[video] once there was a way to get back homeward

[nascensibility]

[It wasn't enough, she thinks, to lose so much back home that she had to return here to another loss she was only just rebuilding. It wasn't enough to take away, it wasn't enough to really hurt, no, to quietly return to a familiar room, empty with its vast walls and dark corners. Slowly she filled it again, odds and ends of furniture and the trappings of a home to which she can never return.

She has a reputation to uphold even in spite of the circumstances, better to nurse the greatest wound out of the public eye, a garish scar across her stomach. Evelyn could swear the blade reached her heart.

The exhaustion nestles deep into her bones, a palpable chill that reminds her what she is.

What she isn't.]

I've been informed I was away for a little while, [she addresses the network, unable to muster more than a tired smile.] Perhaps someone might catch me up. I'll be-

[For a moment Evelyn appears distracted, hand gravitating toward her waist.]

I'll be in the library. I've also got several, erm, dogs that need homes. Please let me know if you're interested.



Private to Philip, 11:31 AM
I’m back. May I come and see you? It's important.
-E

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private video

[nascensibility]

[Truthfully, Evelyn would prefer more professionalism rather than advice from the appearance of a friend. It being her second day back, starting to talk again, she considers the wisdom in getting to know Cami a little better before committing to anything more...serious, psychiatry-wise.]

I'll just- ...I'll take you up on a drink today, if that's all right.

[She can find out whether Cami has a regular practise later.]

...I'll see you soon?

Re: private video

[therapize]

Of course. [She's more than happy to play it Evelyn's way, to give the woman time to work up the nerve or find the reassurances she needs. In all honesty it's good for Cami too; it gives her time to try and figure out how to approach this, what advice she can offer, how she can apply the same sort of therapy one would offer a patient who'd been through trauma to someone who literally has lost all measure of hope.]

See you soon. [She bows her head as she mirrors the send off, then cuts the feed to head to the bar.]