Kind of. USB drive. Do you... know what a USB drive is?
[ eighties, and all that. anyway, derek realizes pretty quickly what his obsession with homework is about, and he's not sure if it's something billy needs to know about in full, but. he'll be vague. ]
Nothing like that. I was in a position back home where I was a mentor to some people. Kids your age. Didn't do enough for them. Should've made them stick to their studies instead of dive headfirst into the life I gave them. I guess you remind me of them. I want you to... you know. Be responsible. Take care of yourself. Learn. Grow. Shit like that.
no clue sounds like a computer thing though hard drive, etc. or am i way off?
[ there's a short lull in the conversation here. billy... can't really recall the last person - last adult, anyway - who actually cared about his education, or his growth or whatever else. his teachers cared, maybe, but they cared about whether or not they could mold him into the assassin he was sent there to become, which means fuck-all to billy. his mom cared, obviously, but a lot of the comfort and support she would have offered her kids was beaten out of her by gene. billy can't really remember a time when she didn't seem small and quiet and scared of doing or saying the wrong thing. ]
it's not overstepping i mean, i definitely don't want to do homework or anything but i appreciate you looking out more than you know
Yeah. Nailed it. I can give you a file. Show you a rundown.
[ he won't share the entire bestiary with billy, and he'll... likely visibly add redactions to more sensitive information he's unwilling to leave in the hands of someone who has never turned a computer on before they came here, but he'll give billy the kind of information a teenager could find with a quick cursory google search. he's not... rushing to offer billy the bite, and it's not something he's even committing to thinking about, but he's not going to punish billy for being curious. he would rather teach him about all of this than let him run around on the network trying to figure out how werewolves work for himself.
anyway — ]
Lots of people care. I'm sure I'm not the only person you've met here who cares about you. I certainly won't be the last, even if I am. From what I can tell, you haven't had the love and support you've needed. To an extent, I can relate to that. And. Yeah. Just want to make sure you're okay.
my friend's here, he cares about me and i'm not saying that doesn't count, but i knew him before i ended up here, so. anyway, i'm just saying it's weird. not in a bad way. just new i guess. haha
[ ok, that's enough of being vulnerable ]
i'm ok though hope you are too glad you're not drowning hope steve also isn't drowning
We can get you one. Maybe. Not actually sure if they're sold in the city. The laptop I use is from home. And... not mine. But. I can procure you one. Or write everything out by hand. Might be easier.
We're okay. In general, though. I want you to be okay in general. Duplicity is not an easy place to be. It's good you have people watching your back. Myself included. But. Want you to be okay.
Thank you for checking in. We should fix your mohawk next time I see you. You probably haven't dyed it for a while.
More than a dollar. Don't worry about it. I'll find one. Trade it for the necklace.
It doesn't. A lot of people are happier here than they were at home. I'm one of them. I think. I mean, I have Steve, so.
I can get you clippers. If you promise to tell me when I slip from "weird but good" levels of concern and straight into being overbearing and offering to do too much for you.
if that's all it's worth i'll just make another one and trade for it myself you're not going to get out of wearing it, dude
[ billy won't actually care that much if derek wears the dumb thing - so long as he doesn't just throw it out. ]
yeah but it doesn't sound like you need this place to have steve you knew him back home, too besides, when you were doing that video thing with me last time i'm like 99% sure you were looking at him off camera a couple times and i'm just gonna say seems kinda like it would have been inevitable even back home you sappy motherfuckers
whatever, i promise not sure there's a lot you could do to make it weird if you get to like brushing-my-teeth-for-me-level of offering or whatever then maybe we can set some boundaries but go ahead and get me clippers if you can get them that easily
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obviously
you got any books on werewolves?
what's this obsession with homework about?
were you a teacher back home or something?
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Do you... know what a USB drive is?
[ eighties, and all that. anyway, derek realizes pretty quickly what his obsession with homework is about, and he's not sure if it's something billy needs to know about in full, but. he'll be vague. ]
Nothing like that.
I was in a position back home where I was a mentor to some people. Kids your age.
Didn't do enough for them. Should've made them stick to their studies instead of dive headfirst into the life I gave them.
I guess you remind me of them.
I want you to... you know. Be responsible. Take care of yourself. Learn. Grow.
Shit like that.
Probably overstepping. Sorry.
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sounds like a computer thing though
hard drive, etc.
or am i way off?
[ there's a short lull in the conversation here. billy... can't really recall the last person - last adult, anyway - who actually cared about his education, or his growth or whatever else. his teachers cared, maybe, but they cared about whether or not they could mold him into the assassin he was sent there to become, which means fuck-all to billy. his mom cared, obviously, but a lot of the comfort and support she would have offered her kids was beaten out of her by gene. billy can't really remember a time when she didn't seem small and quiet and scared of doing or saying the wrong thing. ]
it's not overstepping
i mean, i definitely don't want to do homework or anything but
i appreciate you looking out more than you know
[ ... ]
not a whole lot of people care that much
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I can give you a file. Show you a rundown.
[ he won't share the entire bestiary with billy, and he'll... likely visibly add redactions to more sensitive information he's unwilling to leave in the hands of someone who has never turned a computer on before they came here, but he'll give billy the kind of information a teenager could find with a quick cursory google search. he's not... rushing to offer billy the bite, and it's not something he's even committing to thinking about, but he's not going to punish billy for being curious. he would rather teach him about all of this than let him run around on the network trying to figure out how werewolves work for himself.
anyway — ]
Lots of people care.
I'm sure I'm not the only person you've met here who cares about you. I certainly won't be the last, even if I am.
From what I can tell, you haven't had the love and support you've needed. To an extent, I can relate to that.
And. Yeah.
Just want to make sure you're okay.
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my friend's here, he cares about me
and i'm not saying that doesn't count, but
i knew him before i ended up here, so.
anyway, i'm just saying it's
weird. not in a bad way.
just new i guess. haha
[ ok, that's enough of being vulnerable ]
i'm ok though
hope you are too
glad you're not drowning
hope steve also isn't drowning
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But.
I can procure you one. Or write everything out by hand.
Might be easier.
We're okay.
In general, though. I want you to be okay in general.
Duplicity is not an easy place to be. It's good you have people watching your back. Myself included. But.
Want you to be okay.
Thank you for checking in.
We should fix your mohawk next time I see you.
You probably haven't dyed it for a while.
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i'm okay.
i swear.
way better here than i was back home, if that doesn't sound insane to you
man, the roots are getting pretty bad
the sides could also use a buzz but i keep forgetting to ask about getting some clippers
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Don't worry about it.
I'll find one. Trade it for the necklace.
It doesn't. A lot of people are happier here than they were at home.
I'm one of them. I think.
I mean, I have Steve, so.
I can get you clippers.
If you promise to tell me when I slip from "weird but good" levels of concern and straight into being overbearing and offering to do too much for you.
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you're not going to get out of wearing it, dude
[ billy won't actually care that much if derek wears the dumb thing - so long as he doesn't just throw it out. ]
yeah
but it doesn't sound like you need this place to have steve
you knew him back home, too
besides, when you were doing that video thing with me last time
i'm like 99% sure you were looking at him off camera a couple times and i'm just gonna say
seems kinda like it would have been inevitable even back home
you sappy motherfuckers
whatever, i promise
not sure there's a lot you could do to make it weird
if you get to like
brushing-my-teeth-for-me-level of offering or whatever then maybe we can set some boundaries
but go ahead and get me clippers if you can get them that easily