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[mind_blown]

Who: Bad End (& guests)
Where: at their dorm
When: 254 late morning

[look, this level of teaminess after a non-traumatic game is rare.

anyway, there's a greasy breakfast. courtesy of Jay and Silk. eat up kids, and nurse those hangovers]

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[mind_blown]

[he's gonna watch, approvingly. not even a "be nice." just let him have it.]

[searingedgelord]

[She's being SUPER nice, anyway. It's not her fault Nero blushes so easily and that it's hilarious.

Anyway, later on:]

You doing okay?

[mind_blown]

Sure.

I've got it buttoned down and everything.

[searingedgelord]

I meant...you and Nero. You two were being kind of weird during the game. But he's here now...so are things okay?

[mind_blown]

They're still weird.

He's trying to power through it though.

[searingedgelord]

That's...good?

[Becoming kind of aware she's not sure how Jay and Nero's relationship works outside of lots of sparring, so she's not sure]

[mind_blown]

It's... yeah.

[he inclines his head]

You don't have to worry about it if you don't wanna.

[he doesn't expect her to want that]

[searingedgelord]

I know, but I worry about you so you can talk to me, if you want.

[mind_blown]

Well.

[he jerks a thumb at Nero]

Loverboy's engaged.

[searingedgelord]

[Squints a bit]

Like...for real? Not just as a joke or something?

[mind_blown]

Yep.

[searingedgelord]

...Why?

[mind_blown]

[he shrugs.]

Just making it official with Shrike.

[searingedgelord]

I thought it was already official...

[She shrugs. She clearly does not understand Nero's romantic side, even though she felt all his squishy feelings for Shrike during the empathy game]

Anyway...how do you feel about it?

[mind_blown]

[he shrugs.]

We shouldn't talk about him while he's right here.

I hear that's rude.

[searingedgelord]

[Snorts]

...Oh right. That's fair, I guess.

[mind_blown]

I wasn't raised right, but not too late to try now.

[he will take another sip of coffee, and avoid looking at them both.]

[searingedgelord]

[...reaches out to pat his hand]

[mind_blown]

[he glances down at her hand, and then sighs.]

All this drama.

[searingedgelord]

Bad End has a talent for finding it, one way or another.

[mind_blown]

It's true.

[he shrugs lightly.]

But not our problem.