[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=4dffa6]Dorothy[/color] and [color=39b54a]Daphne[/color] Pender[/i][/b][/h1][img]https://s22.postimg.cc/l1rfzqy4h/63196d84e9d574d7d65c2afe7429fbae.gif[/img][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] Atticus' Room - The Prometheus Upper Deck
[b]Skills:[/b] None
[/center][hr]	[color=39b54a]"...There is a lot we need to talk about... Mainly, whether or not either of us has a place with this crew anymore... I've been thinking, maybe it would be best to just leave all of this behind. You might not have admitted it to anyone, or even yourself, but I knew you had feelings for Atticus, and with him gone... I'm wondering if you might want to leave with me."[/color]

	Dorothy looked at her sister, letting Daphne see the tears falling from her eyes as she clutched the Bible from Atticus. She had been worried that Daphne would wish to leave the ship - but she didn't know what to say to her. She thought she had been prepared for this conversation earlier this morning, but now, everything seemed to have changed. Perhaps she had gained perspective - or maybe she had lost it. [color=4dffa6]"...He left me a letter,"[/color] Dorothy said, taking it with trembling hands and handing it to Daphne, so that way she could read it. [color=4dffa6]"I...I wish he had told me when he was alive still...But I don't think there would have been a happy ending for us. There wouldn't have been...I guess, a little house with children or anything near serenity...It just wouldn't have worked out, I don't think."[/color]

	Daphne looked at her sister, before she gave her a hug. [color=39b54a]"You don't know what could have been... You don't know if it would have worked out or not, but you can't keep thinking about the what if situation Dorothy, you just can't, otherwise you'll never be able to move on,"[/color] she said softly, giving her a smile. Usually, she was the one going to Dorothy for help, or advice, but now it was her turn to be there for her sister, no matter what happened. [color=39b54a]"It'll be alright Dory..."[/color]

	[color=4dffa6]"It isn't time to move on - not yet,"[/color] Dorothy said, stiffening for a moment as Daphne hugged her before she relaxed and returned the embrace. She had just learned of Atticus' feelings for her that day, the same day that Atticus had died unexpectedly on. It wasn't time to move on from those feelings. She wanted to allow herself to explore them, to be honest with herself that she melted a little on the inside when Atticus had smiled at her, that she had felt angry when he went to sleep with the prostitutes at the Lady Luck...That she had cared for him. 

	[color=39b54a]"I know... But if you try to think about the what could have happened, there is no way to truly be alright again. It'll be alright, you'll see... Maybe we should leave, you know, go our own way, away from all of this, from you know, all the memories. We might do alright by ourselves, you never know..."[/color]

	Dorothy hesitated. There was only one person left on the ship that either of them had any sort of personal connection to - Anisa. And the night before, Anisa had nearly killed her little sister. Dorothy knew that she wasn't cut out for the role of second in command. If she were to resign the post, she'd be stuck as secondary medical to Jahosafat. [color=4dffa6]"What about Anisa?"[/color] Dorothy asked quietly. [color=4dffa6]"And your new friend....the nervous one...."[/color]

	She just shrugged, [color=39b54a]"Well, Fitz I don't think really wants to stay on this ship, he's kind of terrified of Anisa. Now, about what to do about him, or her, I don't really know... I honestly wouldn't mind Fitz coming with us if we did choose to leave, but Anisa? Well, odds are she won't be very happy about it..."[/color] This whole thing was hard to think about, what exactly they'd be doing on their own, but they'd figure it out.

	[color=4dffa6]"Anisa is my best friend,"[/color] Dorothy explained. [color=4dffa6]"She just lost Jackson...If we leave, she'll have lost her entire crew,"[/color] Dorothy whispered. She didn't want to leave her best friend all alone. But then again, she had joined up with this crew in order to spend time with Daphne. Daphne had been fired. And the work that Dorothy would be doing on this ship, in a place filled with traumatic memories...It didn't justify splitting apart her family again. [color=4dffa6]"Maybe we leave..."[/color]

	[color=39b54a]"Well... If we leave, we'll have to tell Anisa... I know that she's your best friend, and I know that she's lost a lot of people recently, but still... I'm asking you to come with me off this ship, you don't have to come with me, I'm just saying that maybe it would be better for both of us to leave..."[/color]

	[color=4dffa6]"I don't know if you're right or wrong, mei-mei...I...I joined this crew in the first place to reconnect with my little sister and atone for the crimes I was complicit in as part of the Alliance,"[/color] Dorothy explained, thumbing the beads of Atticus' rosary. She regretted that she never had gotten to kiss and slap his dumb, stupid, handsome, and annoying face. [color=4dffa6]"But I won't lose my baby sister...Not again. So I will come with you,"[/color] she decided. Daphne was her blood. She would choose her every time - it was the very thing that had made her a mediocre at best second in command during her short tenure. 

	Daphne was a little surprised to hear her answer, it actually silenced her. The fact that her sister didn't even really seem to hesitate in that answer, considering all of the problems that she herself had created in the past 24 hours. [color=39b54a]"I have to admit, I'm a little surprise, but... Let's go talk to Anisa... We need to let her know,"[/color] she said, giving her a smile as she headed out of the room.

	Dorothy nodded, but when she went to stand off of the bed and follow Daphne out, her feet felt like they were made of lead. She couldn't move a muscle and her chin started to wobble, before the waterworks began in full strength. Leaving this room would be akin to saying goodbye to Atticus again - a goodbye that had been painful enough with just his corpse. It felt as if her entire life, she was trying to catch up to those she loved - to her baby sister, to Atticus... And this time, she hadn't been fast enough. Her head hit the mattress and she sobbed uncontrollably. 

	Hearing her sister, she turned around and went back into the room, going over and sitting down next to her. In her entire life, Daphne never remembered a single instance when her sister had just broke down and cried. Growing up, she had always wondered why she did that, since to her crying every now and then was a good thing, but now her sister was just crying. [color=39b54a]"Hey, it'll be alright Dory... Things will get better, don't you worry, you'll see,"[/color] she said softly, looking at her sister.

	Dorothy didn't say anything, just sobbing as she continued to handle the beads on Atticus' rosary one by one. It was the closest thing to a religious experience that she had had, outside of Atticus' proclivity for throwing Bibles into her quarters. 

	Daphne just sat there, comforting her sister, it took her a little while, but eventually she had managed to calm her down somewhat. It never was easy losing someone, especially if you didn't know how much you'd miss them until they were gone. [color=39b54a]"Come on Dory... Let's go talk to Anisa..."[/color] she said softly, standing up again.