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[nucl3arsnake]

icarusburning:

             THE EDGES OF HIS lips twitch once, the only response he’ll give Pritchard for his reasonings to suddenly pop up out of the blue like this. The hacker can spin this however he wants but in the end it’s the man’s ways of saying ‘I’m worried about you,’ and Jensen can’t pass up the opportunity make a point of it, ❝ Francis I didn’t know you cared, ❞ he coos out, the sarcasm evident but still appreciative. ❝ as you can see I’m obviously still alive. So what did you want to talk about ? Please don’t tell me it has to do with our former boss again. ❞

      “ shut up. ”  it’s the best quip he’s got the moment adam opens his damn mouth to tease him for his worry.  “ no, it’s not. ”  there’s a silent breath of thank god that follows suit to those words.  “ i don’t always come with bad news, thank you. ”  he still hasn’t answered the question.  “ are you busy? am i keeping you from something? is that why you’re so instant on me trying to get out whatever you think i’m calling to ask you for? ”  these questions are asked calmly with a pound of sarcasm added right on top.

[nucl3arsnake]

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i started it in September, got ¼ ways through it….. didn’t finish it until legit 3 weeks ago dkfndgkjdggre. IT WAS GOOD THO

i literally pre ordered it the moment it was announced and i haven’t touched it since october and MMMMM i just wanna finish it so bad but i never have The Time

[nucl3arsnake]

icarusburning:

           ADAM HAS TO work to keep himself from obviously rolling his eyes at Pritchard, it’s like every single time they speak it has to be an uphill battle with the man. A pain in the ass to deal with but he’s long since learned to work with it, ❝ do I need to remind you that it’s you that came to me. Again. Why call me if you don’t plan on listening ? Like always. ❞

      “ no, you don’t need to remind me. ”  his hand waves away adam’s words impatiently.  “ contrary to what you may believe, i was actually just checking up on you for once. ”  his hands raise to keep reactions at bay. almost to quietly say: yes, jensen, i know it’s absurd.  “ i just wanted to make sure you haven’t gotten yourself killed yet. you telling me how i look like i haven’t slept in days was not on the list of things i wished to discuss. ”

[nucl3arsnake]

[nucl3arsnake]

@icarusburning / call.

        “ while i appreciate the advice, jensen -- ”  pritchard’s arms fold over his chest, the beginnings of a dramatic response.  “ i’m choosing to completely ignore said advice and continue wait i was doing. ”

[nucl3arsnake]

alright i’m gonna watch some le.gion and fix some stuff over on this blog but, like this for a starter once i finish all that!

[nucl3arsnake]

sticks my leg in the air; whats up kool kids

[nucl3arsnake]

[punkxrockxqueen]

For a moment, she had to pause and just think. He kept saying he was trying to protect himself, to keep safe. Safe from what? He did mention he was living in gangster territory, that could be it. But another possibility, one that was terrifying, one she did not want to believe could be the truth, came to mind. Her augmented hand tightened it’s grip on Whiskey’s leash.

“What exactly are you trying to tell me here? ” She asked despite her suddenly dry mouth. Her face drained of all color and even her stomach did a back flip. Her natural hand came up, fingertips grazing the scars on her temple and side of the head, partially uncovered by the buzz cut of her hair style. “ Are you afraid of me? ”

[nucl3arsnake]

         “ no, don’t flatter yourself. ”  he knew it wasn’t very flattering to think that you close friend was afraid of you after all the things you’d been through but he had to make something out of the tense situation.  “ i’m afraid of what people who are actually afraid of “augs” would have done to you. i didn’t want to risk getting hurt like that. so i went with the next best thing: ignorance. if i didn’t know whether you were safe or not -- it made it a little easier. ”

[burnedmywings-deactivated202101]

“Amazing. Thought I’d need to nag you out of that one too. That’s all I really wanted so unless you got something else on your heart?” he asked drily.

He very much doubted it and much like Francis, he had a job to do.

[nucl3arsnake]

          “ i’m not going to let my quarrels get in the way of work. i’m not some stubborn child. ”  he moved to grab the drive he had the files on. since jensen was already here, there was no need to send them off.  “ here. this should satisfy, dear sarif. and no, you’re free to go if you please. ”

[houndofdetroit]

Sitting down next to him, Jensen placed the kit on the table next to his cereal bowl and searched around his pockets until he have found his lighter. He handed it to Pritchard and opened up the kit, grabbing a clean cotton ball and dabbed it in some pure alcohol. He didn’t think there was anything to disinfect, but he would rather be safe than sorry.

“Let me see…” He narrowed his eyes at the wound, starting to gently press on it.

[nucl3arsnake]

        he allowed himself a drag from the cigarette once he lit it. he was decent enough to let the smoke out away from jensen’s face. while he did let out a slight hiss of a complaint at his small wound was disinfected, he barely let out any other complaint.  “ just keep it gentle, jensen. i’m not some ruffian like you. ”

[punkxrockxqueen]

She was more than used to Pritchard’s stern glares. They wouldn’t be friends otherwise. She listened intently while he revealed what he had gone through and by the end of it, her brow was creased with tension without her meaning to. “ And how well did that plan turn out? ” She asked, never raising her voice though it had a subtle tremble to it.

