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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you listen to yourself?

[ well, at least thorns isn't watching him like an insane person. he is occasionally on his phone, every now and then glancing up to see what elysium is doing.

... he has no idea how far along he is with this. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ saves them from being bl webtoon toxic in this timeline

at least, it should be obvious from glance alone how much more confident he is styling himself. it makes his movements on thorns seen overly careful by comparison.

by the end of it, he's wearing the same watch thorns had pointed out and just fiddles with it on his wrist… as uncertain as he had been to wear it, thorns had picked it out? their friendship is so precarious.



he gets up with a start and winks. so belatedly:
]

I'm not wrong.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ thorns does notice the watch. he is a little surprised that elysium is actually wearing it since he hadn't expected him to take his suggestions that seriously at all.

...

wait. ]


About what?

the response was so delayed he isn't sure what it's in reference to. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ okay well elysium did not have to become so important at his job… it was fun and fulfilling until it wasn't, and now it's hard to untangle themselves from the mess.

and amiya does not deserve this but all the trouble and then some that they've caused don't even amount to a fraction to what their war criminals coworkers have. they really are mostly causing trouble to themselves.
]

Don't say that. Help me change my bandages…

[ as opposed to asking thorns to let them go again, they can figure this out. it's fine. he cannot show up to the lab with bloodied bandages sadly. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
About being a gift to people's eyes…

[ duh! now he's made it awkward… ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ they technically also can't show up to the lab handcuffed to each other or they might actually be committed for psychological review. but they will cross that bridge later.

but they can struggle with the bandages. at the very least, they have both likely had to do something like this while handicapped in some way before, especially while out on the field. this is just likely the stupidest reason for it. ]


Should I lengthen the chain...?

[ that feels less intimate though... ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh.

thorns still craves violence. ]


Do you want me to compliment you?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ neither of these bitches are passing any psych review ever anymore they're dodging that shit harder than the pale sea medal set did to you ]

That defeats the purpose…

[ twists his hand to latch onto thorns' wrist. he wouldn't be able to do this if the chain were longer, if they were further apart.

he leans in to whisper into thorns' ear:
]

You can pick out a nice collar when we're done. Will that make things better?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
You missed the timing.

[ elysium also craves violence. ]

Do you need me to tie your tie for you?

[ unfortunately thorns is still his baby he has to take care of. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ he really said that like how you might suggest buying a pretty dress or shoes or something normal.

sadly, this works for thorns. he turns just enough so that he can capture elysium's mouth in a kiss. ]


Deal.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. You'll probably redo whatever I manage.

[ thorns is well aware of how this would likely go and the small chance of elysium actually approving of thorns' tie attempts. ]

Thanks.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ i have never been in an adult store in my life so in my humble opinion it's time to kill them both before that ]

We can match.

[ die.

but if nothing else they can be borderline pure in the sense they aren't up to anything risque until it comes time for them to leave.

he looks at the handcuffs forlornl…
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
It was nice while it lasted.

[ was it? was it nice?

at least they have enough sense to know that walking into a meeting handcuffed right after a coworker got brainwashed then killed is probably not the best idea. all bets will be off the second they are unemployed though.

and with a heavy sigh, the handcuffs will be no more. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ you say that but like every piece of art of him in a suit his tie is so fucked up

even being a stealth trust fund kid will not save him. they now match fucked up ties unless thorns is capable of staging an intervention.
]

Tada!

[ he's so proud of himself ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ hmmm.

after a moment of silence, ]


I put a lot of trust in you.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ it was nice. it was very nice. they have figured out the extent that they are ill for each other and isn't it always nice to get confirmation on boundaries or the lack thereof?

he gently picks up thorns' hand.
]

You really can make everything with the Corazonix, can't you? Now that I think about it, we could've prevented…

[ ]

Anyway. Let's go.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ NOT THE SILENCE ]

And I did you well, didn't I?
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1/2

[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? Prevented what?

[ he starts walking though, swinging their hands gently as he goes. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 11:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ and then he roughly stops in his tracks. his grip tightens. ]

Oh. I see.

[ FILLED WITH RAGE AGAIN. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ okay.

he just walks over to elysium so that he's standing right in front of him. he reaches over to start messing with his tie. ]


Hold on.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ thorns is so cute.

he starts coughing with how violently he wants to laugh.
]

Now we know for the next time! No need to test anything on anyone when everything will be made by you personally. Wow. That's going to be so economical.

[ this is the literal worst. alchemists are crying from the grave and are about to dig themselves out just to kill both of them. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he immediately starts squirming making thorns' job impossible. ]

Why did you sound so accusatory earlier? What does it matter how a hot guy wears his clothes as long as he's still attractive in them? It's a style!!

[ so

he is self-aware
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there is an entire group of people who may have their dreams of going out to sea forever destroyed because elysium wants to quit his job, meanwhile these two are going to make d*ldos with the thing that could save them.

thorns just leans over to bite him. ]


Brat.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-31 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this would be believable if elysium wasn't so insane about making sure everything else looks perfect.

he covers elysium's mouth with his hand. ]


Just admit you don't know how to do this.

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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-31 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ anastasio was onto something when he accused them of the greed they talk about the bible. love for one's neighbour? no idea what that is. hedonism all the way, baby!!!

ow.
]

You aren't thinking about how fun it'd be?

[ stop. ]