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[puppydogeyes]

[Thankfully, for once, this isn't a security alert. Or maybe not so thankfully, because Taylor thinks she'd know how to deal with an incident like that way better than how she's been dealing with this one. The constant press of memories and invasion of privacy has left her tired, and while she looks (as usual) aggravated by something as she flicks the feed on, it seems just as dulled at the edges as when they were all suffering from insomnia.

But at least she doesn't have to talk much for this video.]

I just punched a wall.

[She holds her left hand up in demonstration, the skin on her middle knuckle split and bloody, the rest already starting to bloom red in early bruising. It's bad form, but she hadn't exactly wanted to take the time to wrap them, and lessening the pain would've defeated the point.]

If your hand hurts like this, stop what you're doing and contact me immediately.

[There's a pause, and she's pretty sure that whoever she's linked with has stopped, but just in case they decide that was a fluke and start up again--]

If you don't stop what you're doing, I'm gonna keep punching the wall.

[Not that she ever looks like she's joking, but she very evidently isn't right now.]

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[jurisimpudent]

[He looks furious, or maybe alarmed - both expressions are identical on him.]

Tyke!

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[puppydogeyes]

What.

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[jurisimpudent]

Don't - for God's sake, don't hurt yourself! There are - we can find whoever it is without that!

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[sugarbear]

Well that's one way of getting someone's attention.

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[puppydogeyes]

If it works.

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[sugarbear]

Oh, it'll work. Worst case scenario they're some alien killing machine that doesn't feel any pain, and even then they'll feel it. You so much as scratch your balls and they feel it. Gives you a whole new appreciation for the phrase 'keep your hands to yourself.'

Actually, I'm pretty sure if they can't feel pain it'll mess with them even more.

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[uncurse]

You don't ... think maybe there's a way to find these people without hurting yourself?

[ because she can only assume this is about the weird mind connections. hell, it's got emma crawling up the walls too, but not enough to start punching walls. gold or sark, maybe. but not a wall. ]

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[puppydogeyes]

I've been finding them.

[Without doing anything like this, she means.]

Haven't got any memories off this one yet.

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[uncurse]

Gotcha. So, just feelings? [ that would explain the 'stop whatever you're doing.' emma has to raise her eyebrows at that. ] What ... kind of feelings? [ in addition to genuinely wanting to help tyke locate this person, she's also just wildly curious. ]

[tinytactician]

A-Are you sure that's wise?

[puppydogeyes]

Why wouldn't it be?

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[wolfchild]

[ cracking up. ] Nice.

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[puppydogeyes]

[Well that's better than the attempts to slap her on the wrist for it.]

Wasn't doing it for entertainment.

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[ex_question191]

[ oh no. oh no. ]

[ stiles responds before he thinks, so this is both public and horribly revealing. ]

That's — that was you?

[ look he didn't exactly stop to check the network. though he did, uh. stop. mostly because his hand hurt too much to keep — mm. ]

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[puppydogeyes]

[He gets a very flat look in response, and all Taylor does is lift her hands again, this time pushing the pad of her thumb down hard on the split skin of her knuckle. It hurts - not as much as the original impact had, but still worse than the ache it's dulled to - but she doesn't even flinch, watching and waiting for a response, confirmation he's the other side of the link.]

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[comesalong]

Clever. Wish I'd thought of it.

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[puppydogeyes]

Didn't take much thinking.

[Seriously, she just turned around and punched the wall.]

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[skindeep]

[He starts with a wince. Of course Noah's no stranger to blood, but the little smears that he wipes away as he works aren't the same as bloody knuckles.]

Not to be a mother hen, but you will have that looked after once you've found them?

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[puppydogeyes]

[She frowns, looking a lot like she hadn't even considered it.]

It's alright. I've had worse.

[Her knuckles were already pretty scarred.]

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[altercate]

[ after perusing several other threads... ]

Good.

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[puppydogeyes]

What?

[thatsaflaregun]

So did it work, sistah?

[he is amused, which, frankly, is a shock after the month he's had.]

[puppydogeyes]

Yeah, seems like.

[She looks a lot like she's not sure why people are finding this funny.]

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[hypospray]

[ The deadest of dead eyes that can actually be made in any situation. ]

I know you didn't just do that to get the attention of that kid.

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[puppydogeyes]

[This is what she gets for mentioning McCoy's name, isn't it.]

What if I did?