#hightide;arc

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Is Nio...Okay, Jade? Recoverable? 🐉

"I think Mark having more tools he can use out in the servers and around here is going to be extra useful. Nio handed over a lot more than he needed. Probably out of panic."

"huh...what?..."

[The Inbox is open to All Characters now. Feels like things need to calm down for a while.]

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Why was I right..?! Why did I have to be fucking right..?! I-I would rather a- If everyone could have g-gone- Lobby, you're being silly! Lobby look he's fine! Stop being paranoid y-you big dumby!.. He's not..- [Lobby's mouth tasted thick with bile as they typed, their body shaking like a jack hammer as they put their claw to their face.] I knew i sh..should have pressed for AA t..to- But I didn't- And now- I-If I was SMARTER I could have-

[They slam their big, hulking claw onto the side of their desk. It splinters under the weight and muscle.] I-I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE ANYONE ELSE, MAN-!! I TOLD YOU..!! I TOLD.... I-I... I told you...!!!

-🦞

[Sam half flinches]

"Nah...nah it's okay gu-guys. Jade'll be here and figure it out like always! We're...we're okay here. You won't lose me, promise."

...

"But...If she doesn't..."

"Pfft...You're crazy. You sure you'd want to go out with me?"

"...Sam I would go anywhere with you."

[Sam chuckles again, kissing Mark's palm.]

"Yeah?...Me too."

[His teeth leave the softest puncture. He darts to grab Mark when he flinches]

"You think Jade would be on board with this if she can't fix it?"

"Hardly seems fair to everyone else."

"...Yeah. Guess you're right. Still. Wouldn't that be kind of beautiful, man?"

"...You're a sap. I love you."

[They both laugh against eachother, pixels glitching]

[Nio crashes into the house, skidding to a halt]

"GUYS....I'm..."

[He blinks owlishly]

"...here."

[What does he...do?]

//

"Yeah...No worries. I'm out of its sight for now."

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Umm... okay...

[They close their eyes, pulling away for a second and concentrating.]

[Parrot tries to focus on Ori. On how he reached out to Amie for them.]

[Message sent to contact "Ori"

Subject: Thank you.

Message Body: I'm safe now. See you soon, I hope.

-Parrot <3]

-🦜

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Mushy...You are still injured...I'll meet you half way but I refuse to let you carry anything! I don't have much anyways!

That's also true BoBo! I don't hit my head on anything! Besides people using me as an armrest. I'd probably let you or Mushy do that, I trust you two by now!

Regardless, I need to go now! My train arrived and I gotta start heading up...oh! Here have this!

featuring Dex!

I'll see you very soon Mushy, and I'll see you later BoBo <3

-🐌

"Aww...good t'see ya two are doing well...Ah really hope this all goes smoothly.

Ah'm still shocked you just uprooted yourself so quick."

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[Parry lets out a soft, happy chirp.]

Friend! Friend friend!

[They shake their wings out happily, a loose feather rising in the air and landing on the ground next to Ori.]

... Thank you again. For helping me. For just- just listening to me right now... being here... you're a good friend.

-🦜

"You dropped something..."

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Thanks man... you're good, just.. slipped th' mind is.. is all. You're the best, like always..

//

If there's... if there's anything.. anything at all I can do, just.. message me, man. I always have my phone on me.

But... but for now I..

...

I need a drink...

- 🦞

"I desperately need rest too...there's too much that needs to be done still..."

[Jade hefts Nio onto her workbench before pausing. A mail from Sam.

She immediately opens it.

Only to be greeted by the world's blurriest photo of him in bed captioned.

'I look like spaghetti dude'

...

He's doing okay at least.]

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I guess it is- er, was... I don't... huh.

I don't have to deal with that anymore...

... what the hell do I do now? What do I... want to do?

-🦜

"That makes two of us."

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"Sam...Are you okay?"

"Yeah little dude. Just a bit tired...Mark's house is just up ahead."