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Stick a Fork in Me

Who: Katie McCoy and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: Vanquish, Iskaulit, Malum
When: Today!

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Just a moment--

[She'd apologise for the deafening thunk of a very solid piece of metal striking the floor in front of your screens, but she's in too bad a mood. It's the business end of a battle axe, runes inscribed along the metal edge and the weapon far too ridiculously big for a person like Katie to use. In fact, it's not temper that made her slam the stupid thing into the floor. She just can't lift it for very long, it's too goddamned heavy.

(Especially for someone who's been out cold for nearly three months, and this is what she comes back to?)]

Now. Who's responsible for this? Where did you get it?

[Anyone who saw any Tully-related flashbacks in calibrations will recognise the weapon for his. Otherwise, the runework is distinctly Scandinavian (Younger Futhark, to be precise) if there are any geeks in the audience.

...also, that's from the Atroma and it's been sitting in the cargo bay for months. Merry belated Christmas? She really appreciates it. Honest.]

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[In person, one can find Katie either dragging said stupid axe back to her quarters on the Vanquish, down at the fox park on the Iskaulit, or lurking at a table in Malum and getting really drunk, which is possibly not wise but par for the course.]

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I've been awake a lifetime, were I a mayfly. Also, I could be a golem. There's often debates on whether cats have souls.

[Now that that's cleared up. There's a brief pause, then she smiles a bit.] Have you been terribly bored while I was away?

I know that cat's supposedly have nine lives, but this is the first time I've heard that they're soulless.

[But it's nice to have nonsensical crap to talk about with someone she actually likes and doesn't annoy her more than normal. And isn't Sorey.]

Of course. While you were off getting your cat naps in for the next few decades, I was dealing with a bunch of stupid.

[Edna comes into the park formally and sits not too far from her friend.]

Not the irreversible kind of stupid, one hopes.

[She closes her eyes again, quite relaxed. Look, it's mark of trust. Or something.]

[She doesn't have her lizards or the fuzzy slugs. They're all on her mountain. Which is where she was headed before she saw Katie in the first place.]

It involves my idiot brother and Zaveid, so of course it's irreversible. You're not surprised, are you?

I'm never surprised. Did they both survive their stupidity?

[A tongue-in-cheek question. Though she's mildly concerned. Not that she's met either of them, but their impact on Edna is obvious.]

That really depends on what you mean by survive.

[And at that, Edna's normally flat expression flashes to pain to completely shut down.]

They're both still here, if that's what you're asking.

[She misses the look with her eyes closed, but the words are enough. She's quiet a long moment before she asks softly.]

What happened?

[Edna conveys a lot with just a few words. It's kinda her thing.]

Nothing special. Eizen left the Blameless for the Red Fish. Dezel went home [to die]. And I moved over to the Huntress to keep an eye on the nerds.

[Not with her brother? But then she has a magical connection to the nerds in question. Tough choice.

Dezel was the one with the hat and the fondness for animals. That makes her a little wistful.]

Well. The nerds do bear keeping an eye on. What about Zaveid?

[Honestly, Edna's used to Eizen ditching her for everyone else by now. The fact that he's not changed at all in the years doesn't even surprise her. And she's already punished him with silence for weeks now.]

Well, he's there with us on the Huntress, but I'm pretty sure that he and Eizen are... [She shudders in disgust] They're dating.

[......

...okay that was far less horrible than Katie thought.]

You don't approve?

Of course not. Zaveid is gross. Eizen is stupid, but I didn't think he was that stupid.

[The truth is she doesn't care if Eizen dates Zaveid. She just doesn't like that he's ditched her again and then avoided talking to her about it. He's a coward and she's tired of it.]

It just feels like he doesn't want to be with me anymore.

[Up until that last part, Katie was being vaguely amused at this. But fear of abandonment... that makes more sense. Her amusement gives way to sympathy. She's been there.]

Infatuated people often act like they've got blinkers on. I assume you haven't asked him directly.

[You'd think that Edna would be use to it, but she isn't.]

Infatuated? They traveled together for 800 years. You'd think they would have figured what they were during that time. Before Eizen ate that Lord of Calamity.

[She snorts at Katie's second statement.]

You assume incorrectly. I talked to Zaveid too. They're just stupid. And gross.

[Ah. Well, she wasn't aware of shared history. She was just trying not to jump straight to love, it's kind of presumptuous.]

What did they say when you asked?

[Well, Katie hasn't asked Edna about her past or her brother much. And, this is the first time she's offered much.]

Zaveid was useless. He doesn't know what's going on. And Eizen is avoiding talking about it all together. Which is pretty typical for him.

How annoying. So are you both now just ignoring each other forever?

No, I'm just not talking to him. He'll have to come to me this time. Hitting him would be pointless and painful. My delicate bone structure would be injured.

Can't have that.

Want me to bounce him to the top of a mountain or something?

That seems a bit pointless, Katie. He's an Earth Seraph. He might like it.

[But, honestly, the thought of Katie trying to do something to her idiotic brother to teach him a lesson is...humorous and she lets out a soft chuckle.]

Thank you though.

Well, there's always the bottom of a lake, too. [Grin.]

You're welcome.

[Her chuckle turns dark.]

And he can't swim. He'll sink like a rock.

[Aren't you glad you aren't related to her, Katie? AREN'T YOU?]

[Psh, being related to you would be fun. At least she'd have relatives that talk to her, then.]

Poor boy. He'd have time to reflect on his wrongdoings.

[It's true. Being related to Edna is a lot of fun. For her, mostly. When her "relatives" aren't being giant morons.]

If he hasn't learned after nearly three thousand years, I don't know that there's anything that will work. He's rather stubborn.

[Pot. Kettle. Cauldron. Whatever.]

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