We’re Finally Back, It’s Been A Long Time

Eudokia | Theodora | Isaac

[byzantine-rogue]

(N)

Isaac?

You’ve been, um… quiet…

[porphygrenita]

(i) mm, um…

im scared ive ruined things.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Ruined things….?

[porphygrenita]

(i) like i scared you off!!!

you’ve been quiet too, i just - i j - just - ah, fuck -

point. is. are you… scared now?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I… I know I’ve been quiet… I just…. I haven’t known what… what to say…

And I…. Yes, but I….

I mean no… I’m not…. I’m…..

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, me, uh, me neither.

….

i did blow it didn’t i.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Isaac… I…

I want to remember…. And truthfully, there’s no reason why I couldn’t have what I want now….

But for so long, I thought I had to…. Be someone else, I guess…? And it’s hard not… not doing that anymore….

Am… am I a coward….?

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

you’re not a coward. it’s scary stepping outside of something you’re used to. and you’re allowed to be scared.

im here with you though, every step of the way

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … C–can we just…. sit down for a while?

[porphygrenita]

(i) sure.

here?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

…

[porphygrenita]

(i) it’s okay.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N)

Isaac?

You’ve been, um… quiet…

[porphygrenita]

(i) mm, um…

im scared ive ruined things.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Ruined things….?

[porphygrenita]

(i) like i scared you off!!!

you’ve been quiet too, i just - i j - just - ah, fuck -

point. is. are you… scared now?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I… I know I’ve been quiet… I just…. I haven’t known what… what to say…

And I…. Yes, but I….

I mean no… I’m not…. I’m…..

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, me, uh, me neither.

….

i did blow it didn’t i.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Isaac… I…

I want to remember…. And truthfully, there’s no reason why I couldn’t have what I want now….

But for so long, I thought I had to…. Be someone else, I guess…? And it’s hard not… not doing that anymore….

Am… am I a coward….?

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

you’re not a coward. it’s scary stepping outside of something you’re used to. and you’re allowed to be scared.

im here with you though, every step of the way

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … C–can we just…. sit down for a while?

[porphygrenita]

(i) sure.

here?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N)

Isaac?

You’ve been, um… quiet…

[porphygrenita]

(i) mm, um…

im scared ive ruined things.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Ruined things….?

[porphygrenita]

(i) like i scared you off!!!

you’ve been quiet too, i just - i j - just - ah, fuck -

point. is. are you… scared now?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I… I know I’ve been quiet… I just…. I haven’t known what… what to say…

And I…. Yes, but I….

I mean no… I’m not…. I’m…..

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, me, uh, me neither.

….

i did blow it didn’t i.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Isaac… I…

I want to remember…. And truthfully, there’s no reason why I couldn’t have what I want now….

But for so long, I thought I had to…. Be someone else, I guess…? And it’s hard not… not doing that anymore….

Am… am I a coward….?

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

you’re not a coward. it’s scary stepping outside of something you’re used to. and you’re allowed to be scared.

im here with you though, every step of the way

[byzantine-rogue]

(N)

Isaac?

You’ve been, um… quiet…

[porphygrenita]

(i) mm, um…

im scared ive ruined things.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Ruined things….?

[porphygrenita]

(i) like i scared you off!!!

you’ve been quiet too, i just - i j - just - ah, fuck -

point. is. are you… scared now?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I… I know I’ve been quiet… I just…. I haven’t known what… what to say…

And I…. Yes, but I….

I mean no… I’m not…. I’m…..

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, me, uh, me neither.

….

i did blow it didn’t i.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N)

Isaac?

You’ve been, um… quiet…

[porphygrenita]

(i) mm, um…

im scared ive ruined things.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Ruined things….?

[porphygrenita]

(i) like i scared you off!!!

you’ve been quiet too, i just - i j - just - ah, fuck -

point. is. are you… scared now?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N)

Isaac?

You’ve been, um… quiet…

[porphygrenita]

(i) mm, um…

im scared ive ruined things.

[porphygrenita]

(t) Doukas Emperor.

[porphygrenita]

Rip!!

(i) f - fuck off!

[porphygrenita]

How are you feeling?

(i) i think i ruined everything!

[porphygrenita]

(i) sooo niketas.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hm? What is it?

[porphygrenita]

(i) maybe we… could stop for dinner?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Dinner.

…

Isaac, we’re dead.

[porphygrenita]

(i) does that mean we can’t eat? 

i don’t know that for certain. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … I mean… I guess I don’t know…

… Though we were able to drink…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah! so maybe… try it out?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Uh, sure…

So just like… stop at the nearest inn or whatever?

[porphygrenita]

(i) uh, yeah! sure!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) ‘Kay….

[porphygrenita]

(i) i see one up ahead!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Oh… Hopefully they’re open to ghosts.

[porphygrenita]

yeah. i hope so.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

There’s a lot of people in here…

… We should sit in the corner.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

oh, it’s so nice here. cozy.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm….

[porphygrenita]

(i) hm… do you think we can order?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I guess.

I wonder what they even serve here… It can’t be anything good…

[porphygrenita]

(i) excuse me! 

um, what do you serve here? 

…what’s a haggis.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Sounds terrible.

