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INBOX text / audio / video / action Lucretia speaking. Obviously I uh... can't talk right now. Drop me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP. art credit code credit
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-08-25 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[hey, guess who is at your door with a bottle of wine under her arm already in her pajamas???

this elf.]
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-08-25 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Lup's smile doesn't exactly reach her eyes, not after Taako's dramatic exit from their shared room minutes earlier, but she certainly makes an attempt.]

Sup, girlfriend. I brought house warming gifts! First-- [She holds the wine bottle up with a shake while her other hand stays hidden behind her back.] Definitely needed after this whole day, huh?
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-08-25 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[In his fit, Lup hadn't exactly gotten the full details on what went down between Taako and Lucretia, but it's pretty clear it hadn't been great.]

Hey, don't thank me yet! I still have something else. [Lup steps inside when invited, just enough to where she can nudge the door shut with her foot behind her.] Voilà! [Fulfilling her earlier promise, Lup pulls out her hidden hand and reveals a few tubes of paint in various colors and a handful of brushes.] I never want to hear that Lup doesn't fulfill her promises!

[Wasting no time in handing the supplies over, Lup moves further into the apartment after setting the wine aside, the elf letting loose a whistle like she hadn't just been there when Lucretia scooped this place up hours earlier.] Nice digs! Already has that good Lucretia vibe.
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-08-26 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
[With her gifts given, Lup automatically moves across the room as she inspects Lucretia's small apartment over, the elf practically gliding to the nearest window to peer outside. Considering their floor is closer to the ground level, it's obvious that Lucretia's has the better view, an almost picturesque look at the strange world they'd been dropped into. Hadriel is anything but beautiful, not with it's lack of sunlight and greenery, boring rock expanding out endlessly around them and trapping them in. But at least the architecture is interesting and new, curving and weirdly organic-looking.

Hadriel is generally kind of a shitty place, but Lup hopes that Lucretia can find inspiration for her art here. And hopefully some use for the bright colors she was able to procure.]


Sure did. My friend was willing to trade me for the primary colors and I managed to find a few of the others while scavenging earlier. [She turns to shoot Lucretia a quick grin.] Brushes too. That was all I could find in the shops today, but I'll keep an eye out for you. See if any canvases pop up.

[Books too, she reminds herself. Oh, and apparently glasses too. Lup would really have to look hard to see what she could cobble together the next day to fill in these little gaps. She understands why Lucretia isn't living with them: The apartment they currently have is too small. Lucretia is a private person and needs her own space. Taako is not currently her biggest fan. There's more than enough to reason why the other woman coming to live with them would be a less than pleasant experience, but Lup still feels a little shitty about it.

Even not being remembered by Magnus, she'd felt so incredibly welcomed by the boys into their home, back into their lives, like she'd never left. With Lucretia just up a few floors and Taako being his usual self, Lup knows her pal isn't getting that same treatment. And that just sucks. So, she'll do what she can to help her friend settle, to try and fill in the gaps of things she needs to make a new home here in Hadriel. It's not much, but Lup is trying.]


Hey, like that's ever stopped us before. We can sit, drink straight out the bottle and--[and, gods, she doesn't meant to sound obvious about it, but there's just enough of a pause between words to make anyone suspicious.] Uh, chat.
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-08-28 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Naturally, Lucretia's too perceptive to not know exactly what's gnawing on Lup's mind, the worry that is so easily read in the tense line along her shoulders. Lup wastes no time in plopping next to the other woman on her new couch, immediately curling her legs under her while turning to face Lucretia. She accepts the wine and throws her head back in a single, fluid motion, taking a quick swig before passing the bottle back.

Wiping her mouth off with the back of her hand, Lup knows there's no point in trying to pretend things are fine. No matter what she does or doesn't tell Lucretia tonight, it won't change how pissed off Taako is right now.]


It's complicated. [a beat] Which is the absolute shittiest answer to anything, but fuck. Luce, it's a shitshow. And I don't know how to explain it without like, telling you everything that I've heard. And Taako, he's... [Her voice trails off, while Lup debates the best way to approach this. She's only heard the story second-hand, she really isn't the best option to tell Lucretia about a future she's never come close to experiencing, but she owes it to her friend. If not her, then who?]

You know, when I first got here, Magnus didn't know who I was. He still doesn't, technically. I mean, we've met and he knows who I am now cause we live together, but... He doesn't remember any of the mission. Doesn't remember me at all. And he came from the same time Taako did.
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-08-30 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Everything sucks and this is hell. Lucretia's theories, the mental notes she's talking through taking, her nervous laugh, the weight of her hand against Lup's. All of it is so strikingly familiar that something sharp jabs at Lup's heart. No matter what Taako says, she just can't see the woman Lucretia supposedly becomes inside of her friend. Granted, she only knows of The Director second-hand, all told through her brother's spitting anger and hurt. Because of that, it's easy to imagine Lucretia and her future self as two separate entities, The Director a sort of an evil doppelgänger to the wonderful woman sitting at her side.

