Something I'd like to talk to you about

Pallas · Jul 6, 2018

Iesha felt... pained by Dalia's response. To have her sister leave her... she used to get mad at her own sister for leaving their cave because it would get her mom really mad. Sometimes she even threatened to leave forever but... she always came back... at least until-

"I... I know... whats thats like. I know that- that it hurts... to have a sister... a best friend... to leave you... suddenly gone... but... Pheadra alive so... you can at least be mad at her when she comes back." tried to reassure Iesha, her tail coiling around her body as she spoke to her friend.

"Thanks Dalia... but... you... you shouldn't lean on me... because.... "

Because the last time a friend said that we could do anything... they died... because of you.

"... because I failed my friends when they needed me most."

Kada · Jul 6, 2018

Dalia's face fell and she bit hard into her lip. There was more to it than that. She had... felt something else for Phaedra. She told herself that it was just her demon side being weird. But...

Dalia's heart stopped when she felt Iesha's apprehension. Guilt? She wasn't sure.

Iesha, trust me. I wouldn't lie to you. And you know what, even if we mess up, we've got each other. We'll figure it out.

Pallas · Jul 6, 2018

"Dalia I... I really messed up. Messed up bad. And if I told you... I think you would hate me." admitted Iesha, a stillness lingers between them. Dalia could most certainly sense the guilt Iesha was feeling now, a guilt that Iesha has long struggled with.

"Maybe... maybe I don't deserve good things to happen to me. And thats... maybe why Miss Narraine is not able to take care of me anymore. Maybe I am just ment to suffer... and maybe I should be okey with that... I shouldn't be the one who is alive anyway." Thought Iesha, half forgetting that that she still telepathically communicating with Dalia as her mood turned dour.

Kada · Jul 6, 2018

Iesha you're wrong! Dalia let out the telepathic shout without meaning to, her fists slamming down on her window sill.

You're one of the nicest people I know. You're kind and beautiful and I could never hate you. Never! You better... you better not leave me too, Iesha. I-

Dalia paused and grabbed her web slingers from her dresser. She started getting dressed, glancing out the window every so often. Iesha I've done bad things too. I think bad things all the time. I'm nothing like you. Not sweet, not gentle. But you're still my friend anyway.

Pallas · Jul 6, 2018

Iesha's entire body jerked at Dalia's telepathic shout, snapping back to the conversation that they were having. Dalia's fears that she was leaving her too made her feel all the worse.

"No! I would never! I'm... I'm sorry that... that I made you think that! I didn't mean to I just-"

What did she think? That she lived when she saw so many around her die? Dalia was right in one respect... that she was nothing like her.

"I just wish I was more like you. Your brave... your strong... your confident. Those are the things I love about you and... and maybe... maybe if was more like you I could have... I could have changed things. But I didn't... I... I was coward... and... and I am always afraid that if something happened to you or any of my friends I just hide... hide when you needed my help the most."

Iesha then sniffes a bit as she told Dalia her worst fears. She hated herself for being so scared all the time. She wished that, like the heroes of her beloved stories, that she would stand up... but atlas... she was no hero...

"And... that is why I think I am bad friend."

Kada · Jul 6, 2018

Yeah, well I'm selfish and I take my anger out on people who don't deserve it. I'm like my mom in ways that I don't like. Both of them. But I can't... really change. It's ingrained into who I am.

Dalia opened her bedroom window and squeezed her eyes shut against the breeze coming through. She was really high up.
I'm not really brave, Iesha. I just put on a brave face and pretend like I'm not scared. Back when I was sick, I was so afraid. I didn't want to leave everybody.

She hopped up onto the window sill and inhaled slowly. You're not being fair to yourself, you know. Bravery doesn't mean that you do stupid things that will get you hurt. Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is admit when we need our friends.

I need you. And you need me.
Dalia leapt out of her window, feeling her heart jump into her throat as gravity took over. She let herself fall for several seconds before she shot a line of web at the opposite building. It tore into her arm, nearly popping it out of socket, but she grabbed on with another arm and swung like a pendulum.

Pallas · Jul 6, 2018

Dalia was... scared... just like herself? It was something she never considered... she was so taken on by the fearless persona of Dalia that never did she considered her scared when putting on that brave face. She never thought that one could be both brave and scared at the same time.

"You... you were scared? All that time? But you were so... I never knew." admitted Iesha, slinking herself close to the single window in her bedroom, swing open the curtains so that she may appreciate the evening sky.

"Admitting when when we need our friends... you... you really think that is brave? I... I always thought it as... weakness... to be too dependant on others. But... I think your right! If you need help then your friends should help! I just... hope that when my friends need me... I could help them... because..."

Iesha goes quite, trailing off on her last thoughts as she looks out the midnight sky, stars flickering to life one by one while the moon slowly rises in the distance.

Kada · Jul 11, 2018

Dalia homed in on Iesha's location using their telepathic link. It would take time to get there, but she was going to try.

Yeah I was scared. Terrified. And angry. I didn't think it was fair, that I was going to die and there was nothing I could do. I didn't want to leave you guys, or my family.

Eventually Dalia landed on a rooftop and looked down at the apartments across the street. Where Iesha was. She sat down on the edge of the rooftop and kicked her legs, thinking.

You know, I'm a lot like my mom. We're both angry and kind of violent. But I'm not like her in other ways. You and Ravvy helped me with that. You're so kind and gentle; it makes me wanna be better. So you'll be proud to be my friend.

She paused, looking at the window her friend was at. It was hard to see her so far away in the dark, but Dalia could kind of make her out.

Hey. Look up at the rooftop across from you.

Pallas · Jul 11, 2018

[Oh, but I am already proud to to be your friend! I'm just... not proud of myself.] commented Iesha with her thoughts, resting her elbow on the window still, fawning at the pretty nighttime sky... the late night conversation with Dalia remindering her of the talks she would have with her older sister under lit under starlight. When Dalia communicated that she was on the rooftops, Iesha was admittedly surprised.

[Huh? You are?] Her eyes searched out against the dark silhouettes until she makes out the outline of small figure that she presumed to be her friend!

"Oh Dalia!" she cried out lout loud, as she opened the window.

[Oh right, up yeah I see you! Can you see me waving to you?] mentally asked Iesha as she waves her arm to Dalia through the now open window.

Kada · Jul 11, 2018

Dalia grinned and gave a wave back to Iesha with three of her arms.
Yup, I can see you just fine.

I just... thought I'd come out here because I felt like you needed me. And I want you to know that I'll always be there. I won't break that promise, unlike...

Dalia paused, grimacing. She was pretty sure Iesha could feel the mental queasiness she was feeling.

Phaedra. She promised that she wouldn't leave. She said- Dalia paused. She hadn't told anyone this before.
Can I tell you something? It's super personal... and really embarrassing.

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