good at joking through all the terrible things that happen. Snake isn't necessarily one of them, especially since his humor trends toward the dark and morbid.

One of his eyebrows ticks upward. ] Friend of yours?

Ah - yeah.

[She frowns a bit as she remembers the last time they met, there in the pizzeria.]

He had a concussion last time I saw him. Hope he's all right.

A concussion? What happened?

[ Snake would rather not jump to conclusions. People could get concussions from perfectly normal things like playing sports.

But here, it's hard not to assume the worst. ]

[She hesitates for a long moment, thinking it over.]

I don't really want to talk about it, sorry.

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I don't want to talk about it publicly, anyway.

The truth is, Carlton was knocked out and kidnapped by a child-killing dirtbag. That's how he got the concussion.

My friends and I took care of it before I wound up here, though.

[ For a moment there Snake had figured the conversation would end right there. He's shut people out enough before to know what it looks like. But...

What he gets instead is arguably even more worrying. A child-killer? Like a serial killer? The Moira really knows how to toss more at him than he ever signed up for. ]

What do you mean, you took care of it?

[It's a gamble on Charlie's part, but somehow...she really wants to trust that this guy is a good guy, that he will listen and - what, not judge her? Maybe that's it.]

We rescued Carlton from the old, abandoned pizzeria he was being held in.

[This is an even bigger gamble, but something in her is screaming talk already, someone needs to know. She doesn't like complaining about her issues, but...]

While we were there, the killer attempted to hold me hostage. I did what I had to do.

[And what I had wanted to do, but she blocks that from her mind as best she can.]

Edited (html why ) 2016-08-09 20:05 (UTC)

[ An abandoned pizzeria? Seems like an odd place for something like that to go down, but then again, a murderer would want to carry out their sick plans in a place where they wouldn't easily be found.

While Charlie doesn't outright say it, the implication is clear. She's young enough that she must be struggling with what she did, and if there's something Snake is familiar with, it's coming to terms with killing someone. ]

You were defending yourself and whoever was involved. If he was killing kids, chances are he was beyond the point of no return anyway.

[That's not the problem, honestly. She reads it over and over - no, the problem isn't that she feels guilty somehow over having killed him.

The problem is that she doesn't regret it at all. It's probably not a good sign.

... But that's probably for another time.]

I know, but thank you for saying it anyway.

Sometimes it's easier to hear it from someone else instead of yourself.

[ Snake realizes he's showing his hand a little, but he figures most people here wouldn't be surprised to find out that he's killed. Once you've done it enough, it just shows on a person. ]

I guess, maybe so.

[Somehow, she isn't surprised. This place, this ship - it isn't a peaceful one, not like home. Oh, it's peaceful at times, but...it isn't the same.

No, it isn't a surprise that someone else here has killed.]

I'm not sure how good I am at talking, but I'm a decent listener, if you ever need that.

[ He's trying, okay. He's really not good with this kind of thing, but he's making the effort if nothing else. ]

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