Faerzen comforts Abyss

[21:15] <Faerzen_Norstov> ......
[21:15] <Faerzen_Norstov> I....... Abyss?
[21:15] <Abyss> ...
[21:16] <Abyss> y-yes?
[21:16] <Faerzen_Norstov> ((just a min, phone call))
[21:17] <Faerzen_Norstov> ((okay))
[21:17] <Faerzen_Norstov> I know you said you did not wish to talk, and you don't have to. I just wanted to let you know that I am here.
[21:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> As well as the fact that I have no intention of going anywhere anytime soon.
[21:18] <Abyss> ...
[21:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> I am not letting go of you, and I will do my best to protect you.
[21:18] <Abyss> I...
[21:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> My house is on lockdown so Lyra cannot get anywhere near here.
[21:19] <Abyss> You... don't trust me
[21:19] <Faerzen_Norstov> I only just met you, yes, but that doesn't mean I cannot stay with you and protect you regardless.
[21:20] <Abyss> Are you protecting me from them?
[21:20] <Abyss> ... Or are you protecting them from me?
[21:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> At this point, I doubt you will hurt anyone, so I am protecting you from them.
[21:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> If I really only cared about protecting them from you, I would have just locked you in a box.
[21:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> But I didn't, because you don't deserve that.
[21:22] <Abyss> (No response)
[21:23] <Faerzen_Norstov> I know Lyra is completely furious at you right now, but she acts that way towards essentially everyone.
[21:23] <Faerzen_Norstov> Even me.
[21:23] <Faerzen_Norstov> Please don't take her hateful words as a universal opinion of you.
[21:24] <Abyss> Maybe I do deserve to be locked away in a box
[21:24] <Abyss> *voice trembling* All I've ever done is hurt people...
[21:24] <Faerzen_Norstov> No, you haven't!
[21:24] <Faerzen_Norstov> Other people took advantage of your power to hurt people.
[21:25] <Faerzen_Norstov> With great power comes great responsibility, and unfortunately the people who used your power were not at all responsible with it.
[21:25] <Abyss> I let them use me...
[21:25] <Faerzen_Norstov> It is entirely unreasonable to have expected you to know all that would happen in advance and know exactly who lend your power to and how much to give them
[21:26] <Abyss> I...
[21:26] <Faerzen_Norstov> That is a massive burden to expect yourself to be able to perfectly allocate your power perfectly to others. Especially when those others are so imperfect.
[21:26] <Abyss> I could've stopped Nick
[21:26] <Abyss> Why...
[21:26] <Abyss> Why didnt...
[21:27] <Abyss> ...
[21:28] <Faerzen_Norstov> How could you have stopped him? Violence against him? Control?
[21:28] <Faerzen_Norstov> Do you really think that if you had frozen Nick in his tracks everything would have been fine?
[21:28] <Faerzen_Norstov> Everyone else in the session was terrified of him.
[21:28] <Abyss> not letting him use my powers...
[21:28] <Faerzen_Norstov> Lyra would have surely hunted him down.
[21:29] <Faerzen_Norstov> Violence and anger were everywhere to begin with, and there's nothing you could have done to prevent that.
[21:29] <Faerzen_Norstov> You can't pin this squarely on your shoulders with such a negative outcome was inevitable.
[21:29] <Abyss> ...
[21:30] <Abyss> (No response)
[21:30] <Faerzen_Norstov> I know that this hurts, but you can't blame yourself for everything.
[21:30] <Faerzen_Norstov> You had a decision to make about what to do with your power, and that decision had no good options.
[21:31] <Abyss> i...
[21:31] <Abyss> y-you don't u-u-understand
[21:32] <Faerzen_Norstov> Hmm?
[21:32] <Abyss> I could've-
[21:33] <Abyss> ...
[21:34] <Abyss> (No response)
[21:35]  * Faerzen_Norstov continues looking straight at Abyss, and shakily raises the hand holding the mask
[21:35]  * Faerzen_Norstov takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and puts on the mask
[21:36]  * Faerzen_Norstov opens his eyes
[21:37] <Abyss> Faerzen begins to inexplicably cry as soon as he opens his eyes, through the tears he can see much sharper and clearer than he ever could before
[21:37] <Abyss> w-why?
[21:38] <Faerzen_Norstov> I'm s-still here.
[21:38] <Faerzen_Norstov> I'm not *sniff*... going anywhere
[21:39] <Abyss> ...