It's just so much easier to think of that way. It makes this conversation seem like it's about someone else entirely.]


I know why because Taako told me. [Lup takes the bottle and rests it at her knee, fingers tapping out a random rhythm on it's neck. It's difficult, to bring up crimes that Lucretia isn't even responsible knowing she's already being judged for them. But she deserves to know what's going on with her brother, why their friends may have been peering so oddly at her earlier that day. And really, there is just no way to sugarcoat what she has to say.]

He said you erased everyone's memories of me. Fed my info to Magnus' stupid jellyfish and, just, poof. [Her fingers finally stop drumming, going still on the neck of the bottle, but her gaze stays fixed on Lucretia's face. Lup doesn't look happy revealing this information, but she also doesn't look upset over it either. She just appears a little melancholy, the corners of her mouth pulling downwards.] No more Lup.
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-08-30 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lucretia's answer just further supports Lup's twisted theory. Her Lucretia just would never pull this shit. Never hurt the family they'd made.

Lup passes the bottle back without taking a drink. Honestly, Lucretia might need it more.]


So, we made the relics. Split the light to hide it from the Hunger, right? Well, no big surprise, Barry and I got it right. [For once, her mouth doesn't curl smugly to the side at that victory. Instead, she shifts on the couch, leaning back into the cushions and letting her gaze wander around Lucretia's apartment while she spoke.] The whole plan worked, the Hunger never came. Now just came the wait and we'd all be home free. Except not. A war broke out, fighting over the shit we made. And the one I made just... [She hasn't even gotten to this point yet in the timeline, Lup's fifty years behind but just the idea of what something she's made done makes an uncharacteristic grimness set in about her. Her lips purse tightly into a thin line, posture tense.]

Guess it killed like, tons. Leveled whole towns. Just black glass everywhere. So I left. Couldn't watch the thing I put out there destroy this world that wasn't even ours. And that was the last time Taako or you or anyone ever saw me. I just disappeared.

Taako said that you fed Fisher everything about me and about the mission. So no one would remember one another, so they'd have forgotten me since I was already lost. Just so you could do your whole shield spell without interference.
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-08-31 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Lucretia. [And god, it's such a heavy topic, just dropped as casually as possible into Lucretia's lap, but Lup rolls her eyes like it's nothing.] I know. If I thought you were capable of something like that, we wouldn't be having this convo. I try to not associate with complete assholes. [a beat] Well, bigger assholes than our friends. [a poor attempt at a joke? definitely, but it's so tense, she has to interject with something stupid to lighten the mood.]

I dunno. I don't think so. He makes it sound like he popped into Hadriel right after being drinking fish goo and remembering me. You, uh, Future You and him probably didn't have much of a chance to talk. Merle knows who I am, so I guess we could chat at him for more info, but... [She shrugs. He's also Merle, so getting that information may be a little difficult. What they had to ask were very difficult questions, the very kind that a guy like Merle preferred to avoid, dancing away from them.

Lup knows this is awful, knows her brother and his hurt well enough to know he's not going to forgive Lucretia easily, even if this version of her hasn't done a thing. It's unfair, but after what he'd been put through, Lup couldn't bring herself to tell him he was wrong. They are still working to get their shit together, to fall back into step, she's not going to tell him to stop hurting and suck it up. But her heart does go out to Lucretia, their friend, knowing how hard it's going to be living with the weight of something she never did hanging over her.

She rests a hand on Lucretia's shoulder.]
Either way, there's your answer. It's a shitty one, but it's all I've got. Oh, also apparently I'm a bomb-ass lich in the future, so I'm probably not dead. Er, not more dead. Just maybe lost? Trapped? Either way, now that Taako remembers me, I'm sure he'll track me down.
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-09-01 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Try as she might to make this whole conversation as easy as possible, rolling her eyes and throwing in casual jokes, it's the sight of Lucretia's crumbling expression that does Lup in. The heavy weight that's been siting on her chest since this whole revelation weeks earlier seems to have doubled in size, the elf shooting her a look as worry forms between her knitted brows.]

Oh. [And Lup wastes no time at all in reaching out to pull Lucretia into her embrace, wrapping the other woman up in her arms, closing the distance between them in a hug. She doesn't have a clue how she's going to do it, especially trapped in Hadriel as they were, but she's going to fight like hell to make all of this right again.] Oh, hun. C'mere, Luc. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. Don't make a frown like that, your face is gonna stay that way.

[Lup reaches up a hand to rub a few soothing circles at Lucretia's back. All of her techniques for comfort come from her experience trying to comfort Taako, which as of late, she's been getting a lot of use out of.] I'll work on Taako, kay? Just.. Just give him some time. You know how he used to be. Well, now he's even more. Not having me around really messed with him. He's still upset, still hurting, even though I'm right there with him. [Sometimes it feels like he doesn't even believe she's real, he's so stuck in mourning the sister he knew.]

