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[muckspout]

WHO: Edgard and YOU
WHAT: I'm doing the catch-all thing too
WHEN: Now-ish, post-Murderhaus and Satinalia
WHERE: Various places
NOTES: Open to all unless otherwise specified. Post-murderhaus stuff might have murdery discussions

All prompts in comments! Feel three to throw wildcards in here if you so desire. I love you.

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[keenly]

That wipes the smile straight off Colin's face.

"Yes. Please report that to his division head. That's never supposed to happen, ever. Frankly, people take out the pitchforks if you use it in self-defense, let alone just because you're irritated about a present. If he did that to a civilian, we'd all get in trouble. And he could have killed you."

[muckspout]

Uh oh. Edgard makes a face and then shakes his head vigorously.

"I don't think that's a good idea. I'm alright. Thanks to you."

He smiles appreciatively.

[keenly]

Colin narrows his eyes.

"What is wrong with people here," he clips, "and why do you all want to be strong instead of reporting someone who's a danger to someone who can do something about it?"

[muckspout]

Edgard huffs in response.

"Not being strong, opposite actually. Not in a hurry to get my ass kicked again. It's just a bad idea. Trust me."

[keenly]

"Well if you don't, I have to," Colin sighs, picking up the logbook and leafing through to the most recent page, "because you're my patient and it's going to raise questions if I mention you were hurt by magical lightning without providing more details. People will ask questions and there will almost certainly be an inquiry whether you cooperate with it or not."

[muckspout]

Edgard looks at Colin in alarm. Maybe he made a mistake in coming to him in the first place.

"Can you just not put me in the book? I don't need to be in there."

Panic starts to rise.

[keenly]

"Edgard," Colin says in a Very Patient Voice, "if you need protection from him, you can ask for it. But I promise it doesn't go away just by ignoring it."

He squints, starting to suspect he doesn't know the full story. "Do you two have a history or something? If you did, why did you give him a present, and why was he so attached to it that he attacked you?"

Unless it wasn't about the present.

[muckspout]

Edgard's irritation rises at Colin's tone.

"I think that it would go away if we just ignored it. You just don't put me in your book and everything is fine. This happened to me shouldn't I have some say in this?"

He doesn't answer the other questions and folds his arms over his chest.

[keenly]

"It's my job," Colin continues in the same voice. "It's to give you the best care. And it's best for the organization. Edgard, is there something you're not telling me about this?"

[muckspout]

Edgard huffs loudly.

"Don't I have a say in my care?"

A long moment passes and Edgard scratches the back of his neck.

"I gave everyone a gift that I felt like I knew. We went on a mission together. I thought it would be nice. Something friendly people do?"

He spreads out his arms and then,

"He didn't know I wanted the bowl back. We didn't even get that far."

[keenly]

Confusinger and confusinger.

"So...why did he attack you? It doesn't...have to go in the logbook."

[muckspout]

Edgard gets very quiet. He looks at Colin. Edgard feels the impending dread of Colin's reaction. They have only recently become friends. Edgard once again messes everything up. He grits his teeth.

"He found me in his room." He whispers.

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[keenly]

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[keenly]

"Oh."

Whatever he was expecting, it clearly wasn't that. He supposes he shouldn't be too hard on Edgard. He did try, he just...tried in the worst possible way.

"I, um." Colin clears his throat. "I think, um. I can put something in the logbook that doesn't, um. Raise a fuss. Medical advice: never doing that again. Especially not when it's a mage. And probably, um. Stay away from Marcus for..."

He considers how long it might take Marcus to stop being pissed.

"...ever."

[muckspout]

Edgard stares for a moment.

"You-you're not going to tell anyone?"

He can hardly believe what he's hearing.

[keenly]

Colin throws a hand up from the book before flopping it back down.

"Is there any good it would do?" He starts writing in the log. "Sounds like the two of you have resolved it yourselves."

[muckspout]

Edgard's mouth is hanging open. He shuts it. He's not sure what's happening here.

"No. I just--"

He puffs out his cheeks.

"I expected you to be angry?"

Colin never seems to react the way Edgard is expecting.

[keenly]

Colin sighs. "Before, you were going to let someone else take the fall for you and didn't care. This was just...you doing something stupid and suffering the consequences. No one else was hurt. Though you must have frightened the life out of poor Marcus."

[muckspout]

Edgard makes a huff noise.

"Trust me, Marcus was not the frightened one in this scenario. He's fine. He didn't have to get healed."

Edgard huffs again.

[keenly]

A smile as Colin keeps writing the log entry. "See? I really doubt you're going to make that mistake again."

[muckspout]

Edgard studies him.

"You're saying I deserved it."

[keenly]

The smile vanishes. Colin sighs.

"No. I'm saying there's no point rubbing it in. Edgard, mages aren't taught how to defend themselves except in one way. And that one way ranges from very powerful to extremely powerful.
Even if a mage is trying to give you a minor shock, it's more likely to be a major shock because magic is like that. For most purposes, it's an overreaction. Marcus felt threatened, and his only option was to overreact."

[muckspout]

Edgard nods. Colin's reaction is starting to make a little bit more sense.

"I see. I will do my best to keep that in mind."

He slowly attempts to get up. He's still a bit sore.

"We're on the same page, seems like." He says wonderingly. It's still not what he expected at all.

"Thank you for helping me. That was.....unpleasant."

[keenly]

"I know. I've had it happen, too." A sympathetic smile. "Don't hesitate to stop by. But, um, no more breaking into peoples' quarters. That's your medical treatment plan."

He finishes writing and sets the logbook aside.

[muckspout]

Edgard laughs.

"That's not a medical treatment. But, I'll consider it."

Edgard lowers his voice to a hush.

"May want to reinforce your locks. The locks in this place are...not secure. It's a little worrying."

His eyes suddenly widen and he waves his hands.

"Not that I'm going to break in! Just that--other people might."