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[alignmyheart]

 

 

 

 

Percival de Rolo You've reached Percy. [Text/Voice/Action]

 

 

 

 

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[vaax]

hey
so
i finally got my head out of my ass for a little bit
it's not permanent so don't get used to it

i'm sorry, okay?
you asked me not to push it and i did
i'm sorry for that
i didn't understand and i still don't but that isn't a reason to do that to you

so i'm going to be at my place, doing my own thing, and when you're ready i'll be here
i'll always be here for you

[alignmyheart]

Thank you, Vax.

[and, for a while, that's all there is. But later:]

It's control.
I feel like I've had barely any since getting here and when I think I've got a grasp on it, it slips away again, or is taken.
I've had no time to just... settle. Think. Recover.
And it is wretched to sit here and think that about the kind offers I've been given.
But I would very much like for people to stop trying to solve my problems before I even know what they are.

[vaax]

yeah
i know what you mean

i uh
can help you figure out what your problems are then if you want
if you have any questions i can answer them

i don't have all the answers but i want to help you, whatever that means

[alignmyheart]

I never wanted to put this wedge here.
But I've been thrown into this place and I'm being asked to navigate social webs that are already quite established as if I fit into them by virtue of knowing you, or Gilmore.

It's a matter of finding where I fit again.

[vaax]

may i offer a solution?
or am i just listening?

[alignmyheart]

You can offer.

[vaax]

your place has always been with me. with vox machina, but they aren't here right now. and my place has always been with you.

[alignmyheart]

[Those words hit him harder than he expected them to. There are a lot of buried feelings on his end, ones he hasn't revisited in a long time. Until he came here.]

Always, is it?
Terribly sentimental, Vax'ildan.

[the only down side of writing back and forth is the lack of tone. But hopefully Vax knows he's teasing.]

I've had some thought of trying to take over a third building.

[vaax]

[ percy hasn't always been the opening up to friends type, but vax'ildan will take what he can get. he's talking about his plans, and for someone like percy, who has schematics and plans in his head likely all the time, that means a lot to vax'ildan. ]

yeah? tell me what you're thinking.

[alignmyheart]

It hasn't really gotten past the "this seems like a good idea" phase, I'll admit.
But it seems like it would be a decent solution.
And... I thought it might at least give you some peace if I were close.

[vaax]

i'd love to work on a floor plan with you

[alignmyheart]

[Was that a proposition?]

Need to make the building livable first, I've seen your neighborhood.

[vaax]

[ it wasn't, actually! thank you! ]

ahaha well the augur does like to do things all at once
come up with a floor plan and it'll be livable and have rooms all at the same time

[alignmyheart]

The Augur will require something.
If I can build a bomb, I think I can manage household repairs.

[never mind that he isn't a carpenter]

[vaax]

i... don't mind making that easier for you.

but i understand the want for some hard labor, to do it yourself.

[alignmyheart]

Gilmore even offered me squares.

[Percy shakes his head.]

I don't know.
But I can figure it out.

[vaax]

he's nice like that.

[ what a familiar phrase. ]

can i sit on your job site and look hot

[alignmyheart]

You could help.

[vaax]

PERCY YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO FIGURE IT OUT
im BUTTING OUT

[alignmyheart]

There is absolutely a difference between solving my problems for me and helping me to do so once I have a plan!

[vaax]

listen i'm not sure how much involvement is too much so i didn't want to shove myself where i didn't belong
but
if you want my help you know the only thing i want is to give it

[alignmyheart]

I know, Vax'ildan.

[He thinks, again, of the conversation Shaun had with him. Did he tell Vax about it? Percy keeps considering bringing it up.]

[vaax]

then lets come up with a floorplan that works for you
do you want a workshop
of course you want a workshop

[alignmyheart]

Are the buildings completely empty?
There's no existing floor plans?

[vaax]

i haven't been inside any of them
do i look like i do that