I’ll have whatever the other thing is.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright, um… 

two of that please. thank you. 

well… we need to try new things. if we’re gonna be around here.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right….

…

I don’t really want to stay here this far north. There’s not enough sun here.

What do we even do with all this time on our hands…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, maybe south will be better? 

…

explore? travel the world? try haggis? do things we couldn’t do alive.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

I guess….

[porphygrenita]

(i) where would you like to go?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Huh? Oh….

I don’t really care….

Every place I really know of is east of here, and I don’t want to seem like I’m following everyone else, in case we end up heading in the same direction they do….

[porphygrenita]

(i) foods here.

um…. maybe, cause everyone is going southeast potentially… northeast?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … So, like…

Poland…? Kiev….?

There isn’t much aside from that.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i guess. whatever’s there

it’s pretty good. this.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm…

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

… well. maybe there’s something cool up north

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Maybe we should just go where you want then.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i haven’t been there, but yeah, i guess.

…

did you know theodora is going to constantinople to antagonize an emperor?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I didn’t know that. Why?

[porphygrenita]

(i) she wouldn’t stop talking about this guy like the entire doukas family personally offended her. never got a reason because she just told me to mind my buisness and called me a sadsack until i backed off.

but uh… doukas, i guess.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) She’s always been weird. … Who knows, maybe the Doukai did personally offend her. They’ve always been a touchy bunch, making grabs for power and all that.

A sadsack?

[porphygrenita]

(I) pfff maybe they did. who knows.

…yeah. i cried a lot

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hah, those imperial types could really use some more of that sometimes…. They forget where they come from; Basil the Macedonian was a peasant before he was emperor, just like Micha….

…

I almost returned to Antioch a couple of times…. If I had known you were there for sure, I would have come for you, but it didn’t seem too likely, and I was… preoccupied with Constans….

[porphygrenita]

(i) oh YEAH like - what on earth do they expect us to do. not fuck around and find out? 

…

really? 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right. And half the time we can do their jobs just as well as they can, if not better!

…

Well, yeah… You were the only person who ever really cared about me. If there was anyone I actually really wanted to be around, it was you.

[porphygrenita]

(i) and they can get their own wine for their own extramarital affairs, really. 

…

aww… i would’ve…i would’ve liked that but obviously constans comes first. 

but you wanna be around me?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Seriously…

…

Mm…

I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

[porphygrenita]

(i) aw, i’m flattered. 

it’s not hard to care about you though. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … You keep saying that, but I don’t understand…

Aside from Micha, Giorgie, and Miko, no one else seems to care about me…

[porphygrenita]

(i) well… i think it’s because i’ve gotten to know you for who you are. and some people just… only see what you put out. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) And who am I?

[porphygrenita]

(i) well, you’re a good talker and a very good warrior, you care deep down about your kids and me and sometimes your siblings but you hide that cause your dad didn’t like it. you’re a stubborn bastard but stubbornness isn’t a bad trait. it’s good you like to dig your heels in when you don’t want to do things. 

you just project this mask out to everyone else so they don’t see what you think is bad, but you’re kind of just… covering the best parts of yourself. and i think you’re not sure how to take the mask off. which is fair. if i’d grown up having to pretend to be something everyone expects of me i’d probably be scared to be my own person for the first time in a while. 

my point is that taking you home after you got drunk, chatting in the palace, on the boat to antioch, or helping you drown romanos, or taking wine from the royal stores to sit in the garden and drink ourselves stupid, i got to see past that mask. and see you. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

…

I—

…

I think I’m done.

[porphygrenita]

(i) with dinner? should i get the bill?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yes. Yeah…

Do you, um…. You have money…?

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah. nicked some coins, i’ll just leave them here. let’s go. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Okay.

[porphygrenita]

(i) are you… okay?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Y–yeah, I…

I, um…

[porphygrenita]

(i)… do you need a moment?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I just…

You do love me, don’t you?

[porphygrenita]

(i) of course i do. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

…

I’m… I’m just a bit overwhelmed right now…. I need some air….

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

[porphygrenita]

(i) sooo niketas.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hm? What is it?

[porphygrenita]

(i) maybe we… could stop for dinner?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Dinner.

…

Isaac, we’re dead.

[porphygrenita]

(i) does that mean we can’t eat? 

i don’t know that for certain. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … I mean… I guess I don’t know…

… Though we were able to drink…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah! so maybe… try it out?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Uh, sure…

So just like… stop at the nearest inn or whatever?

[porphygrenita]

(i) uh, yeah! sure!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) ‘Kay….

[porphygrenita]

(i) i see one up ahead!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Oh… Hopefully they’re open to ghosts.

[porphygrenita]

yeah. i hope so.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

There’s a lot of people in here…

… We should sit in the corner.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

oh, it’s so nice here. cozy.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm….

[porphygrenita]

(i) hm… do you think we can order?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I guess.

I wonder what they even serve here… It can’t be anything good…

[porphygrenita]

(i) excuse me! 

um, what do you serve here? 

…what’s a haggis.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Sounds terrible.

I’ll have whatever the other thing is.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright, um… 

two of that please. thank you. 

well… we need to try new things. if we’re gonna be around here.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right….

…

I don’t really want to stay here this far north. There’s not enough sun here.

