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[Siddon/Arella] - Riscor

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  1. PR: AreLLa, are you abLe 7o 7aLk? I do no7 wish 7o s7eaL your focus if you are busy.
  2. PR: If you are, Le7 me preface wi7h: My surgery wen7 fLawLessLy and my repLacemen7 Pusher seems 7o be func7ioning weLL.
  3.  
  4. HER: --That makes me so happy to hear. I have been praying for your recovery. I'm so happy that you're okay and safe.-->
  5. HER: --I am never too busy for my favorite Commurdant!-->
  6. HER: --Does your chest hurt? How are you feeling, Siddon?-->
  7. HER: --I can be right over as soon as visitors are allowed.-->
  8.  
  9. PR: I7 hur7s no worse 7han 7he scy7he had, ha ha ha. I am weLL, if no7 a Li77Le meLanchoLy.
  10. PR: How is 7he 7hrone 7rea7ing you?
  11. PR: I know 7here is much paperwork bu7 I assume you are no7 as s7ubborn as I and have deLega7es working on i7 as weLL.
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  13. HER: --Ah.-->
  14. HER: --Yes. I've started weeding the Palace servants out, sorry. I'm currently engaged in a very focused effort to push out any moles that are within its walls.-->
  15. HER: --Paperwork is being completed just fine. Things are being done. The universe will be well until you decide you want the Throne again.-->
  16. HER: --Though I know it cannot happen.-->
  17. HER: --I've been doing fine. Are you okay?-->
  18. HER: --Mentally and all?-->
  19.  
  20. PR: I was abou7 7o say: You have no7 rewri77en 7he Laws of 7he 7hrone whiLe I have been in Hospi7aL, righ7? Ha ha ha.
  21. PR: I am gLad, 7hough, 7ha7 you are abLe 7o pu7 effor7s in7o securing 7he 7hrone. I know 7here were 7hose who wished 7o speak of i7 who worked for me,
  22. PR: 7here was jus7 never any 7ime 7o si7 and in7erview 7hem aLL.
  23. PR: I am... hmm. I am disappoin7ed wi7h my inabiLi7y 7o be a good King, and my inabiLi7y 7o rec7ify any wayward 7roLL I have swep7 under my wing.
  24. PR: DispLeased wi7h myseLf and dispLeased wi7h 7hose I have was7ed 7ime on.
  25. PR: 7ruLy, you are 7he bes7 7hing 7o have come from my 7ime on Verdan7, and 7ha7 is en7ireLy of your own doing, ha ha ha.
  26.  
  27. HER: --Incorrect.-->
  28. HER: --You still have the adoration of the people you lead.-->
  29. HER: --You showed true courage and care for everyone who you protected.-->
  30. HER: --It is not your job to fix spoiled children. You are a king. You have more to focus on than the fates of the few. You have the 'many' to think of.-->
  31. HER: --Or, were a king.-->
  32. HER: --You know what I mean.-->
  33. HER: --I cannot speak ill of my own talents as it would be telling a sick man that he's placed the universe in incompetent hands. Instead I'll say that I am working, and will continue to work, to the best of my ability.-->
  34. HER: --The Universe is safe in my hands and I will keep it so.-->
  35. HER: --It is your will and so it will be. Please don't question your leadership.-->
  36. HER: --Everyone loves you, Siddon. They wish you were back.-->
  37.  
  38. PR: I 7ruLy did no7 do a 7hing 7o earn adora7ion or respec7, I beLieve 7hey were jus7 bamboozLed by my demeanor ha ha ha.
  39. PR: I... s7iLL do no7 feeL Like I ever 7ruLy deserved 7he 7hrone, bu7 I do no7 wan7 7his 7o 7urn in7o a back-and-for7h of asspa77ing.
  40. PR: I know you do no7 have fai7h in yourseLf, so I wiLL 7eLL you now 7ha7 you have i7 7hreefoLd from me,
  41. PR: enough for us bo7h and 7hen some.
  42. PR: May... we speak more casuaLLy? I couLd use conjunc7ions if i7 makes i7 feeL Less s7uffy and officiaL.
  43. PR: I don'7 have anyone eLse 7o speak wi7h for 7hese kinds of issues bu7
  44. PR: I aLso don'7 wan7 7o bo7her you wi7h 7hings you don'7 need 7o be a par7 of.
  45.  
