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ϡ - Appointments Post

This post here is for personal conversations which should happen but one or both of us doesn't want to put up a new post/log and thus we will just thread it out here. This can be used to thread with Helios anytime and anywhere. This can either be in person (with action), or via the journal's call feature (voice and/or written).

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...no, of course not.

It's been a horrible month for all three of us.

[Giles takes the box and opens it to pull out some tea leaves.] But it will get better.

[Then he just...stares, shakes his head, closes the box, sets it aside, and takes the other from Helios' hand.]

Lose my own head, next...

I'm sorry, Helios, I shouldn't...I shouldn't keep badgering you like this. Not after putting you through everything that I have.

[Or everything that he will...

Who is he to question a bit of strangeness on his friend's part? They're all still owed a bit of strangeness. Giles will just start going through the motions to make tea, now, looking deeply sheepish.]

It always does, doesn't it? [ Helios will just blink. Oh, whoops, wrong box. Well at least Giles didn't ask. ]

You, you don't have to apologize Giles. I-I know it wasn't, it was out of your control. [ Helios will lean against the counter just watching the floor. ]

I...I yelled at Robert. [ His shoulders hunch a little as he speaks those words. He hasn't spoken to Robert since then either. ] I said such...mean things to him and when he was in that state. I-I didn't mean to. I was so angry at myself that I just...I just- [ He goes silent. And the silence that follows is prolonged and prominent. ]

[He was about to, probably at least, but the admission from Helios stops him cold. Giles freezes in place for a few seconds, the kettle hovering just a few inches over the stove.

Then he sets it down, the clink of metal on metal suddenly very loud in the silence between them.]

...are you planning to apologize?

[ Helios might flinch at that clink of metal. ]

O-Of course I am. I feel horrible. I didn't mean to. [ Or maybe he did at the time. He doesn't know. ]

Then that's that, then.

...I lost three people from home today, Helios. I would hate to see you lose one without even attempting to make amends.

And amends can be made. He'll understand.

I'm sorry. About, about losing people.

[ A slight pause. ]

You weren't there. I'm not...I'm not sure he will. I-I don't know. But I will try to make them. [ Because he can't leave it like that of all things. ]

As long as you make the attempt...I'm sure he'll understand, Helios.

[The water slowly starts to boil in the kettle, making the lid rattle softly. Giles leans against the counter right next to Helios.]

The sort of friendship you've given him can't be undone by a few bad moments.

Edited 2011-06-29 02:34 (UTC)

I know. But this, this is the second time I've done something like this to him.

[ Granted the other time was a shift it still doesn't make it any less painful. He'll rub his eyes stifling a sigh as he looks over at the pot. ] But you're absolutely right.

I'm glad you think so.

[He looks hesitantly over at Helios.]

...is, is there anything I can do to help?

[ Helios will blink and look back at Giles. ] Oh. No it's fine. Th-thank you though for the offer, Giles.

I-I think it'll be alright. Everything sorts itself out after all.

Yes, it does. Eventually. I-I suppose that's why they say patience is a virtue, really. Or so I've always thought.

[...a pause, before he passes the box of jasmine teal eaves over to Helios.]

S-Sorry. I, I left my glasses back in the apartment. [And he did, that's true enough.] Would you mind reminding me how long this should steep for?

Well it's never easy setting things right but patience does hel-

[ He stops mid-sentence as Giles hands over that box. Helios will just...stare at it not saying anything. He could make up a number...or he could honest and just say what he's being dealing with since he got back. Giles is going to figure out eventually anyway. ] I-I don't know. I, I mean I can't. M-Maybe three minutes? Um...something like that.

[ He wished he knew off the top of his head. He looks so embarrassed to even say this but, you cause him Giles. ] I can't read it.

[The kettle chooses that moment to whistle, hopefully sparing Helios some embarassment by attracting Giles' attention. He pulls it off the stove and pours some of the water into Helios' mug. Then he takes the box and squints at it.]

Could be a three...then again, it could also be an eight.

[He looks over at Helios again, all the sympathy in the world born in his expression. Yep. You're busted, Helios.]

Let's start with three.

[ It's mumbled and almost apologetic. Helios will just be looking at something that isn't that box. ]

Three, three sounds good. Could do a taste test to be sure.

