I'm not a helpless maiden. [she informs jason, ear (or part of ear) flicking. ow.]
I won't wander more today, and I'll get a healing task tomorrow if I'm able, alright? Fussy. [there's no heat to this, though. as much as she doesn't like to worry them... at least this means they care. she at the very least hasn't opened any of her wounds, though the burns look pretty nasty today.
she's trying to not think about that. her hair is also still fucked up. weh.]
[ jason's turn to open the door while they are daisy chaining!!! he can take cloud or lup's key, whichever. they are both here with keys. cloud's frowning at her burnt off ear but refusing to fuss so he is not called fussy again
but also >:( the ear ]
No one said anything about you being helpless. [ he'll at least correct that part. ]
Fine, yes, give him something to do before he buzzed out of his goddamn skin. He needs bad guys to punch!! Or shoot. He really would feel better shooting someone who deserved it actually.
Lup has the bigger bed, so he forgoes the middle man and just opens Lup’s room, holding the door for Cloud.]
Aquila said they had an extra left. I don’t know if we should save it for Sunday. Probably won’t hurt to use it if you feel awful.
she seems to be losing energy fast - it's like when you finally sit down and all the tired hits you at once. but she does gently pat cloud's face when he says they didn't call her helpless.]
I'll see if they still do by the end. There were only three of us this time so uh, there should be a couple of them with extra. [absently, to cloud, as he carries her in:] Thanks babe.
[ i would like the record to show cloud still looks flustered at the pet name. incredibly slow. he still puts her on the bed gently and does not yeet her, but it would've been funny. ]
Definitely get another one. I doubt anyone's gonna get that injured that we need five extra.
[laughs about not controlling the ear flicks again
He is really out here considering calling Cloud some pet names since it flusters him. Very funny.
But yeah, fine okay, he will sit on the bed. You know what, he fucking sits and then falls back on the bed, he’s tired. Not on Lup, though, he isn’t mean.]
anyway, both of them are on the bed and she's going to cuddle them or else.]
I will. [she grumbles. and then:] Random question - have either of you talked to each other about what I talked to you two about? I will be shocked if you have.
[ "lup said", he thinks. but he doesn't continue to fight Jason because lup calls him out on poetry and he kind of looks away. in sympathy. embarrassing....... ]
[anyway that's what jason gets for trying to bus cloud
both of them just look in entirely different directions and she just - sort of laughs? it's almost tired, but she fuckin' laughs, and looks between the both of them.]
Well? Are you? [she asks, amused.] Are you boyfriends?
[ grumbled angrily. stop throwing him under the bus, todd!!! but he shrugs. that's the answer, that's it.
listened he'd assumed they already were and then lup threw that talk at him so he checked in with jason he did his damn part. it was extremely difficult. he doesn't deserve to have to do it AGAIN!!! ]
There's no secret. [ he lets his hand be held, glancing back at the two of them ] Or third wheeling.
[ even if she's teasing, that seems important to note. ]
We said we'd talk about it the three of us. [ which is. what they are doing. now. belatedly. he knows that, but like, that was the final decision? sort of? ]
[Like Cloud, he lets Lup take his hand so they are stationary daisy chained.
He wants to keep looking away, but that feels shittier, so he sort of carefully turns over so he’s facing the two of them somewhat.]
Yeah. We said we’d talk about it with the three of us. But I think I do remember Cloud trying to suck my soul out when kissing me somewhere in there.
[Teasing. He foxishly looks at Cloud over Lup.]
So… what’s the verdict? For the three of us. I’m gonna be honest, it’s a little different for me, especially in one of these, uh, games of death. I’m not, like, the greatest boyfriend material.
[she maybe eases jut a little bit at the reassurance.]
Wish I'd been there to see it. [she sighs wistfully, when jason mentions the soul sucking.] I'm going to have to get healed just so you'll both kiss me again.
[stop don't be dramatic to escape the serious talks]
... I mean, listen, I'm very pretty and excellent normally, but in the death games? I'm no catch, Jason. I don't think that's an issue here. [they all suck in their various ways.] If you're both all in, I've already been here. It's just nice to have the confirmation. Facescroll official.
[ why does he like either of them. the deflection by humor is oppressive and constant. my god. they're both getting such a stare.
cloud's also definitely having a moment of wondering if either of these idiots realize he hasn't dated before and just generally does not have that big of an opinion on "boyfriend or girlfriend material". he does not say it. but he is having a Moment. ]
... I wouldn't have been doing any of this if it wasn't like that for me. So I guess it's more about you two.
