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[headjacked]

Heyyyyyyyy, kiddo, you've reached me. Me who is Rhys. Anyway, not sure why you're trying to get in contact with the king of the dweebs, but I'm sure you've got your reasons. Reasons you should probably re-examine. I'm just sayin'.

Last chance to back out.

No?

Don't say I didn't warn ya.

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video 1/2

[headjacked]

[ Figures he might as well do video too, because Why Not. Typing with a damaged cyber arm is still obnoxious. He certainly looks better, though he also looks exceedingly grumpy.

Until - ]

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Dumpy?

[ !!! ]

Buddy! Heyyyyyy!!

[ He waves at the screen, mood visibly shifting immediately. You'd think that by the third time his elation over seeing Dumpy rising from the ashes would be a little more muted, but no. It will never diminish. ]

[swatsflies]

[Yay, Rhys sounds less like crap. He's going to let Dumpy fly into his tablet. His mace is missing, but there is a zebra keychain in it's place.]

We're heading up to the school for supplies, and then heading to the hospital. Are you still with Epps?

day 75, afternoon - text - @claytonator

[dr_unconscious]

Rhys? How are you doing?

[Clayton isn't even going to bother explaining himself--he figures the interpretation is obvious. Or it will be, if he has to call Rhys out on it.]

[headjacked]

[ Rhys is pretty sure he just felt his stomach do a triple flip. Impressive.

Play it cool, cyborg. ]

Me? I'm fine, why? Have you been talking to someone? Someone who is implying that I might not be fine? Because I am.

Fine, I mean.

[dr_unconscious]

[...]

Rhys.

[headjacked]

Is that a yes?

[dr_unconscious]

I don't know, Rhys. How about you tell me what's going on? I'm very curious.

[headjacked]

If this is about Steph, and I am like 200% sure it is, the situation is resolved. Ish. By which I mean we have gone our separate ways.

Happy?

[dr_unconscious]

I don't think the situation is as resolved as you think it is. She said you were hurt?

[headjacked]

Angel took care of it.

I said I am fine because I am FINE. Why is that so hard to believe?

[dr_unconscious]

You don't sound fine, that's why.

[headjacked]

What do you want from me, doc? I'm sure Steph told you everything.

[dr_unconscious]

I want to know why you're being so cagey with me. I understand not wanting to discuss the details so soon after it happened, but from what I've gathered, Steph attacked you. I came into this assuming that you and Angel were just defending yourselves.

What are you hiding from me that's making you so anxious?

[headjacked]

It might be a little more complicated than that.

But for all intents and purposes she did start it.

[dr_unconscious]

Well it's a good thing that I have a lot of time on my hands. Please enlighten me.

[headjacked]

Okay, but consider this:

No.

[dr_unconscious]

It's about the other guy, isn't it?

[Not the meme other guy, shut up. The actual one. The Other Guy. The one living in Rhys's head that likes to punch things.]

[headjacked]

WOW you are awfully insistent on making this your business when: news flash, it isn't!

[ SWEATING AND WIBBLEWHINING IS A GO ]

[dr_unconscious]

It became my business when he hurt you so badly that you were bedridden for more than a week and I had to work tooth and nail to keep you from dying a slow, painful death to pneumonia. But if that doesn't mean anything to you, I can just ask Angel instead. She seems to trust me more for helping you.

[headjacked]

[ The frustration and anger peaks and drains, which is a weird, stomach-churny feeling. A stabby, stomach-churny feeling.

As much as he'd hate to admit it, the guilt trip is working. But he can recognize that's what it is at the same time. ]

Go ahead.

[ And he passes his tablet to Angel, who, go figure, has been next to him for the latter half of this conversation. ]

surprise, mothereffer

[phaseshifter]

Hi, Dr. Epps! ~ヾ(＾∇＾)
I would have thought that someone who knows what a rough time Rhys is having would be more gentle about trying to get information from him. (⚆ _ ⚆) I'm pretty sure that you're not TRYING to guilt him into telling you things he isn't comfortable with, but that's kind of how it seems to him right now!
Don't worry, everything is fine and you know everything you need to know already ~UwU~

!!

[dr_unconscious]

Please forgive me for being frustrated, Angel. I feel like I'm missing a lot about what's going on here. People are hurt. You two have trusted me with your safety and sensitive information in the past. I think you even scolded me once for apologizing for getting involved, didn't you?
But it's coming across now that you two don't trust me anymore, and I'm not sure what's changed. Please, if nothing else, let me know what I've done wrong between then and now so I can make it up to you.

[phaseshifter]

There's nothing to make up for! We haven't stopped trusting you ヾ(´▽｀;)ゝ It's just that there isn't much more to tell!
The things you don't know are completely irrelevant to everything, honestly ^^; Rhys and I are both fine! We've recovered the pills, are out of the tunnels safely, and we can handle ~the other guy~ UwU No fussing!

[dr_unconscious]

Then why the defensiveness? Why the ambiguity? Why would Rhys try to brush off a fight that resulted in serious injury to someone like nothing happened? Did you two really think I wasn't going to know something was going on?

The fact of the matter is, maybe you two are fine, but Steph is not fine. She painted herself as the bad guy yet she's showing far more remorse for her actions and the situation than you two are and that makes me very uncomfortable. I know you're not that cold, Angel. I told Steph that myself.