IC Contact - Duplicity

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[understood]

[ That gets him a kiss on the temple. ]

We none of us have to deal with this alone.

[scarrystories]

I have no idea of how we're gonna tell him.

[understood]

We can cross that bridge when we come to it. At the moment, I'm more concerned with figuring out what's actually going on with his, ah, symbiotic supernatural little passenger. There's really very little to tell until we know what it's doing to him.

[scarrystories]

Right, yeah. And gotta make sure Ky won't like, melt if Andy finds out.

[ He's less concerned about that, but he doesn't want to tell his son he's a zombie and then that his werewolf friend died because he told him. ]

[understood]

... yes, we'd better.

[scarrystories]

I'll see if the wizard can look into that too. I don't know if it'd be rude to offer to pay for his services?

[understood]

I don't think it's rude to open the discussion. We can be honest about our ignorance of his customs concerning renumeration.

[scarrystories]

Yeah, I think I might be looking for something concrete to stress about.

[understood]

You don't have enough to stress about as is?

[scarrystories]

Nothing I have the power to fix.

[understood]

Ah. Well, I can certainly sympathize with that.

You could always contact him again now if you wanted something active to do.

[scarrystories]

Yeah, all right.

[ He shoots a quick text and leans against Ben. ]

[understood]

[ Ben kisses the side of his head. ]

You're doing all the right things.

[scarrystories]

I'm trying.

[ There's a reply pretty much immediately, and Andy replies back without thinking. ]

He wants to talk, I think I'll be right—

[ And then he disappears. Pls hold, he will return shortly. ]

[understood]

[ UH. The sad part about this is Andy misses out on getting to see Fraser look wildly startled. He'll just. Wait. ]

[scarrystories]

[ Maybe he'll get to see Ben startled when he reappears just as suddenly like thirty minutes later, holding a bowl of popcorn and a t-shirt. ]

... I think we should invite him to dinner sometime. Hi dear, sorry about that. Popcorn?

[understood]

[ He's sort of expecting it, so he only looks a little bit startled. The popcorn does get a nonplussed stare, though. ]

...

Sure.

Thanks.

[ He takes a handful and pops it into his mouth, although he gives it sort of a dubious look first. ]

[scarrystories]

The nice wizard is gonna look into it for us, he shares our concerns. He dragged Ky in too, Ky is— god, I get that he loves Andy, and he's very worried, but this would be a lot easier if he weren't so pig-headed.

[understood]

I take it he's very set on hiding everything from Andy?

[scarrystories]

He is, yeah. He was dismissive of the whole family dynamic we got going and he didn't want to talk with me still in the room.

[ He's annoyed about it, but he'll get over it. ]

Doctor Strange will look into it, though, he's a good person. Not much into the feelings part of it, but very focused on helping.

[understood]

Well, that's Kieron's prerogative.

[ As it happens, Fraser is inclined to be dismissive of Ky's dismissal. ]

But that sounds promising.

[scarrystories]

[ Andy kisses him. ]

I'll check in later, if he doesn't get back to me. I really think he can help— or tells us there's nothing to worry about, if Ky's right about it fixing itself.

[understood]

[ Ben noses softly at his cheek. ]

Good.

Are you ready to go home?

[scarrystories]

Yeah. God, today's felt eternal.

It's not even that late, is it?

[understood]

Not really, no.

[ He pats Andy's thigh. ]

Shall we get ice cream on the way?