[come sail away] ic inbox (season 1)

[light_mischief]

Skulduggery Pleasant

Cabin 117 - 6:39 PM

altered from killthecake

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[opheliac]

this is probably a no brainer thing to ask but.
just.
take care of fio for me ok?
i dont think im rly fit to take care of her like i use to.

[light_mischief]

Fio will always be safe with me, you have nothing to fear.

What happened?

[opheliac]

good.
just had another time jump. or memory thing u talked about.
dont rly want to go into more details than that.

im just. too screwed up to be her big sis now.
its better for her to be w/ ppl who arent different.

[light_mischief]

Understandable. I'm sorry.

She cares very much for you, Jinx. She won't want you to leave her alone after everything that's happened here. Time away is understandable and I would be a hypocrite to say otherwise. But she needs you in her life.

[Fio cannot be abandoned again. he knows better than to label it as such but all the same, that's how she'll take it.]

[opheliac]

u dont get it.
i messed up BIG. like RLY BIG.
she already doesnt trust me and ive tried to be better
but
now ive screwed up again.
and im going to keep messing up.
b/c im a jinx
im not perfect like u or ava.
everything i touch or love just gets ruined by me.

[light_mischief]

You are not the only person here who's made terrible mistakes in the past. But there are ways to make up for it, if you open yourself up to them. No matter how difficult and how impossible it may seem, there is always a way to become better than the person you were before.

Ava and I are far from perfect people, Jinx. But we're trying every day to do better. Not just for Fio, but for our own sakes. As long as you're willing to try, there's always hope.

Take some time to decompress from it all. If Fio asks, I'll let her know that you love her and are still her sister.

It's an unsettling process and I wish you didn't have to repeat it.

[opheliac]

idk if that will work.
i wrote her a rly terrible letter and
idk.

can i ask u one more favor?

[light_mischief]

I can talk with her, if you'd like.

Absolutely. What else can I do?

[opheliac]

(at least ten minutes passes until he will receive another message. people are already on eggshells around her as they should be. and in some twisted way, she wants them to be. jinx likes to strike fear into people's eyes. to show she isn't some teen girl anyone can be pushed around. she wants to be scary, dangerous, to be the one to call the shots and everyone else follow her orders -- to be like silco. but that's what he would want her to be.

but. she can't bare to see the fear in fio's eyes if she ever looks up to her. to see tears swell or her running away.)

sometimes w/ me. bad things happen.
actually.
a lot of times. bad things happen w/ me.
things tend to go wrong whenever im around. especially w/ the ppl i love...
so if.
if it looks like im going to hurt fio
physically.
i want u to do whatever it takes to stop me.
even if it means killing me.

[light_mischief]

[there's a shorter pause before Skulduggery answers, but it's still a few minutes before:]

I promise that I will keep Fio safe, no matter who threatens her or what I have to do to protect her. You have my word.

[opheliac]

thnx, skele. ure not half bad.

[light_mischief]

You're welcome, Jinx. Let me know if you need anything else.

[opheliac]

yea, thnx. see ya round.