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Alex Browning ([personal profile] rockymountaindie) wrote2019-05-08 06:07 pm
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alethiological: (Thomas Howard (d. 1572))

[personal profile] alethiological 2019-10-18 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh.

Even more than the hastily taped-up holes in his memory, that subject gets a wide berth of avoidance. That's just too deep a hell for him to contemplate dealing with right now. ]


...Yeah. The illusions, right? That's magic from our world.
alethiological: (Johann Albrecht Adelgrief (d. 1636))

[personal profile] alethiological 2019-10-18 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ That explains why Lion's been so vague about the whole thing. They're already scared shitless about falling down the same plot hooks, refusing to use their illusions for anything. But if Alex showed heartfelt gratitude, they'd never be able to say No. ]

Lion's aware. But... don't make a hobby out of it.
alethiological: (Anna Koldings (d. 1590))

[personal profile] alethiological 2019-10-18 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Smart kid. The only thing he gets back through the oath is a deep silence, like perfectly still water, and something infinitely close to gratitude. ]

Good. You can get better magic lessons when I'm not in time out.
alethiological: (Peter Anthony Allen (d. 1964))

[personal profile] alethiological 2019-10-18 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, yeah, all that above? Nix that. All that's left is an irritation strong enough to blot out the sun. ]

I have no idea! He doesn't tell me shit. [ For good reason. There's an attempt to say something, cut off into a moment of silence, then staring at Mia's gift again. The speech is oddly strained. Like using a word you've never had to use in a sentence before, and aren't quite sure what it means. ] A few... days? Leg's almost fixed.
alethiological: (George Burroughs (d. 1692))

[personal profile] alethiological 2019-10-19 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Alex is given free reign to wander through various awkward conversation rejoiners with the patience of a very tired saint. It's only that last one, all worries and honest feelings, does anything change. Reach over and shut the display off. Lion's already reached the realization that comes after that concern. Last thing he needs is it playing in stereo.

Downside to the oath is, even with shutting off the receiving end, Alex gets - of all things - a mix of precision and focus. ]


Can't say I'm planning on it. So stop worrying.
snyaiper: (Old Men Were Here.)

10/19, text

[personal profile] snyaiper 2019-10-19 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you have any other babysitters I should know about
I don't especially care for how the armored one's decided to lock me up
snyaiper: (I had an emotion once. It was terrible.)

[personal profile] snyaiper 2019-10-20 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
The blond one with the large cat
I don't know his name
He tracked me down and had me thrown in the brig after a fight

I just want to know if I should expect any more retaliatory assaults on your behalf after him and Will

[He didn't mention Will's attack before because it had been fun but now that it's causing him problems he figures he can complain about it.]
snyaiper: (do I look like I know how to read)

[personal profile] snyaiper 2019-10-20 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
If it helps
I trust he would have stabbed me even if I hadn’t shot you
Just perhaps not somewhere as close to my vitals

Anyway
I didn’t think you told them to do anything
I’m just asking if you have any other friends likely to lash out without being asked
Edited 2019-10-20 02:41 (UTC)
snyaiper: (haha what if I was there with you?)

[personal profile] snyaiper 2019-10-20 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
I mean the stabbing wasn’t so bad
He’s very good at it

[Ogata no one but you understands what that could possibly mean.]

I just wanted to know what to expect
You seem quite well protected for someone so gullible.
snyaiper: (lets go lesbians)

[personal profile] snyaiper 2019-10-20 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He was gonna get more specific about how he saw Alex make a fool of himself over wifegate but now he needs to clarify something else instead.]

You realize they took my weapons before they put me in here
I don’t have the means to kill anyone else at this point
nor am I in a condition to do so to be entirely honest

[Because surely that’s what Alex meant.]
snyaiper: (WHAT)

[personal profile] snyaiper 2019-10-20 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
[????????]

Why would you care if I died
snyaiper: ([iasip theme plays in the distance])

[personal profile] snyaiper 2019-10-20 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[No sorry Alex he can’t answer your question until this confusion is resolved.]

It’s not like I would even stay dead
What you’re saying doesn’t make sense
Is it because you’d rather see me suffer over a protracted period of time?

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