TO CORALINE

[girl_at_the_window]

I DON'T KEN WHAT YE SAID TO HER BUT IT'S YE AND JULIE TOGETHER GOT HER IN THIS STATE. WHAT DID YE DO?

~ SUSAN DELGADO

Comments

[not_caroline]

[what the fuck

There is writing on the wall next to the window near her. It's fucking sparkling and the two men in the room with her haven't said a fucking word.

She just stares for a hot minute.]

susan what the fuck are you talking about?
- coraline

[girl_at_the_window]

[What the fuck?]

[The writing is floating on the surface of the lake, as she sits and glares out at the water. Susan blinks several times, rubbing the back of her hand over her eyes, but it doesn't go away.]

[Coraline. She was just thinking about Coraline. She was just thinking...]

[...and then...]

WHAT? HOW IN THE FUCK ARE YE SEEING THIS?

~ SUSAN

[not_caroline]

bitch you called me!!

[Not helpful in any way but also how the hell does Susan expect her to know anything more?]

projecting your thoughts and stuff is like a skill i know people can do on my world but that doesn’t seem like what this is??? cos this is on my wall not like a mirror
- coraline

[girl_at_the_window]

I DIDN'T MEAN TO!

YE'RE WRIT ON THE WATER HERE. WHAT DID I ACTUALLY SAY TO 'EE?

~SUSAN

[not_caroline]

oh my god this is so weird

its definitely a magic thing

anyway you said that me and julie upset someone, another girl. is this about eponine? she told me julie should be in jail.
- coraline

[girl_at_the_window]

AYE. IT'S ABOUT EPONINE.

I DIDN'T MEAN FOR 'EE TO ACTUALLY SEE IT. I WAS JUST THINKING IS ALL.

FUCK, HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

~ SUSAN

[not_caroline]

its okay. eponine's a hot mess anyway, she'll blame everyone else for her own problems.

were you like, thinking of me directly when you were thinking that? like you WANTED to say it to my face?


[...oh good she can turn off her name. That was getting obnoxious.]

[girl_at_the_window]

[Hm...]

[It's a moment before Susan's response, as she thinks it over. Not knowing what's going to be communicated makes the thinking a lot more fraught.]

I GUESS I WAS, AT THAT. I WANTED TO KNOW.

AND IT AIN'T HER FAULT SHE'S THAT WAY. IT'S JUST HOW SHE IS.

FUCK, DO YE THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE? THIS THINKING-LETTERS? HOW WOULD I EVEN KNOW? SHIT.

[not_caroline]

its not her fault, sure, but she should try and be better. its still her problem

i doubt its happened before anyway, otherwise someone else wouldve replied to you first, right? this is so weird that they have to have replied back

[girl_at_the_window]

I GUESS THAT'S SO, AND ALL.

I HOPE SO, ANYROAD. IT AIN'T NICE THINKING YOUR THOUGHTS MIGHT NOT BE YOUR OWN.

[not_caroline]

if it helps, this doesnt really feel anything like words being put INTO my brain. been there done that got the t-shirt, do not recommend. felt like my head was full of cold gravy.

[girl_at_the_window]

WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME IT FELT WAY WORSE. LIKE MY OWN THOUGHTS BUT WRONG.

THIS IS BETTER.

[not_caroline]

[Her way sounds worse. At least Coraline was always aware of where her own thoughts were. Largely they just weren't there.

She picks herself up and climbs out the window, to test something, and is delighted when the letters reappear on the beaten roof tiles. She traces the curled letters as they appear this time.]

it looks like handwriting. yours is nice, it looks all adult and elegant.

[girl_at_the_window]

OH. THANKEE. I USED TO WORK REAL HARD ON IT AT SCHOOL.

YOURS IS

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HOW WE'D WRITE BACK HOME BUT I GUESS THAT'S ONLY WHAT I'D EXPECT. IT'S NICE. I WONDER IF EVERYONE'S LOOKS DIFFERENT.

SAVE MONEY ON PAPER THIS WAY!

[not_caroline]

:D

[Text emojis, winning.]

too bad the messages disappear so fast, yours are vanishing pretty much as soon as i reply to them. its fast, though, this is way easier than telling people stuff by going into horizon

[girl_at_the_window]

AYE, AND YE DON'T HAVE TO FIND THEM EITHER.

WHERE ARE YE, ANYROAD? DOES IT FOLLOW IF YE MOVE? YOURS DOES. I JUST CHECKED.

[not_caroline]

im in libertas, its one of the big free cities, in the apartment i share with my guys. but i went on the roof and its still here. it was sparkling again so i found it really quickly, its like it WANTS to be seen.

[girl_at_the_window]

AYE. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE WATER AT FIRST - I WAS LOOKING AT THE LAKE - BUT NOW IT'S ON THE COBBLES AND YE'RE RIGHT, IT STILL SHINES.

KIND OF PRETTY.