sweartoyou | Ryslig

youre also pretty young so i thought id check

[Emily has no idea.]

lost all my nails and my teeth and my skin is coming off like it would for severe burns

thats why im typing like this

I may or may not be getting older soon, remember.

Hm... There's a voice to text function my friend used to use, but I don't know how much better that would work for you without teeth.

tried that

it was funny but not very useful

im probably in the middle of growing fangs so ill relearn how to talk once everything settles down

ps psychologically speaking youre still getting older even if your body isnt

Good luck. I don't have experience with that, so no tips.

Re: your ps, I'm not interested in psychologically being an adult in a young girl's body. That'd be worse than growing up, I think.

theres always mana

thats a serious suggestion not a blow off

i know i could help you back home but biology works differently here

If I asked Ms. Mana for a birthday gift it woh I could really ask her for my perfect pet. She might be able to do it...

if you were careful to describe it well i bet it would work

ive heard some horror stories though so run it by someone before you try

Yeah... She turned me into the wrong monster once already, but that was mostly my fault. That's how I spent time as a demon, actually.

Hi, Rachel.

I have a bit of a strange question that I'm sorry to ask.

Does your dad talk to you about people he kills?

Edited 2021-08-16 03:19 (UTC)

[thinking emoji...]

Hello, Miss Riley. Only if I'm asking him not to kill someone, usually. Why?

I have to know if he's been killing other monsters lately.
Or maybe just what it looks like when he kills people?

Someone very close to me was murdered. I'm checking every avenue.

I don't know for sure, but... He was working really hard to help the Fog so he didn't have time before and then he was busy killing those humans in charge. I think that if he hasn't killed the twins, he probably hasn't killed any other monsters. Mr. Taako was still alive yesterday.

As for what it looks like... [Hmm. Hmmmm. Other than the recent news about the politicians and CEOs posed in prayer, she doesn't actually know much about Aunamee's victims. What becomes of their corpses has never mattered enough to consider.] If I had to guess, I'd say 'staged'? Being 'clean' and 'balanced' is just as important to him as making someone suffer. That's what I think.

Was there anything that made it feel like a message?

[ Well. This is what she wanted. It's unsettling, but she did ask. ]

I don't know. Maybe? I wouldn't say anything the others described was staged. He was just kind of left for anyone to find.

It's mostly the person, honestly. I'm worried the reason he was killed was to send me a message, specifically.

Edited 2021-08-16 18:54 (UTC)

Was it your dad? Even then...I'd think he'd choose a place he knew you would be, not just anywhere. He'd want you to know it was him, wouldn't he?

It wasn’t my dad.

It was my brother. Steve. I talked about him before.

["Who's Steve?" she almost asks, but her memory catches up to her before her fingers can finish. It was an important name, and someone Riley had talked to her about before, so that means...]

Mr. Rabbit...

Has an autopsy been done?

Yes.

[ She doesn’t like telling anyone about this. Was this how Giorno felt, talking to her about it? ]

Someone sedated him. Does your dad use sedatives at all?

Okay.

No. He wants to see what they're feeling. He didn't do this.

His body... Was he ruined by it? He should look like himself. If he needs to be fixed, I can do it. I don't want his body to not be him. He doesn't deserve that.

[ Fix...? Riley remembers the bird. She pales. ]

That's nice of you to offer, but with what the others told me, I don't think there's a lot that could fix him up right now, Rachel.

If it's not Aunamee, I don't want to trouble you more with this, anyway. I'm sorry, you were just the only person I could ask.

Oh.
Okay.

[ ... ]

I only mean I shouldn't
I don't want to just barge into your life whenever I think Aunamee's done something to hurt me.

That's not fair to you.

I don't mind.

Thank you for telling me about Mr. Rabbit.

You’re welcome.

Is there anything I can do for you? Do you have someone to talk to about this sort of thing?

Not really, but you don’t have to worry about me, Miss Riley. Besides, he’ll come back, so…I guess it’s pointless to feel bad about it.

I know I don’t have to, but I do. Someone still killed him and the feelings don’t just go away.
Besides, you already helped me out, so

I was the person on the network. The one who was asking about therapy.
I’m sorry I kept that from you, but I wasn’t comfortable even talking about it before.
You helped me through that, so… I want to help you too.

Ryslig | IC Inbox.

<e.grey>

< r.gardner >

<e.grey>

< r.gardner >

<e.grey>

< r.gardner >

<e.grey>

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry> | backdated to August 11th

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry>

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry>

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry>

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry>

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry>

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry>

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry>

< r.gardner >

<CheeryCherry>

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, RACHEL GARDNER. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 000.00.000.00