Back to the Future... is now

[justpure]

Who: future is now + any visitors
Where: future is now dorm
When: Day 130, post game

[So... Space happened. Now what?]

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[carnivorouscarnival]

Yeah, there was some of that, probably... General paranoia. Instability.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Still running his fingers through Izumu's hair]

Is that gone now?

[carnivorouscarnival]

All gone—or, back to normal levels, at least. BARiTONES sent us a working solution and everything.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes, the four unit trade. Fucking miracle that something like that managed to go through.

Maybe we're just all tired of throwing each other under the bus.

[carnivorouscarnival]

Either that, or nobody wanted to be the one to fuck everything up. Who knows.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Hmmm.

[How to approach this next topic delicately]

I take it the space ants weren't what set you off.




[Nailed it]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he doesn't appear to react poorly to the approach, at least ]

Well, that didn't help.

... Doodleman was acting like a dipshit about his girlfriend. Wouldn't shut up about how we needed to save her—and only her—no matter what, and how we were all awful because we don't caaare about Pep. And in the end, he outright said she mattered more than us.

I wasn't really in a state of mind to deal with that gracefully.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Just a blank look]

Is this really after a game where everyone got pissed that pep tried to off themselves?

. . .

He wanted to die on that hill now?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ a frustrated grunt ]

Right?! Like, leaving aside all the other issues, your martyr girlfriend probably won't appreciate you killing your whole unit to keep her alive, you fucking dumbass! Why do we have to make a unit that doesn't even want our help our top priority??

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Sorry, Izume. He can't help but laugh at that expression. Mostly to himself.

And how full of feelings the cup of hate is]

Oh no.

He's really twitterpated, isn't he?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ HUFF. ]

Apparent-fucking-ly. I made the mistake of thinking he still had some sense about it.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Isn't that three on your unit with that problem.

No wonder these types of games are a feelings fest.

[carnivorouscarnival]

It's definitely more than three.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Should we start counting the sane ones? Are there any?

Excluding you, of course.

[carnivorouscarnival]

Very funny. Me and the word "sane" don't belong anywhere near each other. Unless you add an "in."

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then my kind of insane.

Shall we dare say -- predictably in a way.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ nestles back in his arms ]

Bet I'll surprise you one of these days.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm counting on it.

But in the meantime---

[He tilts his head to place a kiss against the side of Izumu's neck, smirking]

Let's enjoy something a bit more hmmm, established.

[And then adding a hint of teeth]

Insane as it may be.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he exhales softly when he feels the teeth against his neck, tilting his head to expose more of it and reaching an arm back to thread his hand in Intensity's hair. ]

Gyahaha. What's so crazy about this?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[There are too many feelings involved. Is what Intensity doesn't say because he's too busy trying to mark Man Eater's neck.

Sorry not sorry.

Can't have a feelings talk when his mouth is busy]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he curls his fingers more tightly in Intensity's hair and sucks in a sharp breath, but otherwise he keeps still and lets Intensity's mouth do its work.

this seems preferable to a feelings talk anyway. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Good. That means Man Eater will have one very dark mark on display against his skin.

And Intensity slides lower down his neck, at the junction of throat and shoulder - intent on making another one]

[carnivorouscarnival]

Who's greedy now...?

[ his voice comes out breathy, but with a hint of amusement. he seems uninterested in doing anything to prevent it, though, only pressing himself a little closer to Intensity. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He tilts his head just enough so he can watch Man Eater's expression]

Did I ever give you the impression that I wasn't all take and no give?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ there's the hint of a flush creeping over his face and that sparkle of anticipation in his eyes, but that doesn't stop his lips from curving into a smug smirk. ]

A few times, yeah.