alex catchall

[diluvian]

the best satan to ever exist

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[diluvian]

[ she will go up these stairs because why not? she looks over at alex. ]

Jonas? Not yourself?

[camena]

We're on a team so it's basically the same thing?

[ neat! the monument looks like... a bird? a whale? a bird on a whale? who fucking knows but it's pretty big. ]

[diluvian]

[ oh. that speaks to her, though. lambda likes bird and sea animal motifs. she makes a beeline to the statue. ]

Oh? You could have said for the both of you, but you didn't. Who is Jonas to you?

[ and why do you pick him over yourself? ]

[camena]

[ it has a plaque that says something about being in memory of those lost in the sinking of the USS Kanaloa, but that's all because apparently this fucking island delivers all its information via radio tours. you know. because everyone just has a radio on them all the time. ]

He's Jonas.

[ THAT DOESN'T ANSWER ANYTHING. ]

[diluvian]

[ alex, your radio motif. it's fine. sometimes, you just have to have radios. that aren't here in this vr trip. ]

Expand.

[ because it didn't answer anything. ]

[camena]

He's... my step brother? I guess?

[ weird. very weird. ]

His dad is marrying my mom, and we just met the night before coming, uh, here.

[diluvian]

[ yo, this canon point.

she glances at alex, surprised. not even her sunglasses can hide it that well. ]

You two seem closer than just met a day ago.

[camena]

[ the story only spans 11 hours... this would have been the state of them no matter what. ]

Do we? [ huh. ] It feels like I've known him forever.

[diluvian]

[ it's only 11 hours??? i didn't know this about oxenfree. damn. ]

You act like it, too.

[camena]

[ yea aside from the [ spoilers ] :D ]

... You think that's weird?

[diluvian]

[ she shakes her head. ]

If you can bond with someone that fast, isn't it a good thing to be able to connect? It's hard to understand others, much less become close.

[camena]

I guess so.

And we've had more time to get to know each other since... the whole dying thing.

[diluvian]

The circumstances are horrible, but the time together with him doesn't suck.

[camena]

Yeah. Yeah, it's been nice to have—time. More time.

[diluvian]

[ there's a small pause. ]

It's difficult not to want more time with someone you care about.

[camena]

Yeah. So. Can't complain...!

[ her laugh comes out a little shaky. ]

... That's a joke. This place sucks.

[diluvian]

[ her voice gets a little quieter. ]

It does suck. It sucks a lot. Some people make it suck more than others, but at least you have people that do the opposite for you, too, right?

[camena]

Yeah, no. I like pretty much everyone here, really.

[diluvian]

Even me?

[camena]

Why wouldn't I?

[diluvian]

Why would you? I don't go out of my way to be friendly or kind. In fact, I'm the opposite.

[camena]

Eh. Mean girls can be cool.

[diluvian]

[ ....

she sighs. ]

I was ready to write off most of you again. You just have to be like this, don't you?

[camena]

Like... what?

[ feminist??? ]

[diluvian]

[ like she could be any other girl. like she could be a girl, period, but lambda won't say that.

what she says instead: ]

Come here.

[ come closer. ]