[oh, now she sounds sheepish, cutting in after Kara to maybe defuse something? she's not totally sure what Jen's reaction was about, really. she'll also be perfectly glad to... well, it's a lie by omission.]
Vera and I might have made out a little. Surprise?
[ first she looks to Kara, but feeling more flustered than anything. ] Y-yeah, you did. [ then to Lina. ] And - that's... good?
[ she puts her other hand over her eyes and sighs. ] Sorry. I know Vera's been feeling especially lonely lately. And she and Yang - Weiss and Yang - were. Close. I think?
[ Jen flopped back down onto the mattress, but on her back and still with her hand in place over her face. ] How did half the lesbians in the entire city end up in bed together?
[Kara hums, and now that Jen's laid back down, deliberately snuggles up by laying her froggy head on her shoulder. She's doing her best. She really is. But her wild ways in the past...?]
...I don't know. There aren't so many of you.
[She excludes herself from that for...fairly obvious reasons...]
Vera's definitely someone who should be on the list. She's nice, and if she's lonely then we really need to make sure she gets company.
Then it's decided. Cute girl sleepover party includes Vera.
[Lina looks towards the two of them getting closer to each other and smiles. that she's being included in anything like this at all means a lot; she's not about to get jealous or anything. she's an adult. her arm reaches over to lay on both of them.]
If that's okay with you, Jen? I know I don't exactly have the best track record with people Two was close with. I don't know if Weiss and Yang got along.
[ Jen was speaking in a broader sense, not necessarily about present company, but she has a bad habit of forgetting that one important detail about Kara, since, well, it doesn't come up all that often when she's around. when Kara shifts, she reaches up to push the fabric of the kigu aside because she'd much rather have no barrier between them.
it's harder to reach that arm all the way across without turning onto her side again, so she'll just rest her hand on Lina's hand. ]
Oh, no, it's fine. They didn't always get along but something definitely changed at some point. I feel like teammates pretty much have to grow closer to survive in that world. [ she gave Lina's hand a bit of a squeeze. ]
Heh. Though for this party, I'm pretty sure Vera might actually die. [ a beat. ] I'm, uh, kind of surprised she came out to... well. Anyone? She's usually a lot more. Defensive about it than even I am. [ more like "aggressively in denial". ]
[It'd be really easy to just nuzzle up to Jen and start to fall back to sleep, even if she is well and truly awake. Still, it's tempting, feeling warm as she is, and just comfortable with the two people pressed in around her.
Commentary about Vera, though...well...uh.]
I don't think she came out to me so much as came on to me. And I sorta egged her on, of course. [As she does.]
And then I just stopped letting her say she was straight with me. She kinda cut it out after that.
[Lina's not opposed to the idea, either, of falling asleep with two incredibly cute girls in her bed. heck, she's on the outside; if they both fall asleep, she could slip out and make everyone breakfast, and just thinking about that makes her smile while the girlfriends talk about Vera.]
She took me out for a spa day last month and I brought up that I'm a lesbian first. I guess I made her feel safe? [it comes out with a verbal shrug, because she's in no position to do a physical one.] I get why she'd want to keep it on the down-low, but I don't know if she gets to call it much of a secret anymore.
Some of that sounds familiar. [ look, she's becoming more self-aware! someone stop her.
but not before she turns onto her side and lays herself against Kara again, throwing her arm over to catch Lina and pull her into this, too. it gives her time to think about what she wants to say next. it might not be Jen's place to give this information out, but it's relevant, and was in Vera's best interest, and she trusts the people she's giving it to. ]
I was taken off the app for months, too - as Yin. Before I met you both. [ she nuzzles in closer, her voice growing quiet. ] So, like, I get where she's coming from. [ in addition to her reasons to keep things quiet from a bigtime corporate family. ]
[Which is sort of rough. She didn't know much about this Yin character beyond that it was some other version of Jen...like the Scientist Kara. Not a thing she wants to dwell on, given how happy she has become of late.]
Sounds like she really needs the support, then. So, we should try and invite her to stuff more, I think.
