[network] @igjwerkekhgjghkl; video, morning of 352 [open]

[fuckingwolverine]

[It's been over a week since Lilly bolted from Kesara, during which time she's stayed entirely off of the network. But she's had a chance to calm down, and so this morning, she's decided she wants to make something very clear.

The tablet is lying flat and facing up, giving everyone a very nice view of the ceiling and no view at all of Lilly. This seems to be more by chance than by purposeful choice, though - she's clearly close by, judging by her voice, and every so often she'll lean into view and give everyone a brief shot of her arm or hair. She, like so many other people, is covered in a mysterious pattern of red lines.

Before starting, she takes a deep breath. This is going to involve more talking than she usually likes to do, but she really wants to get her point across.]

Stay away. Don'wanna go wif you. Don'wanna go wif-- anybody. Stay away.

[What a friendly child she is.]

Don'touch don'grab don'take DON'T. Don'like it. I don't. Like. It. Too many too loud too hard hate it.

[She finishes with an irritable snarl, then bats the tablet away, sending it spinning dizzyingly across the floor. Its films the ceiling and distant sounds of scrabbling for a few minutes before cutting out on its own.]

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[fuckingwolverine]

Mm. Victoria. Biggurl.

[Unlike other words that are mispronounced or slurred together, she has no trouble at all enunciating her sister's four-syllable name.]

[termineur]

[ And that, to him, speaks to how close they clearly were. He smiles at hearing it, but decides not to ask her about Victoria. She didn't make it here, after all, and that's got to be tough for Lily. ]

Then maybe they are. You want me to show 'em to you?

[fuckingwolverine]

On da TV.

[She doesn't want him getting any ideas about showing up in person.]

[termineur]

Yeah, the TV. Hold on--

[ He swings the camera around and shows off both Billy and Vanitas- Vanitas has what looks like a black motorcycle helmet on his head, obscuring his face. Neither of them seem to notice what he's doing, at least for the moment.

He keeps his speakers muted until he gets back into the room he started in, and then he addresses the camera once more. ]

That's them. There's another one, too, but he wears a big suit of armor- lots of metal- so you can't really see what he looks like.

[fuckingwolverine]

Him.

[She points to Vanitas on the screen, not really spacially aware enough to get that Gabriel can't tell who she's looking at.]

[termineur]

[ Uh...he raises an eyebrow. ]

Which one? The one wearing black?

[fuckingwolverine]

Mm. I know 'im.

[termineur]

You do? [ Realization crosses Gabriel's face. ] Right, he's the one with the Unversed- the black creature you like. I like it, too.

He's my friend. His name is Vanitas.

[fuckingwolverine]

I goddit.

[She says, a little smugly. Sure enough, as she leans back to look for it, he might catch sight of the Unversed hanging around in the background of her video. When she'd split off from Vanitas, it had followed her.]

[termineur]

Oh hey, look at that. Hi, buddy. You having a good time over there?

[ He has no idea if the Unversed hears him or cares, but it's good to see it back there.

He's not entirely sure why Lily finds so much comfort in it, but maybe she's used to a lot of wild animals where she came from. Not that Vanitas' negative emotions scream 'wild animal', what with the black, spiky nature, but- that's all he's got, at the moment. If she likes it, he's glad it's stuck with her. ]

Hope you let it eat something every so often, Lily. It likes sweet things the best, I think.

[fuckingwolverine]

[The Unversed chitters at him, but is overall pretty preoccupied with skulking around the room. He's a creature after Lilly's own heart.]

Swee-tings.

[She nods in acknowledgement. Okay, she can do that.]

Whaddelse?

[termineur]

[ Hey, Gabriel's just glad to get the chittering. He likes being acknowledged, at least. ]

That's about it, as far as I can tell. It does a pretty good job of taking care of itself. If it wants to spend time with you, let it? And if it's hungry, give it a little something. Other than that, it should be okay.

[ He seems to remember that it traveled on its own for a few days and managed to make it to someone else. He's just glad they're both together- that way Lily has something for a companion in this place. ]

And if you need help at any time, if you're hurt or sick- give me a call, okay? I'll make sure you get what you need.

[fuckingwolverine]

[She looks a little unsure about that idea - but then slowly, reluctantly, she nods.]

Whadder you called?

[Maybe he'd told her his name before, but if he had, she had evidently dismissed it as not that important and forgotten it.]

[termineur]

[ He smiles just a little- don't want to scare her off, but he would like to know she has someone to reach if she needs it. So many times in this place do people need it. ]

I'm Gabriel. And here-

[ He pulls a notepad out of his pocket and writes down '@godsend' in large letters, trying to use the same style that the fonts on the tablets have. He shows it to the camera. ]

This is my username, okay? At-Godsend. If you need to reach me, tell your screen to send a message to At-Godsend, and then I'll be on there.

[fuckingwolverine]

Agossend.

[She peers at the notepad, and a look of understanding crosses her face. It's not a look of interest - she's not clamoring to learn how people put these symbols together to make meaning - but a connection has been made.]

Dat says agossend?

[termineur]

Yep. So if you see it on your screen, you can press it and that'll let you talk to me, too. Okay?

[ If he gives her two methods, maybe she'll remember one of them. The repetition doesn't hurt, in any case. ]

[fuckingwolverine]

Mmmhm.

[And just to prove that she knows what she's doing, she shuts off the tablet and then immediately turns it back on, sending him a new message.]

Hi.

[termineur]

[ Oh, good. See, he knew she was bright. He smirks and waves at her. ]

Hi. Looks like you've got that all figured out already.

[fuckingwolverine]

S'easy.

[She says, almost dismissively.]

S'okay.

[termineur]

Is it? Okay, good. So now you can call me if you need to. Or want to. Either way.

[ He suspects she doesn't spend a whole lot of time wanting to talk to people, but sometimes it's nice just having someone on the other line. He and Steph did that sometimes. It made it feel like you were less alone. ]

[fuckingwolverine]

Okay.

[Another pause.]

What's mine?

[Good luck trying to explain "igjwerkekhgjghkl" to her, Gabriel.]

[termineur]

[ He actually chuckles lightly as he realizes what he's going to do. ]

Here, let me write that one down for you, too.

[ And he dutifully writes '@igjwerkekhgjghkl' on the notepad and shows it to her. ]

It's hard to pronounce. At-ig-jay-work-ek-hig-jig-hick-el. [ He pronounces it slowly and repeats it for good measure.] I think the keyboard got smushed when it was asking for a name or something.

[fuckingwolverine]

[Wow, that's lame. (Never mind that it was her own fingers that did the smashing. She doesn't make that connection. She'd smashed the tablet a lot of times; how is she to know that one of those times was when it was asking for her name.]

Wanna make it say Lilly.

[termineur]

Hmmm. You know, I think you can do that? You have to send a message to At-Admin, just like you sent one to me. And you tell her- 'I want to change my username to Lilly'. She's hard to talk to, but she's changed names before. She should be able to do that for you.

[fuckingwolverine]

Adadmin?

[Who the fuck is that]