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[oversea]

HELLO

"What do you want?"

GOODBYE

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[oversea]

I didn't try.

[transmit]

You're planning on just leaving it there?

[oversea]

No.

I'll go look.

[transmit]

[ A longer pause between replies… ]

Be extra careful of the maze this time around.
If you need anything, just let me know again.

[oversea]

Why are you worried?

[transmit]

This week's theming. It's lust.

I guess it should've been obvious when we saw what the missions were. But the stuff out there is serious trouble.

[oversea]

Oh.

What did you run into?

[transmit]

Deviancy…
But you still need to make progress with your shard, right?

[oversea]

Deviancy??




Sure.

[transmit]

Deviancy.

[ Reiterates. ]

You sure are blasé.

[oversea]

Am I?

I assume you are used to this.

[transmit]

What do you mean by that? You're the one surrounded by pirates.

But I can meet you wherever. I assume you'll want to drop off your box first.

[oversea]

What they get up to isn't any of my business.

Go to the sim room.

[transmit]

👍

[ Should their date have counted as engagement enough? Maybe. Is this excessive? Possibly. But as he feels compelled to meddle more this week of all weeks for Reasons, off he goes. ]

[oversea]

[ for reasons...

well, when he gets there, the room will currently look like a pirate ship at sea. thorns is leaning against the rails, staring out into the fake water. ]

Elysium.

[transmit]

Thorns!

[ They literally see each other at the end of every day now but he's still peering over to make sure he's okay. There is truly so much that has happened this week…

He joins him by the rails. ]

… You know, before all this, I never really thought about what it meant to make progress, or how one even measures it. Have you been feeling like you're getting any closer to yours?

[oversea]

[ hm...

thorns looks at him curiously, before turning his attention back to the sea. ]

This was the first time I felt like k made any progress the entire time. I've been failing every other week.

[ lmao ]

[transmit]

[ oh my god. ]

I really can't leave you alone.

[ He explodes internally. What changed about last week compared to the other weeks…? ]

Now that we know what we're looking for, do you at least feel any more motivated?

[oversea]

I'm not sure if motivation was the problem. I do not understand the metrics.

[ what is he being judged on... he just does not know. ]

[transmit]

I've gotten closer every week so far, so it probably means I'm doing something right.

[ He pokes Thorns' cheek. ]

If I never asked you about it, were you just not going to say anything? I almost feel bad for the person you're looking for.

[oversea]

Don't you have enough to worry about? You should keep doing as you have been.

[ there's a pause, and he mutters. ]

Deviancy, apparently.

[transmit]

I think this place has made it blatantly clear that I'm meant to be worrying over you. You're really going to make me say it aloud?

And I was talking about other people! Other people!! Who do you think I am, huh?

[oversea]

[ HMMMM...

he finally pokes him back. ]

You did say the theming is lust.

[ he just skips over the first thing he said. ]

[transmit]

[ OKAY. Why does he bother being honest with you. ]

You can't have no progress again…

[oversea]

[ he can't even promise that won't happen when he has no idea what he did differently.

he gestures for elysium to come closer. ]