[ John met him in a dream that they both knew was a dream, and then again, briefly, at the very end — lights in the dark, Ianthe's necromancy calling out to him, he'd taken the hand of someone near and slid him into the tendril of fat with a thick burst of thanergy. That touch had been enough to catch his interest. But there hadn't exactly been time to stop and chat, and then after his head had been full of voices, shouting, questioning, murmured conversations. ]
Kovacs. A word?
[ Much less hesitant to use telepathy when they're not all that far apart — Kovacs just got done with his All-Sight Viewing Period. John would chase after him, and probably could so long as he isn't gone too long, but he learned his lesson with slightly more paranoid and would rather not ask about the tech he sensed in Kovacs' body while he's in distance of being a physical threat. ]
Kovacs. A word?
[ Much less hesitant to use telepathy when they're not all that far apart — Kovacs just got done with his All-Sight Viewing Period. John would chase after him, and probably could so long as he isn't gone too long, but he learned his lesson with slightly more paranoid and would rather not ask about the tech he sensed in Kovacs' body while he's in distance of being a physical threat. ]
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[Outside the clinic, already beginning to make his way back to the brothel, Takeshi doesn't pause for the contact. The viewing experience - both the item itself and the dynamics in the room - had left a sour taste in his mouth, made the partial oblivion of alcohol even more appealing to wash it out.]
If you're looking for another guard dog, I'm not available.
If you're looking for another guard dog, I'm not available.
hiiiiii Takeshi sweetie, it's Iggy!
so! just wanted to make sure that you're doing okay at work and all. it's nice to have another void touched around. seriously, I was starting to feel a little self conscious.
but, okay you should give me your measurements. I've decided we need nurse costumes.
so! just wanted to make sure that you're doing okay at work and all. it's nice to have another void touched around. seriously, I was starting to feel a little self conscious.
but, okay you should give me your measurements. I've decided we need nurse costumes.
[ in response to this, because i hate threadjacking other people's posts with private: ]
I've got him. He's not going anywhere.
I've got him. He's not going anywhere.
[ after this. ]
Please, please take care of him, hold him well, he will say that he does not want it but he always needs it when he's...
He never wants to eat, either, I found it better to give him small things to help him.
Please, please take care of him, hold him well, he will say that he does not want it but he always needs it when he's...
He never wants to eat, either, I found it better to give him small things to help him.
... Did you.... did you suspect him? Danny Johnson I mean...
... I...
Master Iggy is right, I do feel guilt. I... I think I knew... something was wrong. I thought it was my pride being stung, and I did not want to upset Quentin, the one time I did, we quarreled frightfully, so I... I never spoke of it.
... I...
Master Iggy is right, I do feel guilt. I... I think I knew... something was wrong. I thought it was my pride being stung, and I did not want to upset Quentin, the one time I did, we quarreled frightfully, so I... I never spoke of it.
hey.
hope you're okay.
I'm sorry.
you don't have to reply, just. I'm sorry.
k. love you lots. bye.
hope you're okay.
I'm sorry.
you don't have to reply, just. I'm sorry.
k. love you lots. bye.
[ There's a little pause after that last message that stemmed out of his conversation with Gilia, and then John changes the subject, though not in total avoidance, mostly because it seems like an opportune time to say: ]
I'm glad, by the way. That you're doing better.
[ Human-shaped and communicating. ]
I'm glad, by the way. That you're doing better.
[ Human-shaped and communicating. ]
There's something I want to run past you. You won't like it, but I'd appreciate it if you'd hear me out.
[ It's no mistake that he's nowhere near this time. But he does at least do him the courtesy of letting him hear the thought instead of receiving it devoid of the tight caution associated with it. ]
[ It's no mistake that he's nowhere near this time. But he does at least do him the courtesy of letting him hear the thought instead of receiving it devoid of the tight caution associated with it. ]
[ It's sooner than he had any way to anticipate, sooner than is probably fair on the people he left behind. On one in particular. But the time for overthinking every little act ended with his life. New heart, new day. ]
I got the express service. On my way back.