[ he could make this more romantic or emotionally open but they exhausted him so much with the jokes he doesn't want to. ]
He makes a bit of a face at being scolded for his VERY HONEST vulnerability.] You two are so annoying. [Fond. But ALSO, don't put it off on him!]
Uh, I know it's not exactly kosher and all, but... Are there, like... other people too? Look, I'm just making sure there aren't any surprises. We only had, what, a week? And no one there was interested in any of this except, like, the teenagers. So...
[Yeah.]
Also, call me unromantic and neurotic, but--the future? We didn't get to visit each other either. [He glances at Cloud, then away.] I mean, I heard the rest of you could, but I'm working with fumes here.
I can jump between worlds regardless of the death game bullshit, first of all. [she says, confidently.] So I'll be coming to find the two of you whether you like it or not.
[a pause.] ... I don't know what you're getting at with the other part. What are you asking?
[ being annoying, he means. he absolutely does not. but the other two he actually thinks about. ]
... We had the capacity after the Realm, but I'm not gonna be going anywhere for a while. Not until everything back home is resolved. [ and he doesn't have any idea how long that will take or. how. to be honest. he doesn't linger on that one, looking instead at lup at the other one ]
Think Jay wants to know if we're exclusive.
[ it's partially teasing. it's only partially because this is another one he hadn't really... thought about. before. as being something they needed to talk about.
then again there are three of them so that's exhausting ]
[When he gently swings his arm over Lup to sock Cloud in the shoulder, his expression is embarrassed. SHEESH.]
Like I said, I'm just making sure there aren't any surprises.
[Also, yes, there are three of them. He's making sure there isn't four or five because three already means the relationship is a bit open. Kinda. In a way.]
Fine. You're both fancy. I get it. The island just didn't have shit.
[she dodges jason swinging by leaning forward, just like, letting him do it.
and then she blinks, and then:]
There aren't any surprises. There's not much room for me anywhere else. [she says, tilting her head. she says it with a like. painful amount of honesty, because that's what she thinks.] I'm with just the two of you, if you want me. Exclusive, sure.
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I won't wander more today, and I'll get a healing task tomorrow if I'm able, alright? Fussy. [there's no heat to this, though. as much as she doesn't like to worry them... at least this means they care. she at the very least hasn't opened any of her wounds, though the burns look pretty nasty today.
she's trying to not think about that. her hair is also still fucked up. weh.]
I'll be okay. You're both taking care of me.
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but also >:( the ear ]
No one said anything about you being helpless. [ he'll at least correct that part. ]
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Fine, yes, give him something to do before he buzzed out of his goddamn skin. He needs bad guys to punch!! Or shoot. He really would feel better shooting someone who deserved it actually.
Lup has the bigger bed, so he forgoes the middle man and just opens Lup’s room, holding the door for Cloud.]
Aquila said they had an extra left. I don’t know if we should save it for Sunday. Probably won’t hurt to use it if you feel awful.
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she seems to be losing energy fast - it's like when you finally sit down and all the tired hits you at once. but she does gently pat cloud's face when he says they didn't call her helpless.]
I'll see if they still do by the end. There were only three of us this time so uh, there should be a couple of them with extra. [absently, to cloud, as he carries her in:] Thanks babe.
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Definitely get another one. I doubt anyone's gonna get that injured that we need five extra.
[ Jason come sit on the bed Jason ]
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He is really out here considering calling Cloud some pet names since it flusters him. Very funny.
But yeah, fine okay, he will sit on the bed. You know what, he fucking sits and then falls back on the bed, he’s tired. Not on Lup, though, he isn’t mean.]
Get another one, yeah.
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anyway, both of them are on the bed and she's going to cuddle them or else.]
I will. [she grumbles. and then:] Random question - have either of you talked to each other about what I talked to you two about? I will be shocked if you have.
[this is probably a bad time to do this but eh]
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.... It came up, actually.
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He exchanges the glance with Cloud, seeming both awkward in the same way and also faintly amused.]
Lup said you liked me a lot, that we were all a thing.
[I can’t remember the timeline of these threads but whatever it’s fine.
He throws Cloud under the bus immediately so he doesn’t have to acknowledge his side even though Lup is next in tag order and he can’t escape.]
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[she hums, because she's a brat.] Anyway, that's right. And I like you both.
It came up? As in the two of you talked about it?
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[ "lup said", he thinks. but he doesn't continue to fight Jason because lup calls him out on poetry and he kind of looks away. in sympathy. embarrassing....... ]
Yeah. Kinda.