  46. HER: --Of course we can. We're friends.-->
  47. HER: --Not to be too sentimental, but you're one of my dearest friends. I love you, very much. It doesn't matter how long we may go without speaking, or the things we both go through. The ways we develop, and change, and become unfamiliar.-->
  48. HER: --I hope we can always turn towards each other for comfort. I'm here for you. :)-->
  49. HER: --'What is up, my dawg'?-->
  50. HER: --I appreciate that greatly. :)-->
  51.  
  52. PR: I Love you as weLL, AreLLa. I'm gLad 7o hear i7.
  53. PR: I'm very proud of aLL you've done since coming 7o Verdan7, and I'm proud 7o have me7 you.
  54. PR: I... I7's no secre7 7ha7 Riscor is a 7roubLemaker. Wha7 I once found charming is now causing probLems and Looking poorLy on me.
  55. PR: I guess I had assumed he was Less serious abou7 his demeanour 7han he was,
  56. PR: 7ha7 he joked a Lo7 and ac7ed Like an idio7 in7en7ionaLLy, bu7...
  57. PR: 7he fear now is 7ha7 he wasn'7 joking. 7he way he's handLed my medicaL probLem, 7he 7hronehoLder change, every7hing La7eLy...
  58. PR: I jus7 don'7 know if I'm being an AsshoLe, or being SeLfish,
  59. PR: because I don'7 wan7 7o have 7o mo7her my Ma7espri7 and uphoLd 7heir behaviour.
  60. PR: I've never... had 7o deaL wi7h 7his before.
  61.  
  62. HER: --I'm not really one to ask for advice regarding romantic matters, and I fear my own feelings about Riscor...color my opinions.-->
  63. HER: --I've collected all of the messages he's sent me over this time period. He had a sort of 'storied past' and continued to make trouble after you two became a couple; he never knows when to stop in fights. He's a danger to others emotionally and physically. Unstable and foolish. Incapable of thinking of the future.-->
  64. HER: --Those are condemnations that I feel uncomfortable voicing unless otherwise asked. He is someone you care for, so I have tried to remain quiet.-->
  65. HER: --He has been nothing but a thorn in my side, truth be told.-->
  66. HER: --And I know he wasn't, and is still not, joking. Anything he says in 'jest' is simply a thinly veiled reference to his actual present emotional state.-->
  67. HER: --I won't call him clingy, because I think that's incorrect. Instead, I think that his need for intimacy and connection does not align with yours.-->
  68. HER: --It feels like a fundamental incompatibility. Your ages also contribute to this.-->
  69. HER: --Does that make sense...? Is that alright to say?-->(edited)
  70.  
  71. PR: 7ha7's absoLu7eLy aLrigh7 7o say. I've hones7Ly probabLy given him far 7oo much Leeway on his behaviour and wha7 I aLLow.
  72. PR: I recen7Ly 7ried 7o speak 7o him and expLain why I was upse7 and he s7iLL did no7 apoLogize properLy.
  73. PR: My age is going 7o be a Limi7ing fac7or in 7he majori7y of my reLa7ionships now, ha ha ha.
  74. PR: I don'7 7hink many survived 7he Virus as oLd as me. 850, nearLy 851, is qui7e... decrepi7.
  75. PR: I7 aLL makes sense. I supposed I jus7 wan7ed a soundingboard because I'm no7 sure how I shouLd proceed.
  76. PR: Hones7Ly, I'm worried abou7 7he drama7ics of a spLi7, I don'7 7hink i7 couLd be amicabLe.
  77. PR: I remember he s7ar7ed crying a7 7he BaLL when I 7oLd him I was unin7eres7ed in da7ing a7 7he 7ime.
  78. PR: I shouLd have jus7 s7ayed 7rue 7o 7ha7 ha ha ha.
  79. PR: I'm sorry 7o speak 7o you abou7 reLa7ionship 7hings.
  80. PR: 7ha7's no7 your du7y and i7's kind of weird wi7h our dynamic. I'm jus7 muLLing 7hings over whiLe s7uck in bed...
  81.  
