Horrible Mutilation Is Funny

[ceasetoexist]

[There's some fumbling and then childish grumbling as the phone receiver is picked up and then promptly dropped. It's a moment before the phone is picked up.]

Filtered from the Drones/O'Grady/ect.

Okay, so two questions. Do, uh, freaky friggin' accidents happen around that family all the time?

And, uh...if one of those accidents did happen to you, does anyone know if there's anyway to....uh...I guess let's say something got...cut off? Anyway to get that back, cause I'd kind of like to be able to hold things in my right hand again!

So yeah, I've heard there are "magic users" who could heal junk like this. Are there anyone who can, and how much would it cost?

[Filtered to Mindy]

Hey squirt, you ended up getting separated from me at the party.

[A small pause.]

You okay?

[Filtered to Tak]

The freakshow with the bat. He ever show up at your house or anything?

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[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

Unless it's possible to accidentally COMMIT SUICIDE VIA ELECTROCUTION, I'm fairly certain there's more to this than the Smith party just radiating bad luck.

[pause] No, why?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

No kidding. ...Is...did you see that, or did it happen to you?

He gave me one, but that was kind of expected. [A beat.] Just curious, really.

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[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

It happened to me. My body moved on its own. [Her sentences come in short clips, almost like she's unnerved. Invaders are never scared though seriously.]

Again? What happened this time?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Psionics, maybe? ...You going to be alright now?

Broke into my room, tried suffocating me with a pillow for awhile. Took the bat back, told me his name was "Lil Slugger", then left.

[Filter] askjdaf so many rewrites

[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

I don't know what it was, but I'll be fine. Still a bit tingly though.

Weird name. Sounds like you weren't hurt, at least. You didn't tell him your name, did you?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Alright.

...He wouldn't leave. And if I kept resisting? He'd probably keep coming back each night to screw with me, and I don't think there's anything I could do to keep him out yet. That's another neat thing I learned: he can materialize through solid objects.

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[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

... You're asking to sleep over here, aren't you.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Nope, because even that'd be a temporary fix. I'm going to have to find some way to work around it, because he's probably actively stalking me now, and leading him to you isn't acceptable.

...I do possibly have a different favor to ask though.

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[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

I can lose a stalker. We should keep the option open.

What kind of favor?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...If you want.

So I found out there's two options to getting my fingers back. One is that I find a "magical healer" to regenerate them for me. The second....

...You know any ways to kill someone painlessly?

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[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

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[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

I-- I imagine a neck injury would work well. Some poisons, possibly. There is a woman in my house that could - and probably would - help.

Why jump to the more severe option though?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...I don't know. Just...if I can't find someone by today, I can't stay crippled Tak. I don't have access to my primary hand, so I could do frick all.

...I just don't expect anyone to help me.

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[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

And there is a time limit why?

Wait, hold on a moment.

[She hangs up the phone. After a few minutes pass, ding-dong goes the doorbell. Tak waits on your porch, in disguise.]

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Because I want to, you know, have my HAND back.

[And, well, he's colored surprised.]

...Well. That was quick.

[Filter]: Hey, I read the thread below. Is this fine, or should Tak vamoose?

[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

No such thing as a slow Invader.

... So. Any preferences for how the deed is done?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[He's quiet for a moment.]

...I...actually found someone who might help me. Maybe.

...Could you maybe stay for a bit, case it goes bad and I need you after all?

Wait a sec, how are we filtering in real time?

[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

Alright. Perhaps it would be best to stay out of sight for the time being.

Uuuuh, because...umm....BECAUSE! DON'T QUESTION IT.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[He just nods]

Go wherever you want. We're probably mainly using the kitchen and frontroom, though.

...Thanks, Tak.

[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

She makes an offhand gesture at you as she heads into a bedroom. Yeah, yeah, whatever.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[It'll be a bit later when he comes by, very slowing wiggling his reattached fingers.]

[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

... I didn't think people came back to life here that quick.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...They don't. Person who came over managed to heal me.

[insectoidalien.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well... good. That's good. Do they hurt at all?

[She looks just a bit disappointed.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[He shrugs a little.]

A bit. Hurt worse when he put them back. Right now, they're just sore.

[A small smirk.]

What? Hoping you actually might have gotten a chance to kill me? Or just that we don't raise that quick?