COLD❄BLOOD/Incubus Eyes/Splinter Incident

Splinter Incident is the third episode of the Japanese anime Incubus Eyes, written by lead writer Athena Panacea. In this episode, Syinara Wyne manages to snap her back open while fending off thieves at her floral market, making her dial up Silver (as Valerie was unavailable) to take her to the hospital wing. Trouble arises when his lunatic date Ms. Replicate learns of his arrival, complicating matters and causing them to split up against their wills. Meanwhile, a worried Valerie searches her girlfriend's floral market for any clues to her sudden disappearance.
==Transcript==
The screen fades from black, showing Syinara Wyne working alone at her floral shop. It was almost 6PM, as shown through a glance at the analog clock above her. She was working on arranging flowers in a vase right before closing time, as a commission for a lady named Paprika Chellthrop, with her name inked on the glass.
:Syinara: ...And there, that should do it.
Syinara places down the glass vase.
:Syinara: Mm. I didn't do that much work today, but like Val always told me, I can always try harder tomorrow.
Syinara walks away from the counter, walking over to her office water dispenser and getting herself a glass of cool water. She sips some of it down, taking a big sigh as she leans back against the wall. Without warning, she heard some loud banging coming from outside her shop, startling her and making her drop her cup of water.
:Syinara: What? Who's there?
Syinara immediately turned her attention to what's outside. She noticed two ominous silhouettes at the glass door leading into her little greenhouse. They were peering in from the outside, knocking noisily on her door.
:Syinara: Sorry, I'm just about to close business for the night.
Syinara walks over to her desk, flipping the OPEN sign to read CLOSED instead.
:Syinara: You think it'd be more convenient if you came back tomorrow?
There was heavy breathing outside, but no audible answer. They knocked again.
:Syinara: Alright you guys, cut it out.
Syinara spreads some vines out from her body.
:Syinara: You're not welcome here after hours, and that's final. I'm way stronger than I look.
Syi quickly threw together her belongings in a bag and walked towards the door, holding the keys thinking she could go outside and lock the door behind her. When she opened the door, she was surprised to get immediately pushed to the side, getting knocked down to the floor. Seizing the opportunity, both of them ran inside. One looked like an elderly lady dressed in rough ancient-looking clothes, and the other contrastingly looked like a fat child with a stick on fire.
:Old Woman: Quick, quick! It has to be here somewhere!
:Fat Kid: On it!
:Syinara: Oh no you don't!
Syinara quickly scrambles to her feet.
:Syinara: Get back here!
Syinara sprints into her business. To her horror, they've already begun overturning tables, knocking countertops over, and ransacking the place! Now really peeved, Syi stretches out four vines from a crack in her back.
:Syinara: What in the lord's name do you think you're doing!?
:Fat Kid: We won't tell you anything!
Syi stretches out her vines from the doorway, attempting to seize them by the neck and drag them back over. Luckily, she didn't have a busy day and thus wasn't fatigued; she successfully dragged the troublemakers back over to her. The old lady looked particularly annoyed, but was rummaging through her pockets rather quickly.
:Old Woman: Awww, rats!
:Syinara: Gotcha-- [winces] Owww!
As luck would have it though, the old woman carried explosives and used one of her smaller ones to detonate Syinara's vines, letting them get away again. They continued turning the place upside down in what appears to be a desperate search for something vital to both of them.
:Syinara: I'll make sure you're both arrested for this! Don't make this any harder than it has to be!
As Syinara tries again with a new set of vines, she gets dunked in the stomach with a really heavy overturned table, which sends her flat against the wall. She slips in a barely conscious state underneath the table as her back snaps, leading to her becoming mostly immobile and forcing her to stay down. She can hear loud glass shattering and bad talk from both of them, with both ransackers believing she's down for the count.
:Old Woman: Now that the scarecrow's down, where do you think that damned Forbidden Root is?
:Fat Kid: How am I supposed to know? You decided to trash the place and now it's probably crushed under all that rubble!
:Old Woman: You again with blaming the elderly, eh?
:Fat Kid: You're blaming a child?
Syi was tempted to tell them to shut up and get the fuck out before there's a problem, but she noticed that the rare root is in a pot near her. She tried not to breathe a sigh of relief in fear of catching attention, but she knew the root was safe with her.
