:a soar needs expressing, doctors orders:
"Why Do you look like that!? What's wrong-"
Diamond's voice was firm, and questioning...but it reminded him too much of that woman and her bitter...angry voice.
He jolts out of the mental state a moment, feeling the familiar downcast position of his face. Hands reach for his charm, Griffon, on his wrist...it was hot to the touch...an overload. It wanted to express the budding anger and disappointment.
The mask had slipped, and in a blink he put it back on -muscle memory- before he answered.
"Of course...I'll be preparing for my trip to the mountains, I'll send my reports promptly on the weekday."
Diamond frowned, eyes of gold growing slightly brighter, and the Sapphire that was pinned to his chest vibrated, the younger man placed his hand, shaking his head. "Everything is fine...I'll be gone over the weekend, text me if you need anything."
With that he turned, not wanting to look Diamond in the eyes...or anyone for that matter. It was something he needed to get done, and in a way that didn't hurt anyone...well physically. He was pretty sure that the others would be mad at him ignoring all their calls, but other then the three higher ups...no one talked to him anyway.
'AFTER HOW I'M LOYAL YOU TAKE THAT TONE WITH ME!?
The Griffon charm rattled, it was near scolding to the touch.
It was a quick transportation. One he'd had Ratio install for him, as a payment for helping him with an experiment. A portable transportation pad, he'd set it up in his office...and now with the door locked, he stepped on the pad and headed for the tundra land...Mountains covered in frost, the shear 'cold' hit him in the face, pain and numbness hit. The only sounds that could be hear was the howling wind, and the all but blinding light of the planets sun hitting the snow landscape. His eyes, usually brown stung...the emotion welling up inside as he unleashed the creature.
The griffon bust forth and screeched, the sounding echoing in the land. The memosprite thrashed, snapping and its eyes glowed blue...just as his now did. He meets its feral gaze, this creature whom held his memories and ate the negative emotions that were his heart, the Griffon was his literal soul.
It screeched, beating its wings until it hovered high. Its thoughts rang in his mind, the only one he could here. 'He TAKES THAT TONE!? ACTS LIKE I'M THE MONSTER! JUST LIKE HER!?
Sadness never looked like it on his face, it morphed it into anger, people feared and snapped. He should be used to it by now...truly, he should be...but hearing Diamond of all people take the tone of his mother...it hurt.
Clenching his fist he could feel the anger, hurt, resentment and pain...pain...in his chest. Just from that trigger it hurt so bad. Biting his lip, he grasped the front of his shirt...wishing it was his bloody heart. "G-go, unleash it, please I hate this!" He breathed, the cold making him shiver...and the Griffon understood, and suddenly it was siphoning him...the motions and thoughts...it slowly became numb...and after taking its fill, screamed loudly as it took to the sky's. A beam, shot from its jaws and blew a hole through one f the mountains.
Like a wound that had closed and been infected, it needed expressing. Anger, pain, and other things that surfaced when things triggered him needed to be let out. The griffon, his memosprite bless him, syphoned the memories and would use that pain and trigger as its power. But now, there were no enemies...so he needed to express this pain in one way or another.
Thus, his enemies were mountains...and the sounds of the explosions, the rocks tumbling and the snow sliding into a gorge helped cover his screams of anger...He and the Sprite screamed until he was raw in the throat, and until the only one able to yell was his memosprite.
At some point the weather around him caused everything to go black, and he wished he wouldn't wake up. Collapsing into the snow, he lost track of everything...
He wasn't expecting to wake up, nor feel the heavy weight of something on his chest. Moving his fingers slightly, he felt a familiar texture of sheets. His bed, and the weight on his chest and the warmth that surrounded him. A blanket? No..a heated blanket? The familiar sensation of pins and needles permeated his body, usually what happened when he went to the cold climates and began to thaw. Groaning, he opened his eyes to see...his bedroom ceiling and indeed he was in bed, glancing at his chest proved he had a weighted blanket on him. Plus a small electric blanket, and the familiar voice...familiar thoughts he'd heard a few times touched him.