What do we even do with all this time on our hands…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, maybe south will be better? 

…

explore? travel the world? try haggis? do things we couldn’t do alive.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

I guess….

[porphygrenita]

(i) where would you like to go?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Huh? Oh….

I don’t really care….

Every place I really know of is east of here, and I don’t want to seem like I’m following everyone else, in case we end up heading in the same direction they do….

[porphygrenita]

(i) foods here.

um…. maybe, cause everyone is going southeast potentially… northeast?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … So, like…

Poland…? Kiev….?

There isn’t much aside from that.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i guess. whatever’s there

it’s pretty good. this.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm…

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

… well. maybe there’s something cool up north

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Maybe we should just go where you want then.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i haven’t been there, but yeah, i guess.

…

did you know theodora is going to constantinople to antagonize an emperor?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I didn’t know that. Why?

[porphygrenita]

(i) she wouldn’t stop talking about this guy like the entire doukas family personally offended her. never got a reason because she just told me to mind my buisness and called me a sadsack until i backed off.

but uh… doukas, i guess.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) She’s always been weird. … Who knows, maybe the Doukai did personally offend her. They’ve always been a touchy bunch, making grabs for power and all that.

A sadsack?

[porphygrenita]

(I) pfff maybe they did. who knows.

…yeah. i cried a lot

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hah, those imperial types could really use some more of that sometimes…. They forget where they come from; Basil the Macedonian was a peasant before he was emperor, just like Micha….

…

I almost returned to Antioch a couple of times…. If I had known you were there for sure, I would have come for you, but it didn’t seem too likely, and I was… preoccupied with Constans….

[porphygrenita]

(i) oh YEAH like - what on earth do they expect us to do. not fuck around and find out? 

…

really? 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right. And half the time we can do their jobs just as well as they can, if not better!

…

Well, yeah… You were the only person who ever really cared about me. If there was anyone I actually really wanted to be around, it was you.

[porphygrenita]

(i) and they can get their own wine for their own extramarital affairs, really. 

…

aww… i would’ve…i would’ve liked that but obviously constans comes first. 

but you wanna be around me?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Seriously…

…

Mm…

I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

[porphygrenita]

(i) aw, i’m flattered. 

it’s not hard to care about you though. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … You keep saying that, but I don’t understand…

Aside from Micha, Giorgie, and Miko, no one else seems to care about me…

[porphygrenita]

(i) well… i think it’s because i’ve gotten to know you for who you are. and some people just… only see what you put out. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) And who am I?

[porphygrenita]

(i) well, you’re a good talker and a very good warrior, you care deep down about your kids and me and sometimes your siblings but you hide that cause your dad didn’t like it. you’re a stubborn bastard but stubbornness isn’t a bad trait. it’s good you like to dig your heels in when you don’t want to do things. 

you just project this mask out to everyone else so they don’t see what you think is bad, but you’re kind of just… covering the best parts of yourself. and i think you’re not sure how to take the mask off. which is fair. if i’d grown up having to pretend to be something everyone expects of me i’d probably be scared to be my own person for the first time in a while. 

my point is that taking you home after you got drunk, chatting in the palace, on the boat to antioch, or helping you drown romanos, or taking wine from the royal stores to sit in the garden and drink ourselves stupid, i got to see past that mask. and see you. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

…

I—

…

I think I’m done.

[porphygrenita]

(i) with dinner? should i get the bill?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yes. Yeah…

Do you, um…. You have money…?

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah. nicked some coins, i’ll just leave them here. let’s go. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Okay.

[porphygrenita]

(i) are you… okay?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Y–yeah, I…

I, um…

[porphygrenita]

(i)… do you need a moment?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I just…

You do love me, don’t you?

[porphygrenita]

(i) of course i do. 

[porphygrenita]

(i) sooo niketas.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hm? What is it?

[porphygrenita]

(i) maybe we… could stop for dinner?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Dinner.

…

Isaac, we’re dead.

[porphygrenita]

(i) does that mean we can’t eat? 

i don’t know that for certain. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … I mean… I guess I don’t know…

… Though we were able to drink…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah! so maybe… try it out?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Uh, sure…

So just like… stop at the nearest inn or whatever?

[porphygrenita]

(i) uh, yeah! sure!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) ‘Kay….

[porphygrenita]

(i) i see one up ahead!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Oh… Hopefully they’re open to ghosts.

[porphygrenita]

yeah. i hope so.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

There’s a lot of people in here…

… We should sit in the corner.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

oh, it’s so nice here. cozy.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm….

[porphygrenita]

(i) hm… do you think we can order?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I guess.

I wonder what they even serve here… It can’t be anything good…

[porphygrenita]

(i) excuse me! 

um, what do you serve here? 

…what’s a haggis.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Sounds terrible.

I’ll have whatever the other thing is.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright, um… 

two of that please. thank you. 

well… we need to try new things. if we’re gonna be around here.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right….

…

I don’t really want to stay here this far north. There’s not enough sun here.

What do we even do with all this time on our hands…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, maybe south will be better? 

…

explore? travel the world? try haggis? do things we couldn’t do alive.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

I guess….

[porphygrenita]

(i) where would you like to go?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Huh? Oh….

