ic voicemail

[muchadoabout]

Umm, hello. It's me, Nothing, and I'm busy right now. Leave a message please, and I'll call you back.

Thanks?

Comments

[yearrounder]

That is not even close to true.

[muchadoabout]

Don't you usually care more about the victim than the killer?

[yearrounder]

Don't say it that way. That's not what it was.

[muchadoabout]

That is what it was. Even if I'm your friend, I still killed you.

[yearrounder]

It was an accident. That doesn't make you a bad person.

[muchadoabout]

I didn't say it made me a bad person.

It's a lot easier for me than you think, but I still know what it means.

[yearrounder]

What does it mean, then?

[muchadoabout]

It means I'm the reason you died, and you didn't want to. Dying has to suck and I made you do it, so it's fair to be mad at me.

I don't think it's wrong to kill someone, but it still means something. It's still shitty.

[yearrounder]

Yes. It is. [She's certainly not going to deny that]

But that doesn't mean you get to run off without saying anything.

[muchadoabout]

Do you want me to say I'm sorry? [He could say that. He is sorry she died. Not that he ate her, though. He is a sensible vampire.]

[yearrounder]

No. You already did. Just... don't disappear again, okay?

[muchadoabout]

I didn't go anywhere.

[yearrounder]

You weren't speaking to me. That counts.

[muchadoabout]

All right, I'll keep that in mind for the next time.

[yearrounder]

I appreciate it.

Will said he's setting up a supply at the clinic. Donors. So you won't have to kill anyone again.

[muchadoabout]

They're not going to need it?

[yearrounder]

He's setting it aside for you. You might have to go directly to him so no one tried to stop you, but it should be there.

[muchadoabout]

Wow. [Nothing has no words. No one had ever made an allowance like that for him.] I'll do that, and tell him thanks.

You know I didn't mean to hurt you, right? I don't usually, um -- I've cut those veins on vampires before and they were okay. [Anytime he'd seen those veins cut on a human there were a dozen more cut as well. He didn't think they alone would be lethal.]

[yearrounder]

You're welcome.

I know. It's fine. At least we both know better now.

[muchadoabout]

Yeah, we do.

Did it hurt?

[yearrounder]

No. At least...not much.

[muchadoabout]

[That was a relief. He'd heard that, nodded at the answer and felt relieved that it was true.] What was it like?

[She's not the first friend he had killed without wanting to. He wanted to hear that it wasn't so horrible.]

[yearrounder]

I don't know. It was like...going to sleep, I guess. Only way more terrifying.

[muchadoabout]

Why was it terrifying?

[yearrounder]

Because I've never died before? I've come close, but...it's never actually happened. And Tartarus was not fun, I'd rather not experience that again.