some girl called faith was stalking us told her i had it covered, that i'd take responsibility for oz but that wasn't good enough for her to back off and she wouldn't leave us alone without a fight
i never thought he wouldn't he's a solid guy
[Which in Qrow parlance is just about as good as 'I'd trust him with my life' but let's not get TOO sappy and self-aware about our undying loyalty streaks here.]
...this wouldn't happen to be the kind of talk that involves shovels, would it
[He really should discourage this. He has been insisting to everybody that it is not like that with Break, and he still believes this is fundamentally true. However....he is also stressed to shit and that sounds like it would be funny. Break will probably have a hilarious story about it when it's all said and done.]
well don't know if he needs one of those, but hey, you can't really go wrong with a trip to the hardware store
[The last part, meanwhile, takes a longer time to answer. At length--]
i dunno kiddo keeping out anyone who might hurt people without meaning to is a pretty broad brush might be for the best to stay away a little while but i'm always a lamp away if you need me
That's kind of rude. ...Ugh. This is such a headache. I mean I get Willow being like jumpy about this whole thing if they're dangerous in her world. But like it's still Oz. We should trying to be helping him not hunting down.
Oh I know- I know. I just mean it's a swell thing for him to do.
Well if you don't think it's necessary then it's probably super necessary. It's a niece's job to put the fear of the Brothers into your pals. I don't make the rules.
[She totally makes the rules.]
Yeah... I don't disagree with you there. I don't think we should have went to that far in the first place. Well I'll have to come visit too. Mr.Break has some cool stuff at his place. It's worth the visit.
yeah tell me about it we could've worked something out if she'd told us what she was worried about from the beginning before jumping to any rash decisions
when you put it like that, how could i deny a niece's sacred duty? you'll have to let me know how it goes, of course
it is a pretty cool house and xerx likes cookies almost as much as you do i'm sure he'd make some, if you dropped by
[At first, it seems he might leave it at that. He considers it, even. He doesn't like to burden Ruby with his problems, when she's already got so much on her shoulders. But it's been on his mind since they left, and it doesn't feel right to bother Oz with under the circumstances. And he doesn't know how to shake the fact that even if this does blow over soon, he doesn't know how to feel comfortable with Willow, anymore.]
Yeah. Oz probably could have been a bit more upfront about what was going on with him too. I'm not saying she didn't jump the shark but Oz has never been good at talking about his problems either.
[She leaves the talk about Break aside for now when she sees the last bit of that text. It takes priority here and she gets why her Uncle might be upset about that.]
yeah i'm kind of annoyed about that too but he knew willow before any of us did he was probably afraid she'd freak out like this not that it's entirely an excuse
[At the same time, this was different than the truth about Salem. Oz was struggling with something that had changed him in Trench, something that wasn't really anyone's business except for his potential to hurt others -- and he has to believe Oz would've warned them if it got that bad. He chooses to have that faith, because otherwise his claims of trust and desire for it in return is meaningless.]
no i couldn't do it
[He took it more personally than was strictly fair, he knows. He doesn't quite regret that, because he's still hurt by the sentiment overall, but with some distance, he realizes his reaction doesn't make sense without that context.]
It's not. And he might have been. I could definitely see that considering the secrets he kept from us back home. I just- I just wish we were better at this whole thing when we're supposed to be all living together.
[She wasn't surprised to read that next bit. But it's not like he had told her about it either.]
I get it. You might want to try though. It might help her get the whole Oz thing too. And why it's splitting us all up like this.
yeah...well, at least we should have time to get better at it not like we're going anywhere, right?
but i dunno think it might make things worse honestly if she reacts like this about trench messing with someone how the hell's she ever going to accept that i'm just cursed
You've got a point there. How are you feeling about that, anyways? We haven't really had a chance to talk about that.
It could do that- I mean that's the risk you take with trying to trust anyone. But I think what's happening with Oz just hits a little closer to home for her. I think if she had some perspective from the other other side it might calm her down about that. You have to remember that you're awesomeness really overshadows things like that, Uncle Qrow. If she sees that you struggle with something like that too and manage it. It might give her a bit more faith in Oz.
guess not huh there's been a lot going on when you drop by we can chat about it over some cookies?
[And it'll buy him some time to actually think about it. Ever since they woke up on the beach, he's tried to bury the war and his last connections to Remnant and turn away from it -- it's the advice he'd given Winter, too, and he doesn't really know how else to handle the situation. Thinking on what they've left behind feels as bottomless a pit as the one Ruby and her team fell into, and he's not sure he ought to look into it.
...At the same time, now that she's asked, he doesn't want to just brush it off with something like hey don't worry about it, I'm fine He has been trying to do better than that, since Argus.
Somehow it's easier to address the latter, even as much as it's painful. Trust is not something he gives out freely; he's habitually cynical and paranoid, burned enough times that he expects fire around every corner, even as he puts on his most flammable clown shoes for others again and again.]
...maybe not so sure she thinks of me as particularly awesome right now, but i'll think about it
[It's a step up from a flat refusal, at least, which is a lot coming from Qrow.]
The noise my stomach just made. Of course we can. How busy are you right now?
[Look she has a one track mind and hanging out with her uncle and eating cookies sounds like the best time. Plus she's always a little worried about how he's doing here. Whether he's making friends or just finding a way to enjoy life despite their circumstances.]
No. Maybe not. But it might be the first step in becoming awesome. No pressure. I just think we need a little bit of that in the house right no. I appreciate you thinking about it.
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Text UN: ClickClickBloom - During Ozgate
Come in Black Bird, do you read me?
Over.
Just checking in on you.
Kind of lonely in the house without you guys.
How you doing over there?
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could've done without getting attacked by one of willow's buddies but we're at xerx's place now, and safe
hopefully this mess is over with soon
how're you holding up?