I don’t really care….

Every place I really know of is east of here, and I don’t want to seem like I’m following everyone else, in case we end up heading in the same direction they do….

[porphygrenita]

(i) foods here.

um…. maybe, cause everyone is going southeast potentially… northeast?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … So, like…

Poland…? Kiev….?

There isn’t much aside from that.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i guess. whatever’s there

it’s pretty good. this.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm…

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

… well. maybe there’s something cool up north

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Maybe we should just go where you want then.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i haven’t been there, but yeah, i guess.

…

did you know theodora is going to constantinople to antagonize an emperor?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I didn’t know that. Why?

[porphygrenita]

(i) she wouldn’t stop talking about this guy like the entire doukas family personally offended her. never got a reason because she just told me to mind my buisness and called me a sadsack until i backed off.

but uh… doukas, i guess.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) She’s always been weird. … Who knows, maybe the Doukai did personally offend her. They’ve always been a touchy bunch, making grabs for power and all that.

A sadsack?

[porphygrenita]

(I) pfff maybe they did. who knows.

…yeah. i cried a lot

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hah, those imperial types could really use some more of that sometimes…. They forget where they come from; Basil the Macedonian was a peasant before he was emperor, just like Micha….

…

I almost returned to Antioch a couple of times…. If I had known you were there for sure, I would have come for you, but it didn’t seem too likely, and I was… preoccupied with Constans….

[porphygrenita]

(i) oh YEAH like - what on earth do they expect us to do. not fuck around and find out? 

…

really? 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right. And half the time we can do their jobs just as well as they can, if not better!

…

Well, yeah… You were the only person who ever really cared about me. If there was anyone I actually really wanted to be around, it was you.

[porphygrenita]

(i) and they can get their own wine for their own extramarital affairs, really. 

…

aww… i would’ve…i would’ve liked that but obviously constans comes first. 

but you wanna be around me?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Seriously…

…

Mm…

I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

[porphygrenita]

(i) aw, i’m flattered. 

it’s not hard to care about you though. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … You keep saying that, but I don’t understand…

Aside from Micha, Giorgie, and Miko, no one else seems to care about me…

[porphygrenita]

(i) well… i think it’s because i’ve gotten to know you for who you are. and some people just… only see what you put out. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) And who am I?

[porphygrenita]

(i) well, you’re a good talker and a very good warrior, you care deep down about your kids and me and sometimes your siblings but you hide that cause your dad didn’t like it. you’re a stubborn bastard but stubbornness isn’t a bad trait. it’s good you like to dig your heels in when you don’t want to do things. 

you just project this mask out to everyone else so they don’t see what you think is bad, but you’re kind of just… covering the best parts of yourself. and i think you’re not sure how to take the mask off. which is fair. if i’d grown up having to pretend to be something everyone expects of me i’d probably be scared to be my own person for the first time in a while. 

my point is that taking you home after you got drunk, chatting in the palace, on the boat to antioch, or helping you drown romanos, or taking wine from the royal stores to sit in the garden and drink ourselves stupid, i got to see past that mask. and see you. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

…

I—

…

I think I’m done.

[porphygrenita]

(i) with dinner? should i get the bill?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yes. Yeah…

Do you, um…. You have money…?

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah. nicked some coins, i’ll just leave them here. let’s go. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Okay.

[porphygrenita]

(i) are you… okay?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Y–yeah, I…

I, um…

[porphygrenita]

(i)... do you need a moment?

[porphygrenita]

(i) sooo niketas.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hm? What is it?

[porphygrenita]

(i) maybe we… could stop for dinner?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Dinner.

…

Isaac, we’re dead.

[porphygrenita]

(i) does that mean we can’t eat? 

i don’t know that for certain. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … I mean… I guess I don’t know…

… Though we were able to drink…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah! so maybe… try it out?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Uh, sure…

So just like… stop at the nearest inn or whatever?

[porphygrenita]

(i) uh, yeah! sure!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) ‘Kay….

[porphygrenita]

(i) i see one up ahead!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Oh… Hopefully they’re open to ghosts.

[porphygrenita]

yeah. i hope so.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

There’s a lot of people in here…

… We should sit in the corner.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

oh, it’s so nice here. cozy.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm….

[porphygrenita]

(i) hm… do you think we can order?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I guess.

I wonder what they even serve here… It can’t be anything good…

[porphygrenita]

(i) excuse me! 

um, what do you serve here? 

…what’s a haggis.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Sounds terrible.

I’ll have whatever the other thing is.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright, um… 

two of that please. thank you. 

well… we need to try new things. if we’re gonna be around here.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right….

…

I don’t really want to stay here this far north. There’s not enough sun here.

What do we even do with all this time on our hands…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, maybe south will be better? 

…

explore? travel the world? try haggis? do things we couldn’t do alive.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

I guess….

[porphygrenita]

(i) where would you like to go?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Huh? Oh….

I don’t really care….

Every place I really know of is east of here, and I don’t want to seem like I’m following everyone else, in case we end up heading in the same direction they do….

[porphygrenita]

(i) foods here.

um…. maybe, cause everyone is going southeast potentially… northeast?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … So, like…

Poland…? Kiev….?

