[HS] Homestuck ITP IC

[Beans]

[Alternia, Ayakan's Hive, Present]
Don't tell anyone what just happened.
Swear you won't. SWEAR YOU WON'T.
I was supposed to... I was...
She buries her head in her friend's chest, shaking.
She briefly considers strangling her here and now.
But then she'd be alone for sure.

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[Earth, Ohio, Present]

Ilja sits at her computer, answering Zach's pesteration.

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AN: hi zach are your disks okay?
TW: Yes. Thankfully.
TW: I found it covered in ketchup and mustard and god knows what else.
AN: ewww your brother is kind of rude sometimes
TW: I don't know what he was planning on doing with it.
TW: Maybe eat it.
TW: I don't know what goes on in his head.
AN: haha
TW: Would you like some more CD sir?
TW: I would be delighted.
AN: ahaha silly
TW: So, did you finish installing your client disc?
TW: I did.
AN: oh okay I'll start now
TW: Sweet.
AN: okay i'm putting it in
TW: Okay.
AN: oh my gosh my mom just called and says she's in the driveway!
TW: I finished assembling my glasses too. I'm talking to you through my eyes.
TW: OH MY GOSH.
AN: i'll let it install while i see her
TW: Don't forget.
AN: i'll switch over to my phone for pesterchum also
TW: Bring your strife.
AN: okay i won't forget
AN: my
AN: uh
AN: ... guitar yeah okay.
TW: You never know.
TW: Things might get too hot to handle.
AN: we have like one per room in this silly house
AN: oh my gosh my mom is here

She switches pesterchum to her phone and runs downstairs to her mother; the tall, dark-haired woman hugs back with a tired smile.
Hiya sweetie... She yawns, lets on autopilot toward the couch. She flops down, Ilja sitting next to her. They don't need to talk at this point. Just being together is enough.

She continues her chat with Zach.

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TW: Did things get too hot to handle?
TW: ((Pesterchum went wierd))
AN: oh not at all
AN: just lots of hugs
TW: That's good. Hugs are nice :)
AN: and now my mom is on the couch 'cause she's tired
AN: and i'm with her here
TW: Ah, okay.
TW: I forget. What does your mom do again?
AN: rockstar essentially. but like... weird rock :p
AN: haha she asked who i'm talking to and i said it was you
AN: she mumbled something about how you sound like an okay guy
AN: well zach you are a mom-certified okay guy. how's it feel? haha
TW: It feels good.
TW: That came out wrong-ish.
AN: not really
TW: Alright.
AN: *shrug* i dunno ahaha
TW: I forget
AN: i bet by the time she falls asleep the client disk will be installed
TW: You have a laptop as well, right?
TW: Along with your desktop?
AN: uh no just my desktop and my phone
TW: I was going to suggest installing Sburb on both your laptop and your desktop.
TW: In case one of them fails.
TW: Anyways.
TW: I finished installing the server disc.
AN: yay
TW: :)
AN: okay mom's asleep now i'll see what's up with my client dealio
TW: Okay.
TW: *Crosses Fingers for it to be done*

Ilja smiles at her sleeping mother and slips away upstairs to her computer, only to meet disappointment.

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AN: sorrry :(
TW: What?
AN: virus apparently
AN: ugghhhhhh this is not nice at all
TW: That is bad.
TW: Do you have anti-virus software?
AN: yeah but i still have to get it going
AN: agh
AN: oh well
AN: how are the others doing with their disks
TW: I haven't checked with everyone. But I believe Uri has hers.
TW: I still need to talk to Liz.
TW: And Pete.
TW: And frostyPanda.
AN: you mean kris haha
AN: he's so boisterous
TW: I like to call him frostyPanda though.
TW: Because it's true. :)
AN: i like all our friends
TW: Yeah. Me too.:)
AN: is uri still putting stuff inside eggs all the time?
TW: Yeah. And she still doesn't have a lighter.
TW: Apparently her house is full of eggs.
TW: Since she has had that fetch modus for years.
TW: We need to send her a lighter.
AN: oh dear how does she function that's so bothersome
TW: *Shrug* Beats me.
AN: should I mail her a lighter right now?
TW: That would be a good idea.
TW: Would help her clear up space.
AN: okay
AN: and it's in the envelope
AN: addressed
AN: and in the box and i put up the red flippy thing
TW: Now she is safe. :)
TW: Or will be.
TW: I imagine her being buried under a mountain of eggs
AN: haha oh nooo poor uri
TW: It's like she's Yoshi. But her eggs don't break.
AN: and she lives in a house full of interesting arty things
TW: Unlike my house.
TW: Full of pictures of Adam Sandler.
AN: and mine full of guitars and
AN: heavy metal albums
AN: and my room is full of dino books and did i tell you what my mom's present for me was earlier?
TW: Wait.
TW: Don't tell me.
TW: Was it something to do with dinosaurs?
AN: yes :)
TW: What exactly was it?
AN: velociraptor tooth in a little case :) :) :)
TW: Nice :)
TW: Oh!
TW: Almost forgot.
AN: ooh
AN: ?
TW: Liz once said something about trolls.
TW: Have you been pestered by any?
AN: i think maybe once
AN: or twice
AN: i don't remember once
TW: Do you remember their chumhandle?
AN: one i think was something about aristotle, the other was something else
AN: possibly brown text for that one
TW: I don't know that one.
AN: but the aristotle lady was rude and made disparaging comments about me :(
TW: One called clawedMaiden talked to me about half a year ago.
TW: She was pretty nice though.
TW: you're also pretty nice. Aristotle was wrong.
AN: that's good
AN: aw thank you :) :)
AN: though the aristotle lady was mostly taking shots at my figure
TW: Anyways. I must go and talk to Liz.
AN: oh okay
TW: Talk to you later?
AN: tell her I said hii and yes talk to you later
TW: :) Bye.
AN: byye :)

She gets down to the business of sorting out her computery things.