TXT to Sam

[xp_hawkeye]

[1/9] You wouldn't believe the night we had
[2/9] here. There's apparently a possible
[3/9] dimension-hopping, deadbeat dad running
[4/9] around Salem Center and his like child-
[5/9] soldier daughter broke into the mansion
[6/9] last night and completely destroyed
[7/9] a good chunk of the mansion along with
[8/9] the main kitchen. Hope you're having
[9/9] a better leadup to Christmas in KY.

Comments

[xp_cannonball]

[1/3] Jay's fiancee got murdered today
[2/3] bastards shot at my brother and hit her instead
[3/3] I don't know how to help him through this

[xp_hawkeye]

[1/4] What
[2/4] Sam, is he okay?
[3/4] Do you need any kind of support?
[4/4] I'm so incredibly sorry.

Two minutes later...

[1/3] How can I help?
[2/3] Can I help?
[3/3] Are you okay?

[xp_cannonball]

[1/11] Jay’s physically fine
[2/11] funeral’ll prolly be the 26th or 27th
[3/11] I shouldn’t go it’ll just cause a fight
[4/11] I just
[5/11] I dunno what to do
[6/11] I wanna kill ‘em for what they done to Jay
[7/11] I wanna make ‘em suffer for what they done to Julia
[8/11] But I don’t…I don’t know how to help Jay
[9/11] I feel useless
[10/11] Need someone to tell me what to do so I can help but everyone’s lookin at me to know what they oughta do
[11/11] I’m tired

A minute later

[1/1] I miss you

[xp_hawkeye]

[1/11] Hey, I miss you, too.
[2/11] But don't murder anybody.
[3/11] I'm too far away to help dispose
[4/11] of the body.
[5/11] You need to talk care of yourself
[6/11] or you're not going to be any good
[7/11] to anybody else.
[8/11] One breath at a time, Sam.
[9/11] This isn't your fault and ripping
[10/11] yourself to shreds over it's not
[11/11] going to do anything for anybody.

A minute later...

[1/1] Keep an eye on Jay. Death's never easy.

[xp_cannonball]

[1/6] he’s prone to bouts
[2/6] got real bad after daddy died
[3/6] I’m back with him in our old room so I’m close by
[4/6] I won’t murder nobody so long as they leave my brother be, they go after him again and I’ll slap their eyes into one
[5/6] sorry I’m just…angry
[6/6] I’m trying to take care of me it’s just so much easier to do that when I ain’t expected to take care of nine other people too

[xp_hawkeye]

[1/2] Keep me posted. Let me know
[2/2] if I can help at all from here.

[xp_cannonball]

[1/1] I will. Promise.

A few minutes later

[1/1] <3