suitably_heroic: (lsp: this looks cool on earth!)
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At the start of the year, Atton had slipped up and made a mistake. And then he'd made that mistake about a hundred times worse by not handling it well, and he'd known he wasn't handling it well, but-- look. He wasn't known for handling anything well.

Least of all mistakes that, just one universe of possibilities over, might not have been a mistake at all but the start of something good.

But he'd already lost one friend for good. Losing another one to his own karking insane levels of dysfunctionality was, he was beginning to realize, a stupid idea. And so on Monday afternoon he settled down on the couch, and summoned all of his courage, and called.

"...Please don't pick up someone please walk in right now something..."

... baby steps.

[[ open, but expecting one. ]]

Date: 2018-09-10 12:23 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (phone)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
Sia was aboard a ship today, luckily (?) between things that would take her attention, and in her quarters where she had access to her phone and time to see who was calling and wonder if she wanted to answer it.

Which lasted about a second, since she figured if Atton was actually calling her there was a good reason. She even managed to keep that note of doubt out of her voice when she said, "Hello."

Date: 2018-09-10 12:35 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (being all regal)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"I have some time," she said, keeping it vague in case an out was needed for either of them. "Is everything all right?"

She wouldn't assume he was calling just to say hi.

Date: 2018-09-10 12:50 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (concern)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
That was unexpected. Sia had liked her, too, which was impressive when Mira used to talk about collecting bounties even on her self.

"I'm so sorry," she said, and knowing better than to ask if he was okay, asked, "What happened?"

Date: 2018-09-10 01:12 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (serious talk)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"So that answers the question of how you're doing," she said. Despite the last however long, she still knew him.

Date: 2018-09-10 01:19 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (thinking)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
Okay, now she actually had to ask.

"Wait, are you okay?"

Date: 2018-09-10 01:44 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (speaking)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"Good."

But then, after a moment, she had to probably make it worse. "Did you call just to let me know about Mira?"

Date: 2018-09-10 01:58 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (wary)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"...The stuff?"

She honestly wasn't sure what he meant, partly because she hadn't thought he ever would apologize.

Date: 2018-09-10 02:23 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (thoughtful)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
Sia really had not expected this from her day at all.

"You haven't really been around at all for the past eight months," she did after a moment.

Date: 2018-09-10 02:28 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (oh?)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"You could have been getting at how when you have been around, you've been kind of a jerk."

She said it nicely, but it wasn't like she wasn't still hurt over it.

Date: 2018-09-10 03:37 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (looking like comic art)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"Does this mean you're intending to be around again?"

Seriously, did not expect this today.
Edited Date: 2018-09-10 03:38 pm (UTC)

Date: 2018-09-10 03:54 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (interested)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Maybe she should start looking at her outgoing calls.

Date: 2018-09-10 04:02 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (listening)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"I'm never forgetting you said that," she said wryly. "He thinks you're his best friend."

To be fair, Vitor thought that about everyone.

Date: 2018-09-10 04:05 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (downright casual)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"He doesn't call everyone," she said, and added, "At least I hope he doesn't."

Date: 2018-09-10 04:22 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (quiet)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
There was a pause as Sia checked just that, but it wasn't like she was using this phone much these days.

"Just you. Feel special."

Date: 2018-09-10 05:51 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (so...)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"That sounds more like what I'm used to," she said. Which was sort of a relief, in a way. "So... What got you to call?"

Date: 2018-09-10 07:37 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (absorbed)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"Good," she said slowly. "I didn't either."

Date: 2018-09-10 07:56 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (explaining)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"You did. But it's nothing we can't come back from." It might take her a bit to get entirely comfortable again, but maybe that was a good thing. "And for what it's worth, I'm sorry for... starting it all."

Date: 2018-09-10 08:02 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (to the side)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"Well, you didn't want to be around me for eight months afterwards. It warrants an apology," she said.

It was best not to talk about the reasons why she thought that'd happened, probably.

Date: 2018-09-10 08:17 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (sitting)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"You got it anyway," she said.

Date: 2018-09-10 08:26 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (crossed arms)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"I'd say you owe me several," she agreed.

Date: 2018-09-10 08:35 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (at rest)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
There was a really long pause, and for a split second she thought about telling him to go there instead, but that was too close to how things had been before.

"When's good? I can usually time visits along with my travel schedule, as long as someone can cover for me."

And then if it was weird, she could leave.

Date: 2018-09-10 08:45 pm (UTC)
notconflicted: (mid-talk)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"All right," she said. "I'll see what I can manage. If nothing else, there's always homecoming."

No pressure.

Date: 2018-09-11 10:54 am (UTC)
notconflicted: (okay)
From: [personal profile] notconflicted
"I will. And I'm glad you called."

That was completely honest, too. Maybe it might still be weird for a while, maybe it wouldn't, but it was a start.

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