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[werejew]

Who: Annie Goldstein, Sara Mudou, The Major
When: idk aroundish this week sometime
Where: Sara's house and then Casa Fuck-Up
What: Annie ate Sara in a non-sexy way during the Break event. They talk about it. The Major finds out. This is the opposite of a positive outcome.
Warnings: The Major. Annie. Mentions of cannibalism. None of these are good things.

Annie has spent the larger part of a half hour pacing outside of Sara's house, wondering if she should knock on the door or not. How does she even go about doing this? "Hey, sorry for, like, eating you and shit, are we still bros?" That probably wasn't going to fly. But, she'll never find out if she keeps standing out here like a fucking idiot.

... So, she throws a rock at the door.

Best idea.

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[sara_mudou]

Sara is sitting on the couch with a textbook on her lap when the sound of something outside the door draws her attention. Probably those stupid drone kids playing pranks again! Her brow furrows in annoyance and she frowns as she goes to the door, fully intent on telling them off.

Then she flings it open, and her annoyed expression morphs into a shocked one. Her face turns white, and Sara swallows hard. She wasn't expecting this at all.

"...A-Annie?"

[werejew]

"... Hey, what up?" Annie is standing on the sidewalk, arms crossed and eyes focused square on the ground. She's already regretting coming out here; apologizing for anything, let alone stuff she's actually in the wrong for, has never been her strongest suit.

[sara_mudou]

"Oh. Ah. I was just doing my homework." Sara feels a sudden pang in her chest. She isn't sure what to say or how to feel. The last time she saw Annie, the other woman's teeth were searing into her skin, ripping her limb from limb --

She takes a few steps back, still looking cautious, unsure and more than a little scared. "Do you want to come inside?"

[werejew]

Annie isn't usually too good at picking up other people's feelings, but even she can see Sara's fear. It's not something she likes to see. "Like... I don't have to, if you don't want me to. I just wanted to, like, see how you were doing and shit."

[sara_mudou]

She can probably pick up on the stubbornness too, when Sara looks up at her. Amidst the fear, something shines in Sara's eyes. In a way, it's a relief to know that Annie does still care about her enough to want to come look for her.

"Annie, I want you to. Please come inside."

With that, Sara turns and walks in, leaving no further room for argument.

[werejew]

"But..." Well. Clearly no arguing with that. It reminds her of Nas, in a way, though that doesn't make her feel any better. She enters the house with her head bowed, like a dog caught at misbehaving.

[sara_mudou]

Sara doesn't turn around once they're inside. She stares down at her hands, thinking. Her voice is soft. "Annie... when you attacked me... you should know I didn't mean those things I said. I wasn't seeing things right. Well, I wasn't seeing things at all, but I mean -- I -- I thought you were possessed by a demon."

[werejew]

"... Wait, what the fuck? Why are you apologizing to me?" This is the opposite of what she had been expecting.

[sara_mudou]

Sara laughs a little. "I just wanted you to know, that's all." She finally does turn to Annie and look at her. Smiling. "I know you're afraid of being thought of that way."

[werejew]

"Sara..." It's not like she has tears in her eyes or anything. It's a trick of the light, clearly. "It's not like I don't fucking deserve it. Shit, Sara, I fucking... How can you smile at me after what I did."

[sara_mudou]

"A-Annie-chan..." Sara frowns. She doesn't really enjoy seeing Annie cry like this. No, that's an understatement. She hates seeing Annie cry. Annie isn't supposed to cry. Annie is tough. It's almost as painful for her as remembering what it felt like to be ripped to shreds. Almost.

But even though that memory still fills her with fear, Sara never truly blamed Annie for what happened. And Sara blames Annie for a lot of things, but not for that. Never for that.

"L-Let me guess. The day before you attacked me, you were taken from your home, right? And you woke up in a weird room with a bunch of other people who are all in pain, and scared, and so were you."

[werejew]

"Nah, that was later. I woke up on an operating table, with some weird bitch doing shit to me." She was awake for the entire surgery. She can still remember every second of it.

[sara_mudou]

"You were awake?" Sara sounds alarmed and disgusted. She feels grateful at least that she was unconscious for her operation.

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

As much as you must be praying he isn't there each time you enter the house Annie, he is. The Major is home by the point Annie returns, nursing a cup of coffee at the kitchen table. He's mercifully quiet for a moment, giving the indication that for once he might ignore Annie.

But of course, he can't let someone he hates go unnoticed.

"Oh. Back so soon? How fortunate."

[werejew]

She goes to get a beer from the fridge, pointedly ignoring his entire presence.

"What, were you staying up for me? That's not fucking creepy at all."

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

"Oh no, I'm quite a light sleeper. I tend to wander the house quite a bit, at night."

There's knowing where you live like the back of your hand, and then there's the way the Major knows this house. In most cases, it would be an exaggeration to say someone knows every inch, every cranny and nook of a place.

In the Major's case, it's debatable just how much exaggeration that would be.

"I'm astounded you come back some nights, to be quite fair. Even the girl has figured out she doesn't need to be here every night.

Or do you merely have no friends to go back to?"

[werejew]

She rolls her eyes and goes to sit at the far end of the kitchen table, opposite of him. She isn't afraid of him. "I've got plenty of fucking friends, douchebag. But, this is my house, too, and I've got every right to be here that your fat ass does." She glares at him over the can. "Try all you fucking want, you won't chase me out of here. I'm not afraid of you."

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

"You seem to think I care if you fear me or not girl."

It isn't a complete lie. While the Major loves to be feared, it's an ancillary goal, even with Annie. He hates her; truly hates her, and that's abnormal for him. And he does want her out of the house, wants her out of his face, but he won't admit to that. Not in open, not to her. That would be like handing her a small victory.

"But I am curious.

How did she taste?"

[werejew]

The beer can collapses in her clenched fist.

"H... How..." She doesn't know how to feel. Anger? Fear? Mostly, she's just stunned, confused. How did he know? Only two people in the whole town knew... No, Sara wouldn't have told. And Annie knew that she hadn't... "... Fuck you."

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

The smile on the Major's face is small, loose. Almost to the point where it might appear genuine in being serene or even good natured. His tone is even, shying away from even his usual condescension as he speaks.

"I don't see why you're so angry. It's not as if you've done anything wrong, according to your own moral code."

[werejew]

"Don't act like you know what my fucking moral code is," she says, her voice practically a hiss. "And don't act like you know what happened with Sara, either! You weren't fucking there!" ... She hopes. But, if he had known back then, he would've made it obvious long before this. This wasn't just the sort of thing he would be able to keep to himself, the bastard.

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

He just takes a drink of his coffee, swirling the cup around a bit before putting it down. He crosses his fingers in front of him, laying his chin on them.

"Explain then. What is the difference between this murder and the murders you committed in May and claimed to have no guilt from?"

[werejew]

"I don't need to explain shit to you." She turns her chair away slightly, staring at her hands. They're still balled into fists. "She's my fucking friend, I didn't fucking mean to..."

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

"You're right, you don't!"

The Major leans back in his chair, the wood giving a creak at the shifting of his weight on it.

"It doesn't change the fact you did, did you? And yet, such things shouldn't bother a monster, now should they?

They're but a part of your nature, in the end. Maybe it was an outside force guiding you this time.

But it's ultimately what you are, regardless."

[werejew]

"... I'm not a monster."

Her voice sounds softer than usual.