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I don't...understand. What happened. Why-...just why.
...Because I was a fool, and I was lied to, and... I thought there wasn't anything of you left.
So I wanted to hurt the thing that took you away from me.
So I wanted to hurt the thing that took you away from me.
[There was a faint shudder to Ardyn's shoulders at the discussion, as though he was remembering something he'd very much rather not. So instead he elected to hide his face in his brother's shoulder, hugging him tightly.]
...I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I promise it's still me. Promise I won't do anything to make you send me away again.
...I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I promise it's still me. Promise I won't do anything to make you send me away again.
I know, Ardyn. I know.
[Verity is just going to have to get disturbed because there's only one appropriate reaction, which is to pull Ardyn against his chest and practically into his lap. Just ignore the way it sets his heart hammering.]
You're safe here and you're loved. Always, always loved.
[Verity is just going to have to get disturbed because there's only one appropriate reaction, which is to pull Ardyn against his chest and practically into his lap. Just ignore the way it sets his heart hammering.]
You're safe here and you're loved. Always, always loved.
...love you too.
[Ardyn curled up in his brother's lap as if it were almost second nature, gently running a hand through his hair in as comforting a gesture as he could manage.]
[Ardyn curled up in his brother's lap as if it were almost second nature, gently running a hand through his hair in as comforting a gesture as he could manage.]
Mmm.
[He leans into it, just a little - makes himself lean into it, as though all the last two thousand years wasn't real.]
It's going to take some getting used to. But we'll manage. Just...
[His grip tightens.]
Please don't hide things from me anymore, okay?
[He leans into it, just a little - makes himself lean into it, as though all the last two thousand years wasn't real.]
It's going to take some getting used to. But we'll manage. Just...
[His grip tightens.]
Please don't hide things from me anymore, okay?
Mm. I won't. I'm sorry, so please don't be upset.
You're okay.
[He's going to get mad, eventually, he knows it. They're twins, and they both have that temper.
But by the same token, they're twins, and they can stuff down whatever they need to for someone else's sake.]
[He's going to get mad, eventually, he knows it. They're twins, and they both have that temper.
But by the same token, they're twins, and they can stuff down whatever they need to for someone else's sake.]
[It was, at least, probably not the best idea to get angry at the still severely traumatized brother.]
...alright. I-I'll trust you, okay?
...alright. I-I'll trust you, okay?
[Yeah he's sure fucking aware of that. Do not trigger the guy made out of your triggers, it can only end messily.]
I'm glad. I'll keep you safe.
[Even if it means that he's going to have to put out a network PSA... Ugh, those are always a mess.]
I'm glad. I'll keep you safe.
[Even if it means that he's going to have to put out a network PSA... Ugh, those are always a mess.]
It's only five and a half minutes, anaia.
[Oh, how long has it been since they had that exchange?]
[Oh, how long has it been since they had that exchange?]
Long enough for you to be my little brother.
[He has two thousand years on you.]
That doesn't mean that I'm not going to take care of you. You're not in any position to turn it around right now.
That doesn't mean that I'm not going to take care of you. You're not in any position to turn it around right now.
We're brothers, you idiot. We support each other.
[Slight fluffing of Ardyn's hair.]
[Slight fluffing of Ardyn's hair.]
((Him sure do, buddy. With occasional calls to the local hospital for all your weird shit needs.))
[When it came to 'special' visitors, things usually really picked up after night fell. Which might be why Akira came as the sun was dipping low but the sky was still orange, not purple.
The young man's paperwork said he was 20. That might be true, it was hard to tell just from looking at him, his glasses making his face harder to discern exactly. His complaint was he was having problems breathing due to a recent injury. Nothing too odd yet.
Still, the young man has an air of off-ness. Like many Changelings sometimes did. Not exactly the same, but the feeling was close. Only, of course, that there was no sign of inhumanity to his appearance. No horns, no slitted eyes, no bursts of fire. Just a regular boy with an irregular aura and smiling softly at him as he waited in his seat]
Evening, Doctor.