:Old Woman: I doubt the root's here anyway...
The old woman folds her arms, letting out a "hmph".
:Old Woman: My super-sharp vision didn't see it on any mere countertop.
:Fat Kid: I think you're just blind!
:Old Woman: I think it's in our best interests right now to escape before the authorities find out about what happened here. Later, woody!
The two gave up and escaped the ransacked scene.
:Syinara: They seem to be gone now...
Syinara groans and weakly slides a vine across the floor and up the wall, reaching for a phone on the wall.
:Syinara: Time to call Valerie I guess, she won't be too happy about what happened here.
Syinara grabs a phone with her only working vine, coiling it back to here and using its tip to dial Valerie's number, proceeding to lift it to her ear.
:Syinara: Hello, is Valerie there?
No response. Seems that she's too busy at the moment to check her phone. Syi figured that had to be the case; Valerie would definitely respond if she knew her girlfriend was waiting for her on the line.
:Syinara: Damn it, looks like I'm going to have to rely on someone else.
Syinara dials a different number instead.
:Syinara: Hey, is anyone there?
To her delight, a familiar incubus voice sung out to her.
:Silver [voice]: Good eveninggggg!
:Syinara: Hey pastel boy, you think you can get me out of a rut?
Syinara struggles underneath her wreckage.
:Syinara: My business got ransacked... y'know, the floral shop I own in Sector 5. I need to get to the hospital, and fast, before I get any more mangled than I already am.
:Silver [voice]: Alright, Pierce, I'll seek rehabilitation in the morning. [speaks up] What was that, Syi?
:Syinara: Ughh.
Syinara looked really irritated.
:Syinara: Can you just come to my shop in Sector 5 and escort me to the hospital? And maybe use some of your own energy to alert the authorities of what happened?
:Silver [voice]: You said yer place got ransacked, right?
:Syinara: Yeah... look, it's hurting to even lift my vine to my ear. I'm gonna drop you, alright?
:Silver [voice]: Alright, I'll be there lickity-split!
Syinara literally drops her phone after hanging up. She slides down against the floor, looking exhausted and just about to give up.
:Syinara: All of that over some rare root. Lord Kýrios, help me.
----
The scene switches to Silver's underground home, with Silver draining some fine white powder down the toilet in his bathroom. He then flushes it down, straightening on his signature outfit.
:Pierce: You be careful out there, alright Silver?
:Silver: 'Course I'll be alright.
Silver wickedly grins at his boyfriend.
:Silver: I just gotta drop Syi off at the hospital, oversee her getting cured, and then drive her back to Valerie's before she's been gone from Ms. Heartgold's eyes for too long.
:Pierce: I mean, you were kinda... you know, you were... whatever, just make it back before midnight.
Pierce sighs and buries his face in his hands.
:Pierce: Please don't do any cocaine while you're out on your way!
:Silver: I flushed it all down man, I'll be alright.
Silver walks over to the elevator, smiling at his worried boyfriend.
:Silver: I'll try to be back by midnight though, I can make a promise about that.
:Pierce: Promise?
:Silver: I promise, honey boo!
Silver grins as he walks out into the elevator. Pierce grumbled as he sat alone on the bed, waiting for Silver to return safe and sound.
:Pierce: That boy is going to land himself in so much trouble one of these days, I swear to the lord.
Pierce facepalms.
:Pierce: Why do I love you so much, man?
----
Meanwhile, back at the Valco Vortex, Valerie was passed out on the bed, lazily lounging away. She wakes up immediately upon hearing snapping fingers, which wake her up almost instantly. She looked real groggy, though.
:Brook: Wakey wakey, Valerie.
:Valerie: Uggghh.
Brook looks down at Valerie's angry little eyes.
:Valerie: How dare you wake me up from my little catn-
Brook places the palm of his sanitized hand on her mouth, shutting her up.
:Brook: It's 6:22PM, my stunning queen. I'm concerned about your girlfriend, she hasn't returned yet.
:Valerie: Shit, really?
Valerie shakes her head as she sits up in bed.
:Valerie: I've been so absorbed in writing up this new rule proposal for the authorities that I haven't been paying attention to anything around me!
