[05:00] CG: It seems 9ne 9f the children had the flu and the parents neglected t9 inf9rm us, s9 we had t9 cl9se d9wn early f9r the day. S9me 9f the wrigglers were una6le t9 6e picked up at this time, h9wever, s9. A few 9f us t99k s9me h9me, with s9me relayed inf9rmati9n fr9m the parents.
[05:00] CG: Including myself, al6eit reluctantly.
[05:02] TA: 59 Y9UR7H 47H H9M3?
[05:06] CG: Indeed, 9r. Just walking thr9ugh the d99r. F9r 96vi9us reas9ns, I just t99k 9ne 6ut.
[05:10] CG: 9h. Well I always "want" t9 see y9u. 6ut even if this particular child is c9mpletely l9st t9 slum6er and c9uld 6e f9r a num6er 9f h9urs, I d9 n9t think I c9uld just...leave him here? And waking him up at the m9ment is n9t...g9ing t9 happen, he gets extremely dr9usy. N9t that I c9uld take him anywhere as it is, he is n9t MY wriggler.
[05:12] CG: I see. Well, he might 6e 9ut 9f my grasp in a69ut an h9ur 9r s9, y9u c9uld try 6ack then? I'm glad that y9u d9. I like my j96 t99, with all its ups and d9wns. N9 tr9u6les thusfar, then?
[05:28] CG: It s9unds like y9u are very dedicated, I'm pr9ud 9f y9u. 6y all means, d9 y9ur j96, d9 n9t let 9ur c9nversati9ns prevent y9u fr9m perf9rming, yes? W9uld y9u like me t9 leave?
[05:31] TA: N9P3
[05:31] TA: Y9UR 9N MY PH9N3
[05:31] TA: P9CK37 KK
[05:31] TA: 3H3H3H31URHW314URH34W
[05:31] TA: H9NK
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[05:33] CG: Hmm, aha. As if I was an inch tall and just s9rt 9f 6anging ar9und in y9ur c9llapsi6le cl9th hamm9cks. Ahaha.
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[05:34] CG: Ah, yes. I am t99, actually, disregard that. It has 6een a l9ng day, my head feels like it is full 9f helium.
it was lucky Mituna was dressed at this point as he walked through the door of kankri's hive. The red blood said he needed him 4ND Mituna was not one to willingly let his mate down. he set down his skate board and took off his shoes as he wondered through. "KK?"
[07:34] CG: Well. F9r a gr9ss waste 9f energy, c9nsidering h9w much 9utput devices like this require t9 charge, I supp9se it is quite fun, yes. And if it makes it easier f9r us t9 c9nverse, then the draw6acks are miniscule, indeed.
[07:34] TA: PLU57H 1 C4N D0 7H157
[07:34] TA: W4H7CH
[07:34] TA: W47H5
[07:34] TA: /M3 K155
[07:34] TA: FUCK
[07:34] TA: W143UHR14WUHRF
[07:34] TA: L3MM3 7RY 4G41N 1M 50RRY
[07:35] -- twistedAffliction [TA] kiss --
[07:35] TA: 3W1UHR4W31URH41W3UHR 3H3H3H3H3H3HH3
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[07:35] TA: 7H3R3
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[07:35] CG: 9h.
[07:35] CG: I...h9w did y9u even d9 that, Mituna, this is.
[07:35] CG: Strange.
[07:35] CG: It is like existing in d9u6le universes.
[07:35] TA: 1M 50RRY
[07:35] CG: 9r s9mething t9 that effect.
[07:36] CG: N9, n9, it's n9t a..."6ad" strange?"
[07:36] CG: My pan is alight with a wh9le new realm 9f analysis.
[07:36] CG: That may 9r may n9t 6e p9ssi6le this way.
[07:36] CG: It is s9mething I must l99k int9 further. 9n my 9wn time, perhaps.
[07:36] TA: WH4H 7H3 FUCK 4R3Y0U 0N 480U7
[07:36] CG: Seer, Mituna~
[07:37] CG: I, ah. D9 that a l9t, haha.
[07:37] CG: I ap9l9gize.
[07:37] -- twistedAffliction [TA] bans kankri from saying sorry and will pinch his butt if he does it again. --
[08:02] CG: 9h d9n't tease, haha. We d9, d9n't we? I must admit, this actually is quite c9mf9rta6le, 9r it w9uld 6e if. I w9re s9me sh9rts instead. I'm sure there is a pair ar9und here s9mewhere. I haven't the m9tivati9n t9 g9 l99k, h9wever.
[08:08] CG: 9h. Well, there's n9 need t9 w9rry a69ut that. I have said what I needed t9 say t9 him. I d9n't plan 9n c9ntinuing 9ur c9nversati9n, if she is what she is c9ncerned a69ut.
