✦ 012 ✦ [VIDEO] ✦ Network Cafe ✦ (Encrypted from Jack)

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[For once, Zatanna isn't broadcasting from her room. She doesn't even bother trying to hide the Guilt on her face as she appears on screen, the clear signs of a random cafe in the background. It would have been a stretch to say she hadn't really slept much since returning from the bottle, but she's certainly not taking any joy from the memories playing over and over in her mind.]

[Memories she needed to get away from, if only for a little while. And there was really only one way to do that:]

Does anybody have a place I can stay for a few days?

[By not being in her suite.]




PRIVATE - Korra

Hey.

Thanks for the chocolates. I really appreciate it.

Comments

[mythically]

Not at all.

Responsibility means you want to make amends but accept it wasn't your doing. Blame means you'll carry something with you you could not control-- and never be rid of it.

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[Hmm. It...made sense, when Diana put it that way.]

I want to do the first one. But...how do I know I haven't screwed things up permanently?

[mythically]

You put your best foot forward. If you can move forward, life will go on.

Others will make their own decisions. You may not make everything right immediately. But you can always keep trying.

( she thinks about max and holds back a sigh. she doesn't regret that, but the path she took afterwards was similar. )

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I'm kind of more used to moving backwards, actually.

[Ha. Ha. Get it? Her humor tends to be off when she's feeling down]

So, basically, you're saying the only thing I can do is wait and see what he says?

[mythically]

I've noticed. ( smiling!! what a funny joke, zee. )

You don't have to wait-- although I wouldn't push him for resolution, either. But you can show him that you're sorry.

Who is he, if I may ask?

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[Now you're just patronizing her. ...she appreciates it, Diana.]

Jack Frost.

He's my next door neighbor. [Thus, the need for a place to stay elsewhere.] And my best friend.

[mythically]

Strong friendships can survive differences of opinion.

And good friends know the difference between ill intent and ill results.

( she's a hallmark card. )

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Can they survive the part where we used our respective powers to nearly kill each other? ...in my case, twice?

Or the part where I turned away from him when he snapped out of it first and tried to help me?

[Or the part where they had a pretty hot make-out session in between all this happening. But that almost seemed like a non-issue in comparison]

[mythically]

I wish I could tell you there was a hard-and-fast rule. But there isn't.

I believe in sincerity. What happened in the other realm was not your true self. I know that.

If this Jack has any sense, he'll see that too.

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[She gave a low, somewhat ironic chuckle at that.]

You make it sound so easy.

[mythically]

It isn't. ( very bluntly. )

But it's worth the effort.

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[She inhaled once. Slow and deep. A way of delaying the inevitable, perhaps, but also because she really needed the extra oxygen to think.]

Maybe. I mean, no, he--it is. Worth the effort. But...not yet. I still can't face him yet.

But soon. Once I...figure out what to say to him.

[mythically]

Then it will be alright, little sister. ( c: )

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I sure hope so.

Thanks, Wo--Diana.

[Never going to be completely used to the idea of being on such close terms.]

[mythically]

Anytime.

Let me know if you need anything, even if it's a place to stay. Alright?

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No, I will, definitely.

Korra offered. And so did Kaldur--well, not his place, but he knows somewhere I might be able to. Kyle offered too, but... [That one wouldn't work out so well for an overnight visit.] I'm going to go make pasta for him. Poor boy must be starving without me around.

But if things fall through, I'll definitely come to you.

[mythically]

I'm glad you have so many people to turn to.

But you know where to find me.

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Well, that's what happens when you get stuck on a City that literally moves as slow as a giant Turtle. You end up making friends.

[mythically]

I can think of worse fates.

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...yeah, I can too.

[Like actually being stuck as Fate.]

[mythically]

In any case, we'll survive.

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[Once upon a time, Zatanna would have been the kind of person to say that she didn't want to just survive. She wanted to live--or, rather, she wanted to live it up. That was her way. Act first, worry about the consequences later. It had worked for her in the past. Most of the time.]

[She laughed softly at the thought.]

Since when did outright survival become easier than talking to a boy?