:Brook: Sleeping on the job's bad for you, Val.
:Valerie: If you give me advice again one more time, I'm gonna kick your ass.
Valerie sighs and reluctantly throws on a quick coat. She really didn't want to leave the bed.
:Valerie: Syi's in trouble... I'm going to check in on her place. I'll try to be back as soon as possible.
:Brook: You promise, Val?
:Valerie: Uhh... I promise.
Valerie flashes an awkward stare at him.
:Valerie: Why?
:Brook: My paycheck's overdue, so I need you to be alive to help me out on that.
Valerie rolls her eyes before stepping back and doing a leap from her high-story window, gliding through the air.
:Valerie: Syi baby, here I come!
:Brook: If you don't give me my paycheck before tomorrow I'll sue youuu!
:Valerie: Shut up Brooook!
----
The scene switches to Silver, who's managed to steer himself all the way to Sector 5 already. He leaps out of his vehicle, rolling across the floor and getting up against the wall, looking left and right for the ransackers.
:Silver: Impressive how empty the scene is for a place that just got ransacked.
Silver cocks his head around.
:Silver: Do the authorities even do anything anymore? 
Silver flashes his pearly-white grin as he looks inside. Seeing no point in using the door, he leaps right through a shattered window and licks his nails.
:Silver: Where're you in this disaster zone, Syi?
:Syinara: Uh, I think I'm near my desk, behind this heavy-ass table that's crushing my chest.
Syinara whimpers a little bit as she struggles trying to push it off.
:Syinara: I'd appreciate if you helped me knock it off rather than make talk!
:Silver: Sheesh, I was just askin' gal.
Silver walks over to the wreckage, pulling out his Mind Weaver and using it to slash through the table, splitting it apart and freeing Syi from the mess those two brats had made earlier.
:Syinara: Thanks for saving me from that, Silv.
Syinara smiles and hugs him.
:Syinara: I knew I could count on you...
:Silver: No worries, missy!
Silver picks her up, holding her in his smooth and slick arms.
:Silver: So to the hospital wing you say? We can get you a quick appointment there and then drive you back to Val's after that, hopefully that won't take too goddamn long or so help me.
:Syinara: Sounds like a plan to me.
:Silver: Here, let me do that other call you wanted.
Silver picks up Syi's phone, dialing the authorities. He places his mouth to the phone.
:Silver: Hey hotties and hoes, there's a disaster zone at the Wyne Floral Shop in Sector 5. How 'bout you get your incompetent asses over here and do your goddamn job for once?
:Syinara: Okay, let's not demean the auth-
Silver hangs up, already beginning to drag Syi and her belongings out of the store.
:Silver: We gotta get you to the hospital, no time for chitchat!
Silver holds her closely.
:Silver: Your back's such in bad shape that a bit of ooze is leaking out from it! Probably that aloe vera stuff.
:Syinara: Oh great...
Silver loads Syi up into a flying pod, placing a few towels behind her back to collect her excess fluids. Silver jams a button on the pod, opening up a command menu.
:Silver: To the Hospital Wing, please! I got a little lady with me tonight that's in need of help.
As soon as Silver's pod begins to race out of the swampy, jungly sector, Valerie's own space pod drifts in and lurches to a halt. She walks out, seeing what remains of the greenhouse. Not much, apparently.
:Valerie: Oh no...
Valerie races into the ransacked business, overturning as many tables as she could in search of her girlfriend. She'd look under the desk, under some parked vehicles, inside of most, and even climb over the roof.
:Valerie: Where in the devil's name could she have gone to!? [closes her eyes] Okay, calm down, Val. She's probably fine, don't panic too hard.
Like karma, her phone began to immediately ring. Valerie picked it up, getting a response from Brook.
:Brook: We managed to track down her location inside of New Naxaz City, so she was moved there as of the past minute. It looks like they're heading out into the Satellite Lobby, about to be out of our reach again. I suspect the Hospital Wing, judging by the speed they're heading at.
:Valerie: Shit! [sighs] Okay, I'll go after 'em soon, but there's some business I need to do first.
Valerie hangs up, walking back inside the destroyed place. She collects some hairs off the floor, pulling out a scanner.
