[IC] Mystery Incorporated: Scream On! { Angel & Sporko }

[AngelBites15]

After seeing the Great Dane run out from between the trees, Maggie had to admit that she was just about ready to stand up from her seat, out of reflex. Thankfully, it turned out to be a misunderstanding.

’Guess old Scoob saw something different in his own mind again’
Maggie mused in her mind, before releasing a sigh of relief, and chuckling to herself.

She wasn't aware of Dianna walking up towards them, from behind, as she took another drink from her cup. It was until she felt an arm loop inside her own, in a very familiar fashion. Rogers smiled and nodded, taking one more sip, before getting up, and leading the way towards the pathway that Scooby ran from: Through the forest, the trees, and towards the old castle near the beach. She gave a giggle, and took both of their hands. It was like they were best friends again, sneaking off to find excitement.

The place surely has seen better days. A question still stood: Why shut down a ride? What was wrong with it? It could have broken down, but why would it still stand? Maggie looked up at the old abandoned castle, having to widen her eyes, and create a slight gap on her lips. “Wow”, she said softly, having to be quite appalled. “I know I shouldn’t sound critical or judge-y, but how could a place like this be still standing?”, based on her observation, it was true. Again, she didn’t how long the structure had been here, but it looked just about ready to collapse, at any time. It just seemed very separate from the other sections they’ve seen so far.

[SporkoBug]

Fae grinned happily at Dianna suddenly linking arms with the two of them, and moved with the other two girls with a smile that was probably the biggest she had ever smiled in the past three years.
Fae's cheeks flooded deeper red as Maggie grabbed their hands, her heart raced.

Dianna allowed Maggie to lead them along, she grinned like an absolute goofball as they got closer and closer to the old ride.
"I agree, it's not judgey at all." Dianna said with a small nod, "Unless it's on the list of being fixed?"
Fae's eyes widened at the look of the ride, she stepped forward slowly before Dianna moved to grab her shoulder quickly.
"Calm down there boy." Dianna said with a bit of a wink towards her friend, her voice snapping Fae from the almost trance she'd get from unknown machines.

Fae blinked before she cleared her throat and looked over to Maggie and Dianna with a bit of a grin.
"Sorry, you know how I get with... Machines." Fae muttered slightly before she turned back to the ride before looking around a bit more. "We should check it out, but not stray too far from each other."

[AngelBites15]

Maggie placed her hands on her hips, as she examined the place a bit more with widening eyes. She turned back to look at the girls, and gave a smile, eyeing them with amusement, shortly before turning back to look at the structure. "Don't worry, Fae. I'll surprise you with something disassembled later, if you put yourself on a leash", she sing-songed, with a toothy grin, before leading the way, up to the front door, that was, somehow, ajar. That feeling was back, causing Rogers to frown.

She expected the others to follow, tailing albeit close, behind her - especially since they were out here in the dark, and possibly, alone. Even as the taller girl walked, Maggie looked around, trying to spot something that would help in their investigation. Being careful in her steps, and trying not to trip, the trio approached the open door. Poking her head in first, Maggie found the 'haunted house'-themed ride a lot worse for wear, on the inside. The interiors were wore through, filled with a number of creepy figures...and voices?

She turned her head back to the other two, and pushed the door a bit more, unintentionally letting out a loud squeak, which caused a frightened shout, coming from those voices. By the time it was wide open, the sources were none other than her brother, Scooby, and Daphne. Kind of strange to find them here first, but maybe the girls took the long way, while they took a short cut? There was always a possibility.

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Fae went to argue with Maggie's words before she heard the part about being on a leash and her eyes widened, cheeks suddenly flooding with red in colour.
Fae looked to Dianna, who only grinned at Fae's sudden fluster before they both quickly followed the Rogers female inside.
"Voices?" Dianna uttered to herself as she looked around, hearing the sounds inside as they slunk through the doorway. The squeak of the door caused Fae to bounce and ready herself to attack something, but she slowly relaxed after a moment of nothing moving towards her.

