freezerburned | IC Contact for Asgard

[Shit. He's been so busy trying to make sense of all of this, he hadn't even checked the network- and when he does, he can only let out a long, deep breath. This makes everything worse.]

the blood. i found someone with-

i think i know who did it

not me but. god do you think they'll go after her???

[Subtle, Isaac.]

do you know how to get rid of blood?
how is she doing? is she freaking out?

[ she's not going to pretend that the fact isaac brought up someone else immediately makes her feel better. she'll help if he wants her help, but still. ]

I don't know
maybe, maybe not, but it's better to be prepared for it than not
she didn't do it alone did she?

she changed clothes. and yeah shes upset she says she doesnt remember anything.

i dont know. shes been sleepwalking every night. this time i just went out to find her and i... found her trying to clean it up

jo i sleep right next to her. why wouldnt she have killed me?

what about her hands and arms?
she washed those off too right?
you should probably get rid of the clothes - burning would be best but whatever she wants to do

she's been out every night?
so it's possible she'd done a whole lot more than just this
and this is just the first time she woke up in time to notice

I don't know but be glad she didn't
I don't even know what's going on with the city or why any of this is happening
it could be another curse or something
she doesn't remember anything, right? at all?

yeah i can try to burn them. she washed everything

as far as i can tell. she says shes been sleepwalking. i never caught her leaving so i dont know if its true or not

im not calling her a liar jo, i trust her more than anything but she says she doesnt remember and its all just really really freaking me out

she might have been, the city does weird things to us
I haven't really been feeling all that great either
so who knows

listen, isaac, whatever happens you just need to stay calm
if it'll help you can bring her over here but honestly
the gods will take care of this, you just need to keep her safe.
this will blow over and the curse will pass
we just need to keep her from killing anyone else

how do you know that? what if it doesnt blow over

sometimes things dont have happy endings. if thiazi is using the travelers against the gods then it could be the beginning of... i dont know. what if she wins?

this isn't the first time someone's been murdered on the network
it'll blow over
and if it doesn't we'll deal with it then

nothing has a happy ending unless you make it one
I've been through one Ragnarok already, the whole city has.
curses and battles and the fucking plague and we're still here, and we will still be here, thiazi or not.
the gods always figure something out for us, and if they don't we'll figure it out for ourselves
but you freaking out isn't going to help your friend

thats pretty optimistic of you

and i know. i know. im trying but i keep- i dont know

im scared jo

if that's what you want to call it, sure
it's worked out for me so far

[ nevermind the whole 'being dead' bit. details, details. ]

I know, but it's going to be fine
nothing's going to happen to you or your friend
I promise
but listen, isaac, are you two safe in your room? or wherever you are?

i... i dont know

[There's a long pause between messages here.]

i have nightmares. really bad ones and when i wake up the room is too small around me. leaving windows and doors open dont help anymore i feel like ill be stuck there forever

...ive been sleeping on park benches. just naps. but outside.

isaac

[ she sends off that first text with all the intentions of following it up soon after. she has it in her head what she wants to say, but at the same time when it comes to actually typing it out, she's finding it harder than she expected.

so there's a few moments pause between this message and the next, where jo wavers between saying I'm so sorry can I help and the alternative. eventually, she just goes with the alternative. ]

you can't keep doing with all this stuff going on
I know it helps and I know you're just trying to sleep but
would sleeping at the roadhouse work?
it's got higher ceilings, the main room is really open

I really just don't like the idea of you sleeping outside with everything going on

sorry. i know its stupid

that might be okay. but idk. i have to stay with erica at night at least, make sure she doesnt go out again. if i stay up all night in the room with her i could nap really quick in the roadhouse before it opens??

you don't have to apologize
and it's not stupid. it actually makes sense.
I'm just worried with all the crazies running around

I have a bed at the bar, if you could convince her to stay here.
I'm not sleeping much at night anyway so I could help you watch out for her
and then you can just sleep in the main room once it's daylight
I'm not really sure I want to keep this place open with how whatever's going on is affecting people

i dunno

ill think about it? i dont want to put erica in danger and im not sure if the roadhouse would help that much. but it might idk

i cant ask you to help. i know you have your own things to be worried about

you're not asking
I texted you and now I'm saying that if erica wants she can come stay here and you can too
so if you want to my doors are open, but in the end it's up to you
don't worry about my things. I'll handle them. you just worry about you and erica

i appreciate it

i should have asked. are you doing okay?

yeah I'm okay
or as okay as anyone can
nothing big has gone down over here that I know of
so I'm just prepping for the worst, I guess

understandable

let me know if you need anything in return. ill see how erica feels about the roadhouse

just let me know
and if anything the door's are always open for just naps.
if erica's not up to it.

stay safe, alright?

ill try

thanks. you too.

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