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the three worst girls since eve ;; CLOSED

» WHO? Venus (

wingstosee), Jupiter (

neritic)
» WHEN? 5/1, a few hours after initial arrivals
» WHERE? Fitness Room (Deck 4)
» WHAT? Three devils find each other once again.
» WARNINGS? Hot takes on religion, language, and awkward teens probably hugging and/or smooching.

[ venus starts running on deck 2 as soon as jupiter messages her, and she does not stop until she reaches deck 4. which, as it turns out, is a long way to run even if you're the devil. she's panting and wheezing by the time she sees someone- jupiter, her brain fills in, except it's totally not, it's neptune, and oh wow she is. actually getting kind of dizzy. ]

Neptune! [ at this point venus looks like a completely winded idiot, which, to be fair, she totally is. but she still looks like a delighted idiot, even as she stumbles towards the other girl, wings flapping awkwardly to try and keep balance. ] Oh my god, Neptune, we found Jupiter!

[ they're not quite there yet, obviously - but jupiter checked in. jupiter's here, and not just in that way that she knows she'll show eventually, jupiter is here and will be with them in just minutes. she almost starts running again, right before she just. sort of braces herself on her knees and wheezes. ]

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Wow, (Neptune says, ignoring the telltale way her heart skips a beat as Venus delivers her news and comes to a halt in front of her, panting,) where's the fire exactly, Venus?

(This is ridiculous, she can't even maintain a level of cool disinterest. She knew that Jupiter was here because she had to be, but knowing Venus has pinpointed her exactly... Neptune feels restless, shifting her weight from foot to foot. She feels like a wave. She wants to crash down against Jupiter and hold her close, pull Venus down, underneath the tides of her.)

God. You're doing a whole lot of panting and a whole lot of not telling me any extra details. (Maybe she's babbling, maybe she isn't. She's nervous and expectant; she pauses, and swallows a mouthful of salt water.) We did so many fucking laps in summer scouts, how did all that time seemingly count for nothing. Venus, where is she.

Neptune, I'm trying! [ it's said plaintively and plainly. she's. sort of in pain. ] I ran all the way from the observation room! It's like four floors!

[ ...that, and she hasn't actually managed to eat anything all day except for some coffee. but that's not important right now. she wheezes a second more, and brushes herself off, and starts looking around for the landmarks leading to the fitness room. ]

It's... the fitness room, she's in the fitness room. With the crappy pool? You had to have already found it.

I was just there. (This isn't directed at anybody in particular, just an issue of frustration. Like ships passing in the fucking night, or whatever.

She grabs Venus' wrist, then thinks better of it, slides her hand down to link with hers instead. She knows where she's going, so she gives Venus a little tug to pull her along behind. There's no way she's running there but she will set a very face-paced walk.)

Come on. We don't have to run if it's literally going to kill you. Why didn't you just send me a message or something?

I did! [ no, she yelled for neptune to come see her on a response to a public post that wasn't about her. ] I think?? I... maybe I...

[ thinking is really hard when you're out of breath, as it turns out. it's also hard to run, but neptune is tugging her along, and that combined with the feeling of neptune's hand in hers is enough to at least get her to stumble into a powerwalk. ]

It's weird, you know? It doesn't- it doesn't make any sense. How do people show up in rooms we've already been in? I haven't heard anyone else see someone arrive, yet...

[ good thing they're not far away. about ~~one tag's worth~~ a minute or two's walk, at most. ]

I don't know. It doesn't make any sense. This place is abandoned, but it's full of people?

(It's so shitty looking, almost like staying in the house all over again, except with less windows, which is something Neptune won't admit creeps her out. It's suffocating. She doesn't like being contained.

Venus is wheezing behind her again but, admittedly, keeping up. Down one deck, down two. It's easier not to talk now which is good, because that nervous, angry anticipation is back and clogging Neptune's throat with water. They can talk when all three of them are together again. They'll have so much time to talk.)

This way, (she says shortly, and tugs Venus one more time. The fitness room is coming into view, now. Kind of a funny joke that they've just done a lot of fitness in order to get to it; or at least, Venus has. Neptune is out of breath too, but for different reasons.)

Not its people. [ there's something forming in her head, an idea of some sort. ] Maybe that's why it's abandoned. The last people here, too, they were-

[ and then she sees the doors to the fitness room, and all of that flies out the window. they can talk about this later, the space station and the mystery and the files on the communicator. right now, there are way more important things at hand. this time it's venus who breaks into a run, not letting go of neptune's hand as she crosses the distance to the door, flinging it open and shouting- ]

Jupiter!

[ she looks as delighted as she sounds (if maybe a little winded on top of it). they've found her. they're all together again. ]

Hey, guys.

[Jupiter offers a slight wave, a small smile cracking across her face despite the weird buzz of anxiousness she felt running through her. She'd just seen them a few hours ago, so she really shouldn't feel so giddy and weird, but she does nonetheless.