:Valerie: That Azrail Neos dweeb gave me a DNA tester that works on sampled individuals' hairs. What can I figure out here...
Valerie scans several of the hair strands scattered on the floor. She knows Silver Zin got himself involved right away, then noticing some of the hair strands belonged to Ginger Nail and a notorious young boy called Mouser.
:Valerie: Alright, looks like there's a lot of explainin' to be done tonight.
----
Meanwhile, at the hospital wing, we see a group of doctors watching a hospital radar in a dark room. One doctor was blue-haired and drenched in blood clothes, another was green-haired and holding a box of dolls, and yet another looked motionless and kind of dead. Walking in was a tall, blue-skinned 'blonde' who was stretching her gloves, as if in preparation for some nasty surgery- she clearly stood above the rest, presenting herself as the leader.
:Yama: Oh, Ms. Replicate!
Yama shakes her box of dolls in delight.
:Yama: We're gonna have special company tonight!
Ms. Replicate quickly scampers over to them, pushing the blood-soaked Noise and stoic Abraham out of the way. She sees a red dot on the map, with Silver's name hovering above it. And accompanying him was Syi.
:Ms. Replicate: That's nice, he's gonna pay me a visit tonight, hehe.
Ms. Replicate claps her hands together.
:Ms. Replicate: Well, get to your work stations! We need to make this sudden visit a very special one... [cackles] A very special one indeed.
:Yama: Ooh, a tea party!
The ice-cold nurse facepalmed as Noise shook her head in disappointment.
:Ms. Replicate: It's not going to be a tea party, Yama!
Ms. Replicate slides her hand off her face.
:Ms. Replicate: Do you know why I find this occasion particularly special?
:Yama: I... uhhh...
Yama got really flustered.
:Yama': Uhhh... I don't remember, s-sorry!
:Ms. Replicate: THAT'S MY BOYFRIEND COMING OVER!
Ms. Replicate throws her fist down on the dashboard, sending the radar panel offline.
:Ms. Replicate: Ah, shit.
:Abraham: I can fix it.
Abraham walks over to the machine with no feeling in his bones.
:Abraham: This will take some time. Prepare for the new arrivals as soon as possible. Radar should come back online in maybe 10 minutes, probably 15 if something holds me up.
:Noise: Affirmative.
Noise turns to look at her doll-holding partner.
:Noise: C'mon Yammy, let's go meet up with Silver and whoever his guest is.
:Ms. Replicate: Be quick, you two!
Ms. Replicate impatiently waves her hand.
:Ms. Replicate: I need to see Silver as soon as possible! He hasn't seen me in four straight days...
The two of girl nurses nod and exit the room, leaving Replicate alone with Abraham.
:Ms. Replicate: Did you fix the radar yet, Abraham?
:Abraham: No, Ms. Rep-
:Ms. Replicate: Fix it faster, then!
----
Silver walks into the Hospital Wing's waiting room with Syi up in his arms. Surrounding them were lots of decaying, diseased, or otherwise severely injured bodies, either sitting up in chairs or lying down motionlessly on stretchers.
:Silver: Let's try to make this a quick visit, I don't really want to be here for long.
Silver shudders a bit, looking around.
:Silver: Then again, I'd prefer Replie to kill me than Val.
:Syinara: I can see if I can make this a quick visit. Thankfully scarecrows like me are fairly easy to repair... trees are a renewable resource, you know?
:Silver: You should be easy enough to repair, but I wouldn't count on it being a quick visit because the doctors here are very weird. Like, very weird to the point where they might hold us up.
:Syinara: What do you mean, Silver?
Silver sighs, then cackles a bit as he holds Syi in a different way that's more comfortable for both of them.
:Silver: The lead nurse here, Ms. Replicate, likes to sample DNA and do full examinations of her patients.
Silver looks around, as if expecting her. Can't blame him!
:Silver: We have to avoid her and try to get a solo checkup by either Noise, Yama, or Abraham, all of which are rather efficient at doing their jobs and can help us in any sort of pinch.
:Syinara: Replie's your girl, right?
:Silver: Yeahhh. I probably should have been more careful when selecting my dates, but it's too late to go back and I don't really wanna go back, 'cuz that time in my life was wack.
