003 (Video) ; I'm a word that no one ever wants to say...

[andblockbuster]

 [Hello, Tranquility. Here's Topher, recently exorcised and looking... Well, let's be real here. Topher looks like he got hit by a truck. His hair's messier than usual, he's ashen-faced, and there's a bandage around his left hand, which you can only just barely see because his hands are tucked tightly under his arms, like he's trying to pull himself into the smallest possible space.]

Is it over yet?

[He swallows.] ...Are they gone?

[For a moment, he looks like he might say something else, but there's just a long silence where nothing happens and he flips the communicator off with an aggravated and exhausted sigh. This has not been the best few weeks of his life and he's had a lot of terrible few weeks.]

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[andblockbuster]

Big convergence of demons on one large ship. Makes sense they'd... want to be with their own. Like herd animals. [Yes, here is Topher relying on basic sociology to rationalize all of this. He'll be okay. One day.]

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[the_vishual]

[ Chase doesn't feel comfortable with this on public record. She reaches a hand out to fix it, confessing the real reason it bothered her: ]

It wanted to break you. Because I like you.

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[andblockbuster]

[Gulp. And also awww. He can't even... Respond to that properly just yet.] Yeah, mine had... Similar ideas. It was also doing a pretty good job of breaking me on its own.

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[the_vishual]

You're stronger than you look, Topher.

[ A grin. ]

I wouldn't worry.

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[andblockbuster]

[He ducks his head in embarrassment.] You think so?

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[the_vishual]

I know so. I'm kind of good at knowing things like this.