EMPATHEIAS IC CONTACT

[sadisticwarfare]

IC CONTACT

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[sadisticwarfare]

[That catches him completely off-guard and it takes him a long moment to recover.

...The mix of emotions through the crystal can be best described as "what the fuck, kimbley".]

I... That isn't important to me. I know it was and that's what you remember, but things changed. I can't tell you exactly when they changed, but it stopped being about how useful you were to me.

You're my friend, Kimbley. Failure - yours or mine - isn't going to get me to stop seeking you out.

[alchemicals]

[God, that's just greeted with more silence before he just kind of- ]

...I'll talk to you later.

[And for a moment that's all he really offers, before he taps again maybe a moment later because he realized that probably sounded a little dire?]

We're dealing with it. Kid's got something that'll get rid of it, I'll talk to you later once everything's out of my system.

[sadisticwarfare]

[He appreciates the amendment there...]

...Alright. Take care.

[alchemicals]

[...Well, it'll be a while before he responds again, but...]

Hey. Just thought I'd let you know that everything's okay and no one's dead or anything.

[sadisticwarfare]

I'm glad to hear it.

[...the relief is pretty obvious in both his voice and over the crystal...]

Are you feeling better now?

[alchemicals]

Pretty damn, yeah. The others we were messing with weren't half that bad - they didn't really do anything at all, so...

Yeah, it's okay.

[sadisticwarfare]

...What was the one that messed you up?

[Fear? It definitely wasn't anger or hatred or anything like that, so...]

[alchemicals]

Fear, actually.

[Got it in one.]

It was supposed to make you afraid of being left behind or left alone, and being unable to do anything about it. I think we can both see where that went wrong.

[sadisticwarfare]

...Oh.

[oh god]

I'm sorry, that... That must have been terrible. Are you sure you're alright?

[alchemicals]

...I think so.

[And that's...a bit less confident, but it doesn't seem too bad.]

It was pretty bad? But I'll be all right.

[sadisticwarfare]

...Do you want to come over?

[He's not sure how much that will help, but he'd feel better, alright.]

[alchemicals]

[He knows. And it probably says something when he doesn't pick on Archer for it.]

...I'd like that, actually.

[sadisticwarfare]

[He really does appreciate it, alright...]

Of course. I need a bit to clean up, but come over whenever you'd like.

[..."clean up" like it's not already spotless...]

[alchemicals]

Liar.

[He'll cut the connection, though; give him something like twenty minutes.]

[sadisticwarfare]

[r u d e

But he'll let you in once you get here, alright.]

[alchemicals]

[He appreciates it; couch as always, then.]

I probably upset you pretty bad earlier.

[It's not really an apology, but one's implied. Maybe.]

[sadisticwarfare]

I was worried about you.

[Which is pretty normal, all things considered.]

It's good that you're doing better now. You've never sounded like that before.

[...because he was afraid....... does he sound like that when he's afraid??]

[alchemicals]

I'd say not; I usually don't get like that.

[He's usually not afraid of anything, after all.]

[sadisticwarfare]

I know.

[He's really not sure what to say about that. Is it good that Kimbley was able to experience it? Maybe, but all it's doing is making him anxious.]

...I'm sorry I couldn't help more.

[alchemicals]

[...Oh.

That seems to strike him a bit strangely, actually. And maybe it's because he's been kind of emotionally weird all day - who knows - but that actually gets a reaction out of him, albeit a minor one.

It's not the same sort of intensity as Silver's caring concern that he puts out there sometimes, but the temperature does rise a bit - it's not a spike, it's light, but still.]

Hey, no. You did what I needed you to do, it's fine.

[sadisticwarfare]

Did I?

[It's not pointed, it's just an off-handed remark and not one he intends to pursue. The rise in temperature is really nice though. Kimbley usually doesn't do that.]

I'm glad I could do something for you, then.

[alchemicals]

Well, yeah.

[Rhetorical or not, it's something that kind of needs to be answered.]

I contacted you for that because whatever you do usually works.

[sadisticwarfare]

...I'm pleased to hear that.

[It's warming up in here, so that certainly seems to be true.]

Though to be fair, I'm not entirely certain what it normally is that I do.

[This time he actually tried, but normally he's just... himself???]

[alchemicals]

Hell if I know.

[...helpful, Kimbley.]

You can usually calm me down if I'm worked up, though. I don't know what specific kind of mind-control magical bullshit you're using to do it, I just know it works.

[...Ah, there's the teasing.]

[sadisticwarfare]

I'm fairly sure it only works on you. Too bad, that sort of power might have been useful otherwise.

[TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT GAME]