Dianna looked back to Fae and then looked towards the source of the sounds.
"Oh hey!" Dianna called to Scooby, Shaggy and Daphne. "Funny finding you guys here." She continued with a bit of a grin. Fae sighed as she saw her cousin and Maggie's sibling; Seeing Scoob made things even better, she really liked that big doofy dog.
Fae moved quickly past Dianna and Maggie, moving over to Scooby and started to smush his face in her hands with a little bit of a grin.

"I'm glad we found you guys instead of something more scary." Dianna said with a glance towards Fae, "Hey Fae, did you manage to bring any of those recording Drones that you were working on?" She asked after the idea suddenly flooded into her head. Fae blinked slowly, pulling her hands away from Scooby with a bigger smile.
"I mean, if I'm allowed to bring them out," She glanced towards Daphne, "I did bring them, but someone doesn't like me showing off my tech."

[AngelBites15]

Scooby closed his eyes, and relished in the affection of the young woman, nearly scratching himself with his back foot.

Daphne cleared her throat, when her cousin made that comment, before composing herself. "It's not that I don't want you to use your gadgets, Fae. It's just that there are times, where they don't need to be used", it was like the red-head was being careful in choosing her words - slowly, and out of reluctance; she didn't want to hurt her feelings, after speaking her opinion. But then, the very word "opinion" made Daphne realize that's what she has been doing to her cousin, for the past two years. It came to her, right then, and there; just by looking at the other girl: All those times of Fae, being quieter than normal, trying to convince her on rekindling with their old friends. It tugged her heart. Was she already hurting her feelings, and not being aware of it?

What snapped her out of her conscious, was the loud opening of another door, which caused Shaggy to jump into Scooby’s arms. Maggie flinched at the sound, but relaxed when she came to see that it was only Fred, making her brother casually descended from the talking dog’s grasp. Any more surprises, during this night? “Fred, I found this place first. I call dibs on its clues”, Daphne declared to him, remarkably going back to her much-more confident facade. “I’ve already found some clues”, he said. "What?", she, in return, questioned, feeling the approach of defeat. “I’ve also found a few things”, Velma's voice sounded, stepping out of a hallway. “This ride was closed, due to dangerous construction. It’s the perfect place for hatching up an insidious plan."

“Well, since we’re all together, let’s split up. Daphne and Fae, search this entrance; Velma and I will take the passage over there; Maggie and 'Anna...keep an eye on Shaggy and Scooby, after you go through that entrance”, he gestured to the door on the other side of the room. "Sounds good", Maggie responded, relieved that they were all working together for once. With that, they all split up to their respective positions.

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Fae immediately looked towards Fred and Velma as they appeared. She seemed to relax a bit before she looked over to Daphne as she was told to go with her before she nodded and stepped over to her cousin, she looked over towards Maggie and Dianna almost longingly.
"I think I have a more of a quiet drone if we need." Fae uttered, moreso to herself, out loud. She moved her hand instinctively to the pocket that held the tiny drone, folded up in order for it to stay hidden.

Dianna looked over towards Shaggy and Scooby as she was told to look after them. Baby-sitting duty again, unsurprising to Dianna at this point but she smiled anyway.
"You guys okay?" She asked the older Rogers and the Great Dane, she gave an almost motherly smile to them before she looked towards Maggie with a small sparkle in her eyes.

[AngelBites15]

Maggie shrugged apologetically towards Fae, before her lips curled into an amused smile, when she noticed the other place her hand in her pocket to pull something far-too-familiar. She kept the thought to herself, knowing that it was Fae's clever nature to be sneaky with her gadgets. By the time she led the way through a hallway, Shaggy and Scooby cautiously yet sheepishly followed behind, having to already feel the nerves of being in such a dark and abandoned place.