[21:39] <Abyss> t-thank you
[21:39] <Abyss> You feel the sensation of a warm glow on your skin, as if standing in a beam of warm sunshine
[21:39] <Abyss> t-thank you so much
[21:46] <Faerzen_Norstov> I know this is painful, I *sniff* know this is confusing, but I'm not letting go of you until we get all of this straightened out.
[21:46] <Faerzen_Norstov> Don't you worry.
[21:46] <Abyss> you start trembling a little bit
[21:46] <Abyss> I...
[21:47] <Abyss> this means... So much to me...
[21:47]  * Faerzen_Norstov reaches over and takes the blanket off of his sleeping dream self. She doesn't need this right now.
[21:47]  * Faerzen_Norstov wraps himself in the blanket to ease the trembles
[21:47] <Faerzen_Norstov> Shhhh, it's okay.... We *sniff* we can get through this.
[21:47] <Abyss> I... can't thank you enough
[21:47] <Abyss> *sniff*
[21:51] <Faerzen_Norstov> Y-you.... don't need to.
[21:52] <Abyss> Your sobbing and sniffing begins to fade
[21:52] <Abyss> Heh...
[21:53] <Abyss> I really like you and appreciate that you'd do this for me,
[21:53] <Abyss> That you'd trust me with this
[21:53]  * Faerzen_Norstov smiles
[21:54] <Faerzen_Norstov> I would ask of you one thing.
[21:54] <Abyss> Yeah?
[21:55] <Faerzen_Norstov> For the time being, please try to avoid lending me any of your power unless I direly need it. This is not because I do not trust you, it is because I do not trust me. The *last* thing I want is to be yet another person who takes advantage of your power and does things you will regret being a part of.
[21:55] <Faerzen_Norstov> I do not want to put the burden of ensuring I use your power well on you.
[21:55] <Abyss> I would never force any power upon you unless you asked for it
[21:56] <Faerzen_Norstov> Thank you.
[21:57] <Abyss> I have no way to express my gratitude to you
[21:58] <Faerzen_Norstov> You don't need to try.
[21:59] <Faerzen_Norstov> I can feel it. :)
[21:59]  * Faerzen_Norstov taps the mask lightly with his right index finger.
[21:59] <Abyss> It pains me that I cannot adequately...
[21:59] <Abyss> Hmm... Maybe...
[21:59]  * Abyss mutters to myself
[22:00] <Abyss> *hiself
[22:04] <Faerzen_Norstov> Hmm? Is something the matter?
[22:04] <Abyss> Oh nothing~~~
[22:05] <Abyss> Could you leave a pot of Earth by your bedside when you next go to rest?
[22:05] <Abyss> *earth
[22:06] <Faerzen_Norstov> Yes, I most certainly can. Why? That seems a rather unusual request.
[22:06] <Abyss> I think I may be able to...
[22:06] <Abyss> Make you a present
[22:07] <Faerzen_Norstov> Oh!
[22:07] <Faerzen_Norstov> Well... thank you! You do not need to feel obligated to do that.
[22:07] <Faerzen_Norstov> I will warn you, however, whenever I rest I tend to wake up immediately.
[22:07] <Abyss> ?
[22:07]  * Faerzen_Norstov gestures to his sleeping self, brushing some of the hair out of her eyes
[22:08] <Faerzen_Norstov> Meet me.
[22:08] <Abyss> < oh I totally forgot to return her to Prospit, lol. This will be interesting >
[22:08] <Abyss> I don't think I quite follow
[22:09] <Faerzen_Norstov> Ah.
[22:10] <Faerzen_Norstov> Well, it is quite complicated, and I am not entirely sure I understand precisely how it works either.
[22:10] <Faerzen_Norstov> Essentially, whenever I fall asleep in one of these bodies, I wake up as the other.
[22:10] <Faerzen_Norstov> And for some strange and still unknown reason, this game decided to make the other body female.
[22:11] <Abyss> Oh
[22:11] <Abyss> So this is your dreamself?
[22:11] <Faerzen_Norstov> I was asleep here in my house when my female dreamself was teleported to the trial.
[22:11] <Faerzen_Norstov> That is why I was female before the recess.
[22:11] <Abyss> I was a bit confused by that yes
[22:12] <Faerzen_Norstov> I swapped bodies before the trial commenced to minimize confusion.
[22:12] <Faerzen_Norstov> Having both bodies in the same place makes it quite easy to keep track of my location and I do not need to worry about waking up in unexpected locations.
[22:12] <Faerzen_Norstov> In addition, I can secure the sleeping body inside my house to ensure it is safe.
