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[reek]

I’ll not congratulate anyone for the beginnings of this cure.

[ Oh, look, it's that guy who pisses everyone off. The corner of his mouth quirks into a cruel smirk, but his teeth are clenched too tightly and his eyes burn too fiercely for any proper smile. It’s a struggle for him to remain as guarded as he would prefer, and there are cracks in his armor: he’s clearly angry and upset. ]

My sister was among the ill. Was. I have been informed that she has since returned to the pods—still uncured.

[ He tries to keep his tone even and cold, void of emotion, but his voice breaks ever so slightly. He and Asha weren’t close, not like he’s known siblings should be, but it’s a deep cut to be abandoned again, and it hurts to know that one of the few people he felt he could trust in this place is gone. Clearing his throat, he continues.]

Which leads me to the question at hand. What reason do I, or the worried, or any of the ailing, have to trust the maesters here? Healers--whatever name you may know them by. Months, this has gone on, to the point where someone is gone and remains unhealed.

[ He knows better than to critique those who have done nothing but help, but his anger is directionless otherwise, so he chuckles cruelly, and that cheshire smirk widens. ]

They’ve been all but useless.

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[kissintime]

oh shit seriously?
dude sorry. she's a bitch ass chick.
but hey at least she isnt dead? thats good.

[reek]

She's certainly one of those things.

[ He has a complicated relationship with Asha, and he's a petty, petty man. He cares about her, but he's not above name-calling when he's feeling hurt and abandoned. So yes, he did just inadvertently call his sister a bitch. It wouldn't be the first time. ]

She isn't dead yet, but our uncle thinks differently. He's already making plans.

[kissintime]

plans?
like what, a pirate funeral?
she told me shes from a royal pirate family.
can i come?
(i mean she aint dead but i wanna like, commemorate her i guess)

[reek]

He believes she needs to be cast into the sea, or she'll not find her way to the Drowned God's halls.

[ Theon doesn't know whether or not he believes in such things; he lets Victarion believe what he wants. ]

He's since adjusted his plans to casting her belongings into the sea. She's not dead. You do not need to commemorate her.

[kissintime]

yeah belongings def better. i mean theres a chance she'll wake up again so you don't want her to be in the middle of the sea. shed prolly kick ur ass.

and ok she aint dead but i dunno.
she was one of the first people i met when i came here.
we fought invisible alligators together. that's a real bond right there.

you must miss her too right?

[reek]

[ It’s a stronger bond than she and I have, he’s tempted to respond, but he doesn’t. His business is already all over this very messy and very public network post thanks to his inability to keep his mouth shut and his uncle’s inability to keep out of it. ]

She made for fairer company than my uncle.

[ Which is to say that he doesn't necessary miss her. He's just salty that she abandoned him again. ]

[kissintime]

let me guess? FAMILY DRAMA right??
hey look you dont got to get along with anyone you dont wanna but
family's important ok? and you're lucky to have some here when most of us don't.

[reek]

No, it isn't drama.

[ It's the most drama, but that sounds like such a flippant word for all of it when Theon is on the receiving end of all the drama. ]

Our uncle is witless and dim. Asha would have told you the same. She made for fairer company in a way, as I said.

[kissintime]

dude this whole post is DRAMA.
like you just said all the healers are useless fucks cause asha in the pod now.
draaaaama

anyway
yeah sometimes family sucks but they're still family?
i guess unless they did something SUPER AWFUL then fuck em but
your uncle probably likes you in his own way

[reek]

[ Wow, don't make him laugh. He's basically the home alone kid if the parents didn't care enough to rush back home to him. He decides to drop the family drama angle, though, because there's a ton of family shit he can talk about but he doesn't want to spill too much more of his bitterness. ]

They were useless fucks before that.

[kissintime]

man it's almost like you want people to hate you.
is that the plan? el nysa's most hated man?
chill the fuck out a little.

[reek]

There is no plan. I'm just saying what's true.

[ Your typical little brother, really, and it doesn't help that he's just angry with the world for what it's done to him. ]

[kissintime]

hhhhhmmmm
ok
look
life is shit and unfair. believe me my big sis got killed years ago in an awful fuckin way so i feel you.
well not entirely your sister isnt dead but i guess it must feel like that a little?
i think you gotta step away from the communicator for a bit. breathe the air. get a smoothie or a milkshake. im sure you can make one at thesa? el nysa probably doesnt have milkshakes which fucking sucks.
get a milkshake and chill.