rupert

[unrecked]

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[agleam]

So... The medicine did fit the person she knew, then.

[squinting...]

Why would they go to all that effort?

[unrecked]

I guess so, yeah.

[He shakes his head.]

Their contract, I guess. They're acting. Playing parts.

[agleam]

I don't really get how that would be entertaining...

[he nods, though, even if he looks thoughtful.]

It's probably not a good idea to bring this up with any of them.

[unrecked]

Yeah, I don’t think we should be yelling it around, or trying to get them to talk about it. Breaking contracts and all.

[He looks thoughtfully pensive into the distance.]

We weren’t the only ones. Pretty sure people looked through eight of them with similar results.

[agleam]

The other rooms...?

[he nods after a moment]

I'm glad you took Lup with you. I wouldn't have figured out anything was off with their room.

[unrecked]

Yeah.

[He waves a hand.]

Give yourself more credit. Neither of us really realized something was off until after we left and talked about it. I don’t know who Aquila is, so how was I going to know if anything was off?

I guess Lup did come in handy, but still.

[agleam]

[a little bit amused.]

Are you worried about my self esteem? That's sweet of you.

[unrecked]

[Gives him a look.]

Cut that out.

[His Manly and Cool image.]

[agleam]

You're a very nice person, Jason.

[1/2 affection week and 1/2 desire to be obnoxious]

[unrecked]

[…

Just gonna headlock Rupert so he can mess the shit up out of his head. Noogie.]

[agleam]

Noooo not my hair—!!

[he is a noodle, so he's powerless to stop this.]

[unrecked]

Maybe you’ll look cute with bed head.

[He is messing up the hair. It’s funny. He lets go after a minute.]

[agleam]

There's nothing wrong with how I looked before!

[he's starting to smooth it out immediately as soon as he's Freed.]

[unrecked]

[Holds his hands up in surrender.]

You're right. You're pretty cute already.

[Suffer. Affection week.]

[agleam]

[he laughs]

Don't be weird about this!

[unrecked]

[He also laughs.]

Weird? I'm not being weird. Even if you have a fiancé, I can still vouch that his is cute, can't I?

[agleam]

...Are you feeling okay?

[he hasn't realized affection week is a thing because he himself is just naturally like this, but this seems Off somehow.]

[unrecked]

Yeah...?

[Please help Rupert. Imagine being naturally affectionate... Jason can't relate.]

Damn, people want you to be nicer, and then when you are, they think you're sick.

[agleam]

[okay, he laughs at that.]

The problem isn't that you're being nice!