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[epitaffio]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, PURPLEPIPER. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 541.26.365.77 *** PURPLEPIPER has joined 541.26.365.77 <PURPLEPIPER> Am I doing this right? <PURPLEPIPER> Pretty weird to just leave a message like this is an answering machine or something <PURPLEPIPER> ME leaving a message I mean! <PURPLEPIPER> You can leave one if you want and I'll just get back to you whenever I can.

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Backdated to let's say a week after the TV event

[charmpagne]

[Okay. This is going to be awkward as all hell, but he feels a certain responsibility to handle this. So here he is, handling it.

You're a professional, Sparkling, act like it.]

Is this Doppio's number?

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

Uh, yeah
Who is this?

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

This is Sparkling. The cookie, if you recall. I wanted to speak to you for a moment, if you were free.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

[Oh.

Oh, he remembers.]

Yeah?

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

I wanted to apologize, for what happened when we were trapped in those "films".

I believe you were part of one of mine.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

This is about the Dracula thing, right?

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

It is, yes.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

It's fine!
None of that was really real, so I'm not mad or anything.

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

Maybe it wasn't...but if I'm remembering it correctly, you were still in your right mind for all of it. Weren't you? I don't think you were playing any sort of part like I was, necessarily.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

I was, [about as much as he can ever be, anyway,] but you weren't, right?
This place makes you do weird stuff all the time.
You didn't mean it and you didn't even hurt me for real, so it's fine.

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

As far as I remember...I was about as convinced I -was- Dracula as anyone could be. It wasn't until the memories started trickling back that I realized what had happened.

I'm so relieved to hear that. I know we haven't spoken much, but I couldn't help but feel terrible for what I'd done afterwards.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

It's okay!

Just... I mean this is probably obvious but I don't actually want to be your servant
I know I just said I was in my right mind, but I didn't mean THAT part.

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

[DOPPIO...]

Don't worry, I wouldn't possibly expect anything like that from you. You just said what you felt like you had to in the moment, right?

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

Yeah.
For all I knew, you were actually gonna kill me.

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

I very well might have, too. I'm...very glad it didn't end up coming to that.

Just know that if anything like that happens again, you have my permission to knock some sense into me. One knows I deserved it!

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

You want me to fight you?

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

Huh?

No no no, not now! I'm just saying, if things ever happened to get dire, I wouldn't be upset...

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

RIGHT still!
I just mean I'm not much of a fighter.

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

It isn't as if I am, either. I've learned a few things here and there, but...more for self defense purposes, really.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

Really? That sounds handy.

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

It's been useful. Though I do hope I don't have to really put it to use.

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

I dunno…
You know what kind of place we’re in.

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

I do. As much as I've tried to live as normal of a life as I can, here. It's never so easy as that, is it?

<purplepiper>

[epitaffio]

I mean, just the "eating" stuff alone makes it kind of... you know
Even if you don't have to worry about that, most people around you do.

Wait, unless that part's normal for you?
Since you were a cookie?

<Sparkling>

[charmpagne]

I wouldn't exactly call it "normal", but...it isn't as wild of a concept as it might have been otherwise, I suppose.

It is still a great fear of mine.