The young man's paperwork said he was 20. That might be true, it was hard to tell just from looking at him, his glasses making his face harder to discern exactly. His complaint was he was having problems breathing due to a recent injury. Nothing too odd yet.
Still, the young man has an air of off-ness. Like many Changelings sometimes did. Not exactly the same, but the feeling was close. Only, of course, that there was no sign of inhumanity to his appearance. No horns, no slitted eyes, no bursts of fire. Just a regular boy with an irregular aura and smiling softly at him as he waited in his seat]
Evening, Doctor.
[At this point, Izunia is used to weird visitors to his clinic. He's just glad that this one isn't another case of a werewolf calling him up in the middle of the night for traumatic shock and loss of limb, or a vampire who only made the appointment to try and beg emergency blood out of him. (Or get emergency blood supply out of him another way, which plenty had tried. They didn't tend to enjoy the discovery that his 'blood' was actually just enchanted saline solution.)
The doctor who comes through the door seems to be a man in his middle thirties, and there's not much of an aura to him at all. Whatever he is - and outside of Changelings, not many actually know, because passing for human is a Fetch's entire thing, but it's kind of hard to hide that you're the Fetch of the Autumn King - it comes off as pretty unremarkable. He doesn't dress entirely the part of a doctor, either, no white coat in sight - just a professional-looking dress shirt and black slacks, a bit of red hair falling into his face.]
Good evening. Holding up alright?
[That tended to put people at ease more than jumping straight into things.]
The doctor who comes through the door seems to be a man in his middle thirties, and there's not much of an aura to him at all. Whatever he is - and outside of Changelings, not many actually know, because passing for human is a Fetch's entire thing, but it's kind of hard to hide that you're the Fetch of the Autumn King - it comes off as pretty unremarkable. He doesn't dress entirely the part of a doctor, either, no white coat in sight - just a professional-looking dress shirt and black slacks, a bit of red hair falling into his face.]
Good evening. Holding up alright?
[That tended to put people at ease more than jumping straight into things.]
[It is very comfortable, honestly. Akira is impressed.]
I'm managing- a... friend of mine got a little carried away and I honestly haven't been taking care of myself like I should.
... and I've heard you're a good guy to go to when it comes to this kind of thing.
I'm managing- a... friend of mine got a little carried away and I honestly haven't been taking care of myself like I should.
... and I've heard you're a good guy to go to when it comes to this kind of thing.
Well, I won't claim to be the best, but people under my care do live long enough to come back a second time.
[You look like a millenial, surely you can appreciate some dark humor.]
It will probably be a fairly routine check, but is there anything I should be aware of before beginning? Allergies, magical reactions, extreme deviations from human vital signs?
[Just covering all the bases, no problem.]
[You look like a millenial, surely you can appreciate some dark humor.]
It will probably be a fairly routine check, but is there anything I should be aware of before beginning? Allergies, magical reactions, extreme deviations from human vital signs?
[Just covering all the bases, no problem.]
[It makes him snicker, though the mention of 'magical reactions' makes him wince. Well, he knows that Izunia knows and now Izunia has made it clear he knows so no reason to play coy]
Normally no, but my... friend... decided what I needed was a flashbang to the chest.
[He lifts up his shirt, and on the side of his ribs is a nasty burst shaped burn scar]
And I'm still a little sensitize to... lights.
[Hmm]
Normally no, but my... friend... decided what I needed was a flashbang to the chest.
[He lifts up his shirt, and on the side of his ribs is a nasty burst shaped burn scar]
And I'm still a little sensitize to... lights.
[Hmm]
[Look, kid, you come to this clinic at this hour and he assumes there's something weird about you. He'd only had to pretend that question was a joke once.
Still, he's going to lean in and better examine that burn, don't mind him.]
That really is quite awful looking.
[How fresh we talkin', here?]
Still, he's going to lean in and better examine that burn, don't mind him.]
That really is quite awful looking.
[How fresh we talkin', here?]
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