[redactable] catchall for alex

[dawnblushed]

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[chanteuser]

[ because time is fake and also a blur. anyway, here we go.

for the sake of getting a double whammy of memories, the arrow makes her jump and stumble-- right into a bubble of her own.

and of course, triggering another memory in the process. ]

...

[ there's no real recognition, or sign that alex is aware of what she's just seen, or that she recognises it. she's too busy looking for yona, trying to figure where the arrow had come from that had triggered what she'd just seen beforehand ]

Yona, where are you?

[dawnblushed]

[wow, i hope whoever that is beats the shit out of those jerks! yona thinks that too, but like, in a more yona-y way.

anyway, she looks a little dazed as they come out of the back-to-back memories.]

...Alex?

[she's here! right here.]

[chanteuser]

[ he did, no worries. ]

[ well. time to rush right over to her and just hug her. immediately. there are no explanations here, only hugs. ]

[dawnblushed]

[maybe she should have expected that, from alex.

but - she wasn't expecting it. she looks startled, for a few moments, but then she hugs her back.]

...are you okay?

[chanteuser]

[ she wasn't not going to hug her--- it's impossible not to. she sounds a little shaky when she talks: ]

What happened to you, how did you end up somewhere like that?

[dawnblushed]

[oh.

well, about that.

yona's voice is pretty steady when she answers.]

...I sent myself there. That man had been selling people from that city for years, and he needed to be stopped... but the pirates who were trying to stop him weren't able to figure out which ship he was transporting women on. So, my friend and I let ourselves be captured so we could send a signal when we were at sea.

[skill: pretending to be a pirate!]

[chanteuser]

[ oh my god, she just listens in a sort of slow horror, and looks a little like she wants to shake yona’s shoulders just a little.

when she’s finished, alex just wilts a little. still holding onto yona. ]

What if something had happened to you?? [ that man had been five seconds away from keeping her as some sort of sex servant?? ]

[dawnblushed]

Something was already happening to many more people.

[...]

I went there prepared to kill him, anyway.

[and she, uh, eventually did! it's fine.]

[chanteuser]

Still.

[ yona... you're 16... you're little?! ]

Why wasn't anyone else doing anything about this...? [ oddly, the fact she straight up just admitted she was gonna a murder a dude doesn't phase alex quite as much as the situation she was in. haha. ]

[dawnblushed]

They were. But they weren't able to get in the same way I was, because he wasn't interested in selling men.

[So.]

It's okay. That man is dead now, so he won't be able to hurt anyone else.

[chanteuser]

[ "that man is dead now, so he won't be able to hurt anyone else"...

alex's hand just raises, to press against yona's hair. ]

...

[ that's... terrifying. the idea yona would put that on her shoulders and just... take it in and take it on her shoulders like that. ]

Yona...

...

You probably saved so many people, didn't you?

[dawnblushed]

...I don't know. That was going on for years, before I ever made it to Awa. There were probably a lot of people I couldn't save.

[...]

But I won't stand for that sort of thing where I can see it. I'll wipe it out.

[chanteuser]

... There will be someone who was trapped in there, who would've been saved by that. Who didn't know how to escape, or didn't have the means or ability to.

[ ... ]

...

Do you think saving one person is enough?

[dawnblushed]

[she nods.]

If even one person is saved by actions that I take, it's worth it to me. I won't regret any of my choices that led to that.

[chanteuser]

[ I HATE GMAIL ]

...

Just... do take care of yourself as well, Yona. You have people who'd worry if you were hurt too, right?

[dawnblushed]

[KICKS GMAIL'S ASS]

Mhm. But they know the kind of person I am - so they just try to help me do it safely instead of trying to talk me out of it.

[chanteuser]

[ MEET ME BEHIND DENNY’s GMAIL ]

That is still better than you doing something alone without anyone knowing where you are.

[ miss “oh i went to the mines and found dynamite” of the dawn ]

[dawnblushed]

[SHE WASN'T ALONE ZUKO WAS THERE TOO!!]

...I don't do that often.

[chanteuser]

[ YOU'RE BOTH GROUNDED. ]

Good. I'm glad to hear it.

[dawnblushed]

[IT'S FINE THEY BOTH DO MORE DANGEROUS STUFF IN CANON.

...anyway yona kind of feels like she just got scolded by a big sister or something, even though alex said "i'm glad". hm.]

[chanteuser]

[ she did. but it's okay. alex just drops a lil' kissy on the top of her head. ]

Don't look like that. I'm just worried about you. Even if it is probably over something that happened a while ago?

[dawnblushed]

[alex has been promoted to mom friend]

Mm... yeah. It was a pretty long time ago. ...I appreciate it, but really, I'm a lot tougher than I look!

[chanteuser]

[ (alex voice, pointing at yona) that's daughter shaped ]

Just because you're tough doesn't mean you can't get into trouble.

[dawnblushed]

[yona, a canonical orphan, has ended up with so many parents in this game]

No, but it does mean that if I get into it, I'm tough enough to get out of it!

[chanteuser]

[ accept your 15 parents, yona. ]

As long as you're being careful too. Even the toughest person runs into trouble sometimes.