[08:10] CG: With y9u? Why? It is n9t as if I 6r9ught y--well. Y9u were n9t a central p9int in my argument, s9 he has n9 reas9n t9 6e h9stile with y9u 9ver what I said. 9ne w9uld n9t think he was descended fr9m r9yal l9ins, with the way he is acting.
[08:10] CG: I will n9t c9ntinue t9 c9ddle him, n9 matter what Feferi says.
[08:10] CG: He d9es n9t react t9 c9ddling.
[08:10] CG: He festers and he r9ts.
[08:11] CG: The 9nly way he is g9ing t9 gr9w up and start putting his f99t d9wn is with a 6it 9f a reality check.
[08:11] CG: I am s9rry f9r the anim9sity that may result, 6ut my 9riginal p9int stands.
[08:11] CG: I will n9t speak t9 him again, unwarranted.
[08:13] CG: Thank y9u. I understand. As t9 the Makaras, I fully intend t9 stay away fr9m th9se that I c9uld, p9tentially, have a pr96lem with, s9 there is n9 need t9 w9rry there.
[08:13] CG: Kurl9z is n9t included in that list, 96vi9usly, as I 6elieve we are civil 9nce m9re.
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[08:15] TA: 3H3H3 KURL07HZ<>
[08:15] CG: Indeed. 9h, while we are 9n that su6ject matter, h9wever.
[08:15] TA: :0?
[08:16] CG: In the case 9f y9ur kismesis. If y9u c9uld give me a, ah, friendly "heads up" if and when y9u 6ec9me aware 9f his plans t9 g9 anywhere in the city, that I might deftly av9id him, it w9uld 6e much appreciated. I d9 n9t currently kn9w h9w 9ften y9u tw9 meet, 9r talk, 9r whatever, 6ut.
[08:16] CG: If y9u d9 6ec9me privy t9 such kn9wledge ever.
[08:22] CG: 6eing here, m9stly. 6eing, ah. Well. Feeling f9r me 6ack and all that. F9r seeing me c9me h9me, f9r everything.
[08:22] CG: I ap9l9gize f9r all the sentiment.
[08:22] CG: I am 9verwhelmed at the m9ment.
[08:23] TA: 0H
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[08:24] CG: N9, it's. N9t 9verwhelmed in a "6ad" way.
[08:25] CG: D9es that make sense?
[08:26] TA: ..UM
[08:26] TA: N00P3
[08:26] CG: Well, it is very rarely that I have 6een a6le t9 just...dr9p all my c9ncern when it c9mes t9 my 9wn well6eing 6ased s9lely 9n the w9rd 9f an9ther. Even with P9rrim. With any69dy.
[08:27] CG: 6ut I am genuinely...I feel safe.
[08:27] CG: At the dr9p 9f a hat, with just that.
[08:27] CG: It is a g99d, strange feeling. And I am grateful f9r it.
[08:32] CG: I kn9w y9u d9. I 6elieve it. Y9ur feelings are y9ur th9ughts, Mituna, didn't y9u tell me that? Y9u d9 n9t d9 anything that c9uld 6e c9nsidered ingenuine.
[08:32] CG: I 6elieve that y9u l9ved him, and I 6elieve that y9u l9ve me n9w.
[08:32] CG: And I h9pe, 9n the c9nverse, that y9u can 6elieve me as well.
[08:36] CG: Me t99. Y9ur c9mmitment was never in questi9n, Mituna. Situati9nal details aside, I kn9w that y9u aren't...9ne t9 just r9tate ar9und in y9ur quadrants. I...want this t9 last, as well.
[08:36] CG: I'm c9nfident that we can make it happen.
[08:36] CG: We are a nice pair.
[08:37] CG: And even if we haven't 6een quadranted, we've...kn9wn each 9ther and 6een t9gether far l9nger than we even knew Latula.
[08:37] CG: That must c9unt f9r s9mething, sh9uldn't it?
[08:40] CG: A happy mem9ry? Fr9m 6ef9re? Sh9uld I just pick 9ne, then?
[08:41] TA: Y37H
[08:42] CG: Alright then. A few perigees, I think, after the first time we met, when...I was still very dirty and inexperienced in living in hives, and all that?
[08:42] CG: Y9u t99k me 9ut and. We ran ar9und the Capit9l a 6it, d9ing...s9mething, I can't remem6er.
[08:42] CG: 6ut that isn't the imp9rtant part.
[08:42] CG: We l9st track 9f time and the sun was rising. And it was imp9ssi6le t9 make it 6ack t9 my hive, s9 I came 6ack t9 y9urs instead.
[08:43] CG: Met y9ur lusus, 9r rather, glanced at him and hid 6ehind y9u the entire time.
