video;

[tenminutes]

[ The video flickers on with Yuri sitting in what looks like a nurse's office, in the bed. She's dressed in a pair of pink pajamas. Something seems a little bit different about her, somehow. Not wrong, or bad, just.. different. She's got her laptop on her knees and she smiles to the community. ]

Everything turned out okay, you can turn off your worried frowns before you get wrinkles. I have to go see everyone else off in a little bit, but I've got a bit of time right now so I figured I'd let everyone know I was okay. Did I miss anything important?

Comments

[tenminutes]

[ Just the next couple of months, really. ]

I was thinking of asking you if you could tell me if it was even possible, but if you do tell me I might get too relaxed about things.

[ Accidentally disappearing because she knows she feels better about everything except for Battler's fate... that would be bad. ]

[docfoul]

It might comfort you to know that I wouldn't tell you, anyway.

[tenminutes]

That's not really comforting, but thanks.

[docfoul]

What if it is more comforting than the answer?

[tenminutes]

No matter what the answer is it won't be comforting, I'm not really looking to compare comfort levels.

[docfoul]

I know.

[tenminutes]

You're just messing with me, aren't you?

[docfoul]

It's quite entertaining.

[tenminutes]

Jerk. [ Oddly, that sounded somewhat affectionate.. somehow.. ]

[docfoul]

[Oh, she LOVES him.] You would have missed me, if I had lost access to the community.

[tenminutes]

I wouldn't have!

[ Tsuntsun. Look, just because he's a creep to some people doesn't mean that she can't like him. ]

[docfoul]

I know you would have. [... Yeah, he's just fucking with her at this point.]

[tenminutes]

Then your omniscience is broken!

[docfoul]

Suppose, for a moment, that you are actually right.
What would you do with such an opportunity?

[tenminutes]

Tease you incessantly about it. [ Yuri smiles. All of that malice she held before, it's gone. ]

[docfoul]

I wonder if you might one day have that chance.

[tenminutes]

I look forward to it. Of course, I guess you'd already know if I could right?

[docfoul]

I suppose I would.
Unless, of course, unbeknownst to you, I were no longer capable of knowing it with certainty.

[tenminutes]

Are you trying to tell me you don't know everything anymore?

[docfoul]

Am I?

[tenminutes]

I don't know, are you? We can go back and forth like this all day.

[docfoul]

I have time to spare.

[tenminutes]

Me too. Want to play cards?

[docfoul]

Why not?

[tenminutes]

No cheating!

[ She thinks for a minute. ] What do you want to play?