04-16-2018, 01:19 AM
Claire reattached Jakob’s arm with all the practiced grace of a real master, but the truth was she just had a whole lot of practice with this one arm in particular. Enough, at least, that even her time in the Omniverse hadn’t made her forget. It was similar to cooking the same dish enough that you could make it flawlessly without a recipe, but you still burn anything else.
“Not a doctor, no,” Claire responded to his question, taking it as a bit of teasing, “But I did prescribe that bullet into your chest.”
“I do not have a bullet in my chest.” Jakob pointed out the obvious, lifting his shirt and checking just to be sure. He tapped his chest, “See?”
Claire responded by grabbing his chin firmly in her palm and pulling his head towards hers, staring into his eyes for a few moments.
“No, but you’ve got some bliss in your veins again, I see.” she pointed out, her voice playful despite its accusatory message. She tapped his nose with her free hand before continuing, “Are we back to that again, or does our promise just not count in the Omniverse?”
Jakob was already in the middle of uttering the words he was famous for when she mentioned something else. He liked to pretend to be confused a lot, even he knew that. However, these words truly confused him.
“What promise?” He said simply.
Claire had expected his usual line; ‘What drugs’ was something he said so often that it was a joke to anyone who knew him. Instead, she got something similar, but notably different. Her persona broke a few seconds later, not at his words so much as the face he made along with it. The one that said he truly had no idea what she was talking about.
Her hands slipped from his chin, letting him go, and she slid back away from him as she processed what this meant.
“Do you remember me at all…?” she asked warily, almost afraid of the answer.
Jakob made a motion of agreement at first, only to fall back into the truth. He shook his head regretfully. “Should I?”
Claire didn’t respond right away, still processing everything that had just happened. She lifted herself off the couch and slowly took a few steps away, each step a struggle despite there not being anything physically in her way. She hesitated when she finally stopped, then she turned and began to summon something in front of him. A few minutes later, the summoning finished and she held an envelope in her hand.
”You should. Because I know the truth about your sister,” she finally said, waving the letter in her hand. “And it’s in here.”
“Not a doctor, no,” Claire responded to his question, taking it as a bit of teasing, “But I did prescribe that bullet into your chest.”
“I do not have a bullet in my chest.” Jakob pointed out the obvious, lifting his shirt and checking just to be sure. He tapped his chest, “See?”
Claire responded by grabbing his chin firmly in her palm and pulling his head towards hers, staring into his eyes for a few moments.
“No, but you’ve got some bliss in your veins again, I see.” she pointed out, her voice playful despite its accusatory message. She tapped his nose with her free hand before continuing, “Are we back to that again, or does our promise just not count in the Omniverse?”
Jakob was already in the middle of uttering the words he was famous for when she mentioned something else. He liked to pretend to be confused a lot, even he knew that. However, these words truly confused him.
“What promise?” He said simply.
Claire had expected his usual line; ‘What drugs’ was something he said so often that it was a joke to anyone who knew him. Instead, she got something similar, but notably different. Her persona broke a few seconds later, not at his words so much as the face he made along with it. The one that said he truly had no idea what she was talking about.
Her hands slipped from his chin, letting him go, and she slid back away from him as she processed what this meant.
“Do you remember me at all…?” she asked warily, almost afraid of the answer.
Jakob made a motion of agreement at first, only to fall back into the truth. He shook his head regretfully. “Should I?”
Claire didn’t respond right away, still processing everything that had just happened. She lifted herself off the couch and slowly took a few steps away, each step a struggle despite there not being anything physically in her way. She hesitated when she finally stopped, then she turned and began to summon something in front of him. A few minutes later, the summoning finished and she held an envelope in her hand.
”You should. Because I know the truth about your sister,” she finally said, waving the letter in her hand. “And it’s in here.”