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[devoutish]

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[darkincrement]

This dork will.

[ Did Alfie want a picture? Cause he's getting one of Gabriel being stupidly happy with a feathered snake wrapped around him. ]

@ASolomons; text

[devoutish]

[Awww, sup Gabriel.]

He can contact us himself, then, can't he.

He's back with you, then?

[darkincrement]

[ Us. That confirms that. ]

He is.
And the friendship brigade is here.

[ AKA Al. ]

[devoutish]

Wish him the best of luck. And tell him to give Royce a ring, will you?

[Royce is going to miss him. They're both going to miss him.]

[darkincrement]

I need the luck. He actually likes it.

[ Al can be a bit too much Al for him at times. ]

Will do.

[devoutish]

Yeah. And where are you three?

[darkincrement]

[ There's two more, but he's not going to share that. It's a bigger group than he's used to being around and it's weird. ]

Ice tunnels.
Heading north to drop off Gabriel's scarf.

[ Snake has to go home. ]

[devoutish]

We're by the vet's office. Picking up Karkat.

[darkincrement]

Message delivered.

[ Gabriel is grumbling about it, which he's taking as a good sign. It means maybe he'll actually contact them and start feeling better about it. ]

Will contact you when we're done.
We might be able to ditch Elric for a night or two.
But I'm not leaving him.

[devoutish]

We aren't trying to steal your friend away.

[darkincrement]

[ Wow Alfie. That's part of it but... ]

I told him I won't leave him.

[devoutish]

And I'm not trying to make you, am I.

[darkincrement]

[ It's true, but he has a reason to push for it. He can't share the whole reason and how dumb Gabriel is, but he can share something. ]

I want to be with him.
It's helping him.
And it's helping me.

[ He stares at the words for a moment, and then looks over at Gabriel. Then he sends it. Anyone who stalks the network already knows he cares about Gabriel. ]

[devoutish]

Vanitas. What exactly are you doing right now? Are you having an argument with yourself? Is that it?

[darkincrement]

Wouldn't be the first time.
My upbringing and Exposure Effects are working against me.

[ It sucks and he's already feeling pretty irritated at it. Mania is making him want to keep talking. ]

[devoutish]

Is it the paranoia or the mania?

[darkincrement]

Mania. It was manageable until last month.

[ He thought it was just the lines or the pit. But nope. It's still there. ]

[devoutish]

Royce had that for a bit. He also doesn't like talking, it drove him mad.

[darkincrement]

Oh goody. I already hate it.
Did he figure out how to manage his attention?

[devoutish]

I'd ask him, mate.

It went away on its own eventually.

[darkincrement]

[ But that's talking to people. People he might have been thinking of poking at already, but still. ]

I was thinking about it.

[devoutish]

What's holding you back, then?

[darkincrement]

Focus issues.
Either I'm locked on to one thing or my attention keeps jumping.

[devoutish]

You managed to call me. What makes him different?

[darkincrement]

You and I have talked before.

[ Also this all started with him trying to figure something out for Gabriel. ]