[all she did was briefly describe her, though. tall, athletic, washboard abs, and "this amazing chest", which is kind of all the description Lina needs. even without knowing Victoria as a person, she kind of guesses Vera would've been weak in the knees for her.]
Nobody deserves to lose the people they love like that. [she's trying to ignore how Jasmine doesn't seem to be commenting on the app anymore. how she never heard back about that makeshift Thanksgiving dinner she gave her.] We need to make sure she knows she's not alone. Especially around this time of year.
[like how Lina knows she isn't alone, pressed up against Kara and with Jen's hand on her, too. like how none of the people in this house should ever have to feel alone.]
[ it's good that she didn't disclose anything that wasn't already known to some extent. Jen felt better about being clear where to tread with regard to Vera's emotions, without having to expressly say "hey, be careful". they'd get it. or already "got" it. that's what mattered.
Jen nodded and let out a sigh of relief. ] Mm, good. You've both got the right ideas. She'll definitely appreciate being invited.
[ even more so to know it's not just out of pity or anything of the sort. ]
Who else should we put on the list? ... Oh! [ she angles her head up. ] What about Annalise? Did you, uh, talk to her about that... thing we talked about?
[ probably shouldn't bring it up with her player Lina right here but she had forgotten to ask about that conversation until right this second. oops. ]
[she thinks back to people around here who she's know with that name—and specifically people who shorten it from Annalise. see, that list is incredibly short, and it's not a name she's thought of in at least a few months.]
What did you need my big sister's ex for? [at least she sounds amused about it.]
[ ah yes. more memory stuff. great! that - and the misunderstanding - didn't seem to affect Kara and Anna getting along, which is good. but what Lina said gets another surprised look out of her before she simply sinks deeper into the cushion. she'd facepalm if she wanted to bother removing her arm from its cozy resting place. ]
Your sis- [ s i g h. ] Are we going to need to draw a map at this point? [ or make bingo cards? ]
[Kara breathes out through her nose and this time does turn over to Lina. Sorry Jen, this is complicated.]
Anna was the friend of other me. The one that came before this...I guess iteration of Kara. the scientist. And over the summer she became Annalise, a stuffy like, Anti-Anna. I accidentally may have seduced her.
[it makes as much sense as anything else, and right now, even though Jen is definitely being sarcastic, it's kind of funny.]
Rose and Anna haven't been together for a really long time. I'm pretty sure I was still in the orphanage when they were dating. [the timeline seems to make sense to her, but she also lost two months and g-d knows what else over the summer.] I haven't kept up with Anna, but she seemed really hurt when they broke up. So... maybe this isn't the right thing to say right now, but I'm glad you helped make her happy. Even if it wasn't totally her, and even if it was complicated.
[there's a small press of her fingers, like she's going in for a three-person sideways hug but decides against it at the last second. probably not the best time for it.]
[ Kara didn't really have to justify herself to Lina, she felt. Jen had already known about this because... well. ] I, uh, flirted with Annalise while I was swapped with Kara's body, too.
[ just going to quietly add that in before it's too late. so, no, her comment about making a map was serious. they have to be careful about all this overlap! she doesn't have much else to add to this. ]
Maybe it only seems small because the people in it take up so much room.
[which she means as some dumb heartfelt thing and she hopes the tone of her voice, sweet and sincere as always, makes it clear that she's not making any kind of paggro comment about her bed. and she tries not to sound sheepish at how stupidly Hallmark that came out as (even though she'll defend Hallmark movies to the death).]
[ given what they've just been talking about, Jen's mind doesn't immediately make the connection to something more heartfelt. either that or she just feels like being a bit cheeky. she withdraws her right arm because her shoulder was actually getting a bit achy, and sits up so she can grin down at the two of them being all cozy there. ]
[ Jen was already flush with affection. what Kara may or may not have suggested didn't help hide that. what Lina then also seemed to imply had her just. stop.
still sitting up like that, she slowly tracked her gaze between both of their faces. both of them know the kinds of things that cause Jen to freeze up like that. they can probably imagine what just shot through her imagination at that moment. ]
Ahah, yeah, uh. [ here comes the hair fidgeting. ] It. Is almost time for breakfast. Isn't it?
