✧ — brown sugar milk.

[boba]

for bwair

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✧ — notes.

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housekeeping

✧ — year one.

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✧ — orientation day.

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is this ishmael

this is ishmael right




sos

[ it's like 3am. how he has her number we just don't know ]

[wheft]

[ squints into the phone like ??????? ]

Do you have any idea what time it is
Also who is this??

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oh whew someone finally responded

It's Elysium!!!!! The hot guy down the hall!! Packing 187cm of pure, lean muscle and with the once in a generation face to boot?

I got your number from a girl at
party I just went to

Her name was uh



Rosie? She told me to take care of you!











But also I forgot my keycard

[wheft]

I don't remember seeing a hot guy down the hall though

[ but she does remember an irritatingly tall guy towering over practically everyone in their dorm, hmm. also, who's rosie? no, maybe he meant rodya? this is a lot to process at 3 in the morning, actually. ]

Can't you get someone for that? Why are you even up this late anyway

[ hold up, she's getting up now and searching through her desk despite her complaints... ]

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I've been standing out in the cold for twenty minutes now and no one else has responded……… brrrrrrr

But you probably weren't able to get a good enough look 😊
For your services I'll let you stare for as long as you want!

1/2

[wheft]

No thanks

[wheft]

But surely you have friends in other dorms who you can just stay the night
Er, day

What would happen if I didn't wake up, huh?

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My roommate went back with someone else
As for asking around

Huh
Why didn't I think about that

…

Anyway!! You're here now so it's fine
I'll just owe you one 🙏 you're a lifesaver!

[wheft]

[ ughghgughghhhh ]

Yeah yeah I just found my keycard so
Gimme 5 mins
Where are you

[ just gonna shuffle out the door in her oversized shirt and sweatpants and incredibly disheveled hair zzz ]

✧ — post-coffee shop not!date.

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[ new sub-level for my own sanity, but quick time skip to after her study session and his shift. instead of leading her anywhere outright, they're back to their dorm. ]

Change into something you wouldn't mind sweating in. I'll meet you back here.

[ did he have to put it like that? yea. before she has a chance to protest, he's already retreating into his room, presumably to do the same. a barista's work uniform doesn't make for good exercise gear, that's for certain. ]

not!date, huh...

[wheft]

[ sweating in? are they going to work out?? she was going to ask him more details but she got a door slammed on her face instead, rip.

well, fine. she needed to stash away her books anyway, and it wouldn't take her too long to change into the university hoodie and sweatpants before knocking on elysium's door. ]

Seriously? We're going out this late?

:)

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[ he opens the door in full athleisure, lightweight jacket and sweats. he hadn't quite anticipated for her to finish before him, but that's fine, it isn't like he's glamming up or anything so he opens the door in short notice.

scanning her from top to bottom, ]

Pretty heavyweight, but it'll do. [ thumbs up! ] Mind your own cargo, yeah? The night is young and the weekend's about. Your hobbies are already geriatric enough, so show some more youth in you, won't you?

[ leaves to start tugging her along. ]

Let's go.

[wheft]

[ she just keeps everything else hidden underneath her hoodie, it's aight. that geriatric comment is so uncalled for though, and she scowls at his back while he leads them downstairs and out of their dorm. ]

Yeah, well, whippersnappers like you need to slow down every once in a while. Jeez.

[ she is still YOUNG and HIP hello!!! ]

Don't you usually go out to... wherever we're going with a bunch of friends?

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Where we're going, the fewer people the better.

[ pretends he hears nothing. it's fine. gives him a motorcycle in this au too so he can toss a helmet towards her once they reach the parking lot. ]

Still, the best spots are meant to be shared. Stop looking so dour. You might as well enjoy something you've already agreed to, Miss Ishmael.

[wheft]

[ damn he got no friends in this au too ]

I'm not dour. [ says the dour-looking girl, rolling the helmet in her hands for a bit before strapping it onto her head. ] I just have a permanent resting bitch face, is all.