“ Coz we still didn’t see each other for two years. You might as well have moved to another country. Instead you fell off the Earth like it was nothing and… You lost me either way. ” What exactly did that mean, not even Cyd was sure. She let out a sigh, rubbed her temple with her eyes closed for a second or two. “ I would’ve helped you. ” She continued. “ You know that. And if you refused and said you could take care of yourself, then I’d be okay with it, too. I just wish you would’ve given me the chance to say those things. ”

[nucl3arsnake]

            “ it planned out exactly how i wanted it to turn out. i fell off the grid. everything else fell into place. ”  there was no sense of him enjoying how it all planned out though. but it was all honest answers at the very least.  “ i was protecting myself. ”  for better or worse he still didn’t know even after all these years.

     “ i knew you would have. ”  which created the question of then why did you leave?  “ but i didn’t want to risk it still. even if you were sure that you were going to stay.... these times are rough. i don’t think anyone can promise anything these days. especially when -- ”  especially when they’re augmented.  “ i was trying to keep safe. i’m sorry for leaving the way i did. ”

[punkxrockxqueen]

“ Is it that obvious? ” By the red tint of her ears and that jaw muscle tensing up, plus her whole stiff posture. Yes. That obvious. And yet, all she did was breathe deep and pinch the bridge of her nose. “ Yelling would accomplish what, exactly? ” She mumbled more to herself than Pritchard. “ I’ve been… working on my temper. Gives me more headaches than I’d rather have. Believe me, I’m pissed. Just… ”

She stopped walking and turned to him, finally looking him in the eyes. “ These two yars, you’ve been here all along, right under my nose. And yet you disappeared without a trace, you didn’t call, didn’t send a message, an e-mail… God, Pritchard, I know you’re not a touchy-feely person, but I thought I was worthy of at least a post-it note saying you were alive so I didn’t have to wonder if you got killed or sent to an aug ghetto. Why didn’t you say anything to me…? ”

[nucl3arsnake]

               there wasn’t any kind of answer he could give that would make any of this better. not even in the slightest.  “ i lost everything. ”  he finally came out with.  “ everything. ”  it was the first time he’d admitted that to himself in a long time. hearing it out loud though -- it hit hard. it wasn’t the answer she was looking for but she needed to know what he’d been through as well.  “ i was loyal until the end and even then i kept going until i was practically dragged out of sarif’s tower. ”  the entire time he explained, he looked at cyd sternly. not to make her feel bad, but just because it was the only way he could do it without losing himself to whatever emotion he had brewing in his chest.

      “ wanna know what that got me? it got me this. ”  he gestured to his clearly beaten face. he knew she’d noticed. it wasn’t something he was hiding well.  “ i live in the ruin of a cinema in gang banger territory making what little credits i can get my hands on via freelance hacking. i have no more stability in my life and -- and the last thing i wanted was to find you and eventually lose you too somehow. so i just fell off the grid and made my life a hell of a lot easier. ”

[nucl3arsnake]

when you realize jensen is pritchard’s only friend and even then they can hardly stand each other half the time

[houndofdetroit]

He opened his mouth, probably to tell Pritchard that unlike him, he was fully weaponized and ready to be mugged, but he decided it was not the best option to re-open his big mouth. Not until they get home and he’ll be able to take care of him, at least.

Opening the apartment’s door, Jensen closed it behind them with his leg, before walking over the counter and placing his bags on it, pulling out the new packet of cigarettes. “Here, have one and sit down.” He told him, and turned to grab a first aid kit from his stash.

[nucl3arsnake]

           the worst part was that he knew it. knew that jensen was perfectly capable of caring for himself. but of course, it was pritchard’s nature to cause a fire where one didn’t belong. especially when he mood was sour as it was now. he was silent on the way up and followed jensen’s request to sit. eyeing the pack of smokes, he finally took one and placed it between his lips.  “ i don’t have a light on me. ”  an indication to hopefully borrow one from his fellow coworker. 

[punkxrockxqueen]

Her heart felt like it had dropped to her feet. And here she thought he had been in another state maybe, or even another country. But nope. He had been right there, under her nose. Now she was beginning to feel and look more and more aggravated. “ So where have you been staying? ” She asked, keeping her eyes on her dog, on the sidewalk, anywhere except Pritchard. “ Under a rock or something? ”

[nucl3arsnake]

            “ something like that. ”  he was waiting for her to snap. prepared to hear her scold and yell at him and for once he was going to suck it up and take it. no witty remarks or poor ways to defend himself. he deserved whatever she was going to throw his way.  “ look. i know you want to yell at me. please, just get it over with. ”

[onehundred-fandoms]

If you listen closely you can hear my heart breaking for painting this :´)

[snaxis-kits]

{ Why are you doing this to me. }