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Re: [day 26]

[featherduster]

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

. . . Alright.

[ Closes the notebook and pushes it aside ]

I'll make tea, then.

Re: [day 26]

[endsjustified]

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

Thanks.

Re: [day 26]

[featherduster]

[ He's trying, here!!!

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

Drops back into his seat. ]

So . . .

Re: [day 26]

[endsjustified]

[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."

Re: [day 26]

[featherduster]

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

It hasn't been all bad, at least.

Re: [day 26]

[endsjustified]

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.'

Re: [day 26]

[featherduster]

[ Wait. ]

Two?

Re: [day 26]

[endsjustified]

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.

1/

[featherduster]

[ Oh. He didn't know . . .



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

Re: [day 26]

[featherduster]

[ ]

3/3

[featherduster]

[ obliterate that twink ]

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

Re: 3/3

[endsjustified]

Pardon?

Re: 3/3

[featherduster]

I told him if you did care about him that way, it would be because of his mind, not his looks. He didn't really believe me. He even threatened me with a "if you're wrong . . ."

[endsjustified]

He is literally one of the most skilled and clever individuals I have ever met.

Was it something I said?

[featherduster]

No.

He has bad self-esteem.

[endsjustified]

[oh so just like styNO DON'T SAY IT]

Hm.

I was definitely not clear enough.

[featherduster]

[ Seems SATISFIED with whatever he was aiming to do here. Leans back in his chair. More of a slouch than anything. ]

I have complete trust you'll figure out what to do from here.

[endsjustified]

[mutters something that was quite likely 'too stupid???' under his breath, and then drinks some tea]

Terrible man.

[featherduster]

[ sips his tea lol ]

You better not mean me.

[endsjustified]

Yes, you.

[waves a hand at him]

Orchestrating. Complicating.

[featherduster]

[ wow look how repentant he is ]

It's complicated all on its own without my help.

I just want you idiots to be happy.

[endsjustified]

[makes a mental note to perhaps drop the memory of Styx furiously declaring intent towards Minuet's happiness at some point, and earmarks it with 'do not warn him it's coming if you commit'

he doesn't do it now, though. lighthousegate was still less than a week ago.]

We will figure it out. It's--mm.

I did tell him I said yes to you, too.

[featherduster]

[ Oh . . . ]

He seemed alright with it?

[endsjustified]

He seemed all right with it.

He is also in a prior relationship at home, which makes it further complicated to navigate, but. I do not think it in his character to seek this out if it were not condoned. Though I will ask.

[makes an unusually vague hand gesture to go with this, which does not really indicate what he is thinking, but it's something like: should he still feel odd and out of his depth and a bit achy about being a candidate for multiple people's cartoon hell Vegas relationships, or flattered, at this point. it's been like four days, he doesn't know. there was death thrown in there for funsies and revenge. no one has had time to process a damn thing, including him. he has been running more emotional mileage on and off in this first almost-month than in the last several years.]

[featherduster]

[ A lost hand gesture from Charon with no clear meaning is a story that tells plenty. ]

Mm. Good.

[ He flips open the notebook and thumbs through the pages for a moment, before pulling out a certain unsigned telegram. He slides it across the table. ]

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