Charonquest

[wooliefrand]

WHO: Lily
WHERE: Lily Barn
WHEN: Early Day 36, post ritual!

[alright nerds lets go get your emotional support shepherd]

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[terraria]

Mm? What is it?

( he doesn't look at minuet, but he does frown at the scarring on his hand. )

[featherduster]

[ Eyes following his to the hand, then back up ]

You . . . seem upset.

Beyond the obvious, I mean.

[terraria]

( ... oh.

he drops his hand, continuing to not look at him. his wings flex and his shoulders tense before he says, very quiet and low: )

Crois told me you wanted him to be on standby for medical assistance.

I know I'm... fragile, so I can't be counted on in a fight, but I'm good at healing. I studied it for years. You can at least trust I'm competent at that.

[featherduster]

[ STARING BLANKLY AT HIM ]

................ What are you talking about?

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[terraria]

( ohhhh my god—

presses his forehead against his staff. )

My healer's oath says do no harm, my healer's oath says do no harm, my healer's oath says do no...

[terraria]

Crois. Said. You. Wanted. Him. Here. For. Medical. Assistance.

So you don't trust me to do it? You don't trust me to the point you'd ask someone else?

[featherduster]

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I-- I asked him if his assistant can make a sedative or something?

Should I not have? Sorry???

[ Is he really this bad at doing anything right lately. Holy shit. His success rate is usually at least 30% but he's batting zero now. ]

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[terraria]

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[terraria]

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[terraria]

I see. It's Doctor Crois who is stupid.

[featherduster]

[ Did he just bus Crois







Well better Crois than him ]

You don't seriously think I consider you incompetent, right???

[terraria]

( ... looks away. )

It's not as if I've been helpful lately.

[featherduster]

[ AGHAST ]

Perci!

[terraria]

( tired, not even sad but sounding disappointed in himself. )

I thought Styx knew about your... energy reserves. You two have a chemistry that surpasses how long you two have actually been together. I assumed and blurted out private medical information that I shouldn't have.

... I'm not ashamed, really—I think Styx deserved to know—but I know it was wrong to simply assume.

And then I was clueless when you two fought and made everything worse... really, helping bolster your power was the least I could do.

[featherduster]

[ . . . ]

Well, I am pretty pissed about that, not gonna lie. Pretty sure that kind of thing is my business alone.

But you keep reducing yourself to your usefulness, and I'm not gonna play along with it.

[terraria]

( biting his tongue from saying "what else is there" )

If you want me to keep secrets, you have to tell me which are secrets.

[featherduster]

Anything discerned only through magical means probably counts.

[terraria]

... alright. I'll keep that in mind, then...

[featherduster]

Thank you.

[ Flicks him in the forehead ]

No one of us is responsible for getting him back any more than the others. If anything, Blossom's mostly to thank, but I'm too pissed at her to do it, so I refuse.

[terraria]

( BITES or tries to bite. height difference foils him again........ )

You have the strongest mental powers, I'm quite sure... and you'll just have to accept that I want you safe even when I'm mad at you, so obviously I would help.

My power still seems weaker here, anyhow.

[featherduster]

Oh-- yeah, about that.

What happened exactly? I don't think you've told me about this power before.

[terraria]

Didn't I...?

I asked Blossom if she knew how to give me that power again, as I feared we might need it to check on Charon's well-being. She suggested it may have still been locked away... thus why she suggested that I hold onto one of those crystal lilies from the fountain, and to hold it tight when I needed to use that power. She was right.

It's similar to your power and Lethe's. I usually use it for "therapy" for my people, allowing others into my mind so they could have a respite from theirs.

[featherduster]

I see . . .

[ Reaching for the hand that he'd broken the crystal with ]

[terraria]

( looks at him quizzically, but allows him to take his hand. the pasture's healing means it's scarred over - the first and possibly only real scar he has on his body aside his back. )

Minuet? What is it?

[featherduster]

Nothing.

[ Pressing a kiss to the scar before letting his hand go ]

Thank you for your help. I'm glad you got a little piece of yourself back.