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I trusted Terezi. So I suppose I trusted her to help, if that's what she wanted to do. "Never that I can think of."

"Heh, yeah, just don't pull a Lizzy on anyone." He grinned, and, holding her hand, went back down the stairwell.

2015-06-19 07:54:47

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"Exactly."

"Jesus no, I have a respect and need for boundaries. I'd go insane before I'd let that happen."

2015-06-19 07:56:42

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I smiled a little. She really knew how to put a bright side on things, however dim.

"Then you'd definitely match up. What even happened to her? I didn't see her at all during the six months you were gone."

2015-06-19 07:59:04

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She smiled back at him. Oh how she'd give anything to make him happy.

"I have no clue. Maybe she dropped off the face of the earth for all I know."

2015-06-19 08:01:05

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...........then I'm sorry for that. She must have been hurting so much when I tried to jump before....how hard would she have to try most of the time? My smile faded into a glum expression at the thought.

"I wish. If the hunters are going after you for not having a bond though, they would've started on him too if anything happened to her." When they got back to the apartment he held the door open and glanced in on the other two. Yep, they'd stopped, finally. Now they were facing each other, holding hands, Anndrea looking pleased as punch and Seculus looking like his pet hamster just died. It was reminiscent of some kind of weird modern art, with contrasting figures and things. Yeah, he was looking too much into it. It was probably just featherhead being pointlessly depressed as usual.

2015-06-19 08:14:19

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Two days later I went to do laundry and discovered the card Blunt had given me a while back. While thinking over the fact that I really should wash these pants more often, I squinted at the cramped, uniform handwriting. Right, it was for the suicide support group he'd mentioned. This must be his address. Anndrea had said...well, /thought/, as if that made it any better, that she wanted me as happy as possible. Maybe dealing with this would help things a bit? Right. Oh, but there's..... I glanced back at my wings. I'd tried a few more times since then, but was still unsuccessful at concealing them the way Lance had. That left two options: go with them revealed and hope beyond hopes that no regular humans were attending aside from the apparently supernaturally apathetic IHOP employees, or try something ridiculous with a large coat and pretend that they weren't there to make people think they were hallucinating.

...the first plan sounded better. And hadn't he said the night shift was used to this sort of thing? That was who it was for, right? He'd just invited me. Oh dear, I hope I won't be intruding too much...Anndrea would like to go too, I assume. I went to ask her about it.

2015-06-19 08:26:20

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Of course, Anndrea almost jumped at the idea. This would be so great for him. Maybe he could get the help he needed? The wings though, were a problem. I guess they would cross that bridge once they cross it. Now here they are, standing on the porch to Blunt's home. They rang the door bell.

Lily, who was in the kitchen currently, was helping herself to a bottle of wine. Fuck you Blunt! She could drink if she wants. Then, she heard a knock on the door. "I'll get it Papa Blunt!" She called out in her most child-like voice before heading to the door, bottle still in her hand.

2015-06-19 08:41:57

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"I swear to God, I will ground you if you call me that again." Blunt glanced into the living room. Everyone was here already, so who could it be? In any case, he didn't trust her to answer the door politely, so he followed after.

The gray-haired girl from before answered the door holding...an entire bottle of wine? Was this a 'drink the pain away' support group? Blunt appeared behind her, blessedly alcohol-free. As I'd expected, he stared at my wings, but with a relatively calm expression, more curious than shocked.

2015-06-19 08:51:35

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A woman answered the door. Well she looked...rather odd.

Lily smiled at Mister Sucide Boy and a-oh! Very lovely /woman/ Hello. Haven't seen you around before. Befroe she could lay down her charm, BLunt appeared right behind her. /God dammit/. "Hello. Seems you finally deiced to show up with..."

"Anndrea."

"Anndrea.": She repeated before taking a drink and smiling at Blunt. "Guess whose not getting this back?"

2015-06-19 08:55:24

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"You." He grabbed it out of her hand and put a thumb over the top to keep it from spilling, holding it out of reach. He looked over at me. "Glad you could make it. Though this is new." He waved a hand nonchalantly in the general direction of my recent additions. "I did...ah, yes, um, about that..." "Explain inside. Might as well just do it the one time." Blunt turned and disappeared back into the house. I glanced nervously over at Anndrea before following.

