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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hmmmm...

he glances over at the couch. ]


Want to just watch TV?

[ n*tflix and chill...? ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he considers it... then nods. at least in yan people aren't as uptight about aegir and the obvious signs of elysium's oripathy are covered, and those would be the main reasons people might tell them no aside from not wanting to help out a stranger. ]

I think that works. We can see who'll stop for us.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. You pick the show.

[ does thorns want elysium to sit in his lap is that what's happening here i'm surprised the couch hasn't left permanent scarring

but then he won't be able to see the tv… struggles of being the shorter guy. assuming thorns finishes up first, he just heads over to the couch and drops into his assigned square with drinks for the both of them, wahoo. what're they watching.
]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ tears up in his oripathy and how that makes their honeymoon tour so much harder

but woooo… time to reemerge into civilisation after their quick dip into hermitism. elysium leads them onto a narrow walkway running alongside the road. as he pads along, another thought surfaces.
]

I probably shouldn't call you Thorns or Isidro. [ ] Should we come up with something new for each other?

[ piece by piece, they really are shedding their old lives. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thorns can survive lap sitting. if he walked in on them making out then he would have never recovered though.

he has settled on the british bake-off because he couldn't decide on anything else. he takes his drink... ]


You can pick something else.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they are eventually going to reach a point where elysium will need treatment and unfortunately all of their best connections for that will always be rhodes. but they will cross that bridge when they get to it.

... but he supposes they will need fake names, especially consider operators travel so much. it is not impossible for them to end up at the same place as one or someone who has encountered them. ]


Pick a name for me.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ if he gets to the point of making out with scien thorns may never see him again

but this is a surprisingly cute choice… it's also such a chill date night choice. he glances over to thorns.
]

Since when were you interested in this kind of stuff?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought you'd like it.

[ it is such a simple answer but it's so much easier to pick based on what elysium might enjoy.

it's okay there is some space between them so it's platonic. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ i had to think about this for so long. i have absolutely no naming sense so let's just never use them in writing. ]

How about… Helio? As a tribute to my sun.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yeah the space is what differentiates a date night from a non-date night. even elysium knows this. he is such a respectable distance away. ]

You sure this isn't a psyop to get me to buy us sweets?

[ he pauses. then stares at thorns. ]

Did you want more flan.

[ after that one bout of insanity he may or may not think thorns has a secret obsession with it. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the way i was just thinking of how i just made you suffer with that tag

thorns thinks about it... although he really isn't thinking too hard because he would have accepted any name elysium would have given him unless it was something incredibly stupid. ]


I like it.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yeah i should've just taken a page out of ak's book and gone with wheat stalk but unfortunately elysium would put a little more thought into it than that ]

You have to give me one too.

[ makes you suffer right back ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I can make my own flan.

[ please do not say yes to this.

but he is offended at the idea that he can't do it on his own? yes he horribly messed up before but that was just one time, he will definitely get it right next time. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
You can. I ate it, remember…?

[ too late. ]

But the flan I got you—wasn't it something else? People wait in lines for it.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Rio.

[ funny, that the thing elysium likes to look at the most is the sky and for thorns it's the water. it feels a little symbolic to pass these things off to each other.

but we will never refer to these names in text again unless there is a third person in this thread. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It was good, yeah...

[ he stares at the screen as the show introduces the season's contestants. ]

I can still make one for you.

[ okay. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ people who survive in amnesia games with their self-chosen names are the strongest soldiers

and when you're in a competition to match things and your opponent is elythorns it's truly just a lesson in futility. disgusting. he can't help the way his smile widens, letting out a quiet, amused laugh for it.
]

I gotta say. Now it feels like we've put an end to one chapter for real.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ is thorns' toxic trait in this watching people cook and bake and convincing himself he can do it

elysium starts to feel maybe a little queasy.
]

If we're only having one or two servings, we can just buy it. Especially with how busy you've been recently—I'd feel bad.

[ prue save him ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It does.

[ ...

he reaches out to cup elysium's cheek with his hand. ]


And you are okay with it?

[ he knows the answer is yes, but he still feels like he needs to ask to be sure. elysium would have never done any of that if it wasn't for thorns. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-15 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he is going to criticize them for mistakes they make even though he can make literally none of it.

he sighs. ]


I wanted to make it for you... but we can buy it.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not supposed to know where life takes you. And yet, I don't believe anything better could've happened to me—or will. Mi sol. You're everything, my guiding star.

[ he pauses in his steps, leaning his face into thorns' palm. ]

Wherever you go, I'll follow. Of course I am.

[ this level of devotion should truly be alarming but thorns can hear these words whenever he wants, as many times as he wants. his feelings will never fade. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-15 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HELP NOT THE BACKSEATING

as