[22:13] <Faerzen_Norstov> I have already been attacked once while asleep outside my house, and I would prefer it not happen again.
[22:13] <Abyss> Yeah, that sounds awful
[22:14] <Faerzen_Norstov> I am afraid as soon as I rest I will wake up in precisely the same bed, simply in a different body.
[22:15] <Faerzen_Norstov> So unless you can work quickly......
[22:15] <Abyss> oh...
[22:15] <Faerzen_Norstov> I suppose I could sit in bed for some time and message people without looking at the pot if you need time.
[22:15] <Abyss> It is of no matter
[22:15] <Faerzen_Norstov> There are quite a number of conversations I have been meaning to have.
[22:15] <Faerzen_Norstov> Do you have any solutions?
[22:15] <Abyss> No no, you need not concern yourself with this
[22:16] <Abyss> It's totally fine
[22:16] <Faerzen_Norstov> Or, if you do not mind, I would be interested in watching, assuming it does not take a great length of time.
[22:16] <Faerzen_Norstov> You have piqued my curiosity!
[22:17] <Abyss> It takes quite a while, is slow, and has no point if you watch it
[22:17] <Abyss> The end result would be spoilt
[22:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> Okay, its identity and workings shall remain a mystery for the present moment then.
[22:20] <Abyss> I suppose you will go and have those conversations now?
[22:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> I suppose so.
[22:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> I am glad to hear you are feeling better.
[22:21] <Abyss> Well...
[22:22] <Faerzen_Norstov> Yes?
[22:22] <Abyss> It's all because of you
[22:23] <Faerzen_Norstov> I already said, you need not worry about that!
[22:23] <Faerzen_Norstov> I am glad I could be of some assistance.
[22:23] <Abyss> I can't hold you, but if I could I would
[22:24] <Abyss> Humans lol being held right?
[22:24] <Abyss> *like
[22:40] <Faerzen_Norstov> Ummmm, I suppose so?
[22:40] <Abyss> Pretend I'm holding you then~
[22:40] <Faerzen_Norstov> It isn't universal by any means, but t--
[22:40]  * Faerzen_Norstov smiles
[22:41] <Faerzen_Norstov> Thank you.
[22:47] <Abyss> You don't need to thank me
[22:47] <Abyss> I haven't done anything
[22:49] <Faerzen_Norstov> I am thanking you for expressing the sentiment that you would be embracing me if you could because I appreciate it!
[22:49] <Abyss> Fair enough
[22:50] <Faerzen_Norstov> So would you like to get to work on that pot now while I converse with people?
[22:50] <Faerzen_Norstov> I dare say I have left quite a few people hanging with all the time spent on those court proceedings.
[22:50] <Abyss> I guess
[22:53] <Faerzen_Norstov> Okay, I shall go retrieve a pot now.
[22:54] <Faerzen_Norstov> Nick is downstairs, or at least he was the last I saw, and I do not know how he will react to seeing you so I will put you in my bag just for a moment lest he react poorly.
[22:54] <Abyss> ...
[22:55] <Abyss> o-ok
[22:55] <Faerzen_Norstov> I would like to have the chance to talk with him before just springing on him that you came home with me.
[22:55] <Abyss> You start blinking rapidly
[22:56] <Abyss> T-that's totally fine
[22:56] <Abyss> I-it's ok
[22:56]  * Faerzen_Norstov walks over to the glass door to the balcony, carefully removing the mask and placing it in his backpack
[22:57]  * Faerzen_Norstov enters a long complex string of characters into the keypad to open the glass door, then springing out onto the balcony and shutting the door quietly behind him
[22:58]  * Faerzen_Norstov glides down to the garden in the backyard, decaptchaloguing a large glass beaker (B - BORON) and scooping up a healthy portion of earth from the plot
[22:59]  * Faerzen_Norstov flies back up to the balcony, entering the password and closing the door behind him
[23:00] <Abyss> You think you hear Abyss humming faintly from your bag
[23:02]  * Faerzen_Norstov re-engages the lockdown, sets the beaker on his desk, and then retrieves the mask
[23:26]  * Faerzen_Norstov places the mask's strap around his head with Abyss on the back of his head, then sits on his bed facing the window away from his desk so Abyss is facing the container of dirt
[23:26] <Faerzen_Norstov> Do you think that container of earth from the garden will suffice for your purposes?
[23:26] <Abyss> Hmm, it should serve nicely!
[23:27] <Faerzen_Norstov> Excellent.
[23:27] <Faerzen_Norstov> I shall get to work then.