the occasionally manipulated, never duplicated - Matt Jamison - Milliways
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... )
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... )
Bluntly:
"You look worse. Have you seen a physician yet? Do I have to drag you?"
Jordie is NOT MESSING AROUND, friends.
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That is the most irrational thing he's heard ALL WEEK.
Matt, for a moment, is extremely tempted to run up there with him and let them both get eaten just to prove he's not delusional. (Although, come to think of it, the demon did let him go.)
Instead, he stops, and focuses a moment.
Yes, he is tired, and yes they're in the middle of the fucking bar, and yes he feels extremely disgusting about the events of the past week and change. But as a sex mage of half a dozen years, Matt's got technique to fall back on, and Jordie is, after all, pretty attractive.
In front of the door to the upstairs hall, there appears a bright sheet of light, a warm amber in shade.
It feels solid, and it's pretty effectively blocking the way upstairs.
"We can go to the infirmary," he says, trying not to sound wheedling, "if it's downstairs." And then he needs to talk to somebody on Security. Shit, man.
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Looks at the barrier.
Turns and steps into Matt's personal space.
Soft, and flat: "Take that thing down. You did it. Get rid of it."
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Jordie's really tall, and really mad, and did we mention that thing where Matt finds him kind of attractive? It's difficult, once you've cast a spell and there's someone getting up in your space like this and you happen to be Matt Jamison, to separate out all the things you should be separating out.
(Besides which, it occurs to him:
Jordie's only a human.)
"I ... am more scared of what's up there than I am of you," Matt says.
"To be perfectly honest." Well and to understate the case a little bit. "I'll take it down and I'll go to the infirmary here if you please don't go up there, or at least don't go without bringing salt, or something."
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But-- fuck it. Fine. He will run upstairs after him to certain demonic shenanigans and probable death if he has to. This is his mess.
A moment passes, and the amber glow fades away.
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It is such a bad idea for Jordie to be the physician on duty right now. That is why the real physician on duty does the examination.
Jordie paces outside, scowling.
(He wants to see the paperwork.)
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"I am not delusional," he informs Jordie.
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Jordie turns and walks down the hall, headed for the stairs.
He's got something in the room he keeps up there, he tells himself. He'll get it. Come back. That's all.
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Matt reflects that actually, putting up that shield now probably means Jordie will not want to hear from him on the topic of going up the stairs. He follows, patting down his pockets: Chris' knight is there, he's grateful for that, as is a small sachet of salt, bay leaves, yarrow and silver. He's got his silver crucifix.
And thaaaat's about it.
Maybe nothing will happen. The demon could be anywhere by now, there's no real cause to presume it's going to stay upstairs. But for some reason, possibly because earlier today he came face to face with an actual hostile demon that has been using him to snack on his friends, Matt remains terrified.
"I'm coming too," he says.
"By the way."
He may be more scared of the demon than he is of Jordie, but he's more scared of Jordie dying while he hangs around downstairs doing nothing than he is of the demon.
Admittedly the line is fine.
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"Fuck. You."
That thing about consequences would be REALLY FUNNY if they weren't WALKING CLOSER TO A DEMON.
... What the fuck is he talking about, no boundaries?
"And don't take your-- whatever-- out on my girlfriend."
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Oh God what has he woken up in time for.
"... Okay, I'm not gonna look for your goddamn coat," Matt says, holding up his hands.
"I will go first, if you want, and you can count to twenty-five or whatever so I don't wreck your day with my cowardice. But I am going upstairs. And I am looking for this fucking demon, which, have fun not believing in those."
If Jordie's not going to punch him out or something, he has to let him go up, right?
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