Despite the fact she's fiddling with her hands a little bit anxiously in front of her, not sure what to do with them other than to toy with her hairband (though not snap it), her other hands know exactly what they want, even if Jupiter wasn't jumping to act on it. They rush towards the other two girls to grab their hands and tug them forward, grip gentle and soft, and some are running through their hair, caressing their cheeks, resting on their backs — things she wanted to do, but would normally hold back from. Touch.]

(Oh, yep, there she is. There she is, her hands extending out toward the both of them, touching, fingers slipping through Neptune's hair, wrists hooking hands around her. Jupiter herself looks nervous; Neptune's gaze immediately jumps to how she's plucking at her hairtie, though seemingly without force. Good. If she pings it back against her skin, Neptune won't hesitate to snatch it from her wrist.

Venus is still holding her other hand. That's fine. It's perfect, actually. Neptune feels a great swell within her, and for a horrifying moment, she thinks she might cry.

Instead, she blinks a couple times, hard, and sighs.)

Hi.

[ what's horrifying to neptune is catharsis to venus. jupiter's hands touch her face and arms and wings, like gentle currents in warm, warm wind, and the tears come crashing out all at once. it's an almost alien feeling for her - so much of her life has been stop crying, and big boys don't cry, and you're making a scene, and now there's absolutely nothing holding them back. the barriers are down, and she couldn't be happier.

she doesn't actually manage to say anything. she tries to, a stutter of words and emotions and feelings she can't possibly describe, and when a hiccuped sob's all that comes out instead she just gives up. she walks inside, the hand on neptune's refusing to pull away even as she holds out her other hand with a smile.

it doesn't matter what hand jupiter takes it with. all she wants is to feel jupiter's hands in hers again, for the three of them to be connected again. ]

[Jupiter hesitates for a moment. While her many hands are gently brushing wet locks out of Neptune's face, tucking them behind her ear, and preening Venus's feathers gently with nimble fingers, giving away her feelings already, years and years of ingrained habit is hard to break when you're not the same devil in all your glory you were just a few hours ago, even if you're a devil nonetheless. Even then, really, being a devil doesn't break things overnight and with a magical snap of your fingers, even if it's a big positive jump forward. What it is is a chance, the opportunity to be better than you were, to be who you want to be, to stop caring what all the people who've been putting you down and calling you bad your whole life would think.

And honestly? Fuck it. Fuck what they'd think. She's the devil and they can't stop her from grasping what she really wants, and what she really wants is to hold hands with the two most important, worst girls in the world.

She reaches out and takes Venus's hand with her own flesh and blood one, the other gently reaching out to grasp Neptune's free one. Tears are starting to flow down her own cheeks from emotion, and perhaps a tad bit from being overwhelmed, but it's a good feeling and she's okay with it. She's okay with this.]

(She gives her free hand to Jupiter more than willingly, squeezing it gently once, twice, like a heartbeat. Venus is crying, Jupiter is crying; Neptune closes her eyes, and two tears roll down her cheeks and she can't tell if it's tears or just water. It's all one and the same, with her. She sighs, a soft shudder of breath, and tips her cheek gently into the hand Jupiter is holding against her face.

She did miss this, for however long. They barely had enough time to be together in the first place, so how couldn't she have missed this? Feeling bad and feeling worse but underneath all of that feeling good, feeling like she's where she's meant to be. All the posturing in the world won't change that. Who cares about why they're here, or how they get back? So long as they can be together, like this, holding onto each other tight, they're safe.

Neptune's hair is really dripping now, steady rivulets of water that pool on the floor at her feet. It's fine. She's fine.)

[ neptune brings the ocean, flowing gently through the cracks like a dam that somehow hasn't burst. jupiter brings the wind on a hot summer day, gentle and warm and running over you with each breath. venus brings the light, the sun coming down through the clouds and illuminating the whole world beneath, casting shadows on the walls where she reaches. and for a moment, with them together like this, venus isn't on a hunk of metal floating through space.

they make the day, breathing and passing and full of life.

venus sniffles a bit, laughing even through a hiccup. she doesn't reach up to wipe her tears away. why would she? they're not bad. and besides, she doesn't want to let go of either of them right now. ]

We're all here.

[ she's known that since she woke up. it's been so obvious, even before neptune found her. but she has to say it again, feel the words on her lips and know that it's real.

they're all here. they're together again. ]

[Through savage waves, harsh rays, and raging storms, the three of them would never be apart again. Not even God could take on the three worst girls since Eve, and Jupiter would like to see Him try. Where ever they were, why ever they were here, it didn't matter — they remained together, and that was what was important. Who needs an Earth full of people who didn't understand them, anyways? And when she thinks about it, who's to say that the other people on this station didn't need a similar opportunity to be true to themselves and shed away their old unhappy bodies? To be taught that it was okay to let the Devil into your heart, when there wasn't room for so many people like themselves in Heaven? Maybe they'd be able to make this place God's worst nightmare.

