Initiative.

[trustmods]

The Conductor - Solf J Kimblee - is dead. You've won. You have three new keys, a philosopher's stone, and twenty-three mysterious potions at your disposal. You've had enough of people leading you around, haven't you? So now it's your turn to take initiative. What will you do now?

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[ninehundredlives]

I...I did promise, didn't I...?

[It's choked out too, because she wasn't really sure she'd be able to deliver. Especially at the end there, hoo boy.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Th-thank you.

[Sniffs. A pause.]

I- I kinda pro-probably already made it weird w-with that letter, but.

[Considering she just about said Susan was like her mom uh.]

[ninehundredlives]

...no. No, that's alright.

[Susan sniffles as well.]

I...I used to have a daughter, you know?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Oh. Oh. Used to...?]

I'm so s-sorry... I had n-no... [...] N-no, I...I could kinda...you have that...feeling about you, you know?

[ninehundredlives]

You...you really think so? [Susan can't decide if that's sweet or painful, so she elects to just sort of set it to the side for now.] I...

...y-yeah. It's...it's fine. [She's not even sure what to say. She hasn't told anybody here about that, until right now.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

I'm... [What to do now? Honestly, Ashley's pretty unsure on what to say here too, so...

So she just hugs her a little tighter.] Thank you. [Again.] Th- thank you so so much, you- you were so amazing. You- you never listened to h-him, not once, a-and...and the others told me, you- you were the one to... Thank you.

[ninehundredlives]

[The one to kill him, you mean?]

Yeah. [Susan seems completely unbothered by this.] Someone really needed to kill him. I guess it might have been nice if he were willing to work with us, but...you can never trust people like that.

[Also she would have killed him the second he ceased to be useful.]

I am sorry you all had to get caught up in that. And after you took care of the shadow thing, too...

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[She goes cold.] A-at first, I just wanted him to d-die, but when everyone was talking about needing him, until- I didn't know what to believe.

[Horrifying, that he got nearly all of them on his side, in some way. Even if they all wanted to kill him the second he'd stopped helping them.]

...But um...we couldn't just...you know, watch. I- I-I'd do it again. [She feels particularly empty when she realizes she really means that.] I didn't really do much about the shadow, anyway, just- investigated, when it was...safe.

[ninehundredlives]

That was more than enough. Investigating is important too. Not everyone can be a crazy man with a warhammer?

[She sounds rather fond, but seriously. It's for the best that we don't all make our decisions like Logan does.]

It's alright now. You won't have to do anything like that again. [This isn't a statement of faith in Ashley's home as safe and normal.

It's a fucking promise.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Everyone with their warhammers and flare guns and flashbangs- they were really amazing, frankly.

Ashley lets out a little sniffle and hiccup, nodding along. 'Cause she understands that tone of voice- that...I will keep you safe. It's something she's heard a lot. It's something that she heard explicitly from Susan, before...

It's something she can actually believe.]

N- never again. Yeah. O-okay, I-- oh-- [Those moments when it all hits you. She just kind of hugs tighter.]