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[hot_mess_express]

Who: All the cute little heroes
When: Day 35, evening
Where: Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Great Outdoors, Just outside the train

[ The beach fades away all at once, taking the cheery sunshine with it as evening hits all at once-- it melts away in a shower of sparkles as the familiar setting re-emerges. There are new stars in the sky above in clover pink, senna red, jasmine blue, and licorice violet.

Just before the beach disappears entirely, the bubbly voice speaks once more: ]

Wasn't that so much fun! You all rrrrrreally got to know each other, didn't you? Keep up the good work~!

[ If you had any alcohol in hand you still have it, otherwise everything from the trial is gone. ]

Comments

[schrodingerscockroach]

[You confuse him greatly, sir, but he guesses he'll let that happen.]

Usual ways. Randy's promised me alcohol, so that might help too.

[fisherofmen]

You didn't have any alcohol at the bar?

[ shifting so he's sitting down with his legs tucked under him, and moving both hands to dusk's head so he can guide his head to

lap pillow

as if expecting him to sleep literally right here. ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

I didn't want to be impaired for the game. Especially since the other two arrived late.

[Wha]



[I don't]










[yeah, okay, he will let this happen because he's not sure what is up. Maybe Cael is a cat? He was too aggressive at first and that's why he bolted?????? Makes sense to him.]

[fisherofmen]

[ resuming the hair pets, with a fairly peaceful sort of expression, a relaxed smile ]

So you did most of the work? Good job, good job~.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Oh my god, he's a human cat. Yes, thank you, he can deal with this.]

[He sighs, letting his eyes close, and he'll just let Cael keep petting.]

Yeah, basically. They did help at the end, but I think I talked to everyone.

[fisherofmen]

[ meow

quiet for a moment, a moment longer - before he murmurs something quiet, voice pitched low and soft ]

Thank you.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He does let his eyes open at that and]

[There could be a few things, especially as he figures out human cat.]

You're welcome.

1/3

[fisherofmen]

[ pet pet ]

[fisherofmen]

[ oh he's looking ]

[fisherofmen]

[ well


now there's nothing to look at.





though there's still a lap that he's lying down on, and there's still the physical sensation of someone's fingers running through his hair, so . . .

??????????? ]

1/?

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Oh shit, head is gonna hit the ground]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Wait]

[No]

[I didn't move]

[schrodingerscockroach]

......

Done

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Right, invisibility.]

[Makes as much sense as teleporting, honestly.]

[He makes an amused sound and]

[Well, when a cat has chosen you for AFFECTION, you don't leave. That's a sin.]

[So he'll close his eyes so it's a little less weird and let himself relax.]

[fisherofmen]

[ his fingers still for a moment in his hair, until he's certain that dusk won't be opening his eyes again

then, the weight returns to moving more steadily, back to petting consistently

( ^='-'=^) ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Yeah, he'll keep his eyes closed. It's cool, he's got it now. You let a cat approach and do what it wants.]

[And it is nice to just rest and have physical affection for a while, it's helping a lot.]

[So winning all around. :3]

[fisherofmen]

[ meow

he will, in fact, genuinely sit here forever until dusk either actually falls asleep or moves again, so there's that.

cat affection. ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Well, at some point he'll go shooting with Crow, but for now.]

[He's pretty content to lay here a while. Might drift off a bit because power naps are how he's lived his life for a while.]

[Cat affection]

[fisherofmen]

[ occasionally his hand stills, as though testing to see if he's still awake, but he'll otherwise be there until dusk decides to wake up for real

unless he wakes up in a particularly startling fashion

in which case

he will spook into sparkles. ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Nope, definitely fell asleep there. And is fairly still for a while because he sleep a lot better with someone around.]

[And idk, he does kind of start awake, but it's just like sudden tension, eyes snapping open]

[Which might be startling.]

[fisherofmen]

[ briefly seizes up, tensing

. . .

. . .

then, relaxing, like. what. absolutely not i was not spooked. absolutely not

. . .

. . .

then, without a word, just disappearing away into sparkles. actually we don't need to talk about this ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[It had taken him a second to remember where he was, and why there's hands in his hair, where he's very still.]

[Oh, he fell asleep a bit. And Cael is relaxing?]

[That's fine th-]







[Flat on the ground again with a dull thud.] ....yep, that's a cat. [But that was pretty winning for a cat.]

[fisherofmen]

[ you did it you figured it out ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Yaaaaaaay]