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[oversea]

HELLO

"What do you want?"

GOODBYE

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[transmit]

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

[oversea]

Deviancy??




Sure.

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Deviancy.

[ Reiterates. ]

You sure are blasé.

[oversea]

Am I?

I assume you are used to this.

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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.

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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. ]

[transmit]

[ If Elysium hovers over him annoyingly he thinks it should work out? PLEASE?

While stressing over this he just scoots over without thinking about it too much. What. ]

[oversea]

[ hi...

he leans in. ]

What made you suddenly ask?

[transmit]

[ Them having no concept of personal space is nothing new, but Thorns is usually not the one thoroughly broaching it first… he swallows a little uncomfortably before meeting his gaze. ]

About what? You're going to have to be more specific than that.

[oversea]

You said you never thought about progress before this week.

[ at first thorns thought it meant elysium did poorly recently, but that does not seem to be the case. ]

[transmit]

If it were something that only concerned me, I could brush it off. Easy. But now that I know, it changes a lot.

Aren't you the same?

[oversea]

... Yes.

[ things were much easier when he had only been risking himself.

but he does have questions. ]

I am your person?

[transmit]

I thought the box made that pretty obvious? There were a bunch of names that I didn't recognise, so I figured the one with yours was meant to be mine.

[ He raps his knuckle against Thorns' head with a laugh. ]

Help will always be by your side whether you want it or not. I don't know how you got stuck here, but it's my job to get you out, isn't it? No questions asked.