Of course, like Fae, Dianna wouldn't hesitate on joining her, since the three women were very much inseparable. It wasn't anything new, to the rest of the gang, since Maggie was known for her tendency of playing 'leader' for the other two. In fact, one would think (if anyone knew) that this was probably one of the very things that made the female Rogers so enticing; why Dianna and Fae follow her lead, and why it seemed like they were enamored with her. Was it her courage? Her airheadedness? Her unpredictable nature? Her...beauty? So many theories.

She may have missed Dianna looking at her, by the time they turned a corner. Her question towards her older sibling and his dog made Maggie reach back to take his hand, and give it a gentle squeeze, hoping that the gesture alone would help him, after seeing him gulp. It seemed to, considering that she felt him relax. Upon reaching a door, she let go of him, by the time she approached it. Quietly, the female Rogers opened it, and poked her head through; Shaggy following her action, above her, with Scooby whimpering, below them. "It's okay, boy", she said softly, petting him, before taking hold of Dianna's hand, and pushed the structure more.

This revealing room seemed to be modeled into that of a dining room, or a kitchen.

[SporkoBug]

Dianna watched the three Rogers with a bit of a smirk before she looked through the doorway. She looked around the dining room like area and stepped through, blinking as Maggie grabbed her hand.
"Oh wow." She said out loud, "This place is... Gorgeous." She said as she spun around slowly, taking in the room completely.
"Spooky," She continued with a bit of a grin, "I love it."

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Fae walked along with Daphne, keeping her eyes up as she looked around. She held her compact Drone in her hand, just in case they needed it for later.
"I still think it is a good idea to use them." She spoke under her breath as she glanced down at her hands before she gave a glance towards Daphne, her eyes moved away as Daphne looked back at her to answer.

She kept her eyes out for anything out of the ordinary, paying attention to everything she could see. She felt the urge to use the drone, despite everything that Daphne told her not to, it would help, it had a small inferred camera in it to help with the darkness around the two of them.

[AngelBites15]

Snickering at the other girl's comment, Maggie walked to a section of the room to look around, having to let go of her hand, in order to get a closer look at the wall. Shaggy and Scooby immediately looked at the spread on the table, covered with food, clearly mesmerized by the sight. She knew it wasn’t real but, the real question is, do they know it is fake?

Left alone at the entrance of the haunted house, along with her cousin, there was a clear, awkward tension between them. Daphne had been trying to open a door back in the front room, but it wouldn’t budge. She really didn't know what to say, in the moment, other than to try and voice out her realization of how much pain she was giving the brunette. Especially, right now. "Come on, Fae. There's plenty of light", she argued, as if she was answering her cousin's thoughts.

Giving the door another push, the red-head grunted, but it still didn't budge. Huffing, she decided to put her newly-earned black belt to good use, and gave the door a mighty kick, which seemed to have worked. However, she was unaware of the power around them, mysteriously, turning itself on. All around them, animatronics started to move, creepy laughter and sounds reverberated, and strobe lights starting flashing. Caught off guard in surprise, Daphne was unaware of one of the ride’s automobiles, rolling on the tracks, in her direction. Before she knew it, she was picked up, and being dragged through the tunnels, yelling. "Fae!"

Meanwhile, just as laughter echoed throughout the castle, one of the floorboards underneath Dianna gave out, representing a trapdoor. Before she could fall all the way through, Maggie was quick to act, grabbing her hand, catching her. Shaggy and Scooby screamed, finding themselves on a wall by...sausage links? "What do we do?!", the talking dog yelled.

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Fae was quick to notice the power suddenly turning on, moving to reach out to Daphne. "D-Daph...-" She started before she watched the automobiles snagging her cousin. "Daph!" She called out in worry as she was carried off.
Adrenaline flooded her body before she started to sprint off after the ride. She wasn't the fittest, but she was incredibly happy she was wearing her sneakers rather than any fancy shoes.
Instinctively she let go of her drone and it immediately started to fly quickly after her, buzzing around her like a bee.

