[09 - Audio] Adulation - Backdated to the morning after the birthday party

[needsnobottle]

Hey Keep. I've got something to say, and you all definitely need to hear it.

Sandrath, know the guy?

Yeah, he's pretty damn awesome.

Comments

[thenotmagician]

Really? Why y'say that?

[video]

[needsnobottle]

[Instead of flat out telling, Tammy puts on the video, scoots back so that Zeke can see all of her, and does a little spin--with her weight on the leg that had been injured.

Not so injured anymore.]

Re: [video]

[thenotmagician]

Well shit, your leg's better!

[OMG FANTASTIC]

That's great!

[70ftandcounting]

Oh! What did he do?

[Audio]

[helluvachin]

Yeah, he's a fucking bastard.

[Audio]

[dominateartimus]

You really didn't have to do this.

[But he was amused by having some positive influence.]

Re: [video]

[needsnobottle]

He HEALED me, Zeke, I couldn't believe he... [Tammy shakes her head, clearly still overwhelmed by the unexpected motion.]

Are you free?

[Audio]

[needsnobottle]

Oh? What makes you say that?

[Tammy's on an ecstatic high but that doesn't mean she's beyond the capacity to listen. And she certainly trusts Riah enough to pay attention to what he has to say.]

Re: [video]

[thenotmagician]

Yeah I'm free. Want me t'head over now?

[Audio]

[helluvachin]

Because he tried to kill me.

[Audio]

[needsnobottle]

I didn't do it 'cause I thought I had to, I did it because, well. It's amazing. And I wanted to share that.

[You can hear Tammy smiling in this--you might think twice about doing anything for her again, Sandrath.]

[video]

[needsnobottle]

Yeah! I was thinking of doing some baking, or cooking or something. I don't know what, though.

[Audio]

[needsnobottle]

[Everything comes to a screeching halt and you can hear it in Tammy's voice when she responds. All the exuberance is gone, and there's a quiet, somber edge to her voice when she speaks.]

What happened?

[Audio]

[helluvachin]

It was at the tournament a while back. We were on the same team but the moment it started he immediately tried to kill me.

Tammy, stay away from him please.

Re: [video]

[thenotmagician]

Sounds like a great idea. Want me t'think of something on the way?

[Audio]

[dominateartimus]

I had all your thanks back at the party. You didn't have to do anything more than that.

[Audio]

[needsnobottle]

He tried to...

[There's a long, long pause here, and you can only just hear her breathing as she tries to reconcile this with what she knows of Sandy--admittedly not a lot, but none of it negative.]

But...he healed my leg, Riah. How could he have done something so horrible, and then turned around and done that for me?

[Audio]

[needsnobottle]

[Tammy hesitates over replying, but she has to know. Even if asking is unwise.]

Sandy...I want to ask you something.

[video]

[needsnobottle]

Definitely. You probably know more recipes and dishes than I do.

[Audio]

[helluvachin]

Because he's insane! He sexually assaulted Kloe and he's been threatening me ever since he tried to kill me! Just because I look like someone he doesn't like!

Re: [video]

[thenotmagician]

Be there in a jiffy.

[And he is there in a jiffy. KNOCK KNOCK.]

[commentlog]

[needsnobottle]

[Instead of responding, and in a fit of energy--even cooking with Zeke hadn't worn her out, and she reveled in this--Tammy heads over to Rapunzel's room and knocks.]

[Audio]

[needsnobottle]

Wait, he assaulted someone?

[Oh Christ Tammy can't even wrap her head around this. She believes Riah, has absolutely no reason to doubt him whatsoever. But she'd started to trust Sandrath, and her misjudgement has her shaken, making her voice a little unsteady.]

I had no idea, I just...I'll keep my distance, Riah. I promise.

[Because he'd saved her life, and she wasn't going to toss that aside.]

[Audio]

[dominateartimus]

Just call me San.

[He had a feeling she was about to ask him regarding the look-a-like hybrid. After all, he was keeping an eye on that conversation as well.]

What is it?

[commentlog]

[needsnobottle]

[The door bursts open and Tammy, grinning in utter bliss, launches herself into a hug--she's been doing a lot of hugging lately, what is the Keep doing to her? at the last second she checks herself before throwing ALL of her weight at him, but still. Crushing hug.]

Hey Zeke!