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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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[sugarbear]

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

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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. ]

[tinytactician]

A-Are you sure that's wise?

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[wolfchild]

[ cracking up. ] Nice.

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[puppydogeyes]

What.

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[puppydogeyes]

If it works.

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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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[puppydogeyes]

I've been finding them.

[Without doing anything like this, she means.]

Haven't got any memories off this one yet.

[puppydogeyes]

Why wouldn't it be?

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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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[puppydogeyes]

I wasn't trying to find them. [She's been doing that for a week just fine.] I needed to stop them.

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[jurisimpudent]

[Um - ]

Stop them from doing what?

[wolfchild]

Still. [ this is hilarious okay. ] But try slapping yourself with something if they don't show. It'll hurt, but you won't break anything. The pain'll go away for 'em eventually and you'd still be left with a broken hand.

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[puppydogeyes]

You really need me to spell it out?

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[jurisimpudent]

[Urgently - ]

Were they acting maliciously against someone? Did you put a stop to some misdeed?

[puppydogeyes]

I'm not going to slap myself. [That's just silly.] I know how to not break my hand.

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[puppydogeyes]

I'd be doing more than sitting around punching walls, that was happening.

[wolfchild]

What's he doing?

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[jurisimpudent]

[All right - good point. He deflates just a little.]

Then what?

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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. ]

[puppydogeyes]

Doesn't matter now.

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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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[puppydogeyes]

[Without even a pause,]

The self-inflicted kind.

[tinytactician]

What if whomever you are...attached to decides to retaliate in kind?