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Is Rose gonna wait that long?

Yes.

[SLIGHT RETCON DUE TO SIMULTANEOUS THREADS, but]

Thistle tomorrow; Angel Devil the day after, apparently.

Thistle--

Wait, what??

[resists the urge to fold his arms on the table, put his face down on them, and start laughing wildly in despair]

Did Lupin not tell you they were going to the ram demon's cave soon?

He told me about their plan, like, over a week ago?? It was TBD then. They're going tomorrow?

He said they were going soon, after they sent that mass message last night.

They negotiated with the bomb demon for a controllable trigger and a revival; they're going to take a statue and use themselves to hopefully kill the ram demon.

Perci and I are backup if they need more revival, but we don't need to leave the pasture for that.

[ .... ,,, ]

I--

No. Nevermind.

[okay

yeah

he does folds his arms and put his head down into them. just ends up doing the longest most tired sigh in the world instead of laughing, though]

[ Ha ha yeah.................

Pats his head ]

[his shoulders hunch a little in response, then relax again]

If we do call the inner feelings demon, maybe we should bargain with it at the end. Put everyone in the pasture to sleep for a week. One week of no trouble. Surely that's not too much to ask.

We might need the Coma Demon for that, specifically.

[ .............. maybe they could ask Teleute. She DOES crave oblivion for everyone-- ]

[MINUET NO

it does finally get a laugh out of him, kind of hoarse and sharp]

We haven't even had a chance to talk about what happened literally yesterday. Or the day before, or the day before.

I mean . . . do you want to?

[ Sounds vaguely surprised, like. Do we just . . . talk about things? With mouthwords? ]

I'm free until the next person calls me about something insane.

[god. right. sits up, rubbing the side of one eye briefly before he fully straightens again

"A gun's super fuckin' loud. But nothin's louder than the inside of yer own head, except when ya talk. Your voice can sometimes be louder."]

It might help?

[ God. This is so against every fiber of his being. But-- ]

. . . Alright.

[ Closes the notebook and pushes it aside ]

I'll make tea, then.

[blinks a little owlishly at his back when he gets up, like he didn't quite expect that to be taken seriously]

Thanks.

[ He's trying, here!!!

He returns with two cups of Sonata's calming tea. They might need it.

Drops back into his seat. ]

So . . .

[tucks his hands around the cup instead of drinking it immediately, the warmth bracing...

his shoulders shake. this laugh's a less pained more confused noise, but just as brief]

I believe this is what is commonly referred to as "a wild ride."

[ Well . . . laughter's a pretty okay starting place, actually. ]

It hasn't been all bad, at least.

No, not at all.

[that did seem to lose some tension; he leans back in the chair fully.]

Absolutely absurd, though. I don't think much can top 'the day after two men accosted me in the library and had a talk about relationships, we all perished.'

[ Wait. ]

Two?

Perci showed up a couple of hours after you did. He--well, we talked. But we didn't...

I think he is waiting for me to tell him yes or no.

[ Oh. He didn't know . . .

Should he throw Perci under the bus? Perci deserves the world. But also-- ]

[

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[ obliterate that twink ]

Y'know what he told me just yesterday? He said he was sure he's "too stupid" for you.

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