Carefully, he turned to his left and saw...A familiar face. He was tall, well built like an athlete...with pecs slightly exposed from the button down being left open, slacks covering legs Aventurine would not shut up about. The face, pretty yet aloof...eyes the color of the dawn were focused on something.
Veritas Ratio sitting in a chair, looking at a holo-pad with words scrolling up on it, his voice steady and flat. "You know, if I had been told before hand that you were going to use the personal portal to go into near sub zero planets to scream...I would have programmed safer locations."
Sapphire frowned, "How did you-"
"M-..." He paused a second. "The Lady Amber found you, and before you go thinking it was invasion of privacy, you should have taken off your mic if you wanted to die."
His face twisted into anger, even unable to move from the pillows he scowled. "I wasn't planning to die, but I do not fear nor run from it." He turned to glare, angry and embarrassed. "I don't need a Mundinite, who acts like he's better then the company who pays him, to be judging me." The venom in his voice was involuntary but the only reason he had dealings with this man was because his inventions worked.
Plus Aventurine kept insisting he work with them.
Veritas, for his part, frowned, looking away from the holo-pad. "Truly, is that what you think this is? That I hauled your frozen body back home to thaw out, just to judge you?" A sigh, before he tapped on the pad. "For your information, its not healthy to suppress emotions. If this helps you, so be it, but I suggest going to a planet that has a more human tolerable climate."
Sapphire blinked, "What?"
Ratio shrugged, "I keep telling that gambler the same thing. But you all decide not to listen to doctors orders, either way, rest here." Damned idiots not deciding to get therapy, instead let triggers keep hurting them. "For now I'll be monitoring you, and yes I'm letting you read my thoughts."
"Now, as a doctor my orders are simple. Rest and warm up, then go to a scream room to vent your emotions...or destruction therapy, anger is an emotions trapped in the chest. It needs to be let out." With that, he stood from the chair and headed towards the door to leave. "I'll be back in three hours, until then-"
Ratio paused, looking over with a questioning tilt.
Sapphire winced, he'd sat up to fast. He felt pins and needles now, but he needed to say this. "Don't...tell the others what I did..."
Ratio raised a brow. "Your my patient for the next few days, code of ethics says it is between me and you." With that he left, and probably used the phase flame.
Sapphire sighed, falling back to his pillows with his eyes closed. "Triggered?....what does that mean?" he mumbled, a frown when he sees that on his lap was the Griffin charm. He smiled, glad that the doctor had placed it with him again. Despite his nerves screaming, he picked it up and held it to his cheek like he had done as a child. "Griff....I'm sorry I hurt you..." Because if Sapphire died, Griff would follow...he'd almost killed the only thing that helped him. That knew him.
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Veritas had come back three hours later, bowls of soup and broth all separated in case the food was too much or the man just wanted the broth. Setting them inside the fridge he went to check on his patient, opening the bedroom door to see him...curled up under the blankets. His dark blue black hair loose, the warmth slowly coming back to earthen skin, pain creased hi brow. His bandaged hands clutched the silver charm on his pillow. Looking reminiscent of a little boy with a stuffed animal.
Perhaps that could help him.
Veritas sighed, shaking his head. "Why do you Stonehearts all seem to be in pain?" Like Aventurine, whom he knew had seen Nihility...had almost lost him. He then had brought the catcakes, a gift from Caelus, to help in easing the loneliness that he knew Aventurine had. Perhaps he could ask the little star if one could be made for Sapphire, it could be something to offer comfort.
His phone dinged, and he saw a familiar name.
Aventurine had been asking why he was taking a week on a house call, since he was still a doctor, Diamond thought it better to have Sapphire recover at home and have him go do the caring. While he was not allowed to speak of why Sapphire was laid up...well he could at least let Aventurine know who it as he was caring for.
Hopefully, the man would follow doctors orders.
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