aefenglom | A request [text]; un: Berserker

i'm looking for someone with good morals to bond with flat escardos. i'm bonded to him and that's fine -- i'm not looking to annul the bond or anything like it. if you're not inclined to bond with him, then being willing to explain why the behaviors he considers normal are not normal is good enough.

he is basically a wild animal in human form. he is friendly and outgoing, but don't be lured into a false sense of security by this facade. he is chaotic and strange and will not stop talking once he starts unless you find a way to forcibly silence him.

this is an incomplete list of behaviors he considers normal:

experimenting on friends without telling them they're a part of an experiment

conducting loud experiments at odd hours

nearly burning down the house while conducting pointless experiments

living in conditions that would embarrass a raccoon

trying to get people to eat wax

i could go on, but then i would spend way too much time writing this post. you get the idea. he has no concept of manners or propriety and doesn't know how to conduct himself around other people. when things are explained to him, he seems to understand, i'm just not the person to explain these things to him.

any offers of help are appreciated. i can get you in contact with him easily...he'll likely reply here, so if you're interested in being his moral compass, you can speak with him directly.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

He doesn't want to Bond with me. But I did try to explain. How much he'll actually listen... who knows?

Just make sure he doesn't take this the wrong way.

He really cares for you, you know.

...i know he does. i would have to be an idiot not to see it. and i care greatly for him, too. that's why i need help.

he already took it the wrong way and i expected that, too.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have implied you didn't.

But why do you think another Bond is the way to help him?

i may have been too eager to jump to the idea of another bond. it's mostly to give me a break, to be honest. i can't be his only source of morals...and i feel like someone better than me for him to bond with would do him well. someone who can experience emotions normally and has a normal sense of values.

"Normal" is in the eye of the beholder. In any case, I think you work so well together precisely because neither of you is what one might consider "normal." But I take your point.

Did he do something in particular that made you think you need help?

I'm not his keeper, but I am his friend. And yours.

[ And despite what he says, all that Flat has told him does make Waver feel a little... responsible for him. In a strange way that doesn't make any sense, considering Flat isn't even his student. Not really. Not yet. Not ever, probably, considering everything that's happened here.

But still... Flat clearly looks up to him, for better or worse. Waver won't even pretend to understand him, but the fact is that, somehow, he's also come to care about and feel tied to Flat. They might not be Bonded in that way, but they share a different, intertwined, confusing bond all the same. ]

it's just a culmination of many things. mostly the candle incident sparked this...between nearly causing a fire and then encouraging someone to eat wax, i just.

i can't tell him why these things are wrong when he doesn't even have a basis for what is and isn't normal human behavior. i also am not the person to tell him what's right or wrong considering my daily life used to be nothing but violent murder.

Who was he trying to get to eat wax?

[ Oh, hang on. Back up, he missed one. ]

A FIRE?! Where? In your new place?

We just talked about this!

i don't know who it was, but whoever it was agreed to it. i guess i can't fault him too much for that.

no. not since that...incident. he's been ... somewhat good. there are still strange, loud noises at 3am, but no fires.

I suppose we can't be too angry if the other person agreed.

[ though seriously. WHY?? ]

Okay, good. No fires. I TOLD him to be considerate of you as roommates. So much for that.

wait, what incident?

the same incident we've been talking about. there's no new fire-related ones...a dirt-related one that's better left not talked about, but no fire.

Ah, okay. I thought you meant something else.

Dirt-related...

Do you want me to talk to him?

[ It's awkward feeling like Flat's... not babysitter exactly, but maybe "polite behavior compass"?

But Diarmuid lives there, and as his Bonded, Waver instinctively feels a strong stake in the place. It's still his territory, even if it's not his house. ]

you don't have to. you've already done it once...it helped, but he's not your responsibility.

I know. Technically, he's not. But according to him and his reality in which some version of "me" is his "Professor," honestly I can't help but feel a little responsible anyway. It doesn't make much sense, I know.

Still, since he appears to take my opinion more seriously than most, I might as well try to use that power for good.

Please tell me about the "dirt incident" I'm burning with curiosity over here...

if you want to do it, i won't stop you. i...appreciate your courtesy.

no. it's just another stupid thing he's done. it's not as interesting as it sounds.

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