Hi! What can I do for you?

Prisoner! :D *cough*

Have you been really busy or something—? I miss you :(

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

Oh, Damsel, hey. No, not busy. I've been, um... stuck here, actually.

She coughs a few times, staring blankly down at the concrete.

She smiles.

It'll have to get better eventually. Everything does! :D *cough*

She suddenly looks concerned, perhaps entirely afraid.

What do you mean, deaths? It took deaths? You died—?

[she puts her hand on Damsel's back, ineffectually trying to help]

Army. Where has she heard that before?

Hurting people. And killed Prisoner—?

She shakes her head. Those are just voices.

She's tense.

Aha... she- she killed you?

Another bout of coughing, more violent than the first, interrupts her.

She takes a step away from Prisoner.

How can you say that...? You— you died.

[Prisoner is helping her.]

She stays on her hands and knees on the floor, gasping desperately for breath and finding none. Her arms are shaking.

Prisoner! :D *cough*

Have you been really busy or something—? I miss you :(

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

Oh, Damsel, hey. No, not busy. I've been, um... stuck here, actually.

She coughs a few times, staring blankly down at the concrete.

She smiles.

It'll have to get better eventually. Everything does! :D *cough*

She suddenly looks concerned, perhaps entirely afraid.

What do you mean, deaths? It took deaths? You died—?

[she puts her hand on Damsel's back, ineffectually trying to help]

Army. Where has she heard that before?

Hurting people. And killed Prisoner—?

She shakes her head. Those are just voices.

She's tense.

Aha... she- she killed you?

Another bout of coughing, more violent than the first, interrupts her.

She takes a step away from Prisoner.

How can you say that...? You— you died.

[Prisoner is helping her.]

Prisoner! :D *cough*

Have you been really busy or something—? I miss you :(

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

Oh, Damsel, hey. No, not busy. I've been, um... stuck here, actually.

She coughs a few times, staring blankly down at the concrete.

She smiles.

It'll have to get better eventually. Everything does! :D *cough*

She suddenly looks concerned, perhaps entirely afraid.

What do you mean, deaths? It took deaths? You died—?

[she puts her hand on Damsel's back, ineffectually trying to help]

Army. Where has she heard that before?

Hurting people. And killed Prisoner—?

She shakes her head. Those are just voices.

She's tense.

Aha... she- she killed you?

Another bout of coughing, more violent than the first, interrupts her.

She takes a step away from Prisoner.

How can you say that...? You— you died.

[Prisoner is helping her.]

Prisoner! :D *cough*

Have you been really busy or something—? I miss you :(

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

Oh, Damsel, hey. No, not busy. I've been, um... stuck here, actually.

She coughs a few times, staring blankly down at the concrete.

She smiles.

It'll have to get better eventually. Everything does! :D *cough*

She suddenly looks concerned, perhaps entirely afraid.

What do you mean, deaths? It took deaths? You died—?

[she puts her hand on Damsel's back, ineffectually trying to help]

Army. Where has she heard that before?

Hurting people. And killed Prisoner—?

She shakes her head. Those are just voices.

She's tense.

Aha... she- she killed you?

Prisoner! :D *cough*

Have you been really busy or something—? I miss you :(

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

Oh, Damsel, hey. No, not busy. I've been, um... stuck here, actually.

She coughs a few times, staring blankly down at the concrete.

She smiles.

It'll have to get better eventually. Everything does! :D *cough*

She suddenly looks concerned, perhaps entirely afraid.

What do you mean, deaths? It took deaths? You died—?

[she puts her hand on Damsel's back, ineffectually trying to help]

Prisoner! :D *cough*

Have you been really busy or something—? I miss you :(

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

Oh, Damsel, hey. No, not busy. I've been, um... stuck here, actually.

She coughs a few times, staring blankly down at the concrete.

She smiles.

It'll have to get better eventually. Everything does! :D *cough*

She suddenly looks concerned, perhaps entirely afraid.

What do you mean, deaths? It took deaths? You died—?

Prisoner! :D *cough*

Have you been really busy or something—? I miss you :(

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

Oh, Damsel, hey. No, not busy. I've been, um... stuck here, actually.

She coughs a few times, staring blankly down at the concrete.

She smiles.

It'll have to get better eventually. Everything does! :D *cough*

Prisoner! :D *cough*

Have you been really busy or something—? I miss you :(

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

Oh, Damsel, hey. No, not busy. I've been, um... stuck here, actually.

She coughs a few times, staring blankly down at the concrete.

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

The ghost turns. They don’t say anything for a while as they study the person who entered.

*cough*

She shrinks back.

I don't think so! :D

Didn't mean to offend you. 'S no reason to be afraid of me.

They spray themselves in the face with the water from the faucet.

Are you new? I work register, and there's Prisoner who works the register with me and Contrarian, and in the other kitchen there's R...

She trails off.

...

The ghost studies her for a second.

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

The ghost turns. They don’t say anything for a while as they study the person who entered.

*cough*

She shrinks back.

I don't think so! :D

Didn't mean to offend you. 'S no reason to be afraid of me.

They spray themselves in the face with the water from the faucet.

Are you new? I work register, and there's Prisoner who works the register with me and Contrarian, and in the other kitchen there's R...

She trails off.

...

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

The ghost turns. They don’t say anything for a while as they study the person who entered.

*cough*

She shrinks back.

I don't think so! :D

@minimum-wage-damsel-stp

The ghost turns. They don’t say anything for a while as they study the person who entered.

*cough*