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Who: maybe YOU?
Where: the hotel
When: Day 78, evening/night

[Sure, we've got plenty of unit posts, but what about everything that doesn't fit into one of those? Feel like making yourself a snack? Want to have an emotional outburst in the lobby?

Mingle away, folks.]

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[As soon as he realizes they're heading outside, his feet begin to move slower and slower. He outright balks for half a moment on the threshold before he forces himself outside.

He didn't bring a coat, but he can deal with the cold.]

[. . .

That is---]

Cobalt?

[Catching up to keep pace with Intensity]

Yeah?

[Sheds his coat and tosses it to Cobalt. Almost the same height. (Intensity is a noodle though)]

You sure you're up for this?

[Catches it]

Where are we going?

[That didn't really answer the question]

Just up and around. Not even too far from the hotel.

[Puts on the jacket]

Then I'm probably up for it.

[Cool, because Blue Eyes is parked outside and Intensity will wait for Cobalt to mount first]

[Normally he'd be vibrating out of his skin about this but he's so emotionally exhausted that all he can muster is regular Pleased instead of Ecstatic.

It's still good, though.

He climbs on.]

[Jumps on behind and up and up and away they go. Lazy circles around the hotel as promised (and avoiding all the floors with windows)]

Seems like you had a time.

And that multiple people on your unit had a time.

[Two people flying through the sky on dragonback, talking about feelings... is this what romance is like? He's not sure, but it's fun to imagine.]

Judging by the amount of blood all over the tower lobby, I think quite a lot of people had a time.

Frankly, that game was garbage. I didn't get injured but I watched my friends kill my other friends and I couldn't do anything about it and I feel like I'm constantly about five seconds away from losing my entire mind.

How are you?

[Is this romance? Who the fuck knows? You're certainly talking to the wrong guy to be able to identify those kinds of feelings (in any sort of sane or safe manner)]

Wondering why they needed to go through such an elaborate trial if giving us all a weapon and an enclosed space produced the same effect.

Looks like maybe the trial was a big fat waste of time! How surprising!

. . .

Do you even know why your friends were fighting with each other?

[The first ten responses that come to mind of would all sound Extremely Bitter if he said them out loud.

So he swallow them all.]

In some cases.

Does that make it easier?

[He's glad he's sitting in front so Intensity can't see just how hard he's working not to fucking cry on a dragon]

I can't tell.

[This seems to be the benefit of having feelings talks on a dragon]

You're exactly the type of person who's going to blame yourself for what happened to them. But I think you also know that's not entirely true.

I don't blame myself. I did what I could.

I'm...trying, really hard, not to blame everyone else.

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Such as...?

Or do you want to speak in hypotheticals?

[Wiping his eyes, not letting Intensity see his face]

...Is this what you wanted to talk about?

Somewhat. I think we've already previously established that I have a vested interest in your sanity.

Then you don't have to worry; sadness is a sane reaction to the current circumstances.

As long as you think you can dig yourself out with time.

Yeah... I just need time to process. Everything feels raw right now.

[rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand, trying not to get tears on Intensity's coat.]

Thanks for checking on me, though.