Fae paid no attention to the animatronics, she knew they caused her to panic. She hated them ever since she was grabbed accidentally by one when she was around 7 years old, becoming older helped with the fear of them attacking her on their own works- but it was still ingrained.
She had read too many things about haunted mechanics, too many nights up late reading books, articles and stories anywhere she could.
She moved to tap her pockets as she ran, swearing silently to herself for not bringing a faster drone than B.V.
"B.V go ahead," She said as she continued to push herself to run, "Please find Daph." The drone spun around her head before starting to fly faster than her and disappeared into the hallways in front of her.

"Shit!" Dianna swore as she started to fall, Maggie's hand grabbing hers to pull her out. She pulled herself up with Maggies help and shook herself off before she looked around with a bit of a sneer. "What was that?" She looked to Maggie with a worried look.
She glanced towards the boys with a blink as she heard them yell. "Did you hear that laughter?"

[AngelBites15]

Maggie had mixed feelings of confusion, fear, and disappointment, especially when chaos ensued. She looked down at Dianna, clinging onto her for dear life. Rogers caught a glimpse of what was below them...a room of pure darkness. There was no way she was going to leave the young woman to that, so with the amount of strength that she had, Maggie began to pull her up, the best she could. Eventually, with their combined strength, they've managed to reach the top...making Maggie crouch down, and continue to pull her up, until she came next to her. At her question, the female Rogers looked up at the ceiling for a few seconds, before hearing the screams of Shaggy and Scooby, who appeared to be stuck on a wall, trapped and surrounded by a bunch of different kinds of meat.

Quickly, Maggie raced to them, trying to find a way to release them. Scooby was too much in a panic, while Shaggy tried to stay brave, but not for very long...as he screamed in terror when an animatronic creature came out of the wall, hissing. What were they going to do? They couldn’t pull them out, since the fake food on the wall, seemed to be sticking them there. "Come on, Dianna, help me!", Maggie said, trying to keep herself, as she attempted to free the boys.

Somewhere, Fred, Daphne, and Velma weren’t having any better luck. The red-head was still being dragged by the automobile, clinging onto it for dear life, mumbling to herself. "I'm not helpless; I'm not helpless", she said to herself, unaware of her cousin's drone hovering above her. She was far too focused on what was in front of her and, if it can't get any worse, there was a wall, up ahead, with blades protruding from it. "I am helpless; I'm gonna die!", she realized with a frightened yell, dread falling down on her. Fred and Velma were trying to outrun a few obstacles, but eventually, in what seemed like forever, (although it was accidental) the leader managed to find the switch that seemed to have powered everything.

The moment he flipped it, everything stopped; the animatronics going back to their original spots, as if they haven’t moved at all, and the automobile that Daphne was stuck on, immediately halted...a few inches away from the wall, that could have sealed her fate. Hearing the buzzing, she looked up to see her cousin's drone, and stared at it, before detaching herself from the car. Tilting her head, she shakily smiled at it. It wouldn't have been a bad idea, after all.

By the time everything stopped, Shaggy was in pure happiness. "We made it. We're alive!", he was clearly thrilled, along with Maggie, who laughed with him, until the wall her brother was stuck on, tilted backwards, back to its original position. With a yelp, it dragged the young women, along with it, causing them to fall, next to the owner and his dog. "Whew!", Maggie sighed, just as the wind was knocked out of her, shortly after landing on the ground. "That was weird", the male Rogers commented from next to her, looking at the ceiling.

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Dianna stumbled into a standing position as she ran after Maggie, not wanting to be left alone just yet. She managed to get to them as Shaggy and Scooby had gotten out of the meat holding them to the wall. She moved to help everyone up with a weak, almost worried smile.
"We alright?" She asked, looking at everyone before something clicked in her head. "Fae." She suddenly started.
She looked to Maggie with a worried look, "Fae's scared of robots like the stuff here." She continued almost worriedly.