[okay, well, it's not only possible but likely that Lina's overstepped, but it's. see, now she's stressed out and it's her own fault! it was supposed to be a joke but now Kara's sort of taking it seriously? now Lina needs to come up with an answer. ugh, she messed up.]
M-maybe not right now? [great start, girl.] I just. I meant it as a joke but if it's actually something that's. On the table, um. It should probably be a bigger conversation than this?
[she has No Idea how this is supposed to work. she's not... smooth.]
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[oh, now she sounds sheepish, cutting in after Kara to maybe defuse something? she's not totally sure what Jen's reaction was about, really. she'll also be perfectly glad to... well, it's a lie by omission.]
Vera and I might have made out a little. Surprise?
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[ she puts her other hand over her eyes and sighs. ] Sorry. I know Vera's been feeling especially lonely lately. And she and Yang - Weiss and Yang - were. Close. I think?
[ Jen flopped back down onto the mattress, but on her back and still with her hand in place over her face. ] How did half the lesbians in the entire city end up in bed together?
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...I don't know. There aren't so many of you.
[She excludes herself from that for...fairly obvious reasons...]
Vera's definitely someone who should be on the list. She's nice, and if she's lonely then we really need to make sure she gets company.
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[Lina looks towards the two of them getting closer to each other and smiles. that she's being included in anything like this at all means a lot; she's not about to get jealous or anything. she's an adult. her arm reaches over to lay on both of them.]
If that's okay with you, Jen? I know I don't exactly have the best track record with people Two was close with. I don't know if Weiss and Yang got along.
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it's harder to reach that arm all the way across without turning onto her side again, so she'll just rest her hand on Lina's hand. ]
Oh, no, it's fine. They didn't always get along but something definitely changed at some point. I feel like teammates pretty much have to grow closer to survive in that world. [ she gave Lina's hand a bit of a squeeze. ]
Heh. Though for this party, I'm pretty sure Vera might actually die. [ a beat. ] I'm, uh, kind of surprised she came out to... well. Anyone? She's usually a lot more. Defensive about it than even I am. [ more like "aggressively in denial". ]
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Commentary about Vera, though...well...uh.]
I don't think she came out to me so much as came on to me. And I sorta egged her on, of course. [As she does.]
And then I just stopped letting her say she was straight with me. She kinda cut it out after that.
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She took me out for a spa day last month and I brought up that I'm a lesbian first. I guess I made her feel safe? [it comes out with a verbal shrug, because she's in no position to do a physical one.] I get why she'd want to keep it on the down-low, but I don't know if she gets to call it much of a secret anymore.
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but not before she turns onto her side and lays herself against Kara again, throwing her arm over to catch Lina and pull her into this, too. it gives her time to think about what she wants to say next. it might not be Jen's place to give this information out, but it's relevant, and was in Vera's best interest, and she trusts the people she's giving it to. ]
She... lost her first girlfriend to Recollé. Victoria lost some memories after being taken off the app and then moved back home. [ a beat, a frown. ] Later, Vera's fiancée had the same thing happen.
I was taken off the app for months, too - as Yin. Before I met you both. [ she nuzzles in closer, her voice growing quiet. ] So, like, I get where she's coming from. [ in addition to her reasons to keep things quiet from a bigtime corporate family. ]
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[Which is sort of rough. She didn't know much about this Yin character beyond that it was some other version of Jen...like the Scientist Kara. Not a thing she wants to dwell on, given how happy she has become of late.]
Sounds like she really needs the support, then. So, we should try and invite her to stuff more, I think.
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[all she did was briefly describe her, though. tall, athletic, washboard abs, and "this amazing chest", which is kind of all the description Lina needs. even without knowing Victoria as a person, she kind of guesses Vera would've been weak in the knees for her.]
