"It's more like- consciously putting your hand on a hot stove element. When shit hurts, and you know there's a way out, every minute where you don't is like holding your hand there by force of will."
"I'm so sorry," Credence says, with the deep empathy of someone who quite
possibly had no choice but to make prolonged contact with a hot stove of
some point in his life. "Isn't there anything that would make it better?"
"Oh - yes," Credence reaches for his wand. "I've got better at those, now."
Now he's found the sweet spot between just moving dust around and actually
stripping paint off surfaces. He's becoming more aware of the raw power his
spells are charged with.
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Date: 2018-10-02 03:27 pm (UTC)"Is it really that bad? I - only in breaches. A couple times."
He has no idea what it's like to be drunk, hungover, in withdrawal. That all belongs to a world he's never set foot in.
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Date: 2018-10-02 03:55 pm (UTC)He tries to explain, and flusters a little.
"It's more like- consciously putting your hand on a hot stove element. When shit hurts, and you know there's a way out, every minute where you don't is like holding your hand there by force of will."
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Date: 2018-10-02 04:55 pm (UTC)"I'm so sorry," Credence says, with the deep empathy of someone who quite possibly had no choice but to make prolonged contact with a hot stove of some point in his life. "Isn't there anything that would make it better?"
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Date: 2018-10-02 05:42 pm (UTC)He says, and smiles, quick and earnest.
"And yeah- let's do something busy."
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Date: 2018-10-02 05:49 pm (UTC)"Okay. So - what do you want to change in here?"
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Date: 2018-10-03 12:30 am (UTC)How rare, that they can present him with a genuine, hideous mess.
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Date: 2018-10-03 07:08 am (UTC)"Oh - yes," Credence reaches for his wand. "I've got better at those, now."
Now he's found the sweet spot between just moving dust around and actually stripping paint off surfaces. He's becoming more aware of the raw power his spells are charged with.
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Date: 2018-10-03 08:27 am (UTC)"You've come a long way from us setting your ceiling on fire. From you unable to say the m word."
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Date: 2018-10-03 08:53 am (UTC)Credence smiles shyly in return.
"It's been nearly two years. I don't think I could have stayed the same all that time."
He still feels broken in some ways, but shifting toward coherence in others.
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Date: 2018-10-03 10:09 am (UTC)He says, and clears his throat.
"Okay. Hm hm, what comes after cleaning?"
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Date: 2018-10-03 10:58 am (UTC)As if he has the first idea, but he can at least venture a guess.
"Painting? I suppose. What kind of colors do you want?"
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Date: 2018-10-04 02:18 am (UTC)Always all the time everywhere.
"A couple of rooms need the wallpaper stripped down."
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Date: 2018-10-04 06:54 am (UTC)Credence nods.
"I can do that. Are you going to want to change - I don't know, the door handles? The drapes?"
In those rooms that currently have either.
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Date: 2018-10-04 07:46 am (UTC)Yikes, he bites his bottom lip.
"What's the difference between a good doorknob and a bad doorknob."
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Date: 2018-10-04 07:52 am (UTC)"I think any kind is fine as long as it works," Credence says, sincerely, and informed by a history of households with nonfunctional door closures.
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Date: 2018-10-04 10:00 am (UTC)But they'll have to figure them out.
"Next port. How's yours going?"
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Date: 2018-10-04 10:18 am (UTC)"Um. Slowly, I guess. I've been doing a lot more work around the ship - you know, the dinner shift, our maintenance things."
It still feels selfish to be expending much effort on himself.
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Date: 2018-10-04 10:53 am (UTC)He proposes, because;
"I want to learn more about this."
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Date: 2018-10-04 11:19 am (UTC)Credence nods.
"I think I'd like....blue, for my room. And green, or yellow."
Light, outdoorsy colors.
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Date: 2018-10-04 11:48 am (UTC)Because that's a lot for a room.
"Want to do that tomorrow?"
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Date: 2018-10-04 11:53 am (UTC)Credence nods and tries to rein it in a bit.
"Maybe...green for the bedroom and blue for the bathroom?"
All he's got in there is his toilet and sink, but he's still bored of it being white.
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Date: 2018-10-04 12:12 pm (UTC)He could just make an executive decision.
"It's basically our hall."
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Date: 2018-10-04 04:12 pm (UTC)Credence twitches a nervous laugh, then sobers.
"I remember, at Hogwarts - in the breach. The pictures, the paintings, they moved. I don't know if we could do that with a wall, maybe."
Slowly drifting clouds, or rolling waves, or swaying grass.
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Date: 2018-10-05 12:19 am (UTC)"I'll do the math tonight, see what I can figure out."
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Date: 2018-10-05 02:07 am (UTC)Credence smiles fleetingly.
"...we might need someone who's good at that kind of painting, if you're not? I know I can't do that sort of thing."
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