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What happened?
...That's good. Break's a good guy. Glad he's letting you guys stay over there.
Do I need to have a talk with him?
I'm trying to keep things cool over here. It's a little tense and stressful but I'm getting through. I'm hoping we can come to an understanding soon.
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told her i had it covered, that i'd take responsibility for oz
but that wasn't good enough for her to back off and she wouldn't leave us alone without a fight
i never thought he wouldn't
he's a solid guy
[Which in Qrow parlance is just about as good as 'I'd trust him with my life' but let's not get TOO sappy and self-aware about our undying loyalty streaks here.]
...this wouldn't happen to be the kind of talk that involves shovels, would it
[He really should discourage this. He has been insisting to everybody that it is not like that with Break, and he still believes this is fundamentally true. However....he is also stressed to shit and that sounds like it would be funny. Break will probably have a hilarious story about it when it's all said and done.]
well
don't know if he needs one of those, but hey, you can't really go wrong with a trip to the hardware store
[The last part, meanwhile, takes a longer time to answer. At length--]
i dunno kiddo
keeping out anyone who might hurt people without meaning to is a pretty broad brush
might be for the best to stay away a little while
but i'm always a lamp away if you need me
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...Ugh. This is such a headache.
I mean I get Willow being like jumpy about this whole thing if they're dangerous in her world.
But like it's still Oz.
We should trying to be helping him not hunting down.
Oh I know- I know. I just mean it's a swell thing for him to do.
Well if you don't think it's necessary then it's probably super necessary. It's a niece's job to put the fear of the Brothers into your pals. I don't make the rules.
[She totally makes the rules.]
Yeah... I don't disagree with you there.
I don't think we should have went to that far in the first place.
Well I'll have to come visit too.
Mr.Break has some cool stuff at his place.
It's worth the visit.
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we could've worked something out if she'd told us what she was worried about from the beginning before jumping to any rash decisions
when you put it like that, how could i deny a niece's sacred duty?
you'll have to let me know how it goes, of course
it is a pretty cool house
and xerx likes cookies almost as much as you do
i'm sure he'd make some, if you dropped by
[At first, it seems he might leave it at that. He considers it, even. He doesn't like to burden Ruby with his problems, when she's already got so much on her shoulders. But it's been on his mind since they left, and it doesn't feel right to bother Oz with under the circumstances. And he doesn't know how to shake the fact that even if this does blow over soon, he doesn't know how to feel comfortable with Willow, anymore.]
i never told willow about my semblance
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Oz probably could have been a bit more upfront about what was going on with him too.
I'm not saying she didn't jump the shark but Oz has never been good at talking about his problems either.
[She leaves the talk about Break aside for now when she sees the last bit of that text. It takes priority here and she gets why her Uncle might be upset about that.]
...Does she know now?
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i'm kind of annoyed about that too
but he knew willow before any of us did
he was probably afraid she'd freak out like this
not that it's entirely an excuse
[At the same time, this was different than the truth about Salem. Oz was struggling with something that had changed him in Trench, something that wasn't really anyone's business except for his potential to hurt others -- and he has to believe Oz would've warned them if it got that bad. He chooses to have that faith, because otherwise his claims of trust and desire for it in return is meaningless.]
no
i couldn't do it
[He took it more personally than was strictly fair, he knows. He doesn't quite regret that, because he's still hurt by the sentiment overall, but with some distance, he realizes his reaction doesn't make sense without that context.]
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And he might have been. I could definitely see that considering the secrets he kept from us back home.
I just-
I just wish we were better at this whole thing when we're supposed to be all living together.
[She wasn't surprised to read that next bit. But it's not like he had told her about it either.]
I get it.
You might want to try though.
It might help her get the whole Oz thing too.
And why it's splitting us all up like this.
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not like we're going anywhere, right?
but i dunno
think it might make things worse honestly
if she reacts like this about trench messing with someone how the hell's she ever going to accept that i'm just cursed
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How are you feeling about that, anyways?
We haven't really had a chance to talk about that.
It could do that-
I mean that's the risk you take with trying to trust anyone.
But I think what's happening with Oz just hits a little closer to home for her.
I think if she had some perspective from the other other side it might calm her down about that.
You have to remember that you're awesomeness really overshadows things like that, Uncle Qrow.
If she sees that you struggle with something like that too and manage it. It might give her a bit more faith in Oz.
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there's been a lot going on
when you drop by we can chat about it over some cookies?
[And it'll buy him some time to actually think about it. Ever since they woke up on the beach, he's tried to bury the war and his last connections to Remnant and turn away from it -- it's the advice he'd given Winter, too, and he doesn't really know how else to handle the situation. Thinking on what they've left behind feels as bottomless a pit as the one Ruby and her team fell into, and he's not sure he ought to look into it.
...At the same time, now that she's asked, he doesn't want to just brush it off with something like hey don't worry about it, I'm fine He has been trying to do better than that, since Argus.
Somehow it's easier to address the latter, even as much as it's painful. Trust is not something he gives out freely; he's habitually cynical and paranoid, burned enough times that he expects fire around every corner, even as he puts on his most flammable clown shoes for others again and again.]
...maybe
not so sure she thinks of me as particularly awesome right now, but
i'll think about it
[It's a step up from a flat refusal, at least, which is a lot coming from Qrow.]
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Of course we can.
How busy are you right now?
[Look she has a one track mind and hanging out with her uncle and eating cookies sounds like the best time. Plus she's always a little worried about how he's doing here. Whether he's making friends or just finding a way to enjoy life despite their circumstances.]
No. Maybe not.
But it might be the first step in becoming awesome.
No pressure. I just think we need a little bit of that in the house right no.
I appreciate you thinking about it.