:Syinara: When was the last time you saw her?
:Silver: I think it might have been a bit over a few days ago.
Silver walks over to the reception window, shaking.
:Silver: There's no way I'm gonna get away with being gone that long.
:Syinara: Then isn't it time that you saw her again?
:Silver: Yeahh... I have to admit, the way I handle things isn't what I'd call foolproof. Don't worry 'bout me, though, I don't need other people's pity 'cuz I kinda suck and need to acknowledge that more.
Syi stays silent as Yama walks inside the receptionist office, looking at them from the other side of the window.
:Yama: Hi!!!
Yama smiles warmly, jumping up and down as she sees Silver and Syi.
:Yama: How can I help you two today?
:Silver: Granny oak here split her back, you think we can get her in for a quick mendin'?
Syi looked lightly insulted, her face flushed red as she glares at Silver.
:Yama: Right...
Yama flips through a record book.
:Syinara: That's Syinara Wyne, correct? Nobody else like her has come to the Hospital Wing before.
:Silver: Yeah, it's just her.
Silver looks a little tense, biting his lower lip.
:Silver: Do you think we can make this a quick visit? We're trying to make this as quick as possible.
:Syinara: I have to get back home as soon as possible, or I'm gonna worry Val.
Yama shakes her head, making Silver flinch.
:Yama: Didn't you know, Zin?
Yama giggles.
:Yama: You've been overdue for an appointment for a few days now!
:Silver: Ah. Shit. [sighs] Very well, take us both in today. Make both these appointments quick.
Yama nods, opening the doors into the hospital hallway for them both. She then beckons for them to come inside, which they do somewhat hesitantly.
:Yama: Wyne, I'll be the one working on fixing up your back tonight. It should be a quick process, but you can't leave without Zin.
:Syinara: Why not?
:Yama: All patients that walk in together must go out together, as part of safety protocol.
Yama turns to Silver.
:Yama: Your weekly appointment will be with Ms. Replicate, who's waiting for you in the dark room at the end of the hallway.
:Silver: Of course she is... damn, I'm getting a headache thinking about all of this.
:Yama: Save it for the checkup, Zin!
Yama offers her hand to Syi.
:Yama: C'mon, we'll get you fixed up real quick.
Syi hesitates before grabbing Yama's hand. She then turns to Silver.
:Syinara: Well, an appointment's an appointment. Good luck in there, Silver.
:Silver: Pfft. [sarcastically] Thanks.
Yama leads Syi into a well-lit operation room. Silver took a deep breath, assuring himself that she'd be alright because he knew Yama was nice and honest. But he might not be so lucky. He reluctantly begins to walk down the hallway, fiddling his fingers around as he stares around the dark hallway leading him right down to Ms. Replicate. He walks into the office, looking around for her.
:Silver: Hello? Ms. Replicate? ...Medea? Where art thou?
Silver shrugs and begins to turn around, almost suddenly flying back from shock when Ms. Replicate shuts the door right behind him.
:Ms. Replicate: You're late for your appointment, Zin.
Ms. Replicate walks over to the operating table, beckoning him over to her by wagging her finger.
:Ms. Replicate: I'm not sure how exactly to express my disappointment.
:Silver: You know how busy my schedule is, Medea.
Silver sighs and climbs up on the operating table.
:Silver: Are you sure we can't just skip this and take you home?
:Ms. Replicate: No siree, you know I've been busy as a bee lately, the Chimera project has been 100% on my mind and if I stop now I'm gonna have trouble getting back to it.
Ms. Replicate places on a stethoscope.
:Ms. Replicate: Let's listen for that heartbeat.
Silver sighs as Ms. Replicate checks his heartbeat. It's kind of pounding hard, as if Silver was really tense and fearful of something. Medea initially grins, but then frowns as something about Silver's face didn't look right.
:Ms. Replicate: You seem to be really tense today Silver. Why is that?
:Silver: I was afraid of disappointing you for being gone for as long as I have...
:Ms. Replicate: You don't need to worry about that, Silver. I was just being a bit playful back there, I don't mind if you're just a bit late to an appointment. You should check in more, but I understand if you can't.
Silver smiles a little bit as Medea holds out his arm, ready to check his blood pressure, when she notices some particular track marks on his arm.
