momchester finally made a bb account

[minifridge]

You know they're just icons, right? [Mary brushes her hair out of her eyes and stares unimpressed into the... wherever it is she's looking.] There's really no need to obsess.

[She rolls her eyes and scoffs in an... incredibly teenage way.]

I don't even know why you made this account. It's not like there's a point. [squaring her shoulders determinedly, self-consciously aware that she looks a little silly.] My life will be way too boring for you to write anything about and that's just fine with me. Got it?

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[fridgetothefire]

What's stopping you?

[minifridge]

If I find my own niche in the hunting world now, I'll never get out. I can't raise my kids into this.

[She looks at the floor, biting her lip and trying hard to stay cool and not overshare with a total stranger.

Failing. Her voice is wavering, lip trembling.]

I want them to know what it's like grow up without being afraid. For when their daddy tells them he can beat up the monsters under the bed, they believe him and can sleep at night.

[fridgetothefire]

I asked you why not, but you told me why instead.

[It's a quiet observation. Anya doesn't have to say how much that means.]

[minifridge]

...What?

[Sorry, she's not following. To her it makes total sense. She's not getting into the business of protecting people because if she does, she'll like it and if she likes it, she'll stay. She can't stay. That's what's stopping her.]

[fridgetothefire]

You said you want to run away and not fight your parents' war. I asked you what was stopping you, and all you could tell me was why you wanted to get out.

[minifridge]

...Oh. You meant what's stopping me from getting out.

[Well now she feels a little stupid.]

Well, I guess- nothing, anymore.

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[fridgetothefire]

You don't sound happy about it.

[minifridge]

My parents were the only thing stopping me.

[Past tense.]

[fridgetothefire]

What happened?

[That's not sadness. That's interest.]

[minifridge]

They were murdered by a demon. It was possessing my dad.

[Which is just a conga line of trauma.]

[fridgetothefire]

What are they like? I mean, there are so many different stories...

[minifridge]

They're horrible. They don't have their own bodies at all and they just- they're awful, horrible monsters that ruin lives. That's all they do.

[fridgetothefire]

How?

[Details, Mary, details.]

I mean aside from the whole...[she waves a hand]...murder thing.

[minifridge]

A lot of murder. [S t a r e.] They make deals for people's souls, torture people, kill them, and usually kill people while possessing their loved ones so whoever survives is scarred. Forever.

[fridgetothefire]

Sounds awful.