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Carlos Oliveira ⬤ Resident Evil 3 (2020)
residential district ⬤ Level 2
moonblessing ⬤ Sanguis

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[chichichi]

So, how are you settling in? No new injuries you could use a hand with, I take it?

iyaaan so fast senpai

[sendinthedelta]

depends
how would u give me a hand if i did

[chichichi]

Efficiently.

[ Teasing? Who, her? ]

But you know, you don't have to go looking for trouble if you'd like to see me. I'd prefer it if you called before that.

[sendinthedelta]

haha no no i swear im staying out of trouble

[chichichi]

That isn't such a bad thing, I syooiaw. When native trouble rears its head, it's an unpleasant, inconvenient sort that tends to result in some sort of big to-do. I don't suppose the Moon Knights mentioned that, did they?

text | j.valentine | easy real-time, etc.

[torsion]

Things are different between us, aren't they.
Other than my age and yours.

[sendinthedelta]

they did im aware

like i said not looking for trouble
but it might find me regardless

[sendinthedelta]

[Well.

Shit.]

is it weird that i was kind of
hoping u wouldnt notice

[torsion]

Plenty, yeah.
I notice things most people don't.

Kinda pissed that you hoped that. You're still important to me even if things
I don't know?
Don't make sense?

[sendinthedelta]

honestly thats fair
that ur pissed

what we went thru
whichever version
was only a few days and i thought maybe

if i said smth u would freak out and leave for good

i already didnt want to say goodbye to u back home
even if i knew u were always gonna make dealing with umbrella ur priority

[torsion]

I get it. With the way things are here.

I can't blame you for wanting me to lay off. I can't be negative about you wanting to make a connection, whatever that might mean to you. I hope you find someone worthwhile, in passing or otherwise. None of my business how it pans out.

Don't have anywhere else to go. If I were to disappear it would only be because he'd finally decided to kill me. Wanna believe I can fight back, but in reality Wesker isn't human anymore. I can only fight off foreign things in my body with my virus and antibodies. I don't have super speed or strength. But if I were to die fighting him, I think it would be alright. If I don't, then who will?

[ The first bit of info regarding Wesker, and that he's also here. Something she withheld so he could get settled as best as he might. ]

I had to.
They
Wesker trapped us. Killed nearly all of the people I called friends. People I loved. People who felt like home.
Forest and Richard were nothing to him. I'm the only one that can hold onto their names and make them reality, make it clear they were people that mattered.
Among the others.
Forest made me apply to STARS, you know. Introduced me to Chris, even.

I only let it go over time and with focus on the bigger picture. That only led me to dying.

[chichichi]

I get the feeling you aren't the sort of person I need to remind to stay on his toes.

[ Well, it's more than a feeling. Little observations as to how a person carries themselves can speak volumes. ]

[sendinthedelta]

you

[He can't even type it. His hands shake at the thought of it. She... died. She was killed. He wasn't there and she--

Did that mean if he went back and moved through those years that's all he was going to find of her later? Outdone by an infection despite all his efforts to keep her safe for that horribly brief time they were together?

Shit.

He has to sit down and stare at his phone for a while, not meaning to send the single word but also not focused enough to realize he did.

After what probably feels like an agonizingly long time to her he starts typing again.]

no look i was an idiot the other day
keeping it from u wasnt fair to u
i thought if i said anything u would leave but not saying it did that nyway

im rly sorry tht i wasnt there for u when u needed it
that all that happened to u and ur friends
just letting u go like that the first time
if i could change it i would but i cant so

pls dont shut me out this time
even if its only here at least let me make it up to u somehow

[He has to set his phone aside after that, breathing into his hands and feeling like some dumb lovesick teenager begging his girlfriend to stay after a fight or some equally asnine thing.

It's not even like that. He cares about her as a friend first and foremost! But that's all the more reason to not want her to "lay off".]

[torsion]

[ It's hard to talk about death. About somehow being alive despite the fall, the drop, the depth. The virus kicked itself in gear. It was the same as when she saw Wesker get impaled, she supposed. Though she didn't think she had anything that could heal her or make her impervious, she'd spent time in an operating room, too.

Part of her doesn't want to know what happened, in all honesty. ]

Hey, like I said, it's fine.
We all have shit to deal with in coming here. I had my inklings, but I'm still wrapping my head around other worlds to begin with.
The "you" I knew was a lot more clean-cut, you know. Not that I don't think he had it in him (you?) to look a little scruffy.

What happened in the mansion happened. What happened after couldn't have been avoided.
I made the choice to fight Wesker and I made the choice to stop him at that time the only way I knew how. There wasn't time to think. So, I took him with me.

Relax. We're alright so long as you're alright with me. Don't know how we really should be dealing with differences and I'm not really good with...
You know, feelings.