There isn’t much aside from that.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i guess. whatever’s there

it’s pretty good. this.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm…

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

… well. maybe there’s something cool up north

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Maybe we should just go where you want then.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i haven’t been there, but yeah, i guess.

…

did you know theodora is going to constantinople to antagonize an emperor?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I didn’t know that. Why?

[porphygrenita]

(i) she wouldn’t stop talking about this guy like the entire doukas family personally offended her. never got a reason because she just told me to mind my buisness and called me a sadsack until i backed off.

but uh… doukas, i guess.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) She’s always been weird. … Who knows, maybe the Doukai did personally offend her. They’ve always been a touchy bunch, making grabs for power and all that.

A sadsack?

[porphygrenita]

(I) pfff maybe they did. who knows.

…yeah. i cried a lot

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hah, those imperial types could really use some more of that sometimes…. They forget where they come from; Basil the Macedonian was a peasant before he was emperor, just like Micha….

…

I almost returned to Antioch a couple of times…. If I had known you were there for sure, I would have come for you, but it didn’t seem too likely, and I was… preoccupied with Constans….

[porphygrenita]

(i) oh YEAH like - what on earth do they expect us to do. not fuck around and find out? 

…

really? 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right. And half the time we can do their jobs just as well as they can, if not better!

…

Well, yeah… You were the only person who ever really cared about me. If there was anyone I actually really wanted to be around, it was you.

[porphygrenita]

(i) and they can get their own wine for their own extramarital affairs, really. 

…

aww… i would’ve…i would’ve liked that but obviously constans comes first. 

but you wanna be around me?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Seriously…

…

Mm…

I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

[porphygrenita]

(i) aw, i’m flattered. 

it’s not hard to care about you though. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … You keep saying that, but I don’t understand…

Aside from Micha, Giorgie, and Miko, no one else seems to care about me…

[porphygrenita]

(i) well… i think it’s because i’ve gotten to know you for who you are. and some people just… only see what you put out. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) And who am I?

[porphygrenita]

(i) well, you’re a good talker and a very good warrior, you care deep down about your kids and me and sometimes your siblings but you hide that cause your dad didn’t like it. you’re a stubborn bastard but stubbornness isn’t a bad trait. it’s good you like to dig your heels in when you don’t want to do things. 

you just project this mask out to everyone else so they don’t see what you think is bad, but you’re kind of just… covering the best parts of yourself. and i think you’re not sure how to take the mask off. which is fair. if i’d grown up having to pretend to be something everyone expects of me i’d probably be scared to be my own person for the first time in a while. 

my point is that taking you home after you got drunk, chatting in the palace, on the boat to antioch, or helping you drown romanos, or taking wine from the royal stores to sit in the garden and drink ourselves stupid, i got to see past that mask. and see you. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

…

I—

…

I think I’m done.

[porphygrenita]

(i) with dinner? should i get the bill?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yes. Yeah…

Do you, um…. You have money…?

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah. nicked some coins, i’ll just leave them here. let’s go. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Okay.

[porphygrenita]

(i) are you... okay?

[porphygrenita]

(i) sooo niketas.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hm? What is it?

[porphygrenita]

(i) maybe we… could stop for dinner?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Dinner.

…

Isaac, we’re dead.

[porphygrenita]

(i) does that mean we can’t eat? 

i don’t know that for certain. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … I mean… I guess I don’t know…

… Though we were able to drink…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah! so maybe… try it out?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Uh, sure…

So just like… stop at the nearest inn or whatever?

[porphygrenita]

(i) uh, yeah! sure!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) ‘Kay….

[porphygrenita]

(i) i see one up ahead!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Oh… Hopefully they’re open to ghosts.

[porphygrenita]

yeah. i hope so.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

There’s a lot of people in here…

… We should sit in the corner.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

oh, it’s so nice here. cozy.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm….

[porphygrenita]

(i) hm… do you think we can order?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I guess.

I wonder what they even serve here… It can’t be anything good…

[porphygrenita]

(i) excuse me! 

um, what do you serve here? 

…what’s a haggis.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Sounds terrible.

I’ll have whatever the other thing is.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright, um… 

two of that please. thank you. 

well… we need to try new things. if we’re gonna be around here.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right….

…

I don’t really want to stay here this far north. There’s not enough sun here.

What do we even do with all this time on our hands…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, maybe south will be better? 

…

explore? travel the world? try haggis? do things we couldn’t do alive.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

I guess….

[porphygrenita]

(i) where would you like to go?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Huh? Oh….

I don’t really care….

Every place I really know of is east of here, and I don’t want to seem like I’m following everyone else, in case we end up heading in the same direction they do….

[porphygrenita]

(i) foods here.

um…. maybe, cause everyone is going southeast potentially… northeast?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … So, like…

Poland…? Kiev….?

There isn’t much aside from that.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i guess. whatever’s there

it’s pretty good. this.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm…

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

… well. maybe there’s something cool up north

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Maybe we should just go where you want then.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i haven’t been there, but yeah, i guess.

…

did you know theodora is going to constantinople to antagonize an emperor?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I didn’t know that. Why?

