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[recollecters]

Maurice was going to do this, but Maurice sucks so I sent him home before he could. Anyway, some of you may have noticed our new poll feature! We just don't have the time and resources to cater to all your "where is x item, what the fuck" complaints, so we had to streamline. The polls were the result of that! Coded them myself. I mean, Maurice did some of it, but I did most of it. So basically we're democratically crowd-sourcing what we're going to bother to fix for you! You can send thank you notes to the building, HR doesn't mind. So far it seems like you all care about the color blue most, so we fixed it! A little, anyway. I suggest a bracing walk through the woods if you particularly missed the color and don't feel like gazing deeply into a hobo's eyes. You've all been reading up on QR codes, right? You might also want to learn to start a fire. Just a tip. Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated As per the World Regains tracker, fruits and flowers that were once blue are once again blue. This includes the echo flowers in the Recollé woods! NPCs seem to be incapable of seeing this color still, however, and will not note any differences. The color does not seem capable of being transferred to anything else, either, and any attempts to do so will simply fade the color of the thing you were trying to use to do that. Furthermore, one thread of at least 10 comments from you from this post may be supplied for one untriggered memory by linking the thread and in explanation putting "June Freebie". This may only be claimed through the rest of June, and may not be claimed after the month ends. Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently.

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[standalonehuman]

Something like it. Fever's gone down.

Just overworked myself, that's all. I'll be back to normal in a few days.

[daemonized]

I see.

If you require assistance and want to be on your feet before that, let me know. Otherwise, get your rest, Togusa.

[standalonehuman]

Wouldn't need the assistance, but I wouldn't say no to a visit.

If you don't mind a dog, that is. I know the nephews are devout cat people.

[And maybe so Togusa can ask what the hell is going on in a private manner. Ardyn had remembered healing. So it seems he got the ability back, too?]

[daemonized]

I don't mind dogs at all. When would be a good time for me to stop by?

[someone stop him or he will heal you, Togusa]

[standalonehuman]

[Togusa thinks he is perfectly capable of stopping Ardyn on his own. Maybe they'll get the chance to find out.]

Come on by this afternoon, or evening, if you're free. Not too late or I'm going to be up all night.

[daemonized]

[That or Grell is going to scold him into making this just a simple visit and nothing more. >:[ ]

I'll be there in the afternoon, then. Perhaps a bit of tea will do you good.

[standalonehuman]

After he sends his address, Togusa actually makes an effort to clean up for Ardyn. It's not quite so obvious that he's just been nesting on the couch for the last few days. Togusa, himself, still looks worn out, but the living room is straightened up, it's at least appropriate for a guest to come over now. There is still a fluffy blanket bundled on the couch, and his laptop is set up on the coffee table for maximum TV streaming veg-time. But he did also break out the tea set.

Togusa can manage a tired smile when he opens the door. "Come on in. Thanks for coming by."

[daemonized]

And there stands Ardyn, with little container of tea held in one hand -- the sort marketed for colds and the like. He offers Togusa a grin in greeting, but it quickly transforms into an expression of mild concern.

"No need to thank me. I wanted to," he says. "You look terrible, though."

Well, maybe not terrible, but he certainly has the look of someone that's been sick and needs a bit more sleep to get rid of what ails him. Ardyn will wander in, briefly taking in his surroundings.

"Overworked yourself, you said?"

[standalonehuman]

Togusa steps aside to let Ardyn in. The apartment is well-kept, except for Togusa's nest on the couch. Assorted photos are on various surfaces, including a look familiar to Ardyn, Togusa with shorter hair, fresh out of the Academy. There are a few odd carpeted blocks that are next to the couch and chair, the purpose of which isn't clear for a second.

Until there is the tak-tak sound of little nails on the wood floor. A tiny white miniature schnauzer pads up towards Ardyn. The pup's gait looks awkward, almost like he's limping off his front left paw. Daisuke looks very far up at Ardyn and lets out a quiet 'boof.'

Togusa smiles down at the dog. "Ardyn, Daisuke. Daisuke, Ardyn."

He tiredly moves back to the couch, but he's glad to watch Ardyn and the dog.

[daemonized]

He notes how well-kept the apartment is, minus Togusa's spot on the couch; and yet, he can hardly blame him for the latter. The professor sets down the tea he had brought (near the tea set), his attentions quickly pulled from the environment to the small dog. Immediately, he grins, crouching down and extending a hand to let Daisuke sniff at it.

"Hello, Daisuke."

If the pup seems keen on letting Ardyn scratch him behind his ears, he'll do so. But regardless, he'll also ask Togusa, "Is there something the matter with his paw?"

