✖ IC CONTACT #1

[silverking]

Well?

You're here because you have something to say, so... out with it.

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[priscilla]

Oh. That's true, isn't it?

[...]

It was Irene. When I was most confused about you... I used to talk to her a lot about it. Everything I felt and thought, and the way you hurt me, and the way you made me happy. I told her everything, because I trusted her more than anything.

And she repeated it to Deneve.

[DENEVE OF ALL PEOPLE.]

I heard her. Playing back a message. It must have been an older one, but that doesn't really help.

[silverking]

[ It slips before he can stop it. ]

I wish you would let me kill her.

[priscilla]

[That takes her breath away for a moment.]

[And then there's nothing but silence. For a while.]

[And when she speaks, it's quietly. A little shaky.]

You probably think that about a lot of things.

[silverking]

[ He would shred that veil you choose to look at him through. He would shred it without regret if he knew that it wouldn't change everything. ]

I suppose I do.

[priscilla]

...I know.

[And she does. But that doesn't mean she likes thinking about it.]

[Which means... it's time to change the subject. A little.]

I thought you liked her.

[silverking]

[ ...That he chuckles right now has to be unnerving. ]

I gather we're not both talking about Deneve, then?

[priscilla]

[CREEPY. She squeezes her eyes closed.]

...oh.

[A little silence, as she debates whether to actually say anything else. Maybe she shouldn't, really. But... well.]

I wonder how many people would be left if you weren't trying to avoid upsetting me.

[A beat.]

It's probably a bad idea to answer that.

[silverking]

You don't want to know?

[priscilla]

...I don't know.

Part of me does. But I'm afraid.

[silverking]

I can count on one hand the names of those that I would even think to spare if the destruction of Anatole and its populace were part of my agenda.

....I CANT BELIEVE I GET TO USE THIS ICON ON ISLEY AT LAST.

[priscilla]

[...]

Why would you tell me that?!

I don't understand you!

You haven't used it before? o_o

[silverking]

Evidently you needed to hear it.

[ INSUFFERABLE SMILING. ]

NOT MUCH ANYWAY? She doesnt yell at him much, haha.

[priscilla]

I in no way needed to hear it! I-- that doesn't even really answer my question!

And it's not like I didn't know!

She should do it more often. I think he likes it. :X

[silverking]

I am tired, that's why.

OH, SHE WILL. ALSO, ISLEY YOU WEIRDO. <3

[priscilla]

Mrmph.

That probably doesn't mean you need a nap.

[silverking]

You were never this exhausting before.

[priscilla]

What are you... talking about?

I haven't even asked you to do anything.

[silverking]

You didn't need to.

[ ... ]

I am going into the Mist. Don't follow me.

[priscilla]

Isley.

I-- I don't know what's-- what did I do? Are you trying to--

I don't understand--

[Her voice cracks a bit, and then... quiet.]

[And more quiet.]

[And then...]

...don't go.

[silverking]

No more will I be dormant.

[ The feed disconnects. ]