B.V buzzed around Daphne's head for a bit, before darting up and the lights underneath it suddenly it up as it started to take some photos.
Footsteps echoed around as Fae rounded the corner and stumbled, "Daph!" She called out, moving quickly and pulling her up into a tight hug.
Fae didn't even pay attention to B.V was it buzzed around their heads, continuing to take photos of where they were.
"Oh my god I was so worried. I'm so sorry." She mumbled quickly, holding Daphne close to her and almost sobbing into her chest as she did so.

[AngelBites15]

Daphne hugged Fae tightly, having to be relieved herself that she was safe. Looking back up at the drone, she took a moment to realize that maybe she was wrong; that the red-head shouldn't have put Fae's interests second. Judging by her cries, Daphne owed her an apology. "It's okay", she managed to say, after a moment of thought. "I'm okay", she added, shortly before she caught something in her line of sight behind her cousin. It seemed to be a stand, with a small pyramid, sitting on the top. "Hey", she said softly to the girl, tapping her back. Once she retracted, she wiped the tears off of her cousin's face, before cautiously approaching the strange object.

By the time she got in front of it, the red head carefully placed her hand on the sides, and lifted it from the stand. "What is it?", Daphne questioned, shortly before a loud alarm went off. "Let's go!", she didn't bother to figure out where it was coming from, since she immediately took Fae's hand, with the small pyramid in her other hand.

"Daph's with her", Maggie said, having to place her hands on the other woman's forearms, in order to reassure her best friend. "She should be okay. At least I hope", Fae had to be safe in her cousin's presence, right? Judging by how they were standing, they were pretty close together, although it was Shaggy's voice that cut into the tension.

"Hey", he said to everyone in the room; his head sticking into another part of the room. Maggie broke eye contact with Dianna, and looked over to see her brother and Scooby already on their feet. Taking the other woman's hand, the female Rogers wasn't too far behind her brother, having to see a kitchen-modeled set, in the next room, behind a curtain. Why would something like this be right next to a ride? In the same building? "Now, this is weird", she commented, as she stepped further in, and looked around.

Running her hand on the kitchen-cabinet's surface, so many questions went through her mind. However, before she could say anything, a loud alarm surrounded them. Only one thought came to mind. “Skedaddle!”, Shaggy declared, not hesitating to run out, with Scooby having to willingly follow suit. Were they caught? Maggie didn't want to wait around to find out.

Just as both groups managed to get back into the hallway, they found Fred and Velma attempting to leave, as well. “Hey! We found a very interesting clue”, Daphne told them, just as she and Fae appeared, and held the mysterious object carefully in her hands. “Us too. We believe that this is a brainwashing facility for an evil cult”, Velma shared with a smile. “And maybe this is the artifact-thingy that they worship”, it was great to see the gang seemingly cooperate with each other. It was as if the old days never left, and that the shifting had never existed. “Let’s get out of here”, Maggie said to all of them, having to get out of the building through the closest exit.

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As Daphne and Fae hugged, B.V buzzed around quickly, taking photos and silently sending out little probes to keep watch on everything before it buzzed over to Fae as Daphne let her go.
Fae shivered slightly and smiled to her cousin, before she watched as Daphne stepped towards the pyramid. "What... is it?" She asked as she reached out and grabbed B.V and watched as the machine rolled itself up to fit into her pocket again.

Fae went to speak before the Alarm sounded, Fae almost jumped out of her skin before she stepped towards Daphne and nodded at the idea of leaving, and quickly. She followed after Daphne without another word, keeping her eyes on her cousin in fear she'd lose her again.

Dianna followed after Maggie without a question, she looked to Shaggy and Scooby and instinctively moved to rub the Great Danes head.
As they got together, Dianna moved away from Maggie and pulled Fae into a tight hug. Fae let out a squeak before Dianna let her down.
"I was so worried when things went... Crazy." Dianna said, Fae gave a small smile and waved her hand to show she was okay, but she didn't say anything.
When Velma mentioned brain washing, Fae gave a frown before they moved to leave the building. She grabbed Dianna's hand and pulled her along slowly.