[standalonehuman]

Skritchies? Skritchies! Daisuke leans his head into Ardyn's hand. Whatever test it is that Daisuke uses to judge people, Ardyn seems to have passed muster. Togusa smiles fondly at the scene. "He's got some sort of an injury," he holds up his hand and flexes his wrist back and forth, "doggy version of an ankle, it doesn't want to bend all the way back and hold his weight. But he gets around all right."

"The shelter owner wasn't sure about his full history, but his last owner didn't want him anymore." But his look stays fond. "He'll follow me everywhere, though, so I help him out." Thus, why the little stepstools so Daisuke can move around.

[daemonized]

Skritchies indeed! Ardyn continues to give Daisuke attention for a bit longer, before finally standing once more to his full height to look at Togusa properly. He looks like he wants to say something, but the professor seems to be reminded of the scolding he'll get if he does flirt with the subject threatening to spill from his lips...

Well. He says it, anyway, because Ardyn does what he wants.

"I'd offer to attempt to heal him, but I think someone would be very much unhappy with me if I did."

At least he isn't offering to outright. He doesn't even know if his powers extend to animals, but at least it's broaching the subject of what he had initially hinted to in the Retrospec post.

[standalonehuman]

There's something confusing in that last statement, so Togusa holds up a hand in a placating gesture. "Hold on. Let's back this up a step." He nods towards the chair to invite Ardyn to take a seat.

"You've gained the powers that you saw in your memories?" Obviously, but Togusa isn't going to start with any unspoken assumptions. "With- Souji," only the slightest hesitation before he brings up Ardyn's nephew, "I saw that it's possible now. Magic. There's zero reason it should work, but magic. It's here now." Forget explanations for a second, Togusa is still wrapping his head around the fact that this is what he is seeing.

And he looks at Ardyn cautiously. "And it's something for you, too?"

[daemonized]

His smile goes faint and little lopsided, but Ardyn nods, moving closer to where Togusa is.

"Magic is quite a reality for me now," he explains. There's a moment of consideration that passes over his features before he speaks again.

"I can show you if you like. In a very limited capacity, as I promised to let you rest and heal in a more natural way. But you can see it as it's happening. A strange... glow around my fingertips."

An almost-shrug.

"May I sit?"

/private/

[erythristic]

Ardyn Izunia, don't you dare.

perma-private!

[daemonized]

[oh....hi.

That was definitely the use of a full name. He scales back his flippancy by eighty percent.]

I think I'm able to handle a head cold, Grell.

[erythristic]

and what good does going and making yourself bedridden do?

i can't stop you, if it's what you honestly want, but i beg you to reconsider. prompto saying something puts you under no obligation, and this isn't like togusa doesn't need the excuse to rest.

[why can't a visit be just a visit? if she sees him with a head cold in this specific timing...]

besides, you don't even know if it can handle illness.

[daemonized]

[The lawyer in him wants to argue every single point. That Prompto had nothing to do with him feeling obligated, that Togusa would likely prefer to be up and running if given the choice, and that they wouldn't know if he could cure illness unless he tried.

But.

Perhaps that's not the best route to take. She had made a concession for him, once. Thus his words are completely different than what goes through his head.]

I understand all of your points. But you know it's hard for me to not want to at least try.

[erythristic]

i do know. but you were giving me the good sense to not push my limits unnecessarily. you might want to do the same for now, if you haven't already sworn to him you'd make the attempt.

[daemonized]

He doesn't even know. Though he's clever enough to put two and two together; I had told about my memories of healing once before.

[A moment before the next text.]

When you were dealing with your own talents, you were kind enough to stop on account of my worrying. It's only fair that I do the same in this instance.

[In this. Instance.]

There may be talk of magic, but none will transpire today. Does that please you?

[erythristic]

yes. thank you.

[a pause then.]

i don't mean to have a harsh reaction. i simply want to advise caution.

[wait, one more.]

if you'd like to try this out in the future, see if you can set aside a day or two in the future so that if it does end with you suffering the full effects, you'll at least have time to recover.

1/2

[daemonized]

Come now, I can handle a bit of harshness time and again.

[He had to survive law school. He can handle much, much worse than that.]

And that requires a bit of coincidental timing, doesn't it? That someone should just happen to be sick when I've the time to take off for it.

[Ah, but he's just being difficult by arguing the point.]

But, perhaps we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

[daemonized]

If /you/ get sick, however, you'll not be talking me out of healing you. That is the one exemption to whatever rules we decide upon.

[erythristic]

then i must be careful to not get sick.

or if i do, then i'll prepare to see you back to health.

[daemonized]

Come now, I'd not have you waste your time on that. I've been sick before, and I can take care of myself if it does happen again.