030715tethysthiago

 -- transchronicAllegorator [TA] began pestering gallionicAcrobat [GA] at 23:23 --

 [11:24] TA: Tethys! 3=:[

 [11:24] GA: | Hey, babe. |

 [11:24] GA: | What's up? |

 [11:24] TA: I've been waiting for you to get online!

 [11:24] TA: You see... / I thought you should know...

 [11:24] GA: | Oh. Sorry, we were fighting a hydra. |

 [11:25] TA: O... oh.

 [11:25] GA: | If you want to talk in person, I'm chilling in the infirmary! Bring alcohol. |

 [11:25] TA: Are you back at the base? Okay!

 [11:25] TA: I'll be right there.

 [11:31] TA:

 [11:31] TA: Thiago opens the door to the Infirmary slowly, looking around for Tethys.

 [11:31] GA: | Tethys is laying on a hospital bed, drinking the last of a bottle of whisky. |

 [11:32] GA: | She's maybe in a cast, if people with broken backs get casts. |

 [11:32] TA: He smiles worriedly at her. "Hey. Are you okay?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:32] GA: | "Oh, hey! Yeah, I'm fine." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:33] GA: | "I broke my back after I jumped into a destiny hydra's destiny mouth." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:33] TA: "You WHAT?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:33] GA: | "All eight heads were coming at me, I was cornered, I had nothing else to do! So I decided to take it down from the inside!" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:33] GA: | "Except, inside, there was a room and a galaxy frog." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:34] GA: | "Who offered me some kind of sacrificial contract to become the hero of the land and totally steal Mari's spotlight. But I was cool and turned it down." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:34] TA: Thiago tilts his head. "And so it broke your back?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:34] GA: | "Oh, yeah, it projectile vomitted me at a wall." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:35] TA: Thiago reels back a bit in disgust. "That sounds terrible, Tethys!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:35] TA: He blinks. "Can you still feel your legs?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:35] GA: | Her eyes sparkle. "Nope! But it was so cool! I'm like a real action hero!" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:36] GA: | "I mean, I can kind of. But they're all uh, staticky. Asleep. Should I have those leg braces on to keep you from getting blood clots?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:37] TA: "I wouldn't be able to answer that... not a doctor." He smiles sheepishly.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:38] GA: | "...So how'd your land go?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:38] TA: "Finished with flying colors, but there's something I should say..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:40] GA: | She nods as if to say, 'Go on.' |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:40] TA: "Lily was acting strange the other day... and she... well she... / She kissed me suddenly! Like out of the blue! Quite sudden. / I didn't kiss back and it happened so fast! She left and... / Well nothing happened since and it was really wierd you know?" He sighs. "I just thought you should know."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:41] GA: | Tethys' smile drops. "...Yeah, I figured something might have happened. Lily texted me earlier about still liking you." She sighs. "It's fine." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:42] TA: He breathes out. "I don't know why she acted like that so suddenly though."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:43] GA: | "She's likely just confused about her feelings, or something. I mean, she hasn't seen Sorser in what, months?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:44] TA: He nods. "That must be it."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:44] TA: He tenderly reaches out to smooth out her hair.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:45] GA: | Tethys smiles again and closes her eyes. "It's good to be back. Let's be on the same team next time." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:45] TA: He smiles. "Of course."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:45] GA: | "I've been soooo heroic lately. I jumped in front of a bullet for Merrow too!" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:46] TA: He frowns. "You really should take care, yourself. / I can't have you getting seriously injured... again."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:47] GA: | "Hey, a bodyguard's gotta do what a bodyguard's gotta do. I'll recover." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:48] TA: "I'm glad you're back, though." He pats her head again and then freezes, a look of worry going across his face.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:48] TA: "Shit."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:48] GA: | "Hm?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:48] TA: "Ryspor was on your team, correct?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:48] GA: | "Yes. He died. But didn't." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:49] TA: "He DIED?!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:49] GA: | "He's ashes now?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:49] GA: | "But his genie ghost is still around." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:49] TA: "He's... WHAT?" Thiago is aghast.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:49] TA: "Wh- WHAT?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:50] GA: | "Yeah, he really screwed up big time." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:50] TA: "Are you saying he's a sprite?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:50] GA: | "No, no, he's just a genie now." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:50] TA: Thiago gives up his quirk, this is big shit.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:51] TA: He blinks. "Hold on Tethys, you've got to slow down a second here. What do you mean he's a 'genie'?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:51] GA: | She shrugs, but winces in pain. "He wouldn't say much about it. Seemed kind of ashamed, but otherwise completely fine." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:54] TA: "...wow."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:56] TA: He resumes his normal way of speaking. "Well, either way. He'll be very mad at me right now. / He wants me to be confined to my room."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:57] GA: | "You can tell him your girlfriend nearly became a parapylegic?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:57] GA: | "I mean, he was there, so he'll believe it." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:58] TA: "You're right, but... I'm worried."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:58] TA: "Father was... strict."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:59] TA: "I wonder if this Ryspor is the same."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [11:59] GA: | "Maybe? He seems like kind of a doofus, no offense." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:00] GA: | "Hey, how's your real dad doing after you stabbed him?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:00] TA: He frowns and looks very sad. "He hasn't returned any of my messages, it seems."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:01] TA: "I fear the worst, but I don't think he's dead."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:01] TA: "Just very mad."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:01] GA: | "Ah." Tethys looks away. "Sorry." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:01] TA: "It's okay. It's my own fault."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:02] GA: | "Kolena's still pretty mad at you for that, but I think I've tempered most of her rage." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:04] GA: | "Personally still doing well there. Abiding, The Dude style, not letting my natural tendency for violence control me. Though I kind of want to smack that smug grin off of Vyllen. I bet he's smirking right now." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:05] TA: "Kolena will probably be mad about that thing too. / The thing with Lily."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:05] TA: "Which may spell havoc for my room... ugh."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:07] GA: | Tethys sighs. "Listen, Thiago, if you... really do want to be with her, don't worry about me." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:07] GA: | "Just say it if it's true, Okay?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:08] TA: Thiago smiles sweetly at her and pets her hair. "I want to be with you."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:08] TA: "It's just complicated sometimes."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:09] GA: | Tethys nods. "Affirmative. Hey, you should really get to Mr. Tezeti before things get more complicated there, shouldn't you?" |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:11] TA: He nods. "I should. I'll negotiate time with you though, I promise." He grins and leans down to kiss her.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:12] GA: | She kisses back. "Roger that. Seeya, sweetie." |

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [12:12] TA: "Until later." He heads back to his room quickly.