audience: aventurine

[mygod]

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[mygod]

[ you're the one who brought up flirting ]

Oh? And hadn't you said that you would rather lay low?

[ they shake their head ]

We don't have the capacity for that.

[tactic]

[ JUST THIS FACE OF RELIEF ]

... Good. I did say that, and I was worried some of their requests might carry through.

[mygod]

[ laughs ]

Ah. How wicked of you.

[ after just admitting that they weren't going to do it anyway? okay ]

[tactic]

[ Birds of a feather... ]

It's much too early. Though I am curious what prevents you from fulfilling those requests?

[mygod]

Well, no one has asked me—and on part, I don't like being made to run errands, but mostly I don't think it wise.

There are other ways for information to be delivered without it being in the form of soggy sentiments.

[ terrible use of the word soggy ]

[tactic]

[ oh god this is how flocket happens ]

And you called me wicked...

[mygod]

I've never denied being a twisted person.

You can all cry on each other when you're retrieved safely.

[tactic]

Pass.

[ He's not a crier. Anyway, ]

Has Nehan filled you guys in on everything? Sorry I didn't follow up earlier. I was... preoccupied.

[mygod]

We've touched base.

[ tilts head ]

Preoccupied?

[tactic]

[ The most dead-eyed stare which is impressive with his already dead eyes. ]

Speaking honestly, I wouldn't know where to begin.

[mygod]

[ help. the corner of their mouth quirks upward ]

Oh? But now I find myself curious.

[tactic]

[ Sighs... ]

Well, I suppose I don't have to explain the memory sharing. But I did get stabbed by Nona.

[mygod]

[ ? ]

The child?

[ hello???? ]

[tactic]

[ He just... shakes his head. ]

She had to. I was out of my mind while we were exploring a lighthouse, and I didn't leave her much of a choice.

[mygod]

Ah.

[ more thoughtful now... no longer on the brink of laughing... ]

... And your mind is put back together?

[tactic]

It's back to what it used to be.

[ Has his mind ever been put together yippee. ]

[mygod]

Hmm... That's for the best.

[ frowning now ]

And your physical injuries?

[tactic]

Almost all better now! Did you know our hospital went up in flames yesterday?

[mygod]

[ a

deep sigh ]

I did not. Why?

[tactic]

I'm not sure. The others found Lucas' body inside while the hospital was burning and barely made it out themselves.

[ Insanity is now occurring in their once semi-peaceful graveyard. ]

When Lucas revived, I asked what happened, but he didn't seem to know either.

[mygod]

[ ah.

famine stiffens a bit at that report in particular, and cuts to the chase as soon as aventurine is done speaking: ]

How is he?

[tactic]

[ Quickly notices. ]

Better now, but... I think he's being unreasonably hard on himself.

[mygod]

Well that's to be expected.

[ sighs. anyway, MOVING ON, ]

Any other developments?

[tactic]

Uh. Yeah. Whatever that was.

[ FAMINE? YOU AND LUCAS? ]

[mygod]

Irrelevant. Just keep the idiot alive and clear-headed.