I'll spare you the potential horrors.

...it's nothing to be ashamed of, Helios.

I can't read Giles. I can't even recognize the symbols of my own spells. I write things down and can't read it after wards.

[ It's terribly inconvenient and impossibly frustrating. ] But they always have to take something I suppose. It could certainly be worse.

Yes, it could. But I imagine that that's, um, quite hard to accept from your end of things.

[Tentatively.] I can read again. Finally. I'd be happy to help, however I can.

It's better than losing my magic. I wouldn't put it past them to-to take that away from me. [ He's rather thankful they didn't. ]

It might be a...good opportunity to brush up with the spirits at least. I have been making progress with Hyt and I'd love to continue to do so.

[ Helios will look back at Giles a smile on his face. ] I'd appreciate that Giles, really.

...I never knew your magic was that important to you. But, um, i-if you're going to try and contact Hyt, y-you might be able to help me. I've been...well, while I was blind, I didn't have much else to do.

[He looks back at Helios with a similar smile.] Well...you know the old saying. Pay it forward, and all that. There were a few villagers who actually did the same for me while I was blind. Reading aloud when I couldn't, I mean. It's the least I could do for you.

But even if that hadn't been the case...I'd be happy to.

Not, not just for me Giles. But you, Frederic, everyone else. I-I can protect and at least help people with it. It's not a fundamental part of me, when you look at it, but it is something I can use to help others. So it's still important to me in those regards. Not, not that I can't help people without it. But it does make it somewhat easier at times.

I wouldn't mind helping you. Hyt can be a bit tricky to contact. It took me an entire year just to hear it. [ Helios shakes his head. ]

Pay it forward, hm? Well you've nothing to repay me for. But I still wouldn't mind the assistance.

...I understand.

I don't really have much power of my own. Or, well, any, really. So I...

...but I do understand. As long as you understand that you aren't any less without your powers.

And I have plenty to repay you for, Helios. But this isn't some, some grand gesture to balance the scales. Not this time. It's offering my assistance because I was in a similar situation for well over a month and I remember how it drove me up a wall.

Simple as that. [He picks up the mug and sniffs it curiously, before nodding in satisfaction and turning back to the counter.]

Yes, three minutes was right.

Of course. Everyone is different, everyone affects one another in a different sort of way as well. Powers or no. I don't use my magic very much as it is, to be honest. I suppose that comes with having a school filled with normal human students who aren't exactly knowledgeable that magic exists. But I do understand. After all in a place like this...sometimes even powers aren't enough. [ Helios will look at the floor and then back at Giles. ]

No you don't. I...don't want you to feel like you need to repay me for anything, Giles. Friends tend to do crazy things for one another, don't they?

[ Helios will look over a certain light flickering in his eyes. ] It smells delicious. I haven't had Jasmine tea in what feels like ages.

They do, yes. The pair of us are, well, living proof of that.

...I'm just, um, not used to having friends. Not, not like you and Frederic. So you'll have to forgive me if I...stumble, at points.

[He holds up a hand, hiding a smile at Helios' pronouncement.] Hold on. It's not quite done. The goal is to get you to sleep, yes?

I need to add a few things first.

I-I understand. Between you and me, you and Frederic are the closest people I have and not just here. Because, well, back home...back home there's- [ a lot of people that despise and hate him but that's not the point. ]

There is Varron and...that's about it. Of course there's Ra and all of the other mythica too but, but they're obviously different from what we have.

[ But that makes him even more curious. ] Yes that was the main goal of this endeavor. What are you going to add, exactly?

I would like to meet Varron someday. He sounds like a very good man.

[Giles doesn't respond to the question. He shows, instead, with movements as quick and deft as a strange little dance.

A splash of milk gets added into the still warm kettle for about thirty seconds before being mixed in. Then some clove honey from the cabinet. Then about half a different dashes of different leaves from different boxes of tea. Then some brown sugar. All is carefully stirred.

Then, and only then, does he pass the mug over to Helios.]

I would advise going back to your room before you drink it. I've been told that it hits like a train.

[And it will. This mix was made up in an attempt to keep Faith quiet through a night, and while Giles has toned the mix down several degrees, it should still be enough to put Helios out.]

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