Jupiter squeezes both of their hands in turn, letting out a soft contented sigh and cracking a soft smile.]

I never had any doubts.

I wouldn't have come without you.

(It doesn't matter that somebody else brought them here; Neptune wouldn't have gone alone for anything and that's that about that. She doesn't do anything she doesn't want to do any more. That's the point of this, of standing here with hands linked, together, safe. It's one of the biggest reasons she let the devil in at all; she will never again be without.

Neptune is the first to let go. She gives a gentle squeeze to both their hands, and takes hers back, for she has to wipe her eyes and push her hair back from where its sticking wetly to her forehead. Jupiter's hands are everywhere and Venus' eyes see everything, but she doesn't feel overwhelmed. She feels clear.)

[ neptune steps away, the first to take an action that needs to happen, and venus watches her before following suit. like this, they're three individuals again, people instead of one greater being, and even if she already misses that feeling sometimes that's what needs to happen.

(she's also pretty sure she feels one of jupiter's hands still in her hair. that might be helping.) ]

None of us would have. [ she's sure of that much, right now. ] It wouldn't have been right.

[ neptune is drying herself off, and venus finally follows suit - her wings gently folding in around herself as she rubs at the corners of her eyes. even if her eyes are red now, and her cheeks are blotchy, she feels better than she's felt since waking up here. ]

[(Your hair is nice and fluffy Venus, can you blame her hand for wanting to pet it a little?)

Jupiter gently rubs at her eyes with her regular hands, patting them dry with her jumpsuit sleeve before taking in a deep steadying breath. She looks between the other two, feeling fondness welling in her chest, and she cracks a smile before crossing her arms and straightening her back a little.]

So, we should probably find somewhere to stay. Together.

[Someone's gotta take charge, and they all knew who it usually was, here.]

Haha. [ it's a nervous sort of laugh, one more on reflex than anything. because even if the thought of finding a room to share with these two - the two most important people in the world - is thrilling and soothing and a million other good things, it's still kind of a big deal for someone raised in the midwest. ] Yeah, for sure. There's rooms all over the place? Evidently it sort of just. Autoclaims if you walk into one with your bracelet on, though.

[ she's managed to avoid it so far - by taking her bracelet off every time she's gone in a room. don't judge, it works. ]

So I guess, maybe if we all just- go in one at once??

(Thank god they're going to be staying together. Neptune would have, of course, insisted on this but it's hard to be the one to bring something that big up. Turns out she didn't really need to: they are all, of course, on the same page. The corners of her lips twitch in a quick smile.)

Maybe if we all hold hands and jump over the threshold at the same time, or something stupid like that.

(Like something in a fairy tale.)

Haha, yeah, I guess?

[She grins.]

Con the system, good thinking. We'll have to jack more stuff for the room though, probably... especially if they're meant for one person. I haven't really looked, have either of you?

Oh my god. This sounds amazing? I kind of want to do it right now.

[ venus laughs, in that high and light way she has. for once, it does n't sound like she's apologizing for something. ]

I have? I sort of already stole a jumpsuit. Haha. [ venus you can't just do that!!! ] You just need to make sure to take off your bracelet first. And also that nobody steals it.

[ actually in retrospect her exploration was a REALLY BAD IDEA?? ]

We may as well do it now, or else we're going to run out of options and I am not sleeping on the floor.

(Venus' little interjection makes her do a delighted, incredulous face.) You stole it?? I didn't know you were a thief, Venus!

(She doesn't sound mocking, though, like she's trying to goad Venus into a defensive reply. She sounds impressed.) Maybe– somebody could take all of the bracelets and go to claim a room, Venus can steal more supplies for us, and somebody else can go ask around, try to get a little more information.

Venus! Our Venus, resorting to petty thievery. Tsk tsk.

[Jupiter puts her hand against her heart in mock offense, though the grin on her face and the slightly exaggerated way she spoke let it remain obvious she was joking.]

I can go ask around, I guess?

Oh my god?? I'm- I'm not a thief! [ but the initial burst of shock tempers down into something more amused quick enough. she's laughing with them within seconds. ] It's more like. I found the jumpsuits? By breaking into rooms. So really, I'm like... hm. I guess there's not really a good word for it, huh?

[ there's not good words for half of the things she wants to say. doesn't stop her from trying, though. ]

I guess that means you're finding us a room, right? Make sure you take one of the bigger ones. They're usually up in the higher numbers. [ and then, with a barely concealed look of delight on her face- ] Um. Also, room 420 was already taken. I checked that too.

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You're a borrower, (she says, and snorts,) did either of you read those books when you were a kid?

(Venus' shocked expression is one of Neptune's favourites, but she won't say it out loud.)

Good. Honestly, I should be room finder, because I have the highest standards. It would be just like one of you to pick something only slightly larger than a broom cupboard because somebody else beat you to a bigger one.

(She doesn't even bat an eyelash at Venus' abysmal joke. That's how used to this shit she is.) Oh really? You're so funny! Did you try number 69?

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