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[mercurio]

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hey hey hey! can't get to you right now but i will soon as i get the chance! 📸

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[daemonized]

There's no need to apologize. I was checking because I wanted to, not because I felt obligated. In any case, you're right to be upset. I would be too. Us scorpios are sensitive souls. [A small attempt to lighten the mood.]

But if you ever find yourself wanting to talk to someone while you "recharge", you may call or text at anytime.

[mercurio]

[all this is important, but especially--]

you're also a scorpio?

[daemonized]

Yes. I was born on November 3rd.

Everyone always thinks scorpios are "mysterious and intense", but the truth of the matter is that we're all wrapped up too much in our own heads, and in a fit of emotion, we end up stinging ourselves. Imagery that I'll never forget, having read it in a book once.

[Is it surprising that Ardyn's read something on astrology before? It shouldn't be. He's always had a thing for the stars.]

[mercurio]

i'm october 25! this is pretty cool...
i guess you could say the mysterious and intense is for ourselves because our emotions and thoughts are just that.. a mystery and intensity.
never thought you were into astrology?
this may explain why we get along haha

[mercurio]

i'm at noct's right now, his cat is keeping me company
um

he's that one first friend i made in school
i think i'll be fine soon

[daemonized]

The night sky has always been alluring to me. The stars are just a part of the package. But I’m no expert, sadly. It’s a passing interest at best.

[Noctis’ place? At least he’s in the company of friends, and an important one at that, which Ardyn seems to find satisfactory.]

Nothing quite like the company of a sleeping cat. [Ardyn has been forced to live the catlyfe thanks to his nephews. He has a whole new appreciation for the creatures.] You’ll be back to your old self in no time.

And don’t forget to take care of your arm.

[mercurio]

i like photographing it
but if i want a real good picture i gotta go to the woods, somewhere dark where there isn't much light pollution
i can show you what i come up with next time i go?

yeah i'll be more careful. i think the nurse at the clinic will get mad if i have to get it stitched up a third time haha

[daemonized]

I can't possibly suggest that you wander into the woods all by yourself in the dark, even if you've done so before. At least take someone with you.

[Don't you know that's how all horror movies start.]

[mercurio]

[he'll take your niece]

[on a not date]

that's actually a good idea! i read a camping trip story gone wrong in the woods on one of those old /x/ sites a few weeks ago actually...

[daemonized]

[lord don't tell him that. rip prompto]

Eaten by bears? Fell into the campfire? Drained of blood via a swarm of mosquitoes?

Needless to say, I'm not much of a camping person, myself.

[mercurio]

not a fan of the wild fauna sir?
and actually more along the lines of some guys forcing kids to jump off a cliff into a lake at knife point
the real kind of dangers
*humans*

[daemonized]

That's a rather cynical way of thinking coming from you! I hope you're not speaking from experience.

Regardless, merely one more reason why you'll never find me camping out in the wilderness.

[mercurio]

[after the meat of this conversation, it's really a miracle prompto isn't all that more cynical about people in general to be fair]

nah generally i try to think the best of people
but you gotta admit there's some real messed up individuals around
still! knowledge is power so i keep my wits about me

[daemonized]

The most level-headed way to go about it, else you may go insane mulling over the propensity of terrible things humanity is capable of. You should read some of the cases I've studied over the years.

[mercurio]

i'm pretty sure some will keep me up at night
...but i'm a sucker for this kinda thing, so uh
if you pick out one or two i could read them??

[daemonized]

Ah, so you're a masochist, then?

[He teases.]

[mercurio]

isn't my whole life a clear indicator of it? hahah

[daemonized]

You would know better than I!

I'll send you some reading material if you're truly interested. I may be kind enough to not even require a summary when you're through.

[mercurio]

you know me, always aiming to excel
i'll take you up on those though
do they include your personal notes about the cases? i think i may have skipped the class where you tell your students your life story as a lawyer, so

[daemonized]

I'm not much of a sadist; I'd hate to put you through the torture known as having to decipher my scribblings.

Besides, can you read shorthand?

[mercurio]

pro..bably not
still, would have been kinda cool

[mercurio]

did you have any murder cases? like really gruesome ones that sent chills down your spine over how fucked up it was?

[his interest in the occult and the spooky and the worst in people is something else, considering how scared he gets]

[daemonized]

Are you that interested in the macabre, Prompto?

[Oh no... another... potentially shared interest, though Ardyn often keeps his dedicated to the horror genre of literature.]

[mercurio]

[they're both scorpio so]

unfortunately since i get spooked easily i won't even deny it
but i just can't help wanting to know

[daemonized]

Do you like horror stories? I have plenty of reading recommendations for you that exist in the realm of fiction, if you like.

But if you'd still prefer reality, then I can share with you some cases that are particularly disturbing; though I would not linger with them long. They're mentally taxing.