- IC CONTACT POST FOR MASKORMENACE -

[slightlyoffchilt]

"Hello.

You've reached the direct line of Doctor Frederick Chilton. As I am not available at the moment, you might assume I'm quite busy with something pressing. State your name and business, and I will return your call."

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[slightlyoffchilt]

[The degree of heat in possession gave him pause -- but it wasn't something that Chilton thought too deeply about, given the concern that Hannibal posed. That sharp, immediate concern.]

I'm sure I can manage, Walt. This isn't to say I don't appreciate your involvement -- I do, sincerely. [Another beat.] Remarkable. How tragedy -- or the threat of tragedy -- can bring people together.

call;

[slightlyoffchilt]

You don't think I would extend effort on your behalf, if I thought there was some immediate threat?

call;

[textualhealing]

I don't know, that's the trouble. And I don't wanna find out when it's too late. I don't wanna be the guy getting brutally murdered or whatever while you're skittering off into the shadows like a roach.

[slightlyoffchilt]

How emotional events make you feel. Not physical objects. To clarify.

[textualhealing]

I can already answer that: They don't. I'm dead inside.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I will inevitably be the judge of that.

Can't wait.

[textualhealing]

Whatever. Just give me whatever time slot and I'll show up to this bull crap.

call;

[slightlyoffchilt]

You have such a high opinion of me, Jeff.

call;

[textualhealing]

Is it wrong?

call;

[slightlyoffchilt]

I don't think I would say cockroach, no. I'm not running, Jeff, I only had to secure my own first.

He would take Raina from me just on a whim.

call;

[textualhealing]

He'd do that? Just because of you?

call;

[slightlyoffchilt]

Perhaps just because he can.

call;

[textualhealing]

And April too, then? [DOES NOT SOUND PLEASED!]

[slightlyoffchilt]

Mondays at five. That shouldn't be too unpleasant.

call;

[slightlyoffchilt]

I assume so. I -- believe that Hannibal has reason to take a different view with Will's wife. It really depends on what Hannibal thinks he must do to insert himself back into Will's life.

[textualhealing]

Mondays it is. You're still coming over tonight, right?

call;

[textualhealing]

Which is why you're not certain about how he'll be with me. Might consider me a threat?

call;

[slightlyoffchilt]

He is more likely to consider you a threat than not, I imagine.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I certainly don't have any other plans. Will you keep the raccoon infestation away?

[textualhealing]

Eduardo and I kinda got a thing going on, so maybe I can ask him nice. But that might just mean they focus on you even more. You know how it is with raccoons; you tell them not to push the big red button, they're gonna push it.

call;

[textualhealing]

A lot of guys consider me a threat. It's my charm and good looks. I'm still not seeing him as anything too big bad though, unless we're talking fashion choices. Between the lot of us, with our powers combined, we can Planeteer that Eco-Villain's ass.

call;

[slightlyoffchilt]

Please do not use such a reference while in his company.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Children. I believe you are thinking of children.

And possibly defense lawyers.

[hisheartsdesire]

[The path of least resistance, is it? Tobias hadn't really thought about it before, and certainly not in that way. All he'd known was that he didn't want to die, not then and there, while he was young and sheltered from so many things after his father had left. But before Tobias can answer, Chilton continues, giving him a moment more to consider—and to remind himself that Kanaya said he must tell Chilton everything.

Shaking his head a few times, ]

No, it doesn't. But in a place like this, it hardly seems to matter whether I asked for this or not. I didn't know by what means I would've been saved, certainly didn't know what price I was paying.

[It's difficult for Tobias not to feel angry about this after the way he's been treated, despite his best efforts. He lets out a frustrated huff.]

But then, I don't know those things are an excuse. It's always about the lives I change or ruin, always about other people. It matters not that I had to change my way of life, only that I destroy others. I'm... pathetic if I'm unhappy with it, and I'm wrong if I revel in it. So then what?

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[abduxel]

Yes, I saw it.

Are you in danger?