[ he could give details but he won't. ]
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His face gets kind of red, and he refuses to look at them. DON’T PUT THE DETAILS ON HIM! Dammit, Cloud!!]
…We talked about it, yeah. Got the impression Cloud wants to be my boyfriend.
[He is so mean after Cloud and him did the manly thing of trying to talk about it without being sappy.]
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[anyway that's what jason gets for trying to bus cloud
both of them just look in entirely different directions and she just - sort of laughs? it's almost tired, but she fuckin' laughs, and looks between the both of them.]
Well? Are you? [she asks, amused.] Are you boyfriends?
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[ grumbled angrily. stop throwing him under the bus, todd!!! but he shrugs. that's the answer, that's it.
listened he'd assumed they already were and then lup threw that talk at him so he checked in with jason he did his damn part. it was extremely difficult. he doesn't deserve to have to do it AGAIN!!! ]
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[It isn’t even said loud or worriedly. He glances quickly between the two of them, then looks away again.]
I mean, we didn’t… like… I don’t know, formally, or whatever. We just… talked about how we feel.
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she sits up, slowly, and reaches to take jason's hand, and then cloud's hand, holding them.]
Do you want to let me in on the secret? Am I third wheeling here? What's the final decision? [this is mostly teasing.]
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[ even if she's teasing, that seems important to note. ]
We said we'd talk about it the three of us. [ which is. what they are doing. now. belatedly. he knows that, but like, that was the final decision? sort of? ]
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He wants to keep looking away, but that feels shittier, so he sort of carefully turns over so he’s facing the two of them somewhat.]
Yeah. We said we’d talk about it with the three of us. But I think I do remember Cloud trying to suck my soul out when kissing me somewhere in there.
[Teasing. He foxishly looks at Cloud over Lup.]
So… what’s the verdict? For the three of us. I’m gonna be honest, it’s a little different for me, especially in one of these, uh, games of death. I’m not, like, the greatest boyfriend material.
[Sass good. Self esteem bad.
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Wish I'd been there to see it. [she sighs wistfully, when jason mentions the soul sucking.] I'm going to have to get healed just so you'll both kiss me again.
[stop don't be dramatic to escape the serious talks]
... I mean, listen, I'm very pretty and excellent normally, but in the death games? I'm no catch, Jason. I don't think that's an issue here. [they all suck in their various ways.] If you're both all in, I've already been here. It's just nice to have the confirmation. Facescroll official.
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cloud's also definitely having a moment of wondering if either of these idiots realize he hasn't dated before and just generally does not have that big of an opinion on "boyfriend or girlfriend material". he does not say it. but he is having a Moment. ]
... I wouldn't have been doing any of this if it wasn't like that for me. So I guess it's more about you two.
[ he could make this more romantic or emotionally open but they exhausted him so much with the jokes he doesn't want to. ]
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He makes a bit of a face at being scolded for his VERY HONEST vulnerability.] You two are so annoying. [Fond. But ALSO, don't put it off on him!]
Uh, I know it's not exactly kosher and all, but... Are there, like... other people too? Look, I'm just making sure there aren't any surprises. We only had, what, a week? And no one there was interested in any of this except, like, the teenagers. So...
[Yeah.]
Also, call me unromantic and neurotic, but--the future? We didn't get to visit each other either. [He glances at Cloud, then away.] I mean, I heard the rest of you could, but I'm working with fumes here.
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I can jump between worlds regardless of the death game bullshit, first of all. [she says, confidently.] So I'll be coming to find the two of you whether you like it or not.
[a pause.] ... I don't know what you're getting at with the other part. What are you asking?
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[ being annoying, he means. he absolutely does not. but the other two he actually thinks about. ]
... We had the capacity after the Realm, but I'm not gonna be going anywhere for a while. Not until everything back home is resolved. [ and he doesn't have any idea how long that will take or. how. to be honest. he doesn't linger on that one, looking instead at lup at the other one ]
Think Jay wants to know if we're exclusive.
[ it's partially teasing. it's only partially because this is another one he hadn't really... thought about. before. as being something they needed to talk about.
then again there are three of them so that's exhausting ]
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Like I said, I'm just making sure there aren't any surprises.
[Also, yes, there are three of them. He's making sure there isn't four or five because three already means the relationship is a bit open. Kinda. In a way.]
Fine. You're both fancy. I get it. The island just didn't have shit.
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and then she blinks, and then:]
There aren't any surprises. There's not much room for me anywhere else. [she says, tilting her head. she says it with a like. painful amount of honesty, because that's what she thinks.] I'm with just the two of you, if you want me. Exclusive, sure.
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