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Appointments Post

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[Asch keeps his eyes closed as Luke enters; he doesn't need to open them to see Luke there. He expected his replica- their link was enough of a warning to let Asch know that he was coming.]

...Don't be giving me any pathetic looks, replica.

[Luke doesn't answer to that. Instead, he slowly and quietly shuts the door behind him, then lowers his head. Well, if Asch doesn't want Luke to give him pathetic looks... Maybe he'll give one to the floor instead.]

I... I've been learning some magic here. Not with fonons, that stuff's too complicated... But Filial magic. Do you want me to try healing you a little? I don't think I can do anything big, but... maybe it'll help some.

[Asch hesitates at that; he doesn't feel like sharing the truth with Luke right now- really, not ever, since that would involve a demand for investigation at best and a more expansive explanation at worst. So... how to get around this, exactly...?]

The clinic employs healers and doctors more skilled than you, and they've done all they can. I don't need it.

... Right.

[Luke doesn't particularly like hearing that, but... it is the truth. So, he clenches and relaxes his fists, his gaze still on the floor. He's still got that look on his face, though it's lessened somewhat by now. Asch is alive and okay. That's what matters.]

What happened out there?

[.......

Well. Another awkward topic that Asch isn't keen in discussing. Either he'd have to admit that Van was content to leave him there - which would probably just anger his replica - or admit that he'd forced a pledge out of the man that, by keeping it, had caused Van to leave him there...

Neither option is particularly pleasant.]

There was a cave-in.

((ooc: herp derp some here and now over here!!))

[Luke almost doesn't get it. For a second, his expression remains frozen with a deep frown... And then something flashes in his eyes and he's up on his feet. Yes. Now he got it, and hell no is he calming down.]

So he just left you there?! You could've died! [So why is Asch so calm about this?!]

[Asch doesn't respond for a moment, letting the silence speak for itself. Though it occurs to him that saying nothing probably won't help matters... not that words will, either.

Oh well. There's no turning back now. He shrugs, his expression carefully neutral.]

I didn't. And he made his point clear.

But you could have!

[He grips the side of Asch's bed tight, so much that his fingers hurt.]

I don't care what he uses as his excuse! I don't care about a stupid truce! No one should leave you - or anyone in a situation like that!

[Asch merely closes his eyes, letting Luke rant for the moment. He'd been there just a day or so ago, after all; the only reason he's not as angry himself is that he's had time to really consider the situation for a while.

Still, he can let Luke channel his leftover anger for a while. It's not unjustified, after all.]

[Asch's silence both makes Luke angrier and calms him down, strangely. He's still angry. Oh yes, he's still pissed as hell, and there will be many hologram monsters that'll have that anger taken out on them. But Asch not really reacting save for shutting his eyes makes Luke realize that he's still injured, and yelling probably isn't something he wants to hear.

Besides, Luke's emotions mostly build on the reactions of others. With Asch seeming so calm, it's having a sort of soothing effect on Luke's own wild emotions.

So, he lets out a long sigh and sits himself down, though he still keeps his hands together, shaking as they are, and glares down at the floor.

But he's silent. He's not sorry for yelling. He's not sorry for feeling the way he is. He won't apologize for those things when they'd both know that the words would be empty.]

[Well, at least he's settling down now. It's a rare day that Asch is more calm than Luke, certainly, and after a long moment of silence he opens his eyes again to glance over at his replica, studying his expression. He's obviously not happy, but- maybe he'll be more open to discussion now.]

It's not that I'm not angry. And it's not that I don't blame him, either. But I gave him an excuse. It's how he is, and I should have expected that. Lesson learned- that's all.

So he'd let you die at the first opportunity he gets?! [It's bitter, much more so than possibly anything Luke said. The longer he stays in Luceti, the more his love for Van is whittled away. This took a huge chunk out of it, too; Asch is one thing that Luke won't allow outside forces to hurt, or if they do, then those people will have a hard time getting back into Luke's favor.]

The rest of us wouldn't do anything like that. You know that, right?

Of course I know that. I'm not an idiot. [Asch averts his eyes again, hands tightening in the blanket of his bed. Knowing that Van is that malicious, that merciless... he'd always known, of course. He tortured a ten-year-old child without remorse; there's very little he won't do if it suits his needs.]

[There's a BANG as Luke slams his fist into the side of his chair, letting out some of his anger. Sometimes you just have to hit something, and that was certainly the case for Luke.]

Damn it! If I'd been there, I...!

[... He isn't sure what he'd do. Just helping train Kairi in the Battle Dome, when the program was set for mines, made him tense and nearly be completely useless as a sparring partner.

But he... wouldn't have just left Asch!

Now that he's hit something and yelled again, though, he lets out a long, long sigh, and his shoulders loosen. That helped out.]

If you'd been there, you would've been caught in the cave-in as well, and he wouldn't have bothered to dig you out. Just forget it.

[Which is an impossible request, of course, but it's more of a dismissal than anything else. Arguing about it at this point is useless.]

[Luke grips his hands into his knees. Yes... Asch is right. But he's a little calmer now, so he doesn't bother yelling more about it. He just sits and glowers, trying to push that topic out of his head until he can beat up some holograms about it.]

How badly are you hurt?

I broke a few ribs. I'll be fine. [In a few months. Eventually. It's obvious that Luke is still angry, but he can deal with it.]

[Broke a few ribs...

This could've been prevented if -

Ugh. Luke's grip tightens, and he stands up quickly. He doesn't bother to try smiling to cover up how he feels - it's too obvious to try hiding.]

I'm going for a walk. [More like go beat some things.] I'll be back later.

Edited 2012-02-15 22:41 (UTC)

[It's probably for the best. Luke needs to calm down, and hopefully not run off and try to attack Van or something equally stupid. He knows his replica, though- angry as he is, he's smart enough to know better. Not that they even know where to find Van.

Idly, he waves Luke off.]

Bring something decent to eat with you.

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