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 Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:29 pm
"Then we agree. My welfare is important to me obviously and Rin's welfare is also pivotal. I will do all within my power to fulfil that wish for happiness for you."
He did not find Melvin's actions strange or concerning, in fact they felt all the more appropriately mindful of his divinity in their ritualistic slant. He smiled.
"That I can promise you. I will keep you within the loop, if it comes to a confrontation, I would like you there by my side."
At the very least, he thought, Melvin would not throw important shoes out of windows.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 2:23 pm
"Thank you. I just don't want to come and see everyone hurt again, I can't handle that. The way you go on like this, you'll be the death of me." He smoothed out the sheets and brushed his fingertips gently across Jan's brow and ghosted them over the bruises.
"Do you need anything?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:32 pm
"No Melvin, I do not want to have to channel your ghost too. I like you just the way you are, whole and fleshy. I want you to know what is going on at any given time. You should know that to end up this way, I had to sleep with America. I want you to know that it was not some flippant gesture, cheating or anything like that. I had to know why she was so strong and dangerous, had to understand what was wrong with her. It was for the sake of everyone. You had to know and I would prefer it did not leave our confidence."
He shook his head, leaning into the contact subtly. "And no, nothing in particular, unless you feel like bribing someone at the portals to get me a smoothie and a wholegrain bagel."
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:46 pm
The confession was not something he expected, and it left him feeling bad for Jan and angry at America for making him be placed in that position. However, the logic of why he had to do it didn't follow, and while it was told to him, he still felt to a degree that he had been wronged.
"Why....did you have to sleep with someone to know if they were dangerous? I can think of safer ways to practice this. I mean....how can you sleep with someoen and look like this? Did she beat you before when you were together - when having sex? Or....Or did she force herself or......Or why couldn't you just spar?" He wasn't getting why Jan had somehow investigated in this way, and wondered why he choose that route.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:56 pm
"These little bruises are nothing Melvin, not with a shield, they are only even taking a long time to disappear because of the interaction between my shield and the affliction caused by the encounter. They will be gone presently, don't worry, and they only happened because of a little rough shenanigans, it was nothing at all dangerous." he shrugged and regretted the gesture. "A spar would not have given me the answers I needed. Danger doesn't bother me generally, I do not flinch before it, I was not thinking. As I promised however, in future I will keep you part of that loop and let you help me make these decisions."
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:04 pm
He was quiet a moment, flexing his fingers into the fabric of the thin sheet that covered Jan. Then, he asked, glancing at where he knew the clipboard was before looking back at him. "Affliction? Like......what do you mean?" They had all been taken by some crazy situation and condition that it could have been anything. It was also odd for a hunter to say the word Affliction when they weren't visibly nuts.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:05 pm
Lawrence gestured obligingly to the clipboard. "It just does not leave our confidence if you please."
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:16 pm
He gave a hesitant, "Ok."
Walking over, he picked up the clipboard and read.
He read again.
Then he checked it one more time, glancing to make sure he had the right chart.
Lowering it, he looked over to Jan. "I...I don't get it. You said you slept wtih America?" He looked back down at the clipboard.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:17 pm
"Don't think too much on it. I know I am not. It is all above our pay grade and interests. None of our business." he shrugged, concerned only with half the island not finding out about his personal life and transgressions.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:20 pm
"This....this shouldn't be right though. I mean, you shouldn't get this from sleeping with a hunter." And he left that implication linger before he put the clipboard back into it's slot.
Walking over, he glanced lower down Jan's sheets before looking back at him. "So, you....consented to do that, right? And she hurt you....after?........during?" He wasn't sure why he was asking about the details, but he still wanted to know as if it would somehow profile America better.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:27 pm
"Yes. I consented." he said indifferently, ignoring the golem implications deliberately. "And it was sort of before, sort of after. I on occasion enjoy a bit of that sort of thing. I assure you the injuries are not a problem, we give as well as we take. The problems with her are completely separate from that."
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:48 pm
He half sat on the edge of the bed, looking across the room. "What...what are you going to do? Did you tell someone? It makes it look like - you just went out in Halloween and messed around."
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:50 pm
"Nothing." he said calmly. "They asked their questions, I don't need to do anything except get better and go back to my duties."
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:52 pm
Melvin just stared across the room, brow creased with concern and still confused about the entire thing. "Just....walk off and forget it all?" He looked at him. "But....it's weird."
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:40 pm
"It isn't our business Melvin. We have our own projects. Meddling with Death business simply isn't worth the danger it would put us in. You want me safe right? I want me safe." he smiled sweetly.
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