7th World: [ voice/video ] A Question of the Mind

[universal_charm]

[ The image presented on the screen shows a Kirk that looks like he probably just got up. He doesn't have enough hair for it to look to messy, but somehow it manages it, and his eyes look bleary. He runs a hand over his face and sighs. ]

Okay, how badly do you need therapy when even you have to admit that you need therapy? 

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[universal_charm]

No, like, seriously, swear on your Asguardian blood or whatever it is you want to do.

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[complicatedliar]

[Stare. Well, that was rude, and it hurt. He's not exactly trustworthy to most, but he's never done anything at all to Kirk. What openness there was in his expression drains away and he's left as sardonic.]

All right. I swear an all the Aesir blood that is mine.

[Which is precisely none. But that's what you get, Kirk, for being a jerk about it.]

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[universal_charm]

<sub>[ He's not trying to be rude , just... it's a touchy subject. Really, it is. It's be giving him nothing but a headache since Valentine's.

He can see he upset him and he sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. ]</sub>

Look, I don't mean to be rude, just... crap.

_{[He sighed.]}

Look, Spock says he and I have... bonded. And not like we're best friends kind of bonded, but.. something deeper. Like, soul mates or something.

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[complicatedliar]

[He completely ignores the first statement, only acknowledging it with an ironic raise of his eyebrows.]

Ah, interesting.

At one point he asked me to provide some service to him for... grounding. I was unable to help him with that.

I always thought soul mates sounded like utter nonsense.

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[universal_charm]

Yeah, so did I, but I'm a giant glowing yellow flower in his mind garden. A giant glowing yellow flower!

_{[ Which was very true, but also probably made absolutely no sense to anyone. ]}

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[complicatedliar]

[...he's laughing inside only. Inside only.]

You're a very pretty flower, I'm sure.

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[universal_charm]

It's not as funny as it sounds. Like, I'm the biggest thing in the garden - a centerpiece of something.

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[complicatedliar]

I'd wager you'd think it hilarious, were it me.

I've never heard of something like that, if I'm to be honest.

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[universal_charm]

It's apparently something very Vulcan. Heck, even I don't really get it and he's explained to me like ten times I'm sure.

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[complicatedliar]

Unfortunately I can't begin to guess, in that case.

Though I'd say, it is his problem and not yours. Unless he's your pretty flower as well. And then it isn't a problem at all, is it.

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[universal_charm]

It's not.. I mean... he says we're bonded. And when he thought I was rejecting it, god it... he was in pain, Loki. He was in so much pain and I was the reason.

_{[ And he couldn't deal with that. He could deal with sassing him and irritating him and making him angry, but not nearly killing him. ]}

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[complicatedliar]

[Dryly:] That sounds a lovely bit of blackmail.

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[universal_charm]

Seriously, could use some advice here, Silvertongue.

_{[He sighed rubbing the back of his neck.]}

Jesus, like living here wasn't bad enough.

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[complicatedliar]

My advice is that you ought not to let yourself be forced into a corner. I can understand being concerned with the pain of the friend, but you are never obligated to give away pieces of yourself.

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[universal_charm]

_{[ He sighed, knowing he was right, but it didn't make him feel better. That charred garden... God, it still made his stomach twist. ]}

Right...

Look, let's... change the subject. How ya been? Still going steady with that mystery person you won't tell me about?

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[complicatedliar]

As you like.

[Here's a genuine, happy smile. A rare sight from Loki.] Mercifully my mystery person has decided that experiments don't count. So all is well.

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[universal_charm]

Oh good. I was a bit worried, but I guess you really can't blame a person if it's not really their fault, you know? I'm still not sure how the Mollys did what they did, but I'm still pissed about it. Did they gas us or something when we weren't looking?

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[complicatedliar]

That's the idea.

There are a thousand ways they could do this, given sufficient power sourcing. I imagine it's far more sophisticated than something like gas.

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[universal_charm]

Yeah, I figure, but it would make me feel better if it was something was simple and mundane as a gas, you know? I get shot up enough by Bones, and I do not enjoy the idea of them playing with the different endorphines or whatever in the brain.

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[complicatedliar]

[He laughs.] I'm not here to make you feel better, dear captain.

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[universal_charm]

Could you at least pretend to assuage my fears?

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[complicatedliar]

It isn't often that people want me to lie to them.

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[universal_charm]

Well, for once, please, lie to me. I could do with a good lie or two.

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[complicatedliar]

It was hypnosis. Dastardly things.

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[universal_charm]

Hmm, does that mean I could start clucking like a chicken any time now?