[ besides, she wouldn't be following him at all if she wasn't enjoying himself. ]

You still haven't told me where we're going, you know. Unless you want me to see it for myself first?

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[ grips onto this tightly even as we talk about idol au. multiple blair threads for me

anyway, sometimes being friends with everyone means you're friends with no one. deep. ]

I told you it'd be a surprise so we're keeping it a surprise. If it turns out you aren't interested we can always go back. Half the fun's doing things on the fly.

[ he gives an irreverent wave of his hand as he takes his seat, waiting for her to climb on. after a brief pause, his hand settles on the handles, and he gives the motorcycle an experimental rev. ]

Need me to drive at the speed limit for you?

[ asks this even though he will not drive at the speed limit ]

ak au wheeeee

[wheft]

[ the way i suck at writing starters, actually

anyway, it's hard to miss ishmael at rhodes island's mess hall - not just because of her strikingly orange appearance nor her being new to the landship in general, but because of the massive map of terra that she'd just laid out on the table before her. catch her studying the heck out of it while mumbling the names of the various nations there, i guess ]

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[ me which is why if you left it to me you would've never seen me again

instead, he slides onto the other bench and peers over from his spot, curiosity getting the better of him. a bottle of water is placed right next to her, mindful of where her gaze falls. ]

Someone's hard at work.

[ waits to see if this grabs her attention…?? ]

[wheft]

[ oh, it's that freakishly tall guy. ishmael manages to tear her gaze away from the map to blink at him, reaching for the bottle of water and unscrewing the cap. ]

This is hardly work, though. I was just trying to memorize the topography of this place. But maybe I should've started with the layout of this landship first, huh...

[ not me making my au vague for now. ill make up my mind in the next tag ]

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Nothing wrong with being diligent, but you're probably aiming too far out, yeah. I'm not sure how knowing the entire topography of Terra's gonna help when your first few missions will be local. Better to intimately familiarise yourself with that much to start.

[ he just clicks his tongue at the map, privately thinking he could do so much better. a thought he keeps to himself as he leans back and folds his arms across his chest. ]

Unless you're still deciding whether you want to become an Operator? If that's the case, I can always recommend you sights to check out. Do a whole regional tour before you settle down, or something.

[wheft]

I'm just thinking in advance, you know? Since I'm going to be here for a while. I don't think I have much of a choice when it comes to becoming an Operator or not since I've got nowhere else to go from here, and I'm not about to freeload...

[ sorry let's just go with isekai. something something timey wimey bullshit she wasn't able to get off the iberian ship from the collab so rhodes island picked her up for the meantime while figuring out how to contact dante and co. because this may as well happen to her. ]

But... regional tours? Rhodes Island can just let you do that on top of Operator work? [ aren't yall busy with saving the world or something ]

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There are plenty of things you could do aboard the ship without becoming an Operator outright. You could help out at the lab, the greenhouse, engineering… I'm sure Goldenglow wouldn't say no to an extra pair of hands at her salon, either. You look like you take excellent care of your hair.

[ i watched that six hour playthrough for this… sniffles. but he breaks eye contact as closing he eyes, breathing a soft laugh as he exhales. ]

What, were you hoping for my companionship specifically, Miss Ishmael? I'll have you know my services are in quite high demand.[ kill him. ] I said I'd point you in the right direction. You wouldn't be the first person to do some soul-searching even without the whole being-non-native-to-Terra complication.

But—if you want it that badly… who knows? I might be able to squeeze you into my schedule.

[wheft]

[ not u watching limbus gameplay while figuring out your factories 🥹 don't mind her patting at her own head when he mentioned her hair btw. nts think about getting a little hair trim at goldenglow's later. ]

If you're in high demand, you wouldn't be here having lunch with me at all. [ says the girlie who's too busy with the map than her lunch rn ] And if anything, it looks like you're more eager to set out there more than me. But the question is: where do I even start...?

[ her finger had initially rested on siesta, but then it trails over to iberia, the place where rhodes island had found her. found them. ]