♊ 08 ♊ [Text] [Backdated(?) to right after Sollux gets out of the stocks]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

you're all fuckiing moron2.

((ooc eta: if you want to have someone talk to sollux while he's still in the stocks, it can be tacked onto this thread or i guess just leave a note that its backdated in this thing or something.))

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[Audio]

[thequeensown]

[Talia hurts. She'd overextended before, and the reaction headache that followed was never a pleasant thing and always, like now, she had no appetite but had to force herself to eat. So, she's in the kitchen when Sollux's post appears, having just had some sliced meat.]

Are you in need of anything?

[She'll keep the offer simple and let the troll decides what he wants. She hasn't slept, having kept an eye on Kevas all night after getting him back to his room, and she isn't in any mood for games.]

[text]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

no, ii'm fiine.

*He hesitates for a bit before adding more.*

ii2 everyone el2e?

[Audio] until i change it

[thequeensown]

[Talia sighs softly, but nods to herself.]

They're all fine .. Kevas will wake soon enough and I made certain Isabella got to her room .. Nel has not appeared again, but I expect she will soon enough.

[text] until further notice

[thii2ii22tupiid]

2he may not remember when 2he wake2 up.

[drinkuntilidie]

Sollux just keep your mouth shut.

[Kevas' head is pounding like he's been a full week bender, his best friend is dead, Nepeta got herself hurt, and he didn't manage to save anyone. Needless to say the troll is pissed.

Don't poke the bear Sollux.]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*Sollux isn't so great at not poking things. And he's not doing so well himself, anyway.*

what the fuck diid you thiing you'd accomplii2h by that anyway?

just assume it's all [Audio + Translated Text]

[drinkuntilidie]

Did you really think I was just going to sit there?

[If only he had been faster. If only hadn't wasted his fucking time on those damn copies. If only...GOD DAMMIT!

That smashing you hear is Kevas throwing a table against a wall.]

i did. assume text for me.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

ii wa2 hopiing you were iinteliigent enough two realiize there wa2 nothiing anyone could do.

even iif you 2toped iit, they would have ju2t done iit agaiin later.

[before_wisdom]

There isn't an acceptable reason for someone to torture a child. [Asma doesn't care if you think she's stupid, Sollux. The only thing she regrets is that she couldn't get you out of there.]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

iit doe2n't matter, you can't 2top them, you ju2t make iit wor2e.

and ii'm not a chiild.

[before_wisdom]

It is my choice to make. If someone attempts to harm a person I care for, then I will try to prevent it.

[And in her eyes, Sollux? Yes, yes you are a child. Deal with it.]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

2o you get your2elf hurt two, ii don't 2ee how that help2 the people you care about.

[Audio]

[purrtndyfuntms]

No you're a fucking moron.

[Equius would get mad if he heard her using such foul language. Right now, she doesn't care. Her head hurts.]

[still text]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

of cour2e ii am.
but that doe2n't mean you 2hould get hurt becau2e of the 2tupiid thiing2 ii do, tryiing two break that up wa2 never goiing two work.

[Audio]

[purrtndyfuntms]

I don't need your permission. What was I supposed to do?

[Audio]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

Not get yourself hurt too.

Late morning - afternoon after Sollux's release.

[halfbrokenwings]

[After coming upon and tending to Alex and Joe because she arrived late to see the person she wanted to see first. Isabella quickly ran through the places she knew of, looking for Sollux.

She felt rotten.

She should have been there. Was planning it! Had it all prepared and then, Talia. She knew it was the Herald. She hadn't quite worked out all of the feelings on that yet.

Isabella came upon Sollux's door, it was the last place she looked, perhaps it should have been the first. She hesitates for a moment, frightened at the consequences for having been laid out for the evening.

She knocks softly at the door.]

S-sollux?

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*Despite how tired he was and how much he wanted to be left alone, Sollux's door wasn't locked. In fact it wasn't even closed all the way, so it swings open slightly as Isa knocks.
Sollux is laying on the bed but not asleep, and he turns towards the door as it opens, then sits up as she speaks.*

...IB.

*He looks very tired, and sounds rather hollow.*

[halfbrokenwings]

[She swallows past the ball that suddenly grew in her throat. Seeing Sollux like this... it hurts. The guilt is eating her.]

I'm sorry.

[And she succeeds in not allowing any of the tears begging to fall, cross that threshold.]

D-do you... I-i can go i-if you want me to.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*He hesitates, and doesn't quite manage to look at her.*

No, you can stay. I just didn't expect to see you.