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[desirestruth]

Who: you. Right there.
When: Day 24, Noon-ish
Where: the happy funtimes express

[Right, so. Yesterday was a Lot for several of us! There was a trial, some of us have more tokens to use, we’re all hurtling towards a possibly inescapable doom, it’s great.

But instead of focusing on that! Today in the lounge, one can Lucien and Naeva with a basket full of paper flower charms, made so you can hang them on your wrist or in your hair. The flowers are...well, Naeva’s doing her best to make them, and she bought a great deal of pretty origami paper for this.

Of course, when you take one, there’s affirmations attached to them. And the large princely Licorice may give you one directly. Such are the wonders of life on the Fun Train.

You may also just choose to mingle about the train, whatever, live freely.]

Comments

[awakenerd]

That sounds like flirting....

[Rean you JUST]

[bad_crowmance]

Says the guy who just pulled out the same line!

[ That doesn't make it NOT flirting. ]

[awakenerd]

Yeah but it sounds different from you.

[bad_crowmance]

Please, that's not even trying. If I was trying to flirt with you, I could do much better than that.

[awakenerd]

...Dare I even ask?

[bad_crowmance]

[ He picks out another flower-- it's blue and silver and sparkling. He tucks it behind Rean's ear, leaning in close and whispering into it: ] This one's because I want to see you in my colours.

1/3

[awakenerd]

[awakenerd]

[Holy shit.

Aidios above.

Jesus Mary and Joseph.

Look actually he doesn't know the last one but wow!]

[awakenerd]

[He goes. Quite red. He's only not ducking away like a flustered maiden because he's old enough to have grown like 5% immunity that isn't sheer "assume I'm being pranked" oblivious armor but he's still scarlet and flustered.]

You are way too good at that.

[Because his heartbeat is definitely too fast and he can basically feel Crow's voice like a caress down his whole body and who the hell gave him permission to be smooth?]

[bad_crowmance]

[ He pulls away, satisfied-- leaving the flower behind in Rean's hair of course. ]

And you look really cute when you're that shade of red.

[awakenerd]

I feel really bullied right now.

[And turned on. But look he can't even retaliate because even he knows he can't be smooth and hot on purpose, only on accident. It's not something he knows how to turn on.]

[bad_crowmance]

That's because you're fun to bully.

[ Sorry not sorry, Rean. But he'll get his revenge entirely on accident some day and Crow's life will be Suffering. ]

[awakenerd]

[Revenge will be sweet. In the future.]

What kind of repentance is that...

[bad_crowmance]

Was I supposed to be repenting?

[awakenerd]

Yes??

[bad_crowmance]

Then that's a problem because I don't regret it.

[awakenerd]

Not even a little?

[bad_crowmance]

Nope! ♪♫

[ He'd even take responsibility for getting Rean hot and bothered but he told him he was free to make his own decision because of mana stuff so RIP. ]

[awakenerd]

You're a monster.

[He touches the flower Crow put in his hair, still a faint shade of pink. He'd better change the subject before he thinks too much about wanting Crow to flirt more.]

So far you and Randy have both offered to contact with me.

[bad_crowmance]

Randy too? He seems like he'd also be a good choice.

[awakenerd]

I like you both, and both would be better for me in terms of mana. But I'm concerned that we're all on different teams.

If it comes to competition and I'm injured, the possibility of it affecting my contractors instead would really undermine things.

[bad_crowmance]

If you can do both, then that's even better. More than one source of mana sounds like a safer bet for you. As for the rest...

[ Hmmm. ]

....It's a risk, to be sure, and possibly even a dangerous one. ...But running around with next to no energy is also a dangerous risk. Is it worth it to keep yourself all but incapacitated just to protect other people? Personally, I don't mind living a little dangerously.

[awakenerd]

[Crow are you even asking him that??]

If that were all I'd be fine staying incapacitated. I'm just worried I'll end up worse than a burden on everyone like this. But I also don't want to trade your safety for my abilities.

It's not worth it to me to put you in extra danger just for myself.

I don't even now how much my power would be of use to you versus how much of a liability our contract would be.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Look he doesn't remember exactly how much of a self-sacrificial idiot Rean is yet, give him a break. ]

Alright. So I get the risks, I get that it might be more risk than there is reward. And I'm still saying sign me up.

[awakenerd]

[He's so touched and baffled.]

Are you really sure?