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Psyan wasn't the person that IDK expected to see in the therapy room, but when the shapeshifter had a look of absolute terror on his face which clued the Watcher into the fact that Psyan was not okay.
He got a message earlier from the shapeshifter to head over, but he didn't expect the poor guy to be absolutely terrified of whatever he was going through. But, this was the therapy room, and IDK wanted to help.
"Hey, what's up?" IDK carefully approached Psyan, who was just shaking. He tried to stay as calm as possible, since he was the middle ground for these types of things. In his mind, he was in that mindset to help his friend out.
It took a moment before Psyan responded. "My curse is a bit worse than usual…" He muttered. His tail flicked anxiously as he glanced around. His eyes were very much in slits right now as he continued to nervously look around. This is far from the upbeat guy that IDK knew.
"What can I do to help?" IDK asked, now kneeling in front of Psyan and taking his hand and his icy, clawed hand. The Watcher was fairly happy for being quite warm for then he could heat up the other and possibly deal with this.
"Get in contact with Allrich? He can probably get in contact with who helped calm it down," Psyan suggested.
IDK nodded, sending a message to Allrich. When he looked up, he noticed icy lynx ears slowly making their way onto the shapeshifter's head, which immediately set off red flags in his mind. Causing IDK to get a bit more frantic.
He contacted Allrich, hoping the other could point him where to go. But, he had a feeling that this wouldn't be fast enough. Up until now, he had so many questions, but he didn't want to push Psyan right now. He could ask them later, when the other was feeling better.
When he put his attention on Psyan, the man looked spaced out and was just licking his ice arm, as if that would do anything. IDK just let a bit of soothing magic flow through him to Psyan as he held the other's more humanoid hand, the bluish grey skin was cold like usual. After a bit of the warm magic flowing through the pair, Psyan pulled his hand away from IDK.
"Thank you…" He sighed, he was avoiding eye contact. The icy ears were much smaller now and the ice died down, at least for the meantime he could calm down.
"How did you get the curse?" IDK asked. He felt a bit more drowsy than usual, but that was to be expected after using a bit of his own magical force to help Psyan.
Psyan looked puzzled, actually looking at IDK now. "Have I never told you? Alright." Psyan stretched out a bit, then got into a more comfortable, less fetal position-y. "It honestly was a stupid mistake I made but our whole family paid for it. I was with the wrong people and from there we messed with a vex, and I got cursed."
"Vexes have ice magic?" IDK blinked.
"No, but they can do any curse. For me, they decided to make me into an ice monster, which I was for the longest time. Aware, but not aware at the same time. It was a terrifying experience and I never want to go through it again." Psyan explained. "That's why I have a few spells on me, and a few items that help deal with it."
"Yeah, it is something tough to go through. I can help in keeping it calmed down, like what I just did." IDK chuckled out, checking his comm to see if he got an answer yet.
"Mmm…" Psyan nodded. The pair just sat in a comfortable silence, IDK was waiting for a response and Psyan was just dealing with the curse.
Eventually, a ping from the comm broke the silence in the room. IDK fairly quickly checked it out and smiled at Psyan. "Let's head to spawn, since Allrich managed to get the guy you need."
Psyan perked up, and took a moment to stand-up, struggling a bit but was able to actually walk with help from IDK. The pair left the therapy room, going right to Allrich.
Hopefully, things wouldn't be as rough as it seems for some of his servermates, but IDK knew better. He hoped that this area would grant the server that place to talk about their problems, and that people would feel safer emotionally and mentally on the server.
This wouldn't be a problem for IDK and 4C later… right?