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Aventurine;

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[bsod]

[ Nudges again, but gentler this time. ]

It's like four in the morning, we should probably go home.

[finalgambit]

[ . . . ] What. [ blinks, rubbing at his eyes and immediately turning away to rub at them harder. he feels his chest tighten as nods absentmindedly. ] I guess we feel asleep… who knew these crappy seats could be so comfortable.

[bsod]

... I think it was more the company than the location.

[finalgambit]

...that must be why it feels like I have an armrest up my ass. [ huffs a laugh. ] But how sweet. [ grins at him. ]

[bsod]

[ Rolls his eyes, and attempts to extract himself from his seat. ]

Are you gonna be good to make it home?

[finalgambit]

[ he's tempted to cling to vox so he can't get up... but he just lays there and lets him leave. ]

I think I'll be alright. [ he turns onto his side. ]

[bsod]

[ ...

Offers him a hand. ]

Come on. I'll walk you.

[finalgambit]

...sure. [ takes his hand and sits up. everything feels a little wobbly since they'd fallen asleep in such a weird position, but walking it off should help. ] Not going to get weird if we hold hands this time are you?

[bsod]

... Nah. If you wanna hold hands, we can.

[ The continued contact is sort of nice, even if they're not snuggled up anymore. ]

[bsod]

[ Glances to check out Aventurine's ass. ]

Looks like you're in the clear.

[finalgambit]

Great. [ picks a stray piece of vox and flicks it into the unknown. heads back toward the lobby. ] Do you think Pride will be wondering where you got off to?

[bsod]

One or two of them, probably. Everyone else is either dead asleep or refusing to leave their rooms.

[ Sprezzatura... ]

What about you guys? It's probably harder to tell when you've left if you can just portal somewhere.

[finalgambit]

I think it’s harder to tell in our case… and I think most of us could just use a bit of space. I had already locked myself in my room, at least for the most part. I didn’t want anybody to see me while I was still partially transformed.

[bsod]

Sorry to wander in on your pity party, in that case.

[ He's not sorry. He's glad it worked out that way. ]

[finalgambit]

I don’t think you are. [ hip checks him. ] …did anybody besides me ever end up killing you?

[bsod]

[ Stumbles a little since Aventurine just bumped his legs, being nowhere close to hip height. ]

Yeah. Me and a couple of guys from other teams ended up going after Ellie again at the end. They ganged up on me.

[ :[ ]

[finalgambit]

…it’s a good thing I didn’t know or I would have had a few more murders to conduct in that final intermission. [ oh right, lol, he comes up to vox’s waist or something. ]

A coupled Acedia managed to stay sane the entire game. Ciel, Leona, and Ratio. Leona protected Vil… going insane because of it. And someone decided to target Ratio for… no reason, and he died. What the fuck, am I right…

[bsod]

I think you're the only person on Acedia that I've met. I don't know any of those other names.

[ He knows Chilchuck but he was Sir Not Appearing In Dangerbear. ]

[finalgambit]

…oh. I should introduce you to Vastella. And Dr. Ratio. [ the others… shruggo. ] Point is, I didn’t want anybody killing either of you guys. [ yanks hard in his arm. ] Like I said, it’s a good thing I was busy being pissed about something else…

[bsod]

[ Just based on that sentiment alone, Vox can deduce who the "probably boyfriend" is. ]

We were all busy being varying degrees of pissed and-slash-or crazy.

[finalgambit]

[ stepping outside is a literal breath of fresh air. ] I hope we get a break…

We can walk back to the cul-de-sac and then I can teleport home.

[bsod]

When have we ever been that lucky?

[ Glances over. ]

Wasn't I the one walking you home?

[finalgambit]

My apartment doesn’t have a door. I’m walking you home.

[bsod]

... Fine.

[ Just two bros holding hands, strolling through Shadowpeaks. ]