[ A hello, a warning. A chance to get away if he's anywhere Stephen's likely to land and needs a little more time.
Only a little. The brothel can be Takeshi's treehouse for no longer than he was allowed to have his own. ]
I got the express service. On my way back.
[ A hello, a warning. A chance to get away if he's anywhere Stephen's likely to land and needs a little more time.
Only a little. The brothel can be Takeshi's treehouse for no longer than he was allowed to have his own. ]
[It's hardly the first time Takeshi's had a dead man speaking to him again within twenty-four hours. He shouldn't be shocked, set off balance by it, but clearly a part of him had absorbed the routine of resurrection here. Understood and accepted the long weeks he would have between seeing Stephen's life fade and meeting him again.
The relief isn't enough to wash away the guilt, the tangled knot of it that Stephen's death has wrenched to the surface. But pragmatism can drown both, to look at the anomaly of this occurrence and ask:]
Special treatment?
The relief isn't enough to wash away the guilt, the tangled knot of it that Stephen's death has wrenched to the surface. But pragmatism can drown both, to look at the anomaly of this occurrence and ask:]
Special treatment?
[ The whisper network continues. ]
Some asshole attacked Iggy. I thought you were there to take care of things, man.
Some asshole attacked Iggy. I thought you were there to take care of things, man.
forgive this crusty tag, we can handwave this convo if you prefer
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- 2024-03-10 16:27 (UTC) - Expand[He can't say that he'd hoped for more time before this talk, because that would imply he'd thought on it more than the decision to not have it, and then shut down any other thought around it.]
No. I'm the best chance of everyone making it back intact.
No. I'm the best chance of everyone making it back intact.
I hope I'm getting to you before someone tells you this, because you should hear it from me.
I caused a hell of a scene at work yesterday. Screaming and fighting and shit.
You're not my boss, but I don't want you hearing about it and thinking it's a problem. I'm mortified. It's not ever going to happen again.
I caused a hell of a scene at work yesterday. Screaming and fighting and shit.
You're not my boss, but I don't want you hearing about it and thinking it's a problem. I'm mortified. It's not ever going to happen again.
[ perfectly civil and composed even though she's feeling all sorts of things after seeing his conversation on the network. ]
Is your offer to Aegon the reason why I must come see you at the brothel?
Is your offer to Aegon the reason why I must come see you at the brothel?
( there's nothing for danny here, so he doesn't know why he's here, or how, skittishly toeing around the boundary of kovacs' head like a feral cat in his windowsill. outside in the yard, in the garden next to the chicken coop, a pit waits for jem walker. a pit waits for her inside the cabin, too, but she calls that pit brother.
each thought he wants to think is aborted before he can think it: i hate you, and how the fuck did you make me hate you, and i used to think john was the worst thing i'd ever see but you're worse for a different reason, and please put me down, and please help me. there's nothing for danny here, so he doesn't know why he's here or how. there's nothing for danny here, so he doesn't know why he's here or how. there's nothing for danny here, so he doesn't know why he's here or how, how, how the fuck.
he teeters into kovacs' proximity, wobbly-kneed, clawing, weeping, then blinks right back out again, back to jem and the pit and the other pit. )
each thought he wants to think is aborted before he can think it: i hate you, and how the fuck did you make me hate you, and i used to think john was the worst thing i'd ever see but you're worse for a different reason, and please put me down, and please help me. there's nothing for danny here, so he doesn't know why he's here or how. there's nothing for danny here, so he doesn't know why he's here or how. there's nothing for danny here, so he doesn't know why he's here or how, how, how the fuck.
he teeters into kovacs' proximity, wobbly-kneed, clawing, weeping, then blinks right back out again, back to jem and the pit and the other pit. )
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