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[helpdesk_hero]

There's Just No Helping Ninjas


Open Post for All Your David Alleyne/Prodigy Needs. TFLN overflow, PSL ideas, requests for starters, your wish is his command. After all, Technical Support is there to assist.

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[helpdesk_hero]

Oh, I haven't been there. Jealous.

[kyley_b]

it was weird. but we stopped a bunch of giant guinea pigs.

are you sick of me trying to impress you yet?

[helpdesk_hero]

You impress me with the way you smile. With the bravery you had asking me out. With the curve of your jaw and the taste of your skin.

I don't need stories.

[kyley_b]

how are you poetic, too?!

[helpdesk_hero]

It's not poetry. It's flowery language. They aren't hte same.

[kyley_b]

oh fuck off you know what i meant you smartass

what are you doing anyway?

[helpdesk_hero]

Honestly? Observing an autopsy.

[kyley_b]

oh shit i'm sorry don't let me distract you

[helpdesk_hero]

I'm also doing a master level sudoku, writing a paper on plant behavioral patterns, and running three kinds of forensic accounting searches. I multitask, Kyle.

[kyley_b]

and here i thought i was hot shit for doing homework while listening to npr

you turn me on and make me feel inadequate all at the same time

[helpdesk_hero]

My brain is wired differently.

[kyley_b]

i know.

why an autopsy?

[helpdesk_hero]

It's part of my job. And sometimes I pick up on details that Dr. Reyes doesn't. Not often, but my knowledge paired with hers is valuable.

[kyley_b]

oh.

are you ok?

[helpdesk_hero]

I'll be okay. I just... I guess I never get over seeing such blatant examples of how much my people are hated or manipulated. It's never easy. But it's my job, so here I am.

[kyley_b]

no, that's not an easy thing to see.

what can i do to help?

[helpdesk_hero]

Talk to me, Kyle. Let me keep seeing your words while I work. I don't want to feel alone right now, and the others are all off on their parts of the investigation.

[kyley_b]

ok.

did you know that in washington state it's illegal to kill a bigfoot?

also you've totally got this, dude, you're not alone. i'd watch with you if i could

[helpdesk_hero]

No, I didn't. That's a cute law.

I really don't want you to be here, to have to see this.

[kyley_b]

the pacific northwest takes its cryptids very seriously

hey i'm not saying it would be awesome i'm just saying i wouldn't mind, for you, so you're not facing it all by yourself. that's all.

[helpdesk_hero]

Damn right they do. They're sorta weird about it.

I'm not facing it alone. You're here with me, in spirit. And Rachel. In my head. She says hi by the way, and promises no brain landmines. Says I'm paranoid.

[kyley_b]

must be something in the air.

happy to be there any way i can
oh hi miss rachel. thanks for hypothetically not ruining my brain, it's kind of already a mess

[helpdesk_hero]

All the moisture. Messes with their brains.

She says hi and that most brains are a mess. She would know. And she thinks I need to be less paranoid. Which she says to someone who has been killed a few times. Anyway, she's withdrawn now.

[kyley_b]

gotta be it
and all the weed.

she might have a point. do you have a trauma counselor or anything?

[helpdesk_hero]

Such an inefficient way to alter brain chemistry.

Mutants, dealing with their trauma. Hilarious. That isn't our speed.