I was and still am thrilled that you're here. It seems everyone else has someone that really matters to them here. I always wondered when I'd get a turn.

[ It's the best she can do to reassure him and be honest. Despite valuing honesty, feelings and talking about things that bothered her in any sense were never something she was particularly good at. She was the type to hold it all in, sometimes at the cost of what mattered.

She's not willing to do it now. It's better to be frank. Let him know what happened, why she might not be the way he remembered beyond just... being different. She's flooded with relief that he's not happier without her around and it makes her settle in more comfortably where she is. ]

I just wanted to make sure you wouldn't feel shitty if you needed space or didn't want to talk to me. It's the least I could offer you.

[sendinthedelta]

ofc not

already worried abt me?

[sendinthedelta]

[That damn noise actually makes him jump. He was staring at the ceiling certain she was just going to leave him to stew in his own stupidity that he didn't expect the notification to go off.]

scruffy means a lot less upkeep when zombies are chewin on u

[This does not feel like the right time for lame ass jokes, but that's Carlos for you. What emotional damage. Everything is fine here! See that smile? It's all good.]

honestly
i dont care which u it is
ur still jill to me and im always gonna want to talk to u supercop

there may b differences but it was still racoon city and it was still hell but a hell we went thru together one way or another

like i said im here now as long as theyll let me stay

[torsion]

[ She's not pissed. She'd sooner go talk to him in person and kick him if she were than ignore him. Actions, after all. ]

You are talking to someone that sported a soccer mom cut for years and now lives in a ponytail.

[ It soothes her. It's what she's used to. From him, herself, others. It's a way to break the ice. And breathe. ]

That easy, huh.
I mean, we could be pretty different people.

Guess that didn't change. You saved my life, you know. I wouldn't be alive if not for you and then if not from the dormant virus within me. So twice, technically.

Well, you won't get rid of me that easily, either.

Texting must be rough on you. You can just send me audio or visual messages, you know.

[sendinthedelta]

i would fear for the other moms if u were a soccer mom
it would b awesome tho

[Okay good because he's not stopping unless she tells him to.]

well see that part didnt change bc i def remember saving u with the vaccine

i am
not good with tech

[But she's given him permission to change to something easier, though, choosing voice after a bit of fumbling.]

Thanks. I don't know if I'm ever gonna get used to this texting crap.

[torsion]

Hey, I'm not that old yet, ha ha.
The only mom I'll ever be is a dog mom.
Maybe.

[ There's no hint of regrets or anything there. She just really doesn't like the idea of being a parent. But she'll take the compliment just fine. ]

It made the virus dormant for me, but I wasn't aware of it until much more recently.

I've had a longer time to get used to it, but it's still not my specialty.

[ Though she prefers text, this is a friend. So, she does the same. ]

You don't have to. I prefer talking, but I like the anonymity of text. Not really needed with you, though. [ She pauses for a moment, like she's run out of things to say (another bonus of text, odd little tidbits don't sound as foolish or awkward). ] Anyway, I owe you a plant. I can give you some I've ground up as well as sprays and tablets. I can make more for you if you think you need them.

[ It's her way of saying she wants to see him again. She just doesn't know how to be honest with something like that. It's not embarrassing, but she doesn't want to be disappointed. Even if he's already reassured her of her fears.]

[sendinthedelta]

[He gets it. He knows how to read between her lines. He would never force her to do something she wasn't comfortable with.

He's glad to hear it, though, that she wants to come around. It's still just audio but there's a distinct smile to his voice as he answers.]

I'm not as bad off as when I got here, but I'll gladly take whatever you're willing to spare just in case.

[Never know what's going to happen. Better to be prepared, after all.]

[torsion]

[ It's nice to have that, at the very least. Although she's trying to be better about being open with the people who matter.

Her own voice has the vocal equivalent of a playful, teasing arm punch. ]

Hey, I was still going to make sure you'd be stocked, regardless. So, been up to anything interesting lately?

[ Not small talk. Jill genuinely wants to know. ]

[chichichi]

Remind me how you showed up at my door again.

[ Two can tease. She may be thinking back to all that damp hair that needed fluffing. ]

[sendinthedelta]

unless theres zombies and other mutants here i dont think u have to worry abt that happening again

[chichichi]

You mean the sort of zombies like in the movies or something else?

[sendinthedelta]

[Not surprising. Means she's in a good mood.]

Sleeping isn't all that interesting, I'm afraid.

[But boy does it feel awesome.]

Mostly just settling in. Trying to not get those damn songs stuck in my head. Failing at it.

[That reminds him, though:]

Hey, what are some places here I absolutely should check out? Gotta start getting to know this place sooner or later.