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Who: opal and you!
Broadcast: text
Action: on the goldstone if you're so inclined
When: post-shuffle

[The message gets sent out fairly late at night, once she's absolutely sure. She's known about Kaito for a few weeks, but she wasn't inclined to notify everyone when it was just him departing. Now, though... In some ways, it cuts deeper when she realizes who else has left.]

if anyone was friends or whatever with aoko nakamori or kaito kuroba, they both left the fleet at some point. guess it makes sense they'd both take off within a few weeks of each other, they were kind of a package deal.

anyways, that's all i really had to say. sorry for the bad news.

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Sugar and caffeine's basically what I got coursing through my veins.

Do we need to have a talk about your diet?

[She reaches forward to take another spoonful.]

Don't worry mom, dad keeps me in good shape.

[ dad being jim and the shape being exercise, he did have some major nutritional problems for a while there after quitting meat and not eating enough protein substitutes, but all these planets have helped balance him out, and now that he's spent a year at home eating everything in his mind, well, things will get easier when they don't have enough variety. ]

[She makes a small noise of amusement and rolls her eyes.]

Ugh, don't call me that, I might vomit in my mouth a little.

[ he laughs, but yeah it's weird for him to say, his mom didn't care much for his diet when she upped and left him. ]

Don't waste the ice cream.

Don't call me mom again and maybe I won't have to.

Alright, sis, I surrender.

[as usual, her lips quirk up into a smile upon hearing him say that, though she hides it by taking another spoonful of ice cream.

it does make her curious, though. she realizes that she doesn't know much about his home life. aliens and portals, sure, but not much that's more personal than that.]

Did you have any siblings back home, Winn?

[ oh..probably not where they should be going when he's trying to cheer her up, but okay. he's letting her call the shots today (like he doesn't always). ]

Only child. I mean, I had foster siblings, but they never really liked me and we didn't keep in touch, so I'm not counting them.

Oh.

[She doesn't seem upset by the news, necessarily, but she does look sympathetic.]

Other kids your parents took in, or was it the other way around?

Other way around. Dad went to jail, mom bailed, the country song writes itself.

[ he shrugs, trying to keep it light with a bit of humor. ]

[She pauses for a moment, frowning, her expression growing more concerned.]

Sorry, I didn't realize... We can talk about something else.

[ he smiles and shakes his head ]

It's fine, I'm over it. [ kinda. some of the time. ] Do you wanna...talk about your friends? [ well you know, he has to ask. ]

[She doesn't really believe that, but she won't push it. Not right now, at least. She gives a shrug, and a small smile in return.]

Not really sure what there is to say.

[ she's too smart to believe his bullshit. ]

Whatever you want to say.

[A sigh, putting the spoon down for a moment to cup her cheek in a hand as she looks down at the table.]

We didn't meet here, we met in... the last place I was in. I guess I just worry they got sent back there.

[ oh. you know what, he's putting his hand on your shoulder because that is heavy. ]

I wish I could tell you for sure they didn't. [ but he can't. like he can't say for sure that sascha didn't go back home, or that pinkie and margaery did. ]

[She blinks up at him when she feels his hand on her shoulder, surprised, and then lets out a breath. She doesn't pull away, though.]

...Yeah. I wish I knew for sure, too. It really sucked there.

They got out once. If they are back - there's still hope they'll get out again. How long have you known them?

[ he wonders if cisco can check, if his vibes would even be viable, reliable, in this setting. but no, cisco hates his powers, he told winn about them in confidence, he can't abuse that trust. ]

Yeah, it's just - what might happen in the interim that worries me. There's not really anything I can do about that, I guess, but...

[She has to pause for a moment to think about that, though.]

I think I was there for... three or four months? Then both of them got here around five or six months months ago. So, that long altogether.

[ lightly squeezing her arm. that feeling of helplessness is the worst an he's yet to find anything to make it better. ]

I'm really sorry, Opal. [ they can share in their mutual helplessness? ]

It's... I mean, it's not okay, but - you know. It happens.

[She takes another breath, shaking her head as if to clear it.]

It means a lot that you came, either way.

Of course. [ he nods, he knows how it feels, it's how he felt when she came for him. ] Where else would I be.

[ his little sister needs him, there's nowhere in the multiverse that's more important than right her now. ]

You say that like it's not a big deal, but... It is for me. So, thanks.

You know you're always welcome. That's what family should be for.

[ his failed miserably at it and he's gotten the feeling that hers wasn't brilliant at it either, but it doesn't mean they can't do better. ]

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