tongueamok | XOqNI

Hello, this is Carlisle.

I mean, it's not Carlisle as in I'm actually answering you right now, so if you're trying to reply to me at the second, you should probably save your breath because I'm not really here. This is some kind of a recording of my voice, but this is my communicator. I'm going to assume these devices are as common here as they are in other places — not my world, but others, ones more technologically advanced than where I come from— so if you'd like to leave me a message, then you may do so here, or er...

Right. Here is fine. So just leave yo—

[beep]

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From:

circumitus

Guess that's close enough.

[Rey doubts that trying to explain how synthetics are made and work won't yield much fruit here.]

That all you could sense from that, though? Just the inorganic stuff?

From:

tongueamok

[She's not a true pyromancer, and not a true construct. Just what is she, anyway?]

I could tell what parts of you are and are not human -- or whatever it is you are. I am no expert in constructs, though.

From:

circumitus

[She could almost laugh at "whatever it is you are", having heard and wondered that much of the time herself. While Rey knows what she was supposed to be, what she is is another story entirely.]

Do you think that factor would obstruct your abilities in some way?

[Asking because of reasons.]

From:

tongueamok

My... healing abilities?

[Or the other ones, as the unspoken question goes.]

From:

circumitus

That and the other thing you can do, making people do shit.

[On the plus side, she sounds more impartial to the subject of Carlisle's compulsion than others have been.]

From:

tongueamok

[There's a quiet sort of sigh on his end, one that's probably as laced with shame as a sigh can get.]

I... I don't know, actually. I cannot heal constructs in the traditional sense. I'd need a Glyph of Mending, and even then, it would likely be unstable. And I don't know whether or not the, er... other thing would be affected, as I admittedly have not done much experimentation.

From:

circumitus

Didn't seem to have any adverse effects the last time you did your healing thing.

The reason for asking is because your... clone -- or whatever -- from a few months back attempted to try that little trick. At least, am pretty sure that it was trying to do.

[Rey refuses to dignify those doubles with pronouns, so "it" they are.]

From:

tongueamok

No no, I mean I couldn't mend the inorganic parts of you. I mean, I could, but the energy re—

[And then he stops talking as his brain latches onto that next thing she said, even if he might have been talking over her just a bit.]

My— my what? What did you say? What is that you were saying just now?

From:

circumitus

[Rey is hardly concerned about the inorganic aspects of her makeup. They're pretty sturdy, and tend to mend on their own.

[However, it's pretty clear that last part is what has Carlisle's undivided attention now.]

Your clone. Double. That other you. Whatever. Was trying to give orders. Seemed confused when nothing was happening, and turned to use Shadow instead. That's what happened.

[It isn't that big of a deal to Rey, though there is some comfort in knowing that she isn't completely vulnerable to that sort of thing.]

From:

tongueamok

You— oh. Oh, that's- that is something of interest.

[And something he might want to look into. Something he will look into.]

You said Shadow was there?

From:

circumitus

[She'd assumed it might be. Just slipped her mind up until now, while she's got him on the line.]

Yes. He had no trouble following that thing's orders, so... figured that's what was going on.

[Thanks to AJ's brief visit, Rey got to know that little trivia about Carlisle.]

From:

tongueamok

Oh.

[That oh was far more somber than the previous ones. This does clear up a few things, like how Shadow suddenly knew he had this ability. He hadn't thought to ask when the hedgehog was pummeling him while his garden burned all around him.]

What happened to him? The other me?

From:

circumitus

[Far as Rey is concerned, it's no skin off her nose. But then, she wasn't the one who experienced the compulsion.]

Made sure to put it down. [So plain and matter of fact about this, too.] Couldn't be used by it to hurt others, but couldn't let it wander around to do that shit to someone else.

From:

tongueamok

Oh.

[And that oh is... a little relieved.]

That's- that's good. Not the, ah. I mean, I suppose it wasn't a person so much as a shapeshifter with my, er. No, it's- it's good he's gone. I was worried he might come back, and what he might do if he did.

[There's a pause, then:]

Thank you, sincerely.

From:

circumitus

[Shapeshifter, clone... It's all the same thing, right?]

It's no big deal, since it looked like it wasn't possible to be controlled by it, anyway.

[But still, she was in very real danger of what Badlisle could do to others, and yet that hasn't crossed her mind despite what had happened.]

From:

tongueamok

[The thought might not have crossed Rey's mind, but it has certainly crossed Carlisle's.]

That doesn't mean he couldn't have hurt you in other ways. Not all wounds are tangible things to be mended by magic or medicine. That he could have forced others to do anything he wanted is a horrifying prospect.

[He takes in a shaky breath. He doesn't want to think about what his double set out to do -- he already has an inkling.]

It is no wonder Shadow took such umbrage with me.

From:

circumitus

Well, it's a good thing that it wasn't alive long enough to get that far.

[This is the first time she's heard of the whole drama between Shadow and Carlisle. Now it makes sense why he wouldn't rush to the aid of those bleeding idiots on the network.

[She raises a brow, squinting at her phone.] But that thing wasn't you.

[Duh.]

From:

tongueamok

It shared the abilities I am granted by my curse. It might as well have been.

[He says that with all seriousness, too.]

From:

circumitus

[She gets it -- she does. And that's why she says it again in a firmer tone:]

But. It. Wasn't. You. You're no more guilty of that thing's actions any more than anyone else's who wrecked havoc is.

Edited Date: 2017-05-06 07:54 am (UTC)

From:

tongueamok

[There's a pause of about three seconds, a soft sigh, then:]

I am guilty of using my aural compulsion on him before, Miss Rey. I suppose the other me is how Shadow found out. Perhaps he recognized what it felt like, and realized what I had done.

[His voice trembles as bitterness poisons his tone.]

He was angry, and I deserved that.

From:

circumitus

Then perhaps he should cry a river and get the fuck over it. There are tons of people here who are capable of -- and have done -- some messed up shit. And you don't seem like the type of person who do that sort of thing unless you had reason to.

[Just assuming, here. Then again, Rey isn't always the best judge of character.]

From:

tongueamok

I... had my reasons, but that does not erase my sin.

[More silence. The pause is longer this time.]

Are you friends with Shadow, Miss Rey?

Edited Date: 2017-05-06 08:19 am (UTC)

From:

circumitus

[If he sees it as a sin, then Rey has a hard time believing that he would use such an ability all willy nilly. Knowing the way Shadow is, she can hazard a good guess that Carlisle did indeed have his "reasons".]

No, not really. We're aquainted, and he tried to kill me while he was being controlled, but -- that's about it.

Edited Date: 2017-05-06 08:32 am (UTC)

From:

tongueamok

I see.

[That's somewhat of a relief, in a way. He'd hate for Rey to turn on him, too. She's thus far been surprisingly neutral toward the awfulness of what he can do -- has done, even to her friends and family.]

May I tell you something? I don't suppose you are the type to go sharing such things, but... it's hard to tell others for what they may think, or who they may know.

[He's used to being the one people confess to, not the confessor.]

From:

circumitus

[When you're also someone who has and can do some pretty terrible things, it's hard to judge others who are in similar boats. Particularly ones as repentant about it as Carlisle is.]

Go ahead. Wouldn't really know who to tell, anyway.

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