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Who: Clay Terran + You
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: On the Vanquish!
When: Now!

[It wasn't like it was hard to figure out; Clay contacts Apollo often, just to talk about everything and nothing. And today, he tried to do it again, only to get an error. He knows what it means, yet he tries again, again and again, until it really sinks in.

He gives himself some time to scream into a pillow, you know, normal reaction to the knowledge that your best friend left, most likely for good, before picking up his comm again. Part of him thinks it'd be good to address via video, but he doesn't really trust himself to do it. After some debate, he decides to just text instead.]

hey so uh

if anybody knew a guy named apollo justice he went back to his world

dont get me wrong its a good thing!! he really didnt like it here

hes afraid of heights and u cant get any higher than space right

lol he was practically becoming a hermit with how much he stayed on his ship

so yeah

its good

hes apollo justice after all

he'll be fine!!!!

[Ugh, that sucked. But... whatever. After the loss of some other friends of his, and now Apollo, that's about the best he's got to give for today.]

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Will YOU be fine, though?

i'll be fine!!

i mean i got through my first year here without him so i should be fine

[Doesn't mean it'll be easy. There's a reason that first year or so was tough.]

Yeah, but that was before you, you know. Saw him again.

[It's not like you get to go back home and see him again, buddy, geez. ]

I mean. It sucks. And I'm just saying it's okay to grieve, yeah?
I know you got the whole this is fine mantra thing going on, but it's ok to not be okay too, yeah?

[He worries about you sometimes, Clay. He really does. ]

[He sighs on the other end, a long one that seems to make his entire body deflate.]

yeah i know

maybe im not fine now but i know i will be

i mean i guess im just happy i got to see him period?

i said before he got here that i wish hed never come here because i knew hed hate it out here

so idk

getting to see him was good but im glad hes back where hes happy

[Even if it means never seeing him again, never knowing what his life's like, never getting to gossip... Ugh. It does suck.]

but yeah

youre right

[He's honestly surprised. He was expecting to just get CLAY TERRAN IS FINE!!!! back. Possibly in
bold, with exclamation points!!!. ]

I get it, dude. Most of my friends hated it here, too. It's better thinking they're somewhere safe, home.
So you know, if you wanna talk about it or not talk about it and instead punch/shoot/video game to help with the not-fine thing, I got your back, okay?

[He would... But there are some things where he knows he's just lying to himself, and while that sometimes makes him feel better anyway, it wouldn't help this time. It'd probably just make him feel worse, especially since it's directly related to Apollo...]

thanks man

im

not sure i know what to do rn

it was easier when i just showed up and he wasnt here

Makes sense. You could still miss him, but it wasn't like the wound was RAW, right?
What do you usually do? To make yourself feel better, or at least take your mind off things?

Unless it's Allen, in which case I'm okay with not knowing that and can just give him like a week off or something.

[BRO]

Sokka!

If you're going to make offers like that, at least filter it!

I'm pretty sure no one is tracking this THAT much, Allen. If they are, they're being kinda creepy.

[There's a pause, because it doesn't quite sink in at first, but then:

Ah. "Do", and...

If he weren't feeling so miserable, he'd laugh and go over there just to high-five Sokka. But instead he sighs, rubs at his forehead, and tries to decide how to approach something like that.]

uh

yeah

thanks

but i usually just scream or work out a lot or bury myself in work

Edited 2017-05-31 19:26 (UTC)

[Sorry, bro. He tried, he did. ]

Well, I'm pretty sure no one would stop you if you wanted to take some time for yourself and do that, you know? Everyone needs time to decompress after stuff like this.

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