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[Elaine had flown out high, happy to be rid of the underground shelter, and is now standing at the top of a ruined skyscraper. She looks pale- and there's a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. The wind whips her hair and clothes, the feathers of her wings, and stings her eyes as she looks far out toward the glowing lake.]

I've been lonely before. I've had a role to fill, or responsibilities to play out, sometimes things I look back on and I regret, so much. [She huffs, her expression softening quite a bit, eyes downcast.] But I know personal responsibility, too. There are some things I... [She shakes her head, kicks at a piece of debris to send it flying off the building.] It's one thing to be a part of something, and another to be that something. I've always been me- and I like who I am. I've never been in love, or I have, maybe, but that's mine. Whether it's in my future or past, or whatever, it's something sacred to me. [She lays her hands over her heart, one on top of the other.]

And it's sacred because it means something only to me. Call it selfish, but- [She shrugs, letting her hands drop to her side. She doesn't know what else to call it.]

[With another glance toward the lake, she turns to face the camera now, tilting her head to keep her hair from being blown over her face.] ...I haven't seen Jack, this whole time. Where- If you know where he is, please. I don't want to think that he-... He's my friend. And he gets lonely enough even without the events. [She bites her lip, blinks.]

[Suddenly coming back to her senses, she folds her arms in front of her and a blankness takes over her expression. She's talking so much more than she thought she would, but she's lonely, and here it seems like she's talking only to the sky. And speaking of that- she looks to the side, where just a part of the giant on the horizon can be seen.] Rei, I think we need to talk.

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[She replies much later again, and she knows this is going to sound pathetic, but...] I'm feeling a little sorry for me, actually.

Selfish, remember? But I don't want him back here... I just want to cry a little bit.

haha
welp
now you know

lets say its kind of not there anymore

cant say anything about the family thing
what do the wings mean anyway
like are you an angel or half-bird or what

...But are you okay with it? [Her tone isn't harsh, but curious. She gazes intently at Rei.]

YEAH.
OKAY, I GUESS I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
NOT THAT I DO THAT CRYING THING MYSELF BUT
OKAY, I'M GOING TO STOP BEFORE I CHOKE MYSELF HERE.
I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER, ELAINE.

It does not matter.

That's not what I was expecting.

Close. Half-angel. My father was the archangel Michael, and my mother was human.

Thanks. I'll talk to you later.

It should. [She shrugs.] And it matters to me.

cant say i expected it either
from what ive gathered its turned into a planet of desolation

...
whoa ~~holy shit~~
guess youve got a lot on your plate for havin an archangel for a dad

You're angry.

[She hadn't even realized she was until Rei pointed it out. Her voice raises slightly.] Jack's gone, and I'm standing here looking down at a gigantic lake of- something that used to be people.

I don't want to think that you'd accept this. [She seems to slump, looking downward suddenly.] But that's up to you.

But why? What happened?

It gets worse if you trace all the other connections, too. Lucifer is my uncle- and god is my grandfather. There's a lot of politics in there that I wouldn't have wanted to be born into.

Acceptance was my only choice.

its a pretty long story
you got the time for it?

fuck i can only imagine
whats it like being part angel

[Still staring down at her feet. She knows what her uncle would say- that there's always another choice.]

...Aren't you sad about it?

I got what I wanted.

Better than standing here moping.

Flying is the most fun I've ever had. I can do some things that other people can't, but I don't always like that. It's a bit harder for me to die, too.

Which was what, Rei?

I died.

[Elaine just stares for a while, conscious of her anger draining away, and her breathing.]

good point
ok then
on my earth there was a game that was released called sburb
weve got four players me jade harley john egbert and rose lalonde
the game gave us a view into each others rooms and we could mess around with everything in the house
kind of like the sims where you can move shit like the toilet and everything
the goal was to prototype this kernel thing into a sprite by putting something in it
in my case harley put in a dead crow as the first prototype
after prototyping it we needed to get a certain item that would transport us to our personalized planet that the game made for us
because we had a time limit
if the time ran out we were basically killed by an incoming meteor
which was happening all over the world
how are you so far?

yeah i can understand that
kind of sucks

[Rei stares back.

You will not win a staring contest against Rei.]

...We'll know when all this clears up, I guess.

You have to turn something into something else by putting things in it, then use another thing to travel to another planet before a meteor kills you.

...It sounds really complicated. And you just happened to find this game?

[...No, she won't. Oh, Rei.]

[Elaine finally blinks and shrugs.] I guess I just don't understand it.

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