- 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."

Comments

[kingpawn]

[ Walt was a little disappointed when Chilton refused his offer to come to him, and the weight of his pause was indicative of that. ]

This doesn't end as a tragedy, though. The story is going to be different this time. This time, we both accomplish the things we want -- and nothing stands in our way.

Definitely not some weird cannibal from your home world at least.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I'm glad that you called. There was a time -- [Well. No one had called after Gideon disemboweled him, had they? No one had visited. No one would, when he was shot in the face by a brainwashed Miriam Lass.]

... Anyway. I am comforted by the fact.

[kingpawn]

It was the least I could do.

[ And it felt like the least he was allowed to do. Sitting and waiting wasn't a strategy Walt enjoyed employing. ]

I'll send you a fruit basket or something.

[slightlyoffchilt]

A fruit basket. Because I'm vegan, or are you insinuating something else?

[kingpawn]

What is there to insinuate?

[ When Walt pretty much knew the truth -- would have been the next part of that statement. ]

[slightlyoffchilt]

[There's a beat on Chilton's end -- the moment spent sulking, of course.]

You better include papaya.

[kingpawn]

Are you normally this demanding with your gifts? Or is this just the special treatment I get for buying you a lot of things?

[slightlyoffchilt]

You will always get special treatment, Walt. It's what you deserve.

[kingpawn]

I like how quickly you turned that around. Good one, Chilton.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Part of my charm. [A beat.] You won't instigate anything with Lecter, will you?

[kingpawn]

I'm not going to promise that I won't at least talk to him.

[ Which was perhaps a little indicative that Walt had at least answered Hannibal's cattle call for Will. ]

[slightlyoffchilt]

Just don't bait him. And do not get baited by him.

I think you can manage that.

[kingpawn]

You say that as though you have doubts.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Well. You are emotionally volatile, let's not forget.

[kingpawn]

So what? You're going to just keep holding that one time against me?

[ Excessively downplaying the actual number of times.... ]

[slightlyoffchilt]

One time... I do not believe that count is correct. Are we having an episode of denial, or repression?

[kingpawn]

Did you ever stop to think that maybe you're the one not counting correctly? Or do you only misremember when it's convenient for you?

[slightlyoffchilt]

That is definitely not the case, please refrain from attempting to impose your delusion onto my reality.

[kingpawn]

I'll impose whatever I want over you. It's what I pay you for, isn't it?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Do not confuse me for a common whore, Walt.

[kingpawn]

I meant emotionally, but I can tell what's on your mind.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Your language was misleading. What I pay you for, indeed, you do not pay to put imposition upon me.

[kingpawn]

[ Purposely misleading. ]

A ten thousand dollar watch. A couple hundred grand in cash. And all of this on top of the fee for your therapy. I'd say I pretty much have paid to put imposition on you.

[slightlyoffchilt]

[There's a thundering pause. When Chilton speaks, it's precise and deliberate in his softer tones:]

And was this always how you viewed our professional relationship?

[kingpawn]

No. I originally viewed it as a means to get close to you, drug you, kidnap you and lock you away in a basement somewhere. All as payback for our first meeting. But you know. The best laid schemes of mice and men and all.