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It was time to stop hiding. That didn't mean she was going to fully integrate herself into island society again. She still wasn't going to go to her dance classes, especially not with Percy there, but she had decided to go ahead and live in her own place again. As grateful as she was to Charlie and Edmund for letting her crash at their place, she wanted to be back home.

She had left notes in the mailboxes of everyone that had gone home with everyone. They simply said I'm sorry. -Valkyrie

She wasn't sure what could be said beyond that. She hated herself for what she had done to them, even if becoming Darquesse had been to save them. In the end, she hadn't been strong enough to save her friends, not from herself. Not only that, but each time she became Darquesse, it was harder and harder to find her way back. If it hadn't been for the ending of the dream, she wasn't sure if she would have come back from that.

Then there was the fact that all of her closest friends now knew her secret. It wouldn't have been so bad except that her secret was that she had the potential to become some sort of crazy-powerful nut job without any conscience. Go her.

Sighing, Valkyrie curled up on her couch and hugged her knees to her chest. She'd just sit here for a while and try not to obsess over what happened. Later, much, much later tonight she would head to the ring and take out some anger on one of the bags and maybe go for a run along the beach.

[This can be set for any time between the 1st of June and now.]

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"That hardly seems fair since I haven't even begun to ravish you yet," Valkyrie said, giving an exaggerated waggle of her eyebrows. There was an unmistakable rush though at the compliments and flirting. At least she hoped it was flirting.

"Besides, those are four things and I'm greedy enough to take all four and if I take four, you have to take four."

My eyebrows start to go up, but then at the exaggerated waggle of hers I just crack up, snorting a little. This is somewhat less drama-filled than I'd anticipated, and I am a fan. "Three, if ravishing is on layaway. ...I really hope they call it that in Ireland, otherwise that probably sounded weird and more suggestive than anticipated." Maybe I should have said 'on hold.'

"Well yeah, it means eventually you're going to sleep with that person," Valkyrie said with a nod. If there was one thing she was good at, it was being able to say just about anything with a straight place.

"Wait, you mean you're not being suggestive?"

This time my eyebrows do go up, before I squint at her in a show of suspicion over what I am mostly sure is her blatantly joking. "You're as shifty as you are saucy, young lady, and you are certainly saucy. I was being, like, ten percent suggestive."

"Anywhere from ten to twenty-five percent suggestiveness would have been acceptable," Valkyrie said with a nod, glad that Jessica had caught on to her joking. She was also rather pleased at being called saucy.

"Look, I know we just had a 'I'm sorry I went evil and tried to mess with your mind' talk but... I really like you, Jessica. Have I lost all chances at going on that science experiment date with you?"

She's certainly prepared to put it right out there. It's really a point in her favor, even if part of my brain is instinctively skittish around these matters.

No, actually, not instinctively, more reflexively. The difference being it's not a natural thing, not an instinct, it's my brain developing weird habits and semi-aversions because of the way I tend to think. Reflexes that probably aren't for the best, essentially.

So let's not listen to those. "Trust me, I'm not going to hold a complicated mental state against you," I say. "Promise there won't be any zombies and you're on. Because, hey, I like you, too."

The confirmation that Jessica liked her was nice. Not that she didn't think Jessica would forgive her and still want to be friends if she didn't like her, but this seemed to be a different kind of 'like'. Like-like if they were going to be all First Year about it. With guys it was pretty easy to tell if they liked you, but with girls (or at least with Jess) it was a bit trickier.

"Well, finding that body, putting bolts in the neck, strapping it to a gurney, and connecting it to a lightning rod was now a waste of an afternoon, but I suppose we can do it sans zombies."

"Definitely no Frankensteins," I say, joking, but a little closer to a murmur than it might, otherwise. Seeing as I am, technically, if that's the vernacular, a Frankenstein. I feel like I relate to the guy, obviously, although all my neck bolts are on the inside, so to speak. "We did lightning, anyway, c'mon, keep it fresh, lady."

Although the lightning was, indeed, super cool.

"Hey, I don't see you offering to come up with any great ideas," Valkyrie pointed out. She sort of worried about that, that maybe Jessica wasn't into this enough to volunteer to plan something, but Jess didn't really strike Valkyrie as a 'seize the moment' type person when it came to this sort of thing. At least she was saying yes when Valkyrie asked.

"But don't worry, I'm prepared to pick up the slack."

"I'm joshing you," I protest mildly, putting up my hands, although actually, there's kind of a point there. I mean, I think she's just volleying my sass back at me, but she's not wrong. Weird brain or no, being passive probably doesn't suit me and isn't entirely fair, now, is it?

"You're right, though. No slack, tell you what, after this science experiment date, next one's on me."

Valkyrie thought about making a comment about how having a date on Jessica might be a bit forward, but she decided to let that one slide for now. Besides, the fact that she was already committing to another date was a good sign and she felt a lot better about things.

"Alright, I look forward to it."

"I'll do my best to live up to that," I say, with a lopsided smile, bouncing to my feet. "And science experiment date, name a time, I'm there. I mean, name a time, I'm not in class or anything, clearly."

"Sure, I'll let you know when I've got everything lined up."

Also, it would give Jessica time to back out if she decided that she didn't want to go through with this. Valkyrie hoped that wouldn't be the case but she was preparing for the worst.

"I'll see you around though?"

"Couldn't get rid of me if you wanted," I say, hopping up and grinning at her. "Well, I mean, if you actually did you could, I'm being hyperbolic. You know what I mean. I'm going to head off, but- you're sure you're okay? I want to make sure you're okay before I go dashing off."

"I'll be alright, I promise."

She didn't know if she was okay, that might be stretching it, but she would be alright eventually. Talking to Jessica had definitely helped though.

"You go dash off and do science or whatever it is you normally do."

I squint at her very slightly, to try and guess if she's covering not being okay. But then, she probably isn't entirely, because who would be? Who ever is? And I'd probably say the same, and sometimes all there is for it is time and support. Hopefully that'll do it, in the long term.

"All right," I say, with a nod, giving it the benefit of the doubt, crossing to the door. "I am going to dash off and do science. Don't be a stranger, now."