Wounded Minds and Wounded Hearts

Seethe revered Velius from across the room. Seethe himself was an admirer of emotions. Powerful things they were. Emotions could make a man give up all he had ever worked for and in the same beat emotions could cause a man to kill, blindly without reason. Seethe admired them and wondered what it may be like to suffer under their unpredictable hand. For now, he'd watch and replicate to the best of his ability.

He set aside the scalpel he was washing and slipped off his gloves. He could finish his chores later. For now, he had a friend that needed some cheering up. Or at least some distraction.

"Hellooooooo there!" Seethe's voice chirped directly into Velius' ear. Somehow the large immanu had managed to stride over without Velius noticing. Strange things emotions were indeed. Seethe could have driven a knife between the man's ribs and skip away before he could have retaliated!

"You're looking quite forlorn my four-eyed friend..." Seethe moved to lean against the window pane. His ear flicked as the sound of the droplets pitter pattering against the glass reached him. "Something on your mind?"

"Hmmm," Seethe hummed thoughtfully. He closed his eyes, grasping his chin as he slowly nodded. "I see, I see... feeling the negative side of love then? The yearning for the person who has stolen your heart with no knowledge of when that delicious desire will be satiated?"

Ah. Emotions.

Seethe reached out and patted Velius on the back. "You'll get to see your magnificent captain again soon, I promise. Best not to lament on the issue, it'll only worsen I promise." He pushed off of the window and walked over to a cabinet behind Velius. He threw the doors open and peered inside.

"I find distractions help lessen the feelings." He tapped a nail against a glass jar with a chimia heart suspended within. "And what's a better distraction than work?" Seethe crooned as he took out a few test tubes along with their rack.

Seethe turned to Velius, the tray of test tubes grasped between his tragically large hands. "The heart? No, that's a snack for my Amy later." He snickered to himself. "You have an order to fulfill for our mutual friend. Or have you forgotten?"

He crossed the lab and set the tubes out at Velius' workspace. He organized them neatly, tapping a nail against each one to hear it chime. "He'll be needing those neurotoxins next time he drops by but..." Seethe let out an overly dramatic sigh, turning to face Velius once again. He clasped his hands together, resting his cheek against the back of them as he strode across the room once again.

"But my poor, poor, miserable bestie shouldn't be messing around with such dangerous things while his mind wanders aimlessly..." Seethe crooned, his voice taking on a more babyish tone. He reached out, brushing Velius' hair neatly behind his ears with a single claw. "He might hurt himself. Might knick a finger, might kill himself..." He sighed before affectionately brushing his knuckles against Velius' cheek.

"I see no blood." Seethe retorted with a grin. "Unless it's internal... you aren't wounded by any description of mine."

Seethe withdrew his hands and glanced over his shoulders at the tubes he had set out. He had no issue fulfilling the order. In fact, he would love to do it. He admired Velius' work and often tried his hand at it whenever he got the chance. If it weren't for the thickness of the gloves he wore he would probably be dead by this point though. Distilling fysa was much less deadly.

"I could, but what's in it for me?" Seethe tapped a nail against his lips in thought. "I suppose just the knowledge and satisfaction of doing work for my dear dear friend Velius? Taking a load off of his shoulders?" He shook his head. "No... I think I'll require something else. The question is, what can you offer me?"

Seethe held up a finger before he began speaking "First of all, I already expect that from you. Secondly, if the prior wasn't true then we're going to have to have a serious talk later and thirdly... I'd like you to bring me a muffin when you come to work tomorrow."

A simple request and an usual one from Seethe. There most likely was something else he wanted.

"And..." There it was. "I'd like for you to handle the front desk for the rest of the day." Seethe gestured towards the rather pitiful lobby their lab had. It consisted of a few chairs and a desk where one of them would sit when appointments were being made. Normally, Seethe was the one who handled that job.

He took Velius by the shoulder and began walking him in the direction of the front office. "I doubt anyone will come stumbling in on a rainy day like today." Seethe sought to soothe Velius' introvert fears immediately. "It'll probably just be a nice, safe and cozy spot for you to settle down in and read a book or whatever else suits your fancy." He gave Velius' butt a good push, sending him stumbling through the doorway and into the lobby.