[08:43] CG: He scared me a l9t 6ack then, aha. 6ut then, I was a l9t sh9rter.
[08:43] CG: And, we. Y9u 9ffered t9 let me have a sh9wer, 9f c9urse, 6eing the graci9us h9st y9u were.
[08:44] CG: 6ut I. Didn't kn9w h9w t9 take 9ne. Up until then, I relied 9n 9thers t9 6athe me. And after a 6it 9f an interr9gati9n, I t9ld y9u s9.
[08:44] CG: And y9u did it, y9u helped me 6athe that night. Washed my hair, my cl9thes, everything.
[08:45] CG: And then I slept 9n a pile 9f dirty cl9thes in the c9rner 9f y9ur respite6l9ck, 6eneath y9ur c99n.
[08:46] CG: It w9uld 6e effective t9 say that, given the am9unt 9f times that scenari9 repeated 9ver the sweeps, it may have 6een y9u wh9 taught me t9 d9 s9 f9r myself.
[08:46] CG: S9. There y9u are, then.
[08:46] CG: Mem9ry #2, relayed.
[08:46] TA: .....
[08:46] CG: Are y9u alright?
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[08:47] CG: ...#s9rry 6an
[08:47] CG: Mituna, it d9es n9t matter. I was relatively feral, after all.
[08:49] CG: I'm s9rry. F9r t9night, may6e, we...c9uld pull the c99n 9ver t9 the pile and. We c9uld s9rt 9f sleep like that, if y9u w9uld like. I miss sleeping with y9u, as well.
[08:59] CG: N9n-suggestively, I am assuming? Yes. It was during the game, just...a few days 6ef9re the incident. I'd finally g9tten 9ff 9f my island and s9rt 9f. Fell right int9 y9urs.
[08:59] CG: And it was dark.
[08:59] CG: *my land, ap9l9gies
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[09:00] CG: We, ah. Meenah was 6arking 9rders at us at this p9int 9ver Tr9llian, 6ut y9u shut it 9ff and t99k me 9ver t9 this little...clearing, thing.
[09:01] CG: Where y9u'd set up this weird little 6ase camp, I am still n9t sure why that was necessary, c9nsidering y9u were nearly finished with y9ur 9wn quest, 6ut.
[09:01] CG: Alas.
[09:02] CG: There we were, am9ng y9ur piles and piles 9f alchemized g99ds. And a c99n that y9u'd made, all tricked 9ut and...en9rm9us? Like, at least three sizes larger than the standard 9ne.
[09:03] CG: 99zing with s9p9r, 96vi9usly.
[09:03] CG: We argued a69ut it f9r a while, 6ut eventually, y9u c9erced me l9ng en9ugh t9 clim6 in with y9u.
[09:03] TA: D1D Y0U 5L33P W3LL
[09:03] TA: ?
[09:04] CG: S9rt 9f. It was gr9ss. 6ecause I d9 n9t like s9p9r. 6ut I stayed, 6ecause it was nice s9rt 9f 6eing...curled up with my 6est friend at the time, yes?
[09:04] CG: I slept, which was the imp9rtant part.
[09:04] CG: 6ut y9u have never 6een a6le t9 get me int9 a s9p9r-filled c99n again.
[09:04] CG: :)
[09:05] TA: 3H3H
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[09:06] CG: It's alright. Even I d9 n9t remem6er every day we spent t9gether. A l9t 9f these details are 69und t9 6e fuzzy, just due t9 the sheer am9unt 9f time that has passed since it happened.
His backpack stuffed with his husktop and pjamas, Mituna walked through the front door of Kankri's hive and quietly closed it behind him. He didnt know why he felt a little..reserved. Perhaps it was because Kankri was aware of what had happened or simply because he would be staying over. There were many reasons but none of them were enough to put a dampner on the happy mood he felt as soon as he smelt that familiar sweetness.
There were pictures on the wall from the Carapician children that Kankri said he'd put up and it really did brighten up the normally bare hive.
"H3LL0?"
Mituna walked into the nutrition block and stood in the doorway, hoping to find the redblood he'd been longing to see.
However he had envisioned this going today, this wasn't it but hell, at least he had an excuse to be out this late at night. The darkness sort of freaked Mituna out on a good night let along skateboarding through it, half emotionally wound up and half needing to reach the other troll..Damn him. He couldnt think of many people he'd go through the darkness for but he was nevertheless grateful when he arrived at Kankri's hive.
He hopped off the board, propping it against the wall and then taking a breath. It was a bit strange, this time, they'd be, well..much closer than the previous time they had met up. Absence makes the pusher grow fonder though and perhaps Mituna was a prime example of that as he opened the door and stepped inside of the hive, calling out the others name as he wondered through.