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[outofoffice]

Who: sensitIV + friends + enemies
Where: sensitIV
When: Day 447, post-game

[ what the fuck. ]

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[shatteredhourglass]

You don't need to do anything else.

[Only soft things now.]

[proceedwithcautus]

Mm. I guess so.

...I didn't think I'd be so exhausted, somehow.

[shatteredhourglass]

...

I don't know what I was expecting. But- I think it was tiring, even as "games" go.

[proceedwithcautus]

[ she scrubs at her face a little bit. ]

Everything just felt—bad.

[shatteredhourglass]

Mm. ...It still feels bad.

[proceedwithcautus]

It's a little like...

...feeling wrung out like a towel, maybe. Something like that. I think—it would feel worse if you hadn't been there, though.

[shatteredhourglass]

...I was only there for some of it... sorry.

[As if it's 120% his fault he was dead for round 3.]

[proceedwithcautus]

Nn... especially at the beginning, I'm glad there were the two of us to consider what we could do.

[shatteredhourglass]

I guess... at least it wasn't just one of us all alone the whole time.

[proceedwithcautus]

...mm.

I guess—I didn't like any of it, and I can't look back on it and smile. But we could still support each other through it, and... that means something, to me.

[shatteredhourglass]

I'm... glad we have each other, too. [Wholeheartedly. Maybe he's come to some conclusions of his own lately.] Even if I'll never say "thank you" to the Producers.

[proceedwithcautus]

[ there's a pause, and then she reaches out to tap her hand against his gently. ]

[shatteredhourglass]

?

[He offers the other pillow he was holding. Very fluffed, much comfort.]

[proceedwithcautus]

...it's a little silly, but—

Would you hold my hand, for a minute?

[shatteredhourglass]

Huh? Oh, sure...

[Pillow: set aside. And then, perhaps a bit hesitantly and definitely more than a bit too gently, he takes her hand in his.]

[proceedwithcautus]

[ that's ok. she squeezes his hand very lightly, closes her eyes, and breathes in to an eight count, out to an eight count. ]

Thank you.

[shatteredhourglass]

[. . .

Actually he's just going to use this extra pillow himself now. He too is going to flop in this pillow tent and stay here for a while. Eirene can keep his hand.]

[proceedwithcautus]

[ that's good because she's keeping it.

nice and soft quiet time for ??good?? kids. ]

[shatteredhourglass]

[a ??good?? rest for ????good???? kids who have had a long day.]