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[ Coffee and tea are snobby, but wine isn't. Sure, let's go with that. ]

got it
anything else with that?
since apparently I'm your one-man party planning committee

[ How has it come to this?? She has this mysterious ability to drag him into most ridiculous shit... ]

[opheliac]

scott is throwing a house party!! u might be too old for it though.

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[ Again with the "old" bullshit?! He thought they've established he's still fairly young─ oh, whatever. If she's gonna be a brat about it, then he'll just have to return the favor. ]

oh so it's just for kids?

don't worry, I'm not interested in participating anyway

[opheliac]

its not a kids party, moron! ure just a grandpa and u might throw ur back out if u start dancing.
and im not babysitting.

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dunno how you think human aging works but spoilers: this ain't it

besides, isn't your sister around my age, too?

cw: schizophrenia/schizoaffective

[opheliac]

yep and she is just as old. ESPECIALLY when she says jiiiiiiiiiiiinx, stop threatening people!!!

chomper#1: threatening people is when u actually use us.

chomper#2: yeah! u never throw us and make us explode. we need a purpose.

jinx: see? these guys get it.

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[ ... Is she roleplaying her weapons talking here... Okaaay. He'll just roll with it. ]

when you blow shit up, that's way beyond just threatening

[opheliac]

nnnnnnnnnope! its called remodeling. if everything just stays the same all the time, things get boring. THERE'S NO EXCITEMENT! and we need excitement to feel alive!

like ure dragon thingie. it needs to roar sometimes or itll get too sleepy.

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[ ... She just had to bring that up, huh. Ragna was really hoping he could get through... however long he'll be stuck here without ever addressing what people saw of him in the maze, but nooo, of course he can't have that. But it's the fact that she mentions it with such levity that really rubs him the wrong way. ]

no thanks

[ With his mood completely ruined, that's all he has to say in response. ]

[opheliac]

by the way, u ok big guy? as ur partner, i should at least check where ur head is at.

[rebellions]

first off, none of your business

and why wouldn't I be okay anyway?

[ Neither of which really addresses the core issue because yeeeaah... ]

[opheliac]

come on, u big lug. i can make u feel better! im the best medicine in this sort of thing.

[rebellions]

that so?
could've fooled me

[opheliac]

are u really going to sit there and tell me i DIDNT make u feel better after the whole episode u had back there?!

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[ ... How does he even begin to respond to that? It's true enough that her sticking around him helped him keep his mind off... all that, and certainly allowed him to get his shit together afterward. On the other hand, her presence gave him even more reasons for concern and she's now proving his discomfort with her witnessing that scene was fully justified.

So, in summary... ]

sorta

[ Sort of what?? She sort of helped to make him feel better? He's sort of implying he didn't? Please don't ask him, he has no idea what he's even trying to convey here. ]

[opheliac]

ure such a liar.

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shut up

it's your fault for asking weird questions

[opheliac]

ure lucky ure my partner or else id kill u for lying to me.

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[ Is it really a lie if he actually believes it? ]

I'm the most honest man alive
some people just can't handle that

[opheliac]

ok then do u like me, yes or no?

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[ oh shit oh fuck ]

you can't just put people on the spot like that!!

[opheliac]

do u have the HOTS for me? yes or no?

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no???
not like THAT

[opheliac]

so?????

[rebellions]

[ ... She's just gonna torture him like this until he breaks, isn't she?

It's a solid five minutes until he finally responds: ]

a little