"Brainwashing?" Fae whispered to Maggie and Dianna as they ran along to get out of the area.
"Apparently?" Dianna replied with a shrug.

[AngelBites15]

The very mention of 'brainwashing' made Maggie's stomach, either do a few flips, or drop instantly, since their seemingly-mission turned on its head. They were instructed to investigate the strange behaviors of the college students, hopefully by finding the person, who may be brewing up something that might be influencing them. But then, how does that explain their surprising strength, like from earlier? Was that woman always strong, to begin with? Appearances can be deceiving, after all. Judging by what they have found tonight, however, it's like that very incident was seconds past. A brainwashing facility? An evil cult? The mysterious object that Daphne found? This was out of their league, and beyond them. However, that didn't mean they were going to abandon the mission, no matter how strange. 'Strange' was what they were all about.

Maggie reached back to take the free hands of both girls, right as they were exiting the haunted house ride. It was still dark, and the gang decided to retreat to the hotel, so they can gather their minds, and inform Mondavarius what they have discovered. The front lobby looked like a large, two-level lodge; like how one would expect on a trip to a house on the beach. One level had indoor fire pits, tables and chairs, along with some couches, with the second floor showing more tables and chairs, as well as piano, with someone playing on it, filling the room with relaxing music. The one thing that stood out, for both levels, were people sitting at bars.

“I’ll inform the owner”, Fred said, as Velma took the artifact from Daphne. “And I’ll go examine this; see if I can get anything from the inscriptions inside”, she declared with a smile, before the red head piped in. “I’ll go research cults on the ‘net”, before giving Velma a small high-five. With that, the three went their separate ways, including Shaggy and Scooby, who went to one of the nearby tables, where that familiar blonde girl was sitting at. Maggie walked over to one of the lounge couches, and flopped down with a tired sigh.

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Fae shuddered as Dia replied, they moved along quickly at least. Soon they'd be safe and she could tinker with some things and possibly see if B.V got anything. She glanced around slightly before she almost jumped at the touch of Maggie as she grabbed their hands.
Dia looked to Maggie with a gentle smile, "We'll be okay." She said, as if she knew how Maggie was feeling. She glanced to everyone else as she tried to figure out everyones emotions.

Dia's eyes returned to Fae, she wasn't easy to read; but she could definitely feel the fear, worry and almost... sadness on her. She was about to ask before Fae seemed to shudder and look up from the ground towards Maggie and Dia.
"We'll..." Fae started, as if to repeat after Dia before she closed her mouth and nodded. She couldn't say it, she didn't believe it. But that was Dia for her; always looking on the better side of things, always trying to be the one to cheer things up. She hadn't changed, which was good, she enjoyed Dia being this way.

Fae caught herself glancing towards Maggie before looking away before she caught her gaze. How much had she changed? Maybe Maggie hadn't changed?
Fae knew she had changed. She wasn't as bubbly as she used to, the break up of the gang really shook her world; she had lost her two best friends that day, just like the snap of a finger. She shuddered before they got to the hotel, she looked to it and breathed out the breath she was still holding.
Fae listened to where everyone was going and watched them all dissipate around her. She watched Dia follow Maggie without another thought, only to stop and look back towards the final female.

"You coming?" Dia asked, Fae gave a weak smile and started to follow after. She held back her words she was about to say.
'Why do you want me to come?' She thought to herself, feeling herself shrink slightly before she sat at the edge of the couch as Dia moved to sit by Maggie, lifting the womans legs up before moving to place them over her own as she sat down.
"Hectic night." Dia said calmly.
Fae felt her hands twitch, she was panicking. Why was she panicking? She reached to her pocket and tried to find if she brought the screen to B.V with her.

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Bringing her hands through her hair, and over her face, Maggie didn't see Dia and Fae joining her on the lounge. It was until she saw the faint figures of two females sit beside her that she was able to realize that they accompanied her without hesitation. At the same time, contact to her legs brought a nod that Dia was present, since the other woman had a habit of doing this to her, whenever they were sitting down, in the attempt to relax. Maggie smiled at her. "Not the first time we had trouble sneak up from under our noses", she pointed out, before looking over at Fae, who was fiddling with something in her pocket...in a rather panicky way.

