For lastvoyages: Twenty-Fifth Vision [video+spam]

[can_has_vodka]

[Arkady is patching one of her filmy skirts for the umpteenth time, using squares of purple velvet and blue gauze. A fat red hen sleeps on the ratty blue couch next to her.]

Oh hullo! This is Arkady. Is anyone out there today?

[private to Scrad and Charlie]
Are you doing all right? I'm sorry about scattering my marbles all over that conversation.

[pub spam]
[Arkady hums as she putters around filling drink orders. In between, she is working on some new drink formulas. One of them is bubbling furiously and another is a deep ruby. She sniffs them experimentally and then tries the red.]

Not enough lemon.

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

[Charlie makes a face at the chicken. This is srs, chicken.]

Yeah, uh. So when we were all kids, that guy Arthur kind of tried to slay us.

[Scrad says.]

We told you about.

[Charlie reminds her.]

So we were kind of pissed about that.

[Scrad explains.]

The words hurt the most.

[Charlie sighs.]

But then he said he was sorry. And we were like, well, if he's sorry, then no biggie. So we let him off the hook.

[Scrad continues.]

But he didn't say he was sorry for anything exactly, so...

[Charlie points out.]

Do you think he was really sorry?

[Scrad asks.]

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[can_has_vodka]

[She sits back, thinking about this.]

The thing to remember about Arthur is that, for all his good points, he's rather a git. So even when he apologizes and really means it, he's going to sound a bit snooty and terse. But a man like that does not give an apology without a good reason. I think he wishes he hadn't done that.

There are times when an apology doesn't feel like enough, though. Do you really feel like it was enough?

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

If he really was sorry, then yeah.

[Scrad says.]

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[can_has_vodka]

Well, the way that you tell that he's really sorry is if he never does anything like that to you again. People who lie about being sorry eventually do the same thing again that upset you in the first place. People who mean it, never do that thing again. That's why sometimes it takes a while for someone to accept an apology fully.

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

[Charlie narrows his eyes.]

So what if they just never get the opportunity to do it again? Then how would you know?

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[can_has_vodka]

Well, you know how sometimes a person doesn't do the exact same nasty thing again, but they still act like a bloody ass and hurt you in other ways? It's like that.

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

We said sorry to Kay too.

[Scrad says.]

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[can_has_vodka]

Oooooooooo. [This is a big step and she knows it, but she also suspects the Agent didn't take things so well.]

I don't imagine that he knew how to take it, but I'm proud that you did it.

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

He hung up.

[Charlie reports.]

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[can_has_vodka]

Oh my.

Don't take it personally, boys. It has to do with his daughter. It's going to take him a lot of digesting that before he could think to accept such an apology.

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

So what do we do until then?

[Scrad asks.]

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[can_has_vodka]

[She pops off the top of her drink.] Oh, that's fairly straightforward. Just give him his space, and do your best to not do things that would piss him off. But mostly just...go on with your life, do your usual things, and trust that he'll be able to forgive you eventually.

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

So do nothing?

[Scrad interprets.]

We can do that.

[Says Charlie.]

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[can_has_vodka]

Do nothing mean, and don't bother him. The rest will sort itself out in time.

[She takes a swig of her drink.]

Sometimes apologizing to someone is absolutely the right thing to do whether or not they can accept it, especially straight off. It's about you guys and your character as much as it is about mending fences.