[porphygrenita]

(i) she wouldn’t stop talking about this guy like the entire doukas family personally offended her. never got a reason because she just told me to mind my buisness and called me a sadsack until i backed off.

but uh… doukas, i guess.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) She’s always been weird. … Who knows, maybe the Doukai did personally offend her. They’ve always been a touchy bunch, making grabs for power and all that.

A sadsack?

[porphygrenita]

(I) pfff maybe they did. who knows.

…yeah. i cried a lot

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hah, those imperial types could really use some more of that sometimes…. They forget where they come from; Basil the Macedonian was a peasant before he was emperor, just like Micha….

…

I almost returned to Antioch a couple of times…. If I had known you were there for sure, I would have come for you, but it didn’t seem too likely, and I was… preoccupied with Constans….

[porphygrenita]

(i) oh YEAH like - what on earth do they expect us to do. not fuck around and find out? 

…

really? 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right. And half the time we can do their jobs just as well as they can, if not better!

…

Well, yeah… You were the only person who ever really cared about me. If there was anyone I actually really wanted to be around, it was you.

[porphygrenita]

(i) and they can get their own wine for their own extramarital affairs, really. 

…

aww… i would’ve…i would’ve liked that but obviously constans comes first. 

but you wanna be around me?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Seriously…

…

Mm…

I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

[porphygrenita]

(i) aw, i’m flattered. 

it’s not hard to care about you though. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … You keep saying that, but I don’t understand…

Aside from Micha, Giorgie, and Miko, no one else seems to care about me…

[porphygrenita]

(i) well… i think it’s because i’ve gotten to know you for who you are. and some people just… only see what you put out. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) And who am I?

[porphygrenita]

(i) well, you’re a good talker and a very good warrior, you care deep down about your kids and me and sometimes your siblings but you hide that cause your dad didn’t like it. you’re a stubborn bastard but stubbornness isn’t a bad trait. it’s good you like to dig your heels in when you don’t want to do things. 

you just project this mask out to everyone else so they don’t see what you think is bad, but you’re kind of just… covering the best parts of yourself. and i think you’re not sure how to take the mask off. which is fair. if i’d grown up having to pretend to be something everyone expects of me i’d probably be scared to be my own person for the first time in a while. 

my point is that taking you home after you got drunk, chatting in the palace, on the boat to antioch, or helping you drown romanos, or taking wine from the royal stores to sit in the garden and drink ourselves stupid, i got to see past that mask. and see you. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

…

I—

…

I think I’m done.

[porphygrenita]

(i) with dinner? should i get the bill?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yes. Yeah…

Do you, um…. You have money…?

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah. nicked some coins, i’ll just leave them here. let’s go. 

[porphygrenita]

(i) sooo niketas.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hm? What is it?

[porphygrenita]

(i) maybe we… could stop for dinner?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Dinner.

…

Isaac, we’re dead.

[porphygrenita]

(i) does that mean we can’t eat? 

i don’t know that for certain. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … I mean… I guess I don’t know…

… Though we were able to drink…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah! so maybe… try it out?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Uh, sure…

So just like… stop at the nearest inn or whatever?

[porphygrenita]

(i) uh, yeah! sure!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) ‘Kay….

[porphygrenita]

(i) i see one up ahead!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Oh… Hopefully they’re open to ghosts.

[porphygrenita]

yeah. i hope so.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

There’s a lot of people in here…

… We should sit in the corner.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

oh, it’s so nice here. cozy.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm….

[porphygrenita]

(i) hm… do you think we can order?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I guess.

I wonder what they even serve here… It can’t be anything good…

[porphygrenita]

(i) excuse me! 

um, what do you serve here? 

…what’s a haggis.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Sounds terrible.

I’ll have whatever the other thing is.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright, um… 

two of that please. thank you. 

well… we need to try new things. if we’re gonna be around here.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right….

…

I don’t really want to stay here this far north. There’s not enough sun here.

What do we even do with all this time on our hands…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, maybe south will be better? 

…

explore? travel the world? try haggis? do things we couldn’t do alive.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

I guess….

[porphygrenita]

(i) where would you like to go?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Huh? Oh….

I don’t really care….

Every place I really know of is east of here, and I don’t want to seem like I’m following everyone else, in case we end up heading in the same direction they do….

[porphygrenita]

(i) foods here.

um…. maybe, cause everyone is going southeast potentially… northeast?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … So, like…

Poland…? Kiev….?

There isn’t much aside from that.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i guess. whatever’s there

it’s pretty good. this.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm…

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

… well. maybe there’s something cool up north

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Maybe we should just go where you want then.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i haven’t been there, but yeah, i guess.

…

did you know theodora is going to constantinople to antagonize an emperor?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I didn’t know that. Why?

[porphygrenita]

(i) she wouldn’t stop talking about this guy like the entire doukas family personally offended her. never got a reason because she just told me to mind my buisness and called me a sadsack until i backed off.

but uh… doukas, i guess.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) She’s always been weird. … Who knows, maybe the Doukai did personally offend her. They’ve always been a touchy bunch, making grabs for power and all that.

A sadsack?

[porphygrenita]

(I) pfff maybe they did. who knows.

…yeah. i cried a lot

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hah, those imperial types could really use some more of that sometimes…. They forget where they come from; Basil the Macedonian was a peasant before he was emperor, just like Micha….

