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the occasionally manipulated, never duplicated - Matt Jamison - Milliways

Nov 12, 2011 21:16

After things go pear-shaped with Tiwa ...

They go arguably even more pear-shaped. (Warning for sexual content of dubious consent in both links. Also: demons.)If you thought you'd seen Matt at the most miserable and exhausted he could get, you haven't seen him tonight. He's in the middle of the bar at a (relatively) brightly lit table, methodically ( Read more... )

theodred, matt jamison, mercuria, pyth's fault, the lake of sky (blame pyth), walksmuses

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leftistbeanpole November 13 2011, 05:19:28 UTC

Two hands plonk palm-down on the edge of the table.

Bluntly:

"You look worse. Have you seen a physician yet? Do I have to drag you?"

Jordie is NOT MESSING AROUND, friends.

mm_merky November 13 2011, 05:21:45 UTC

Matt looks at him with a tired version of panic.

He hasn't found anything that's implied he hurt Jordie, or even tried to.

"... Can you summarize our last interaction?"

leftistbeanpole November 13 2011, 05:24:35 UTC

His mouth presses into a line.

"We were upstairs. You promised me you were going to see a medical professional about your sleep problems. You told me you made an appointment. I was vaguely ominous about the kinds of really bad things that could be wrong with you. And now it looks like we can add short-term memory loss to the list of symptoms."

(He hasn't seen the sign.)

tantric_slacker November 13 2011, 05:27:47 UTC

Matt frowns.

Okay. Well. If he'd made a move or anything, surely Jordie would tell him about it, probably in a manner that included mockery.

(Unless Matt had made him forget.

That possibility is highly unpleasant.)

"Well," he sighs ruefully, and rubs at his eyes, "the good news is, I found a highly plausible candidate on the really-bad-things-wrong-with-me front. I may have to cancel that appointment."

leftistbeanpole November 13 2011, 05:29:43 UTC

"You are not canceling that rutting appointment." Jordie glowers at him. "Because whatever it is, it's manifesting physically, and you look like you have some kind of horrible Outer Rim disease."

Jordie has a one-track mind!

tantric_slacker November 13 2011, 05:34:50 UTC

"Yes," Matt snaps, "it is fucking manifesting physically, because it's a fucking demon."

Does no one read signs??

leftistbeanpole November 13 2011, 05:35:41 UTC

Jordie's mouth opens and then closes and then he does it again so he looks like a fish.

tantric_slacker November 13 2011, 05:39:50 UTC

"Demons are real, by the way," Matt blurts, just in case that's where the resistance is.

"And this one, apparently, has been stalking me since I was in high school. I mean, it's the same one-- it's the exact same one, it." He cuts himself off, but not before his hand has drifted up to trace his scar.

"That's not the point." He collects himself, with effort. "The point is, last time I talked to you, it was. Also along for the ride."

leftistbeanpole November 13 2011, 05:43:01 UTC

Jordie lifts a hand to pinch the bridge of his nose.

He rubs his eyes.

"Okay." Faintly. "Okay. So. I'm standing here trying to remember everything I know about parasitic relationships, which isn't as much as it could be. Long story short is that you still need to see a medical professional. You need a physical, a full battery of bloodwork -- "

tantric_slacker November 13 2011, 05:46:10 UTC

"I can do that when I go home," Matt says tightly.

"But I can't go home right now."

leftistbeanpole November 13 2011, 05:48:41 UTC

Jordie's glowering again.

"I will trot out the horror stories about your heart literally exploding in your chest." It doesn't matter whether or not they're true. "Go home. See a physician. Get some rest. Follow your treatment plan."

tantric_slacker November 13 2011, 05:49:46 UTC

"Jordie?" Matt says.

"It's upstairs."

leftistbeanpole November 13 2011, 05:50:59 UTC

"And the fact that you're not up there right now rutting well says something, doesn't it." Jordie points at the front door. "Get the hell out of here. Now."

Jordie doesn't 'do' demons.

tantric_slacker November 13 2011, 05:56:02 UTC

"What?" says Matt.

What does it say??? Is he missing this because he's tired?

"No. I'm not fucking leaving. Not until I talk to somebody who is my equivalent or better at dealing with hostile spirits and know that this thing is getting taken care of." He pauses, reaching for his half full cup of coffee. "And not until I ... at least try to apologize ... to all the people I really, really need to apologize to."

There's no card for sorry I used my sex magic to deplete your precious mystical power.

leftistbeanpole November 13 2011, 06:02:18 UTC

"Yes, of course, because apologizing by being dead is such a great way to handle the situation," he snaps. He doesn't care how loud his voice is, either. "This is such bullshit."

He says that last while straightening and turning for the stairs up to the second floor.

tantric_slacker November 13 2011, 06:09:48 UTC

"Wait--"

Yes that, for the curious, was a yelp. Matt scrambles from his chair, spilling coffee and upsetting candles as he goes.

It's at this moment that he really, truly realizes how fucking useless this is. Maybe, maybe Security around here could block off the stairwell, but it's not like that's going to stop anybody-- and in the meantime, there's a steady back-and-forth, people coming and going with no regard for signs posted for their well-being.

Matt races to try to get ahead of him. "Look don't, please, it's only eaten people I know--"

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