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[thekidsare0kay]

hey uh.
ii thiink ii'm gettiing 2iick or 2omethiing.
they called me down two the iinfiirmary and diid 2omethiing wiith my collar, but now ii feel liike 2hiit.
probably not a good iidea two 2ee me for a biit.
ju2t two warn you.

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[2nd_dii2ciiple]

you okay? anythiing ii can do?

[thekidsare0kay]

ii don't know.

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

diid your colour change?
miine's green now.
ii liiked the blue better.
come to thiink of iit, ii'm feeliing kiind of weiird, too.

[thekidsare0kay]

yeah, they changed iit two yellow.
ii thought maybe they realiized that blue wa2 wrong and deciided two make iit match my blood.
but now ii feel really diizzy and ii keep 2parkiing off.

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

uh-oh, that's not a good Ψiign.
they really seem to liike to fuck wiith our powers, here.
miine are stiill behaviing, at least for the moment.
maybe we should stiick together? iif yours go off, ii miight be able to miitiigate the damage.

[thekidsare0kay]

ii don't want two hurt anyone.

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

whiich iis why iit would be a good iidea to have someone around who can keep your powers contaiined, don't you thiink?

[thekidsare0kay]

maybe.
are you 2ure you can contaiin my power2, though?

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

ii'm sure ii'm the only person iin the tower wiith a reasonable chance of iit.
you're powerful, but ii'm stiill older and ii've had a LOT more practiice than you.

[thekidsare0kay]

yeah ii know, but.
okay, ii gue22 ii don't have a ratiional objectiion.
ii ju2t don't want thiing2 two go wrong.
ii can ju2t hole up untiil iit goe2 away, you know.

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

and you don't have iinocent blockmates who miight get caught up iif somethiing does go wrong?
ii can at least sheiild them, for sure.
let me help you, sollux.

iif nothiing else, ii ought to be able to keep you company wiithout gettiing on your nerves by actiively buggiing you to interact all the tiime.
at least, iif that gets on your nerves the way iit does miine when people try to drag me out of a 'mood'.

[thekidsare0kay]

well, ii'm not iin my block.
ii'm on the meadow level becau2e ii can't really hurt anyone here.
but...okay, iif you iin2ii2t.
ii gue22 you get iit.

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

let's hope iit doesn't go on long enough for you to need to go back to your block, then.

ii'll be there soon.

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[thekidsare0kay]

[Sollux is pretty easy to find, sprawled out on the grass, nowhere near anything taller than a shrub, with his arm flung over his eyes and a scowl on his face]

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[2nd_dii2ciiple]

[Ψiioniic makes his way over to his Descendant and drops down next to him. Far enough not to crowd his space, close enough to show solidarity.

Or '2oliidariity' as the case may be.]

How whacked out are they being?

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[thekidsare0kay]

It hath good momentth and bad oneth. [He peeks as he senses Psiioniic approaching, but at the sight, he quickly covers his eyes again] It helpth if I don't really look very hard at anything.

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[2nd_dii2ciiple]

Don't look at anything, then. I'll be your eyeth. [He might sort of be skirting dangerously into moirail territory here, but he figures there needs to be a fifth classification just for the bond between Ancestor and Descendant. It's just that nobody ever needed one, before they all came to this tower, because the whole point of an Ancestor was sort of that they were already dead long before the Descendant came along.]

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[thekidsare0kay]

...Thankth. [He feels awkward. He turned Terezi away, for her own safety, but he does rather feel like he needs a moirail. He shifts a little closer, chewing on his lower lip]

If you get bored you can leave if you want...

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[2nd_dii2ciiple]

Right, because I'm not totally capable of entertaining mythelf writing beenary code in my head for hourth at a time. [He reaches out to place a hand on Sollux's head, watching for any sign that the touch isn't welcome. He pushes gently on that spot just at the base of his think pan that sometimes helps when he gets a migraine. If Sollux hasn't got one now, he'll eat his pillow.]

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[thekidsare0kay]

Hnnnnnngh....

[He croons at the push. How did he-- oh. Of course he knew just where to push]

I'm jutht thaying.

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[2nd_dii2ciiple]

Well, you've thaid it. And tried everything else to convince me not to come. Tho now you can just relax and let me help.

[That sounded like his touch was effective, at least. Ψ keeps kneading the spot, pressing a little deeper each time, watching carefully for the little wince that will tell him he's gone too hard.]

It'th funny, isn't it? That we can be tho similar, and yet tho different.

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[thekidsare0kay]

[Sollux grumbled a little, then rolled over and put his head on Psiioniic's lap. Just to make it easier for him, that's all.

He wanted his moirail.]

What'th different?

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[2nd_dii2ciiple]

[The change in position made it easier for Ψ to dig his fingers into all the right spots. Signless did this for him, sometimes, and it always felt amazing.

He'd be willing to bet that Sollux's moirail did the same, and Sollux was missing them right now. But too afraid to bring them close when his powers were going sideways. Poor little wiggler.]

Our perthonalities. And maybe - probably - a lot of that ith just from different experienceth. I might have been like you, onthe. I don't remember anymore. But I hope you don't become like me.

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[thekidsare0kay]

I don't think you're tho horrible, ekthept you're a doormat when it cometh to highbloodth. [Blunt, that is Sollux. He is contentedly blunt, though, all but purring as Psiioniic massages away the pain] You rebelled againtht them, and that'th cool.

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[2nd_dii2ciiple]

Yeah, the doormat part ith the part I hope you don't end up emulating. I'm... I'm glad you don't think I'm horrible, though. [He's kind of shyly pleased by that. Sollux's opinion of him actually means quite a bit to him. Who better to judge him? Who else could possibly understand the things he deals with every day?]