Nobody deserves to lose the people they love like that. [she's trying to ignore how Jasmine doesn't seem to be commenting on the app anymore. how she never heard back about that makeshift Thanksgiving dinner she gave her.] We need to make sure she knows she's not alone. Especially around this time of year.
[like how Lina knows she isn't alone, pressed up against Kara and with Jen's hand on her, too. like how none of the people in this house should ever have to feel alone.]
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Jen nodded and let out a sigh of relief. ] Mm, good. You've both got the right ideas. She'll definitely appreciate being invited.
[ even more so to know it's not just out of pity or anything of the sort. ]
Who else should we put on the list? ... Oh! [ she angles her head up. ] What about Annalise? Did you, uh, talk to her about that... thing we talked about?
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[Which is...complicated.]
Annalise was apparently not who she was meant to be. Truth be told I like Anna better, though. She's less fussy.
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[she thinks back to people around here who she's know with that name—and specifically people who shorten it from Annalise. see, that list is incredibly short, and it's not a name she's thought of in at least a few months.]
What did you need my big sister's ex for? [at least she sounds amused about it.]
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Your sis- [ s i g h. ] Are we going to need to draw a map at this point? [ or make bingo cards? ]
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[Kara breathes out through her nose and this time does turn over to Lina. Sorry Jen, this is complicated.]
Anna was the friend of other me. The one that came before this...I guess iteration of Kara. the scientist. And over the summer she became Annalise, a stuffy like, Anti-Anna. I accidentally may have seduced her.
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[it makes as much sense as anything else, and right now, even though Jen is definitely being sarcastic, it's kind of funny.]
Rose and Anna haven't been together for a really long time. I'm pretty sure I was still in the orphanage when they were dating. [the timeline seems to make sense to her, but she also lost two months and g-d knows what else over the summer.] I haven't kept up with Anna, but she seemed really hurt when they broke up. So... maybe this isn't the right thing to say right now, but I'm glad you helped make her happy. Even if it wasn't totally her, and even if it was complicated.
[there's a small press of her fingers, like she's going in for a three-person sideways hug but decides against it at the last second. probably not the best time for it.]
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[ just going to quietly add that in before it's too late. so, no, her comment about making a map was serious. they have to be careful about all this overlap! she doesn't have much else to add to this. ]
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[Kara settles back down, staring up at the ceiling and seriously considering her life choices.
There are so many ways this evening went crazy. And they definitely need a map.]
Man what a small world.
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[which she means as some dumb heartfelt thing and she hopes the tone of her voice, sweet and sincere as always, makes it clear that she's not making any kind of paggro comment about her bed. and she tries not to sound sheepish at how stupidly Hallmark that came out as (even though she'll defend Hallmark movies to the death).]
Sorry. That was dumb.
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Lina. That was super gay.
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[Kara chuckles and slips a hand over to rest on Jen's thigh, and her other ends up in some vague approximation of Lina's knee. It's hard to tell.]
But it's sweet and I like it. Hell, you're both so sweet, I could eat you both up.
[Suggestive? Maybe. But she wasn't thinking along those lines.]
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I'll leave that between you and Jen.
[she nudges Kara playfully. still suggestive! but not. too suggestive. probably. g-d she hopes it's not totally out of line.]
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still sitting up like that, she slowly tracked her gaze between both of their faces. both of them know the kinds of things that cause Jen to freeze up like that. they can probably imagine what just shot through her imagination at that moment. ]
Ahah, yeah, uh. [ here comes the hair fidgeting. ] It. Is almost time for breakfast. Isn't it?
[ "what are you doing?" "Idon'tknowhelpme." ]
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[A pause, and that look of dawning comprehension.]
...oh my god I did say it like that...didn't I.
[She looks to Jen first, worried she's done something wrong, focusing on her heartbeat and signs of worry.]
...I didn't mean it...but I...um. I'm not going to argue if that's what you want...
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M-maybe not right now? [great start, girl.] I just. I meant it as a joke but if it's actually something that's. On the table, um. It should probably be a bigger conversation than this?
[she has No Idea how this is supposed to work. she's not... smooth.]
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