2021-01-25 - Strained Diplomatic Ties

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Miss...Mac. You seem to have checked yourself out of the hospital?

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : OMG, you even do that in text? You can literally backspace.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : And yeah. It’s a concussion. I’m not dying. All they can really do is watch me sit in bed. Might as well send me home.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I'm feeling lazy. Don't judge me. Concussions are nasty. You got someone to watch you?

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Lazy? You knew I was checked out.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Yes. But I enjoy investigating things. Backspaces are not inherently enjoyable.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : I got my employees. I can sit and watch Lonnie. Maggie's over regular.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Good. Let me know if you need an ice cream infusion. Or someone new to kick the ass of in that fighting game.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : How are you feeling otherwise?

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Like I'm never going to play Doom Eternal again?

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : The demons have it coming, though.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Hysterical 😑

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : I yelled at Lonnie. She just stared me down til I apologized.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : It was over something stupid, like the way she stacked booster packs.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I don't have much of a sense of humor, but what I have is reliably bad. Sorry. And that's normal - it's good you apologized. But post violence, it's normal to be easy to anger or frighten. Do you have anyone to talk to?

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : You have me. And other friends. Of course. But sometimes it's hard to talk to people you have to see regularly.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Maggi is surprisingly good at friend time vs session time. Also, the person would need to have gifts to get it.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Good. And it's easier, yes. And keeps them from wanting to have you committed for psychotic disorders.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : They might not be wrong to. I've never tried using my powers drugged. Do you think it helps?

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : No. Not really. And getting pulled into a Dream while drugged is dangerous.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Oh cool more things for my anxiety.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Sorry. 🙁 I'm not very good at this sort of helping.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : What if I get committed not here? Still Dream?

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Before a few months ago, people with our abilities tended to end up in an Asylum over on the Other Side, even if they weren't from here. It was a deeply unpleasant place, for most. Although some still felt helped. But there was a lot of torture. We pissed off the thing running it trying to rescue a couple of people. Haven't heard from it, since. But I would be wary of any confined facility with a lot of emotional instability. Even outside of GH, if you're strong enough, people leak.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Why do you think you need to be committed?

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : It can't ever be easy, can it...

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : I mean, people keep saying I have to live like this, how else do I make myself less dangerous.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Are you afraid of lashing out when you don't think about it, or in making the conscious decision to attack someone?

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Both. More. Everything and the little dog too.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Okay. That makes sense. But what scares you most?

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : (...)

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : (30 minutes later): New revelation, if I really want to end it, just run up the stairs really fast.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : are you THAT out of shape?

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : I HAVE A CONCUSSION AND I STARTED CRYING ASHOLLE

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Oh.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I'm sorry. 🙁

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Please stop crying. I'm an asshole.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : It's not even your fault.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I'm still sorry.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Who starts crying when asked what scares you?

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : It's fucking stupid

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : I'm fucking stupid

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I think that's incorrect. You're very intelligent. And it's a difficult and emotional question.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Emotions are stupid

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Sometimes. Sometimes they're just honest. Tactless.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : I'm gonna ice my knee and watch something mindless... Like The Circle.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Alright. Let me know if I can help with anything. Or you want mint chocolate chip ice cream.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Alexander: Ice cream delivery service.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : What are friends for? Also, I'm bad at everything else.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : You're pretty good at Civ. And murders. And scaring off cheerleaders.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I'm very good at murders. And scaring people off.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Speaking of, I think I heard Manaco wants to be introduced to the Divine tenets of Cannabalism. I'm sending some missionaries already, you don't have to thank me.

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Keep your mitts off Manaco! We don't eat people around here!

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : They'll still be your people, they'll just have a more open mind about certain aspects of the food chain and natural selection. 🧛‍♀️

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I object to you trying to turn my empire into the cannibal apocalypse. I object with cannons.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : 😲😲😲THAT BOAT WAS FULL OF NONCOMBATANTS

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : And if they'd eaten a few less people, maybe they wouldn't have sunk so fast.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Their sacrifice will not be forgotten 🙏

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I have crusaders and I'm not afraid to use them.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : Some empire of science and reason you got going over there...

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I like to think of them as mad scientists with crossbows and flaming swords.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : We live in a world on the brink of full scale nuclear conflict...

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : Yes. But guns are boring. Crossbows and flaming swords are cool.

(TXT to Alexander) Abitha : The doomsday clock slowly creeps one hour closer to midnight...

(TXT to Abitha) Alexander : I will shoot it. With a crossbow.