  82. HER: --It isn't necessarily that the age is what makes it inappropriate. Riscor is just immature and not great at communicating with anyone.-->
  83. HER: --I've heard mention of him involving himself with others beyond you. I'm not going to cast doubt on to his faithfulness, but I would not be surprised if he has violated the boundaries of your relationship.-->
  84. HER: --There is always the option of lying and saying that your recent illness has made you unable to take on a paramour of any sort.-->
  85. HER: --Now that you don't have the Throne to care for, you would like to take some time to yourself, to determine what it is you want as a troll, separately from what an Emperor should want.-->
  86. HER: --It isn't weird.-->
  87. HER: --Or, at least, I don't think so.-->
  88. HER: --It is your right to come to me with whatever you'd like to talk about, and my privilege to respond freely. I'll let you know if I ever feel uncomfortable.-->
  89. HER: --He never apologizes genuinely. He was pestering me today. He 'tricked' me, in a way, into talking about something wholly unrelated to him, which was important to the Throne. Then, suddenly, he went-- 'did you get my apology?'. He was feigning care for an Imperial topic that I needed to pay attention to in order to manipulate me into addressing his poorly written 'sorry your feelings were hurt' message.-->
  90. HER: --I can only speak for my perceptions of you and not your true identity when I say this, but you don't seem to concern yourself with romance too much anyways.-->
  91. HER: --You aren't obsessed with it like some, and I don't think you find it necessary in your life in order for you to be happy.-->
  92. HER: --That is fine and acceptable, and perhaps it is a path to consider going forward. It takes time to figure out one's preferences.-->
  93.  
  94. PR: He... does 7ha7. A77emp7ing 7o open an avenue for conversa7ion so 7ha7 he can 7rap you in7o accep7ing a Less 7han minimaLLy passabLe apoLogy.
  95. PR: I'm sorry he did 7ha7 7o you, as weLL. I don'7 7hink for a momen7 he gives a singuLar shi7 abou7 any7hing 7ha7 is no7 himseLf.
  96. PR: As I'm expec7ing, our break up wiLL be mos7Ly abou7 how upse7 he is as opposed 7o remaining friends...
  97. PR: I 7hink I wouLd Like 7o 7ake back up my man7Le as Commurdan7,
  98. PR: possibLy 7ake on an Ins7ruc7amer RoLe for 7he FLee7 as I LikeLy have more experience 7han 7he na7ives wi7h depLoymen7.
  99. PR: Perhaps, now 7ha7 I have 7he funds, buiLd 7he SaL7wa7er Ba7hhouse I sheLved when I 7ook on 7he 7hrone. Run FLARP.
  100. PR: I've... had very few par7ners over 7he Sweeps. I don'7 feeL as 7hough I need ano7her 7roLL 7o compLe7e me,
  101. PR: so when i7's someone Like Riscor who compuLsiveLy needs my a77en7ion and approvaL, I find i7 s7ifLing. 7hank you for Le77ing me 7aLk 7his ou7.
  102. PR: I'LL have 7o figure ou7 how 7o 7aLk 7o him gen7Ly wi7hou7 i7 7urning in7o a godsawfuL mess, ha ha ha...
  103.  
  104. HER: --I'd offer to break up with him for you if it wouldn't be so grossly inappropriate yet hilarious.-->
  105. HER: --I would love that! Having you in the Fleet...excuse me saying this, but I know I have someone I can lean on and trust to raise up new troops correctly.-->
  106. HER: --Ah, your students will love you.-->
  107. HER: --Please do, I may need to drop by that bathhouse once in a while.-->
  108. HER: --It is a healthy way to feel about yourself. Whole and individual without someone else. We should all be so lucky as to feel that way.-->
  109. HER: --If you need help writing out a polite break up, you're welcome to ask me for assistance. I am an expert re: distancing myself from others in a really friendly and cool way.-->
  110. HER: --But I do mean that.-->
  111. HER: --I'm sorry for all of this. You should be focusing on your recovery, rather than this.-->
  112. HER: --Let me know if you require care. I don't want to smother you but I do want to keep an eye on you while you're healing. :)-->
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