[Voice]

[defibrillating]

So hey, what are your New Year's resolutions or goals?

[Yep, that's all. Shortest post ever.]

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[niepokonany]

Why would I need one when I'm totally flawless already?

[defibrillating]

There's always room for improvement!

[niepokonany]

You think? Ok, let's see...

[He already doesn't smoke, his body image and health are great, the world can pry his alcohol from his cold, dead fingers, resolving to try and actually have a love life is just sad...]

Then I resolve to be even more unbearably fierce than I already am! How's that? Pretty good, huh?

[defibrillating]

[Zian gives a breathy snort that might have been a laugh.]

I like it!

[niepokonany]

I totally know, right? Sometimes, I amaze myself with my great ideas!

[He's fronting in a way that's pretty obvious to anyone who's known him well for a long time -- he's not in the habit of lying, but tends to make an exception to avoid coming off more serious than he wants to. Still, his cheerful bluster is pretty easy to buy into if you're not used to him!]

So? What's yours?

[defibrillating]

[Zian doesn't know Feliks at all, but the confident cheeriness and personality is really nice.]

See, you came up with a good one!

[There's a brief pause.]

I'm gonna spend more of my free time in District X to help the underground with medical care... and play less video games.

[niepokonany]

Huh... Not bad either, I guess!

[He tilts his head a little, curious.]

So like, you do medical stuff, right? Actually, I know some priests around here -- upstate, in the country -- who sometimes have kind of an informal sanctuary thing going. Would it be cool to give them your contact info?

[Networking! Feliks somehow maintains an air like he's just chatting about nothing in particular. He's been working with rights groups -- both here and back in Poland -- for years now, and more-or-less runs a couple of small organizations. He's actually somewhat well known for his work in certain circles, and, well... he has a lot of contacts, and a lot of them could use a hand now and then, so sometimes it's a matter of helping them help each other!]

[defibrillating]

Yeah, I'm the school nurse.

[Zian listens for a moment to Feliks, unsure of what to say. He lived for helping people, but he couldn't deny the fact that he was scared. He had hid his whole life from people - humans - and despite himself he was suspicious. Maybe he had picked up a little too much from the morlocks.]

...sure. I'll give you my cellphone number. I just... look kind of monster-ish so I wouldn't want to frighten anyone.

[Or get them in trouble.]

[niepokonany]

[Feliks tilts his head a little to the side. Beneath the veneer of dumb-blond confusion, there's a brief flash of something analytical in his eyes as he tries to decide what to make of that.]

Dude, why's a priest gonna care what anybody looks like? As long as you wanna help, I don't think anybody's gonna.

[defibrillating]

I mean, like seven foot purple monster-ish. You'd be surprised how much that messes with trying to help people.

[He sighs.]

My phone numbers is [phone number] I'm always willing to help, just saying it might get awkward.

[niepokonany]

Let me put it this way, then -- when a priest working a safehouse calls for your kind of backup, they're not gonna care about awkward.

And anyway, anybody who things weird-colored monster-guys aren't children of God totally hasn't met Professor Wagner!

[defibrillating]

...true.

[Both the first part and the part about Professor Wagner. Maybe he should talk to him... he seemed quite comfortable in his blueness.]

Have them call for anything. I'll go zap people with my healing powers.

[niepokonany]

Awesome, thanks!

I mean, not that I hope you have to do it a lot, but it could totally help out now and then, you know?

[defibrillating]

That's what I live for.

[niepokonany]

Glad I could brighten your day, then ♥