…

I almost returned to Antioch a couple of times…. If I had known you were there for sure, I would have come for you, but it didn’t seem too likely, and I was… preoccupied with Constans….

[porphygrenita]

(i) oh YEAH like - what on earth do they expect us to do. not fuck around and find out? 

…

really? 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right. And half the time we can do their jobs just as well as they can, if not better!

…

Well, yeah… You were the only person who ever really cared about me. If there was anyone I actually really wanted to be around, it was you.

[porphygrenita]

(i) and they can get their own wine for their own extramarital affairs, really. 

…

aww… i would’ve…i would’ve liked that but obviously constans comes first. 

but you wanna be around me?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Seriously…

…

Mm…

I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

[porphygrenita]

(i) aw, i’m flattered. 

it’s not hard to care about you though. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … You keep saying that, but I don’t understand…

Aside from Micha, Giorgie, and Miko, no one else seems to care about me…

[porphygrenita]

(i) well… i think it’s because i’ve gotten to know you for who you are. and some people just… only see what you put out. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) And who am I?

[porphygrenita]

(i) well, you’re a good talker and a very good warrior, you care deep down about your kids and me and sometimes your siblings but you hide that cause your dad didn’t like it. you’re a stubborn bastard but stubbornness isn’t a bad trait. it’s good you like to dig your heels in when you don’t want to do things. 

you just project this mask out to everyone else so they don’t see what you think is bad, but you’re kind of just… covering the best parts of yourself. and i think you’re not sure how to take the mask off. which is fair. if i’d grown up having to pretend to be something everyone expects of me i’d probably be scared to be my own person for the first time in a while. 

my point is that taking you home after you got drunk, chatting in the palace, on the boat to antioch, or helping you drown romanos, or taking wine from the royal stores to sit in the garden and drink ourselves stupid, i got to see past that mask. and see you. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

…

I—

…

I think I’m done.

[porphygrenita]

(i) with dinner? should i get the bill?

[porphygrenita]

(i) sooo niketas.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hm? What is it?

[porphygrenita]

(i) maybe we… could stop for dinner?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Dinner.

…

Isaac, we’re dead.

[porphygrenita]

(i) does that mean we can’t eat? 

i don’t know that for certain. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … I mean… I guess I don’t know…

… Though we were able to drink…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah! so maybe… try it out?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Uh, sure…

So just like… stop at the nearest inn or whatever?

[porphygrenita]

(i) uh, yeah! sure!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) ‘Kay….

[porphygrenita]

(i) i see one up ahead!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Oh… Hopefully they’re open to ghosts.

[porphygrenita]

yeah. i hope so.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

There’s a lot of people in here…

… We should sit in the corner.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

oh, it’s so nice here. cozy.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm….

[porphygrenita]

(i) hm… do you think we can order?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I guess.

I wonder what they even serve here… It can’t be anything good…

[porphygrenita]

(i) excuse me! 

um, what do you serve here? 

…what’s a haggis.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Sounds terrible.

I’ll have whatever the other thing is.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright, um… 

two of that please. thank you. 

well… we need to try new things. if we’re gonna be around here.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right….

…

I don’t really want to stay here this far north. There’s not enough sun here.

What do we even do with all this time on our hands…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, maybe south will be better? 

…

explore? travel the world? try haggis? do things we couldn’t do alive.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

I guess….

[porphygrenita]

(i) where would you like to go?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Huh? Oh….

I don’t really care….

Every place I really know of is east of here, and I don’t want to seem like I’m following everyone else, in case we end up heading in the same direction they do….

[porphygrenita]

(i) foods here.

um…. maybe, cause everyone is going southeast potentially… northeast?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … So, like…

Poland…? Kiev….?

There isn’t much aside from that.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i guess. whatever’s there

it’s pretty good. this.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm…

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

… well. maybe there’s something cool up north

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Maybe we should just go where you want then.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i haven’t been there, but yeah, i guess.

…

did you know theodora is going to constantinople to antagonize an emperor?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I didn’t know that. Why?

[porphygrenita]

(i) she wouldn’t stop talking about this guy like the entire doukas family personally offended her. never got a reason because she just told me to mind my buisness and called me a sadsack until i backed off.

but uh… doukas, i guess.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) She’s always been weird. … Who knows, maybe the Doukai did personally offend her. They’ve always been a touchy bunch, making grabs for power and all that.

A sadsack?

[porphygrenita]

(I) pfff maybe they did. who knows.

…yeah. i cried a lot

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hah, those imperial types could really use some more of that sometimes…. They forget where they come from; Basil the Macedonian was a peasant before he was emperor, just like Micha….

…

I almost returned to Antioch a couple of times…. If I had known you were there for sure, I would have come for you, but it didn’t seem too likely, and I was… preoccupied with Constans….

[porphygrenita]

(i) oh YEAH like - what on earth do they expect us to do. not fuck around and find out? 

…

really? 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right. And half the time we can do their jobs just as well as they can, if not better!

…

Well, yeah… You were the only person who ever really cared about me. If there was anyone I actually really wanted to be around, it was you.

[porphygrenita]

(i) and they can get their own wine for their own extramarital affairs, really. 

