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@connor.resnik, post-event

[cyberlife]

How are they treating you?

[fessus]

Food's not great.

[cyberlife]

No, it isn't, is it? Physically, though, are you being taken care of to your satisfaction?

[fessus]

I guess. Never really stayed in a hospital like this before. Glad they know what they're doing.

You?

[cyberlife]

It's going well, presumably. I've never done this before either and, I must admit, it's a little intimidating.

But I'm thankful you talked me into it.

[fessus]

Dw about it. If you get tripped up or nervous and say something weird we can say it's shock or w/e. I'll back up your story.

Does it hurt much?

[cyberlife]

That's very kind of you. I'll do the same for you, if you happen to end up needing it, Noctis.

This is the most pain I've been in, but I'm through suppressing it. I need to feel it all to understand what I've done.

1/3

[fessus]

Let's just make sure our timeline of events matches just in case we get asked.

Listen, Connor

2/3

[fessus]

[ Listen to what? To some comforting platitude like "it wasn't your fault" or "it's gonna' be okay"? Noctis knows how hollow those words are, cringes inwardly at the thought of someone uttering them to him in response to his own failings. ]

3/3

[fessus]

[ ... ]

Just don't let it hold you back. You can feel bad about it but tomorrow's another day, so...

[cyberlife]

(being placated would make him feel worse. noctis' comment, though, is a bit of a relief — it makes him nod to himself in his empty, lonely room beyond a bustling hospital ward. they both know he should've had the willpower to pull through that. he thought he did.

he's still too weak, still too vulnerable to other, stronger minds taking control of his own. and he doesn't pay the price, his friends do.)

I'm so sorry that I-

I... don't know how to repay you.

[fessus]

Then ig you don't.

I've hurt my friends before when I didn't mean to. Can't really make up for that, you just trust them to know that you didn't want to.

Can I get my meal after this?

[cyberlife]

Are we friends?

(he has to ignore the meal for a moment, even if he knows full well he'll come back to it. he'll buy him anything he likes.)

[fessus]

[ .................... uhhhhhhh ]

Kind of a weird question. What do you think?

[ I don't know that ]

[cyberlife]

I hope to be, if we aren't already. I'll buy your meal.

(is he... bartering for noctis' friendship... maybe...)

[fessus]

Okay... Never been friends with someone under a year old before.

[cyberlife]

That shouldn't be a problem. My outward appearance and my mentalty are far beyond their years.

2/2

[cyberlife]

Mentality.

These drugs are strong.

(one typo and his world's over.)

[fessus]

Yeah it's your sense of humor and ability to read the mood that really need work.......

Nice typo though. You still doing okay? They're not doing surgery or anything right?

[cyberlife]

No surgery required. They set it, which was indescribable.

(it hurt. so bad. just remembering it brings him the phantom aches and throbs, making him press his head back into his pillow.)

I don't understand what you mean by "read the mood". What mood was there?

[fessus]

Ouch. Well tick that box for life experiences ig.

The mood's me obv joking about caring about your age and you trying to make me feel better about it anyway.

@markus.manfred

[saviorexe]

[After checking in with Connor, guess who’s next on the list? Markus plans on remaining at the hospital overnight, so this message comes when he’s quite literally in the same building.

Easier to begin this way, though.]

Noctis. I’m sorry.

[fessus]

[ Ah. Well, this is a message he'd anticipated eventually, whether it started apologetic or not. Geeze, it's been a long day... ]

Markus, hey. How are you feeling?

[saviorexe]

[How is he feeling? Now that's a question that he's only going to answer in the broadest of strokes.]

Still hurting, and I look a little worse for wear. But that's to be expected.

Connor told me what happened. How's your shoulder?

[fessus]

Yeah figured he would. Dunno if he gave you every detail but good thing you guys are patching stuff up too.

Shoulder's in one piece just like the bullet so ig I lucked out. I'm waiting to hear back on when they're gonna remove it or if they can or w/e. Did you get looked at?