I know it's rich hearing it from me, but just be patient. Please?
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-09-05 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[When she feels that soft pressure against her shoulder, Lup tilts her head to the side, affectionately bumping their heads together. It had taken years aboard the Starblaster for the elf to let anyone else close to her enough for this kind of tender closeness, but Lucretia's been there in the sweet spot for decades at this point. So as the other woman adjusts to turn this into a proper hug, Lup laughs and squeezes her back.] Horseshit. Like you ever have to try and do anything. The Lucretia I know is always on point. You'll be fine, lady.

[It sucks, but Lup knows they'll all pull through this. Nothing could break their little family apart permanently. She believes in them too much for that.]

So, [Lup lets Lucretia linger in the hug for as long as she needs, but whenever the woman pulls away, she'd still keep an arm slung around her shoulder, bodies tilted together.] Now that the crappy stuff is out of the way, we can get this party started. Taako's being a real dipshit so I'm going to crash with you a few days. [Surprise!] Maybe later you can fill me in more on whatever we've been up to between our cycles. Since we've already shared too much about the future, it can't hurt, right?
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-09-08 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Lup doesn't need to be thanked, so she shoos Lucretia's words away with a wave of her hand before she's reaching for the wine. There's too many emotions up in this tiny apartment, Lup is ready to just get buzzed with her friend and put the unpleasantness of the day behind them. At least for tonight. Tomorrow they can make a few more plans. She can show Lucretia around town, tell her all of the places to visit, the ones to avoid. Point out the people on the network that Lup's already formed relationships with and has come to trust at least slightly. Point out the ones she doesn't trust at all.

She'll do what she can to help prepare her friend, because this place wasn't going to make it easy to adjust to. Lup knew that from experience.]


When is it ever all good? I can take it, no problem. [Some parts may be more difficult to digest than others, but Lup's already had her big once-a-decade emotional breakdown with Taako over this shit. She's feeling pretty confident she can go for round two and not cry this time.

Lucretia's sigh just drags Lup's attention back to her side at the other woman. She elbows her in the side and passes the wine back over.]
Let's put that talk away for now. Chat about something less depressing. Like how great a friend I am for bringing you a housewarming gift.
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-09-12 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[It's all just as strange to Lup, who is having a fairly difficult time even believing the two are actually from varying times. Sure, there's a little something unfamiliar about Lucretia, something stronger and harder and so much more confident, but just gazing at the woman pressed against her side, the elf keeps looking for signs of her age and finding nothing. It had been so much easier with the other three, who all had been out of the cycles for over a decade and had at least a little visible wear on their bodies.

But Lucretia physically looks exactly like Lup remembers last seeing her. There's the same warmth behind her smile, the same faint laugh lines that Lup continues to insist she caused, the same soft flush at her cheeks whenever the two of them drink together. She's both familiar and yet not familiar all at once, but Lup chooses to just embrace the unknown in this moment and just go with it. Lucretia is still Lucretia, whether it's one or two or forty-five years between them.

(Naturally, her stance on that might alter slightly if she was dealing with a Lucretia who'd taken her brother and their friend's memories, but that's a hypothetical that Lup's not willing to exert energy getting upset about right now.)

When the other woman bumps knees against her, Lup laughs and retaliates in kind, knocking her shoulder against Lucretia's. After the drama of her reunion with Taako and Magnus just not even knowing who she was, this feels so much easier. Things aren't fixed and there's so much more that needs to be said, but in this moment, Lup can just bump knees with her best friend, drink wine straight from the bottle, and relish how simple all of this feels.

Lup takes a generous swig when offered the bottle back, wiping her mouth off with the back of her hand.]


I just wanted to do something nice. Magnus and Merle got their own gifts--[a shark dick and a stack of outdated Zoobooks, respectively] So only seemed fair. It--... [No, didn't she herself just say to leave the sad shit behind? The elf shakes her head and grins.] Glad you like it. And hell yeah, that would be rad. A Luc original on my wall.
Edited 2017-09-12 07:14 (UTC)
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[personal profile] restinglichface 2017-09-16 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Coming in fresh after cycle forty-seven, Lup doesn't have a clue about how hard it will get. Even being told those words pointblank, she can't quite understand the harsh truth waiting for her. They go from spending a year casually learning new arts to present to the cave to Lucretia's horrific year alone and Lup deciding that ripping out her soul was the only way for them to continue surviving.

Things get pretty dark in their future.

So Lup shrugs Lucretia's thankfulness off, just assuming that her future self had been keeping up on her promise to make time for the two of them to just have fun. Even with the Hunger always looming in the distance, why would that ever change?]


Don't go all sentimental on me. Get enough of that from Mags. Just chill and drink with me and we can, I dunno, play a stupid game or something. Like normal. Or we could paint some dope shit on your walls for kicks, but then you'd have to live with it and I can't promise I won't do anything inappropriate.

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