"Fae", the female Rogers softly called her, until she quickly placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. We're not in that crazy loop of a house anymore", she reassured. "If you ask me, we're not going back in there", she shuddered at the last bit, before crossing her arms. "I swear, if I see giant spiders, I'm not taking any chances".

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Dia laughed gently at Maggie's words about trouble sneaking up on them. "Definitely not." She agreed with a nod, properly settling herself in before looking towards Fae as the Rogers girl spoke to her.
"God, No Spiders whatsoever." Dia said with a small shudder, "What we had in there was enough for me for now. I'm out of shape for all of this stuff." She laughed to herself. "Glad to be back in it, I've missed it. I've missed you two."

Fae flinched when Maggie said her name, jolting up straight as she looked to her, worry in her eyes. "Sorry." She said as she pulled her hands from her pocket, the small screen she was tinkering with in her hands. "Sorry I just... Just don't know why you'd.. You'd still be friends with me. After everything that happened. The sudden split up and... how neither of you could contact me." She almost rambled, tears tugging at the corner of her eyes.
Dia frowned at Fae's words, "Hun." She started, "You have no reason to be sorry. Things... went weird for all of us."

[AngelBites15]

Upon hearing Dia's words, the female Rogers turned her head to look at her, and give her a fond smile, before placing a hand on one of her hands. However, the sadness coming from the short-haired girl made Maggie frown, and turn her attention back to her. "What made you think we wouldn't be friends anymore, Fae?", she asked, slightly offended. It was until she saw at the corners of Fae's eyes that made Maggie give a sigh, and bite her lip, after processing her words. She herself may not be crying, but then, it did tug something within her heart, upon seeing her close friend- or someone more- crumble before her. Keeping her one hand on Dia's own, Maggie placed her other one under Fae's chin, guiding her to look at her, before placing her hand down to land on the girl's thigh. "I, too, thought neither of you would want to speak to me. When nothing came, I turned my attention, somewhere else, by cooking", she admitted. "Mostly without passion", in addition.

Maggie shook her head. "But that's different from an emergency", she said, reaching forward to dry Fae's eyes, before pulling away. "Why didn't you tell us about...", gesturing to her wrists, saying it softly. This was not the place to say such things aloud.

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Dia smiled to Maggie as she smiled to her, before she glanced back to Fae as Maggie turned her attention to her. Dia's eyes widened at the sight of Fae's wrists, and she held back the urge to grab her arms and over question about it; she knew Fae would open up if she was comfortable.

Fae gave out a small sigh as Maggie spoke to her, she rubbed her wrists with her hands as Maggie motioned towards them. She didn't flinch when Maggie reached to dry her eyes.
"Everything that happened with the gang..." She started, holding back a sob that threatened the back of her throat, "How we were just... Split up, Daph wouldn't allow me to try and reach out to you guys." She stared at the floor. "Anything to do with the gang was just... thrown out of our lives, she tried to stop me tinkering because it reminded her too much of the past. She kind of just.. Tried to get rid of anything in our lives regarding the gang."

"And you thought you not being able to contact us caused us to hate you..." Dia said slowly, closing her eyes and leaned over to gently rub Fae's head. "Velma and I tried to do... some sort of investigations once we split but... It didn't have the same umph as it did with all of us." She said with a bit of a half smile, "I caught Velma almost asking for Freddy and Daphne's help before she turned to see me there alone. It hit all of us hun, it's alright."
Fae gave a small nod, slightly moving into Dia's touch before she sighed, her tears breaking through now. "I was... It just felt, so alone. Daph tried to stop me being... me. I... I was in a dark place for... ages. I tried therapy but." She stopped talking to give a bit of a sob, closing her eyes. "Sorry."