On the 13th Anniversary of RE5 nearing.

[torsion]

You see what they keep doing to me -- and everyone else, for that matter. Sometimes being left behind is better. It's been thirteen years since I've been around... and nine retroactively since I've been seen. It's better not to get your hopes up. I know people call me a bit of a pessimist but if you look at it realistically or without too much optimism, you at least have the chance of being pleasantly surprised.

[ She pauses, trying not to be so dramatic about it all, but it does concern her enough that she feels it warrants discussion or at least to be addressed. With a hand to her neck and fingers curled, tips grazing her nape when she huffs out a sigh. ]

We know at least I was doing alright after everything, though. That's the most important part.

Comments

[big_badass_hero]

Would it be horrible to say that I wish they'd leave ya alone?

[ He would prefer it if she and Claire both were perfectly safe living civilian life safe from everything, but Chris is also used to not getting his way where both Jill and Claire are involved. ]

[torsion]

Part of me hopes that I won't ever be addressed again. I had a good run, but it's only going to get rougher as more time goes by. I'm getting older, we're getting older...

[ And while she definitely sees him as being a tough as Vince McMahon in his 70s and onward, she's not sure where it leaves herself. A Russian instagram model that lacks skill, strength, and confidence, apparently? Who knows. ]

[big_badass_hero]

See I'd be okay with that as long as you don't go completely off radar, just THEIR radar.

[ Chris would say more Charlize Theron, sexy and badass well past her thirties, but he also wouldn't say it out loud.]

[torsion]

I mean, that was always the plan someday. To go off the grid with you, I mean. Retirement's either gonna be that or dying.

[ Jill considers herself more a Celeste Bonin at her peak, but that's neither here nor there. Either way she's going to keep at the squats and adductor machines. Time will only ravage her build more, after all. ]

And really, dying isn't my preferred option.

[big_badass_hero]

I... [Okay, THAT wasn't what Chris expected. I mean they worked well together, but he always thought she preferred guys more geeky guys less ya know, him.

Though dying...] Yeah I already buried you once. I'd rather not do that again. So if that happens we better go out together okay? No leaving the other one behind again.

[torsion]

[ Breaking news: he's a geek. But he's the coolest one she knows, anyway. If anything, Jill's the meathead of the two of the them, with little patience for technology or any kind of hacking where he at least is able to deal with it with a more level-head. Small favors, she supposes. ]

Ha, how morbid. [ Her eyes flicker away, briefly. ] I can't promise I wouldn't do it again if I had the opportunity. The world can get by without me, but I couldn't stand to think of a world without you in it.

[big_badass_hero]

[ He hasn't felt like the geek in a while Jill, They're both a far cry from Raccoon city and him reading conspiracy theory news letters for fun. She's still better at hacking a lock than he'll ever be. ]

Oh, I'm pretty sure they'll manage. Would be nice to retire at some point though. I'm getting too old to be chasing monsters.

[torsion]

[ She'll kick any electronic lock's ass, but actual hacking into mainframes and all that? Definitely not her forte. Maybe she should try to change that, though. ]

I'll never be too old to do it, that's the problem. Something has to give, though.

punches out from boulders

[boulders]

You know, I almost hate to admit that it beats the alternative.

[ Because this feels as worse as it gets. There's a beat before he adds: ]

Wish you were here, partner.

[ He knows his own feeling of wishful thinking despite his mun being a bit of a pessimist. ]

you got me

[torsion]

I'm glad you're alright, though. That's the most important thing.

[ But damned if she doesn't miss him with all of her being. ]