2015-06-19 09:03:10

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"Hey!No! Give that back!" She followed behind Blunt. She'd get that even it's the last thing she does.

Anndrea stepped inside behind Seculus. What was up with that? Lets hope it does not continue.

2015-06-19 18:36:53

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He ignored her. Probably for the better, in my opinion. When we reached the living room, everyone, which blessedly only meant the night shift staff, was staring at the doorway with anticipation. When I appeared, they cheered a bit, only one or two pointing out my wings yet. Blunt moved some things off the couch and gestured for the two of us to sit down. I did, trying to leave as much room as possible for Anndrea without pressing my back against the cushions.

2015-06-20 02:50:25

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Of course, Lily returned right away with another bottle. Vodka this time. Nope, she was not doing this 100% sober. She moved to her own seat, this time keeping a firm grip on the bottle. She smiled at Blunt before taking a drink. Anndrea sat down and crossed her legs, keeping quiet.

2015-06-20 02:58:17

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He glared at her, then gave me an expectant look. I swallowed nervously and cleared my throat, but I already had everyone's attention, and not for the first time it made me uncomfortable. How did this work? Was I supposed to just tell them everything?

That would take a good while. And they would probably think I was crazy....so I just went for the most succinct, stereotypically accurate explanation possible. "I'm...um...a guardian angel, you could say?"

2015-06-20 03:21:40

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Lily laughed before taking another drink. "Well maybe the guardian angel can tame the devil inside me."

Anndrea just kept quiet. Well...this was awkward.

2015-06-20 03:27:07

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Oh. Well, maybe I phrased that badly...but /what/? "W-well, devils are a thing too, and generally the purpose of an angel is to keep them under wraps, but I get the feeling that isn't what you're talking about, so I'll just...uh, Anndrea's one as well, but she doesn't have her wings back, yet, I received mine when we fell off a bridge...and..." Oh, God, I just want to crawl into a hole and die, please and thank you. This was so much worse than talking to people I knew about it, even if they were one-sided relationships. Blunt gave me a concerned look. "You jumped off a bridge?" "Technically, we fell, but we were both alright..." He didn't look like he believed me, but dropped it in any case.

2015-06-20 03:36:21

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Lily perked up when she heard Anndrea. Hm. Something about her seemed familiar to her. Why?

"It was...my fault, actually." Anndrea spoke up eventually.

2015-06-20 03:41:47

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I really don't think that made things better in his view. "How was it your fault?" he asked. Well, if there's one place to share, it's here, but maybe not about that in particular.

2015-06-20 03:44:50

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"I tripped over the side."

2015-06-20 03:45:20

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"...you tripped." He had an eyebrow raised, but seemed to buy it, and thank God for that. He didn't seem like he would react very well to 'I was stabbed and I fell'. I tried to change the subject to one he couldn't ignore, at my own expense. "But that was an accident, before that, I...tried to jump off the roof of our apartment complex." I held my breath, biting my lip and waiting for his response. To my surprise, though, instead of lecturing me or giving me a disappointed look like darling and Terezi had, he only nodded gravely, and a couple of people reached over to pat me on the back. ...what?

2015-06-20 03:49:44

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"Yes, you did." Anndrea reached over and took his hand. "You are very lucky I stopped you."

Lily leaned onto the arm of her chair, kicking off her shoes, and hanging them over the side. "Looks like Seculus needs more help than all of us." She brought the bottle to her lips once more.

2015-06-20 03:53:36

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Blunt gave her a look, then turned back to us. "She's right, though. We may not be professionals, but we'll do what we can to help." Others muttered their agreement and nodded determinedly. Wow, these people were...such great human beings...the biting my lip turned into a mechanism to fight back tears, and I squeezed Anndrea's hand in return. "......thank you. A lot."

2015-06-20 04:03:50

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"Anytime fuckface." She giggled before taking a drink.

"Is....she going to be okay?" Anndrea asked, looking at Lily.

"I'M GOING TO BE FINNNNNEEEE!"

2015-06-20 04:05:17

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Fuck--? "Eventually. Lily, put the bottle down. Now."

2015-06-20 04:18:28

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"Make me!" She gripped the bottle tighter. No. He wasn't taking this.

2015-06-20 04:19:06