brockton bay, meet glam

[mxglam]

It's the anniversary. Glam would very much not like to celebrate.

It’s their last day on Winslow High - they’re being transferred to Arcadia on Monday - and also their last day without a patrol schedule assigned.

And the PRT released a small announcement on its website about Glam joining the Wards. Now their wiki page doesn’t get erased, of course - they’re no longer speculative. They wonder what it’s got on them.

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[alicornucopia]

"All of a sudden you're pretending you give a shit, what got into you?"

[mxglam]

"I do give a shit." Their compunctions about swearing could wait, they had a feeling Boots might be annoyed if they were obviously avoiding swearing. "It may sometimes look like I don't, and like I'm selfish and weak and need to be protected and want everyone to care about me. And to some extent, that's true, and it's- it's something I'm working on. It's something that's hurt the department, hurt Ms. Yates, hurt you, and I do give a shit."

[alicornucopia]

"Well, isn't that all very peer counseling," snaps Boots.

[mxglam]

"Maybe. I can be more direct: I fucked up big time, I'm a complete selfish git and I fucked up."

[alicornucopia]

"The fuck is a git?"

[mxglam]

"...no clue, it's something I heard. I think it's like, asswipe, moron, idiot?"

[alicornucopia]

"Oh."

[mxglam]

They shrug again. This time they don't wince (externally, they grimace under their mask). "I'm sorry."

[alicornucopia]

"Well, that fixes everything, doesn't it."

[mxglam]

"No. No it doesn't."

[alicornucopia]

Snort.

[mxglam]

Sigh.

[alicornucopia]

"Why are you still here?"

[mxglam]

"'Cause you haven't asked me to leave yet. I told you I'm gonna do what you want me to."

[alicornucopia]

"What, are you just gonna fly around after me forever if I don't tell you to get lost? Follow me home like a puppy?"

[mxglam]

"No, the plan was mostly staying around until you decided you wanted anything in specific, and not go after you if you left without saying anything."

[alicornucopia]

"And your plans are super fucking good, aren't they."

[mxglam]

"...not so far," they admit. "But the mistakes I've been making mostly revolve around not stopping to think about things and to listen to other people, and acting as if I know better than anyone else. This plan is more along the lines of 'assume Boots knows what he needs better than I do.'"

[alicornucopia]

"...and wants to tell you all about it because we're such good friends."

[mxglam]

Glam laughs a bit and shakes their head. "Good point!"

[msglam]

She extends her hand. "Hi. It's nice to meet you. My name's weird."

[alicornucopia]

"What?"

[msglam]

"We're not such good friends. So we could start with being just friends."

[alicornucopia]

"Why?"

[msglam]

Shrug. Only the barest of the furrows of the brow, because she's getting used to the pain. "Why not?"