Appointment Post

[neverplaysfair]

Post for one-off threads with Joshua. Please include the date in the subject line.

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[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

Hisoka, you show up at my house coughing your lungs out. I'm not about to let you go back into the cold like this.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

I'm not just going to sit inside all day and get worse.

[There's an annoying little bit of him that knows what bedrest leads to and NOPE NEVER AGAIN.]

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

... Do tell how it would make you worse.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

It would mean I've given up.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

... Given up what? Trying to kill yourself in the cold?

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

[He shivers even though he's feverish, pulling his discarded coat over himself as a blanket.]

The last time I was sick like this, I never recovered.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

[ Oh. ]

Do you think this is the same thing?

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

Maybe. It didn't happen this quickly the last time.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

But everything else is the same?

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

So far. Trying to find a way to stop it before Tsuzuki and Draco start to put it together.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

Unless your intention was to try freezing it out, I don't think whatever you were trying to pull today is going to do you any favors.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

They don't need to know I couldn't make it all the way.

And you're not going to tell them.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

What do you gain from this, Hisoka?

[ Because right now Josh is seeing "pneumonia" as the only answer to that question and like hell he's letting you leave for that. ]

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

Can't stay healthy if I don't keep moving.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

You can't stay healthy if you're not healthy. So I'd say it's a bit late for that.

Anything else?

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

Not unless you've got other ideas that'll keep me from shriveling up into a corpse.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

Not letting you back out into the cold, for one. If you're so insistent on exercise, do it inside.

Have you asked over the journals if anyone is good at countering curses?

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

I've already had you and Draco examine my scars.

[Because why would a person even need to look elsewhere for magical advice?]

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

As much as I appreciate the endorsement, I'm not actually proficient in curses. Ask over the journals.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

It won't help.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

How do you know?

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

Because nobody here can help.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

... I see. So you've actually given up, but you want to put on a show to make it look like you're trying not to give up.

Maybe you're even tending towards self-destructive behaviors in an effort to kill yourself faster.

[Action, February 2nd.]

[cynicism]

You're making assumptions. I don't have to take this.

[Fine, Josh. He knows when he's not welcome. He'll just be sliding off the couch. HMPH.]

[Action, February 2nd.]

[neverplaysfair]

I'm telling you exactly what it looks like. You don't want to even attempt to seek out help and you're engaging in self-destructive behavior.

If your plan is to just die I can kill you nice and quickly. You'll be back in a week.

[ Not stopping him yet but if he actually makes it all the way back to the door Joshua won't be letting him get any farther. ]