PC: Mizuki

[westedge]

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[adorabrawler]

... Does the pie make you do that?

[westedge]

Yup. Shenhe and I figured that one out together. [ kind of funny that's one of my last memories with her. ] It wasn't as bad as it could've been, but we weren't expecting it either.

[adorabrawler]

Nah... I guess that'd be unusual for her, but I feel like we already do that anyway.

[westedge]

What, not talk? [ why does that seem funny to him? ] I can think of a few people who might need the pie but...you know. Maybe another time.

[adorabrawler]

No, I mean, even if we had it would anything change?

[westedge]

Hm...you tell me. [ because sometimes he is not entirely sure where he and mizuki stand on stuff, so it's always a little interesting to see what she says. ]

[adorabrawler]

I asked first.

[ :) ]

[westedge]

[ ...hm...he takes a very long moment to think on something. ]

Mizuki. At this point, I don't think there's anything that could really change...whatever this is. [ friendship, or whatever. i don't think the power of friendship is, like, a thing, but i mean close enough? ] Pie, or otherwise.

[adorabrawler]

Heh heh... Wow, you're really overthinking this, huh.

[westedge]

[ ...mmmmm. right, right. he probably should just not think about things around other people. ]

...yeah, probably.

[ he just hands her her drink and takes his own, already wandering to head outside. she can come or she can stay. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ Imagine if they separate and we end the thread here.

No she follows with. ]

Dummy. [ she teases. ] I'm just saying we talk enough without the help of pie.

[westedge]

[ help not my mizuki!! it's fine, he does kind of assume she'll follow which is why when they get to the exit he just holds the door and lets her walk out first under his arm. ]

Mizuki the pie makes you not talk. Like a mime. You know? [ but he shakes his head almost fondly. ] But you're right, I do talk to you a lot more than some of the other Players here. Funny how that worked out.

[adorabrawler]

Ooh... not talk. Right! That's what I said.

[ please fuckign ignore I CAN'T READ!!! ]

You're one of the ones I talk to the most, too, soooo, you know.

[westedge]

[ pff. he rolls with it, because yeah. why wouldn't he? ]

It's been...seven weeks already? We're rounding up on eight. Game's gonna be over soon anyway. May as well talk to everyone you want to talk to and say everything you want to say.

[adorabrawler]

Then...

[ ... ]

Hey, Jonas?

[westedge]

[ he kind of figures she's going to tell him off for being sappy, so he takes a sip of his coffee and glances at her. it's fine. he doesn't regret saying what he said. ]

Mm?

[adorabrawler]

[ On the contrary: ]

Thanks for always being there for me. I... don't know how the next week is going to shape up to be, but no matter what happens, I hope we can keep being friends.

[westedge]

[ oh.

okay, well, he stops to actually face her this time. ]

...of course we're going to keep being friends. Not many people I can stand being around after 150 years, you know? [ easily said. it's a joke, but it's also no less sincere. ] None of us really know what's going to happen next, but we'll stick together as long as we can. And like I said, pretty sure there isn't anything that can really change this.

[ she's a good egg in his opinion. ]

[adorabrawler]

... I really hope that's true. But thank you.

[westedge]

[ he just sort of pats her shoulder. but...hm. ]

Do you trust me by now?

[adorabrawler]

Yeah, I do. I trust you.

[westedge]

Then trust me when I said it's definitely true.

[adorabrawler]

[ she... nods. ]

Okay. ... Okay. Sorry, I don't—mean to doubt you.

[westedge]

[ he's just leading her along to go sit down somewhere. ]

No it's...maybe I'm being a little too...whatever about it. [ overly sincere. overly focused about it. ] It's something my team and I have been thinking about lately. The whole time and trust thing.

[adorabrawler]

[ Time to sit. Yay. ]

It doesn't have to do with you, promise. I've just been thinking, that's all. More than anything, I just... I want to stay friends with you guys.