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[swordsense]

Hey this is Adora!
I'm so sorry I missed you, so please leave a message.
I promise I'll get back to you as soon as I can.


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[plentystrong]

[ See, this time, Catra has a valid reason to be in Heropa: practicing her skateboard skills is kind of no fun in the cold. And it's her favorite thing to pass the time at the moment, so here we are, with Catra skateboarding through Heropa parks, occasionally making old ladies shriek by getting just a little too close.

She's getting the hang of it, promise.

But of course, her luck in this world is just as cursed as always, and who does she see walking ahead of her? That's right. Adora.

Well. Might as well use the opportunity to make an impression, right? Catra speeds up, pushing herself along the ground a few times, and all but flies past Adora, hair whipping behind her. As she passes her ex-best friend, she turns toward her and smirks. ]

Hey, Adora.

[swordsense]

[Cursed? Or blessed? Because she completely catches Adora off guard. Sans flying horse, the skateboard is something she can focus on, and oh...boy is that kinda cool.

Shaking her head, she looks to Catra, then down at the board...then back to Catra.]

Hey, Catra.

[She doesn't even bother to hide her interest in the board. It's not like she's against stroking Catra's ego...]

What is that thing, anyway?

[plentystrong]

[ Luckily for Adora, Catra is in a better mood than she's been. She's not doing too well these days. This place has her questioning a lot of things, and, well, she's not exactly very fond of that.

Things like practicing on her skateboard, though, get her out of her head, the velocity sometimes enough to give her a kick of euphoria.

So now, she grins at Adora. ]

Oh, this? It's a skateboard.

[ Easy as that, she performs a kickflip. Because of course she has to show off a little. ]

Which, you know, I thought I told you, but you were too busy with your winged horse to notice.

[swordsense]

Well, yeah. We were kind of fleeing a crowd at the time.

[That had been a long, crazy day. She hadn't really liked it at all, and Catra's toy had sort of slipped her thoughts.]

It's...really cool. Something you learned here?

[Is this a semi-normal conversation?]

text sent in the middle of fanport

[plentystrong]

hey

did you know about conditioner and face masks and all that

[swordsense]

I know about conditioner, yes.

What do you mean by face mask?

[plentystrong]

apparently it's like conditioner but for your face

do they do this in bright moon? sounds like a princessy thing to do

[swordsense]

I don't know. It sounds like something that maybe some people would do?

But I haven't done it.

Why do you ask?

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[maskormods]

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[hordinglife]

[She had avoided her and maybe be avoided in turn--not that she can see why Adora would care enough to do that--but she's finally come to the point where she admits something has to be done. They need to handle this. Even if Lonnie really doesn't want to. It feels a bit too much like losing for her to like it. She takes a deep breath.]

Look. Can we talk? Somewhere open, I don't care.

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[swordsense]

[This isn't a message Adora expected. She hadn't exactly been avoiding Lonnie, just not seeking her out. They weren't exactly close. Even before she left. However, there's no trepidation on her part in responding.]

Of course, Lonnie.

[She pauses a moment before settling on a place.]

There's a nice park a block west of the De Chima porter. It's open, and there are gazebos we can sit at. I can be there in an hour? I just need to finish a couple of chores.

Should I bring anything?

Voice

[hordinglife]

An hour. That's fine.

[Well, no turning back now.]

Bring whatever you want. I'm not going to start something. I just want to talk.

[monster_san]

[Adora gets a card with the Rising Sun on it. The reverse reads: Happy New Year!]

well after...nobody stuff...!!

[fauxmarth]

Adora?

Hello. It's... Well. It's me. Properly me. Whatever had happened to make me the way I was when we clashed, it's...it's done.

And I'm sorry. Sorry that you had to face that thing I was.

But I'm grateful you were there. To keep me from...doing worse things. It should've never happened, but...

[swordsense]

Lucina?

What happened?

I was so confused and worried after all that...

[fauxmarth]

Yes, I...I know. I'm sorry. I should've contacted you sooner to assure you, I was just... [kinda fucked up!!!

sigh.]

Those shadow creatures...they...did something to me. Changed me. Stole...parts of me away, somehow. The me you faced was only some part of me, not all of it.

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[usaf]

[ It may be more en vogue these days to send a text, but Carol is much more used to just calling someone when she feels like talking to them. ]

Hey, Adora. It's Carol. I met that friend of yours.

[swordsense]

[Voice and video make more sense to Adora anyway.]

Yes? And...how'd that go?

[usaf]

Well, you were right about one thing. She is a bit touchy.

[ Carol believes the exact words were "angry cat." ]

[plentystrong]

hey adora

[swordsense]

Hey Catra

[plentystrong]

so

skydiving

yes or yes

[adamantlyardent]

[once the news of the glitch gets more pervasive and Cecelia catches wind of it, this funky video gets a second or third look-over.

...honestly? she should leave it alone. pretend she never saw it.

but she watches too many soap operas to know how that sort of thing works out.

ugh.

a few days later she texts Catra:]

For the sake of transparency, I'd like to make you aware that memory glitch affected my phone. I saw some moment of yours.
And Catra's.

[swordsense]

{Uh oh...]

What did you see?

[adamantlyardent]

Some kind of party? Dance?
You and Catra were bantering back and forth in a context I lack -- that I don't want, mind you.
I'm just making it clear in the event the universe continues to try to make your lives my business, IT IS NOT MY BUSINESS.