:Ms. Replicate: Y'know honey, when you have three wonderful people deeply involved with your life, I don't really understand why you're still injecting and snorting heroin.
Ms. Replicate frowns at him.
:Ms. Replicate: We're going to get rid of your whole supply first thing when I go back home.
:Silver: I guess we should... Pierce was worrying about it too.
:Ms. Replicate: That's one thing that spineless freak is good for.
Ms. Replicate starts to check his blood pressure.
:Ms. Replicate: ...103. Not too shabby, Silver Zin.
:Silver: Can't we just do the examination when we get home? [flinches a little bit] I have to take Syi back home tonight and you know how important that is, right?
:Ms. Replicate: Hm?
Ms. Replicate raises an eyebrow.
:Ms. Replicate: What was that?
:Silver: I said, I have to take Syi back hom-
Ms. Replicate squeezes his wrist, much to Silver's shock.
:Ms. Replicate: You're not leaving me for her, Silver Zin!
:Silver: Wh... Wha...?? Ehh??
----
Syi now looks perfectly fine, with Yama having cured her within plain minutes. She was sitting up, waiting for Silver to come along. She checks her watch while Yama's seen playing a dating sim on her computer.
:Syinara: ...Where the hell is Silver? Or Valerie for that matter?
----
Back at the destroyed floral shop, Valerie's been gliding around the city with an expensive gold jetpack, looking around in search for Ginger and Mouser. It takes her several minutes, but she finds them walking towards Peppertown. Easy targets.
:Valerie: I'll be sure to punish those two for the crimes they've committed tonight. To those who've hurt my special little girl, I've got a single word for ya...
Valerie angles herself to begin diving towards the ground at lightning speeds, racing down with her hands reaching out ahead of her.
:Valerie: HIYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Valerie swerves down to ground level. Without giving Ginger a chance to react, she immediately begins to chop and slice at her, flooring the grenade-carrying weapons expert. Glancing up, she sees Mouser trying to get away. She carries out her trusty bow-and-arrow, smirking as she fires an arrow that nails Mouser to the wall.
:Valerie: I'm surprised my girlfriend couldn't stop either of you two.
Valerie dials up the Nature Warrior.
:Valerie: I'll make sure you're both sent to prison tonight for your misdeeds.
Valerie fires an arrow at Ginger, keeping her to the ground as she holds the phone to her ear.
:Valerie: Hey Nature Warrior? Can you come 'round the Northwestern outskirts of Peppertown and arrest Ginger Nail and this Mouser kid for destroying the Wyne Floral Shop?
:Nature Warrior [voice]: Where's the proof, Val?
:Valerie: At the site of destruction, I've sampled some of the hairs scattered around the place and could confirm their identities.
Valerie rolls her eyes.
:Valerie: If you shut up, I'll get you a 6-pack of the strongest beer around tomorrow.
:Nature Warrior: Acceptable offer, I'll meet up there pretty quick. [yawns] Do whatever, I'll take care of it from here.
The Nature Warrior hangs up, leaving Valerie to plot her next move.
:Valerie: Alright, time to head to the hospital. [sighs] I'm so sorry for being too invested in my stuff to notice you've been gone... I'm sorry, Syi.
Valerie reignites her jet pack, flying herself out of the sector and hoping to locate the Hospital Wing in record time.
----
Ms. Replicate now had Silver against the wall, her clammy and cold hand to his neck as she held him firmly against the wall. She looked rather peeved at him, her nails digging into his thin skin.
:Ms. Replicate: You're not leaving me for Syinara Wyne!
Medea sinks her nails into his flesh, making it hard for him to leave.
:Ms. Replicate: You've been away from me for four straight days, don't you dare take someone else before my very eyes!
:Silver: Whoa, whoa, chill out.
Silver tries to smile reassuringly at her.
:Silver: You misunderstood what I was sayin'!
:Ms. Replicate: I know a cheater when I see one, Silver Zin, that's something you ought to know.
Ms. Replicate sighs as she loosens her grip on him. He was bleeding in the spots she had her nails in.
:Ms. Replicate: You remember everything I've told you about Gonzalo.
:Silver: Right, that cheating bastard.