…

aww… i would’ve…i would’ve liked that but obviously constans comes first. 

but you wanna be around me?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Seriously…

…

Mm…

I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

[porphygrenita]

(i) aw, i’m flattered. 

it’s not hard to care about you though. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … You keep saying that, but I don’t understand…

Aside from Micha, Giorgie, and Miko, no one else seems to care about me…

[porphygrenita]

(i) well… i think it’s because i’ve gotten to know you for who you are. and some people just… only see what you put out. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) And who am I?

[porphygrenita]

(i) well, you’re a good talker and a very good warrior, you care deep down about your kids and me and sometimes your siblings but you hide that cause your dad didn’t like it. you’re a stubborn bastard but stubbornness isn’t a bad trait. it’s good you like to dig your heels in when you don’t want to do things. 

you just project this mask out to everyone else so they don’t see what you think is bad, but you’re kind of just... covering the best parts of yourself. and i think you’re not sure how to take the mask off. which is fair. if i’d grown up having to pretend to be something everyone expects of me i’d probably be scared to be my own person for the first time in a while. 

my point is that taking you home after you got drunk, chatting in the palace, on the boat to antioch, or helping you drown romanos, or taking wine from the royal stores to sit in the garden and drink ourselves stupid, i got to see past that mask. and see you. 

[porphygrenita]

(i) sooo niketas.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hm? What is it?

[porphygrenita]

(i) maybe we… could stop for dinner?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

Dinner.

…

Isaac, we’re dead.

[porphygrenita]

(i) does that mean we can’t eat? 

i don’t know that for certain. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … I mean… I guess I don’t know…

… Though we were able to drink…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah! so maybe… try it out?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Uh, sure…

So just like… stop at the nearest inn or whatever?

[porphygrenita]

(i) uh, yeah! sure!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) ‘Kay….

[porphygrenita]

(i) i see one up ahead!

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Oh… Hopefully they’re open to ghosts.

[porphygrenita]

yeah. i hope so.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) …

There’s a lot of people in here…

… We should sit in the corner.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright. 

oh, it’s so nice here. cozy.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm….

[porphygrenita]

(i) hm… do you think we can order?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I guess.

I wonder what they even serve here… It can’t be anything good…

[porphygrenita]

(i) excuse me! 

um, what do you serve here? 

…what’s a haggis.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … Sounds terrible.

I’ll have whatever the other thing is.

[porphygrenita]

(i) alright, um… 

two of that please. thank you. 

well… we need to try new things. if we’re gonna be around here.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right….

…

I don’t really want to stay here this far north. There’s not enough sun here.

What do we even do with all this time on our hands…

[porphygrenita]

(i) yeah, maybe south will be better? 

…

explore? travel the world? try haggis? do things we couldn’t do alive.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Yeah…

…

I guess….

[porphygrenita]

(i) where would you like to go?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Huh? Oh….

I don’t really care….

Every place I really know of is east of here, and I don’t want to seem like I’m following everyone else, in case we end up heading in the same direction they do….

[porphygrenita]

(i) foods here.

um…. maybe, cause everyone is going southeast potentially… northeast?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … So, like…

Poland…? Kiev….?

There isn’t much aside from that.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i guess. whatever’s there

it’s pretty good. this.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Mhm…

[porphygrenita]

(i) …

… well. maybe there’s something cool up north

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Maybe we should just go where you want then.

[porphygrenita]

(i) i haven’t been there, but yeah, i guess.

…

did you know theodora is going to constantinople to antagonize an emperor?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) I didn’t know that. Why?

[porphygrenita]

(i) she wouldn’t stop talking about this guy like the entire doukas family personally offended her. never got a reason because she just told me to mind my buisness and called me a sadsack until i backed off.

but uh… doukas, i guess.

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) She’s always been weird. … Who knows, maybe the Doukai did personally offend her. They’ve always been a touchy bunch, making grabs for power and all that.

A sadsack?

[porphygrenita]

(I) pfff maybe they did. who knows.

…yeah. i cried a lot

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Hah, those imperial types could really use some more of that sometimes…. They forget where they come from; Basil the Macedonian was a peasant before he was emperor, just like Micha….

…

I almost returned to Antioch a couple of times…. If I had known you were there for sure, I would have come for you, but it didn’t seem too likely, and I was… preoccupied with Constans….

[porphygrenita]

(i) oh YEAH like - what on earth do they expect us to do. not fuck around and find out? 

…

really? 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Right. And half the time we can do their jobs just as well as they can, if not better!

…

Well, yeah… You were the only person who ever really cared about me. If there was anyone I actually really wanted to be around, it was you.

[porphygrenita]

(i) and they can get their own wine for their own extramarital affairs, really. 

…

aww… i would’ve…i would’ve liked that but obviously constans comes first. 

but you wanna be around me?

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) Seriously…

…

Mm…

I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.

[porphygrenita]

(i) aw, i’m flattered. 

it’s not hard to care about you though. 

[byzantine-rogue]

(N) … You keep saying that, but I don’t understand…

Aside from Micha, Giorgie, and Miko, no one else seems to care about me…

[porphygrenita]

(i) well... i think it’s because i’ve gotten to know you for who you are. and some people just... only see what you put out.