By the time you get this you should be back... [ He makes it sound like Isaac's gone on a trip somewhere because thinking about him being dead upsets Scott too much. ]
I don't know how much you remember, but I know you well enough to know you're probably beating yourself about it. It wasn't your fault, okay? No matter how much you think it was, it wasn't.
And if it was you who helped with what happened at the pet store... [ Scott shakes the horrible images from his mind. ] It's okay. I forgive you.
I'll understand if you don't want to see anyone but tell me when you're back.
...It's good to have you back, Isaac. Believe me when I say that.
[Isaac doesn't reply for two days- well, he's dead for two days, but what's more, he doesn't know how to feel when he sees Scott's message. There's no relief that comes with the forgiveness, no thankfulness. He just feels hollow.
Even after he sees the message, he doesn't respond for the longest time. When he does- it's late, and his words probably leave a lot to be desired.]
im back
[Scott asked him to tell him- he can do that much. The rest of it? He doesn't know what to say. Doesn't even know how he'd begin to express what he's feeling, what he wants to say. So he leaves it at that, a two-word text message after everything he's done.]
[He doesn't know how else to say it. Everything is just a jumble of mixed emotions, tight in his chest. Everything just stings. Isaac still isn't sure how to make his thoughts even remotely clear, and the fact that Scott is offering some sort of help just makes him feel worse.]
everything i did, i
[He's going to finish that thought, but he doesn't know how, so he just sends it, half finished like it is.]
[ Isaac, please don't send Scott half-finished sentences like that. It makes Scott paranoid that Isaac was typing until someone came along and stabbed him or something. After the past couple of weeks, he wouldn't be surprised if something like that happened. ]
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I don't know how much you remember, but I know you well enough to know you're probably beating yourself about it. It wasn't your fault, okay? No matter how much you think it was, it wasn't.
And if it was you who helped with what happened at the pet store... [ Scott shakes the horrible images from his mind. ] It's okay. I forgive you.
I'll understand if you don't want to see anyone but tell me when you're back.
...It's good to have you back, Isaac. Believe me when I say that.
text; day 334
Even after he sees the message, he doesn't respond for the longest time. When he does- it's late, and his words probably leave a lot to be desired.]
im back
[Scott asked him to tell him- he can do that much. The rest of it? He doesn't know what to say. Doesn't even know how he'd begin to express what he's feeling, what he wants to say. So he leaves it at that, a two-word text message after everything he's done.]
text; day 334
okay
do you need anything?
[ i.e. do you need me? ]
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[He doesn't know how else to say it. Everything is just a jumble of mixed emotions, tight in his chest. Everything just stings. Isaac still isn't sure how to make his thoughts even remotely clear, and the fact that Scott is offering some sort of help just makes him feel worse.]
everything i did, i
[He's going to finish that thought, but he doesn't know how, so he just sends it, half finished like it is.]
text; day 334
do you remember anything?
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[There's a pause there, and Isaac sighs, before sending-]
i wish it wouldnt
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would you want that?
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I just want you to be okay
Sophie told me to tell you she's sorry
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...ill be fine anyway
where is she? shes not responding to my texts
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[And alarming, considering.]
youre not mad at me?
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you weren't you
you really think I'd be mad at you?
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was it you who actually... [ took bites out of it?! ]
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im not that fucked up
jesus christ scott
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for all I know you could have got possessed into being a puppy eater
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I DID NOT EAT YOUR PUPPY
i just actively participated in its death and i feel really bad ok????
text; day 334
thank god
I mean not thank god you feel bad except maybe thank god for that because if you didn't feel bad I'd be worried you didn't have a conscience
but thank god you didn't eat it
...so wait who did eat it??
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but yeah uh. grey wind ate it.
grey wind is robb starks wolf. hes sort of a friend of mine
...things are kind of awkward between us now though
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I think awkwardness is unavoidable in this kind of situation
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