Silver sighs as he tries to rub Ms. Replicate's shoulders to calm her down.
:Silver: Listen 'ere. If you let me finish, I was going to say that I didn't want Syi to come home late to a worried Valerie. I just want her to be as safe as possible, you get me right?
Ms. Replicate's eyes flashed glaringly.
:Ms. Replicate: Does this mean Valerie is also waiting for you at OUR home?
:Silver: No, of course not! I meant that I need to take Syi back to her home, the place she belongs, and I'm of course talking about the goddamn Valco Vortex! I understand why you get paranoid about our relationship and I totally get how much it means to but I promise I don't plan on cheating on you any time soon!
:Ms. Replicate: And how do I know you're telling the truth...?
:Silver: I'm your boyfriend, Medea, you know damn well that I always want to tell you the truth!
Ms. Replicate took a few seconds to process that. She then sighed and released him completely.
:Ms. Replicate: Alright, I acted too hastily.
Ms. Replicate releases him, sighing.
:Ms. Replicate: Sorry about that. I've just been missing you a lot... I couldn't come home because I've had a busy time here and the Chimera project has been totally draining me of all of my energy!
:Silver: ...Meh. [shrugs] Why can't you just replicate your assistants to help take care of the excess work for you?
Ms. Replicate looked really dumbfounded.
:Ms. Replicate: You make a good point, honey. I should have thought of that, it would have saved me a lot of time.
:Silver: It's alright, you were stressed, I have a lot of trouble thinking coherently under stress.
Silver gently pats her on the back.
:Silver: You're not the only one, alright?
Ms. Replicate nods.
:Ms. Replicate: Alright.
Ms. Replicate looks at him sternly.
:Silver: You can get out of here now. You're definitely healthy, you just need to withdraw from heroin usage. I'll go find Noise and Yama and Abraham and clone 'em all so they can continue my work while I take a small vacation.
Silver nods.
:Silver: See you outside!
Silver runs out of the office as Medea turns on the intercom.
:Ms. Replicate [intercom]: Noise Lindemulder, Yama Velvetrot, and Abraham Mason, come to my office please!
Silver smirks as he enters the room he saw Syi go in, watching the other doctors scramble over to Medea's office.
:Syinara: There you are. What took you so long?
Silver laughs.
:Silver: Sometimes your loved ones can be very tough to reassure.
Silver grabs her hand.
:Silver: Let's get outta here!
:Syinara: Whoa, loosen your grip a bit.
Silver laughs a bit, doing as she commands.
:Syinara: Sorry, heh.
:Silver: It's alright! [smiles] I wanna move by whatever pace makes you feel most comfy.
Syi smiles as Silver gently leads her out into the waiting room. As they prepare to go out the front doors, they catch Valerie in a bad mood- her hair's been ruffled up by fast air travel, she's still in her pajamas, and she looks pretty grouchy.
:Valerie: I knew you were here with her, Silver.
Valerie leans back against the wall.
:Valerie: Explain yourself.
:Silver: Oh jeez. [sighs] Syi called me up to take me to the hospital, her back was all split up after a fight broke out at the Wyne place or something.
:Valerie: You took her to see the hospital and you didn't call me so I knew about it immediately? What the fuck?
:Silver: She was in real bad shape and I was hoping to take care of her as soon as possible. [facepalms] We got held up by Ms. Replicate because our appointments happened to coincide, like, I couldn't make time to make a call.
Valerie looks at Syi.
:Valerie: Why didn't you call me instead, hon?
:Syinara: I did! You didn't answer, so I called Silver instead.
:Valerie: Couldn't you have sent me a text message or something?
:Syinara: I was way too goddamn weak to utilize my vines for the small-as-hell touch screen!
Valerie blows steam out from her nose.
:Valerie: Couldn't you have done something to tell me where she was, Silver?
:Silver: I mean, from the looks of it, you look like you were asleep for a couple of hours! Look at your hair!
Valerie realized why she wasn't on top of things in the first place as she looked at her uncharacteristically frizzled hair, which made her sigh in disappointment with herself as she rubbed it.
:Valerie: Oh right, I was really busy today with an assignment... I'm sorry Syi, I should have been calmer.
:Syinara: It's alright...
Valerie turns to Silver.
:Valerie: You still should have called me though.
:Silver: What difference would it have made? How'd you even figure out we were here?
:Valerie: Brook told me that Syi's heat signal was being led straight through New Naxaz City at record speeds, implying there was an emergency. Then I found one of your hair strands...
Valerie clenches her fist tiredly.
:Valerie: You should have called me!
:Silver: Well jeez, sorry that I had other priorities at the moment, including helping your girlfriend!
It looked like a fight was about to happen, but Syi gently grabbed their hands.
:Syinara: Can we just stop fighting and go home... [sniffs] My workplace is a mess, I haven't been home for several hours, and you two duking it out isn't going to make anything better.
Both Silver and Valerie dropped their tempers, closing their eyes before looking at each other.
:Valerie: ...Right. [sighs] Sorry Silver, I've had a long day.
:Silver: Me too, sorry about getting a bit rude.
Silver holds out his arms.
:Silver: Come here you two, let's end the day right.
Valerie and Syinara oblige and hug Silver, who quickly wraps his arms around both of them. After letting go, Silver smiles at them.
:Silver: Make sure you're taking your vitamins, Val.
:Valerie: I am, I am, I just haven't remembered to do that this evening I guess. [waves] See you later, Silver.
:Silver: See ya!
:Valerie: You wanna go to the Moore Lounge tomorrow and pretend none of this ever happened?
:Silver: Absolutely.
Silver laughs as he watches them get into Valerie's special (and very expensive) air pod, watching them drive off. He then feels something cold and clammy touch him from behind- but thank god it was just Ms. Replicate.
:Ms. Replicate: We can go home now, Silver. Just loaded the place with clones of Noise, Yama, and Abraham to take care of all the work. [smirks] They should last long enough.
:Silver: Right.
Silver smiles and squeezes her hand.
:Silver: Let's go home.
Silver and Ms. Replicate walk out of the Hospital Wing, calling upon and hopping inside a flashy red pod.
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Pierce was busy flushing heroin down the toilet with Zellen overseeing the disposal of it when they heard Silver arrive back home. He checks the time- it's nowhere close to midnight.
:Pierce: That was quick.
Pierce breathes a sigh of relief.
:Pierce: He's probably got Medea with him, but I think it's good for all of us to be here at the moment.
:Zellen: He seemed kinda off today, dunno why. Nicked this when he wasn't looking, though.
Pierce looks at Zellen, pulling a T_T face when he sees a Stenographer Stone gleaming in her hand.
:Pierce: You should probably put that back before he kills you.
Silver walks in the living room with Medea, both of them breathing in the air of their own home as they return.
:Zellen: Nah, I'm sure I have enough time to-
:Silver: We're homeeee!
Zellen immediately throws the Stenographer Stone in the toilet bowl, flushing it down before whistling and walking out to meet Silver with Pierce. She writes a note on her angel blade, "STONE IN PIPES". Both she and Pierce get bombarded with hugs.
:Ms. Replicate: Good to be back!
:Silver: Yeah! We took care of the situation, and uhh... tonight, we're just gonna relax and enjoy the evening in the bedroom. Sounds like a good plan to everyone?
:Pierce: You know I'd like that, Silvey.
:Zellen: Mhmm...
Zellen smiles as she hugs Silver tighter.
:Ms. Replicate: What're we waiting for? Let's go!
The four, all on good terms at the moment, go to walk in Silver's bedroom. Silver flips on the remote and flops down on the bed on his backside, snuggling up with his loved ones as they begin playing soft rock from a radio station. They're all then shown laying together peacefully by the end.
THE END
==Other information==
===Characters===
*Silver Zin
*Valerie Heartgold
*Syinara Wyne
*Pierce Hazel
*Nature Warrior
*Zellen Harley Quimbleson
*Brook Arsen
*Noise Lindemulder (debut)
*Yama Velvetrot (debut)
*Abraham Mason (debut)
*Ms. Replicate (debut)
*Ginger Nail (debut)
*Mouser (debut)
===Settings===
*Stenographer Well #66, Stenographer Garden, New Naxaz City
*Valco Vortex, New Naxaz City
*Wyne Floral Shop, Sector 5
*Hospital Wing, Satellite 15 Lobby
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