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[youwonscience]

Incoming messages and correspondence for Cosima Niehaus

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[coppelganger]

Well if you wanna set me up with someone less creepy, be my guest.

[ oh wait that might actually be horrible and she has immediate regret ]

As long as there's no strings attached.

[youwonscience]

I don't know if I know anyone single you'd like, but I feel like "better than that guy" is a low bar. I think he may be selling actual snake oil.

But you know, I honestly don't think sleeping with him is dangerous, it's more the "giving him bodily fluids in a form he can sell them" that's worrying. Also, I know fuck all about Thedas' STD situation, so.

[Kind of a weird conversation, but still way better than talking about Venatori torture.]

[coppelganger]

Well, that's a relief.

[ Which is kind of a response to... all of that. ]

[youwonscience]

Look, I just... sorry. I wasn't going to say anything about having run into him at all if you hadn't asked. It's not like I don't know it's fucked we're trapped here.

[She's been here longer, so it's more complicated, but not so long she has trouble understanding why Sarah's got stress to work off one way or another.]

[coppelganger]

Cos, it's fine. Do you know how much Felix judges my boyfriends? He hates basically all of 'em.

[ TO BE FAIR TO FELIX, almost all of Sarah's boyfriends are horrible in one way or another. ]

I can live with you not liking him. It was just a bit of fun. I won't give him any blood.

[youwonscience]

Alright. As long as you're not, like, suggesting a double date or anything.

[...no Sarah, pls.]

[coppelganger]

I'm not dating anyone.

[sangsues]

( damn right she's not, no one can keep this majestic manbeast tied down )

[youwonscience]

[She actually laughs.]

Of course not.

Though you should get to know Herian, eventually. Not like, actually double dating, but just in general.

[coppelganger]

Oh.

[ It doesn't take a genius to pick up on how stiff Sarah's voice is all of a sudden. ]

Yeah. Eventually.

[youwonscience]

...what?

[coppelganger]

Nothing. I've already talked with her a couple times.

[youwonscience]

I know she helped you get back to Kirkwall. But, uh. They weren't great talks, I take it.

[Sarah may know Cosima a bit better than Cosima expects, but she knows Sarah well enough to read that tone.]

[coppelganger]

Things were fine on the way back to Kirkwall. [ There was some posturing, but that's par for the course with Sarah. ] Then she contacted me via crystal and tried to guilt me about my family.

[youwonscience]

Wait, what actually happened?

[coppelganger]

I was asking what people miss about home. Like food and shit like that, nothing deep. Herian showed up acting like she knows me, asking me if I miss my family.

[ COSIMA WHY AREN'T YOU AS OFFENDED AS SARAH IS OVER THIS GRAVE OFFENSE?? ]

[youwonscience]

Um.

That... seems like an understandable misinterpretation of your question, considering you share a face with her girlfriend?

[coppelganger]

What does that have to do with anything?

[youwonscience]

Of course she's going to be thinking about family with you, she's thinking about you as my family. Yeah, maybe she misstepped, but that's the context she has for you. You're a stranger to her, sure, but I'm not.

What'd she actually say?

[coppelganger]

[ ugh what is this logic ]

She said "What of family," and then when I figured out who she was, she said she'd wondered if I brought up other stuff because I wasn't sure how to bring up my family.

[youwonscience]

Do you want me to talk to her? I'm sure she didn't mean anything by it, she's not always the, um. Gentlest person.

[Herian is gentle with Cosima, but Cosima is also aware of Herian's reputation more broadly.]

[coppelganger]

[ A heavy sigh. ]

No, you don't have to talk to her. It's fine, Cosima.

[youwonscience]

You're both important to me. I don't want it to be weird.

[coppelganger]

Yeah.

[ Okay, fine, she'll try to be less of an asshole next time. ]

How long have you been together, anyway? [ Because once (if?) Cosima catches up to her, they'll have broken up, but as far as Cosima's concerned she's still with Delphine at home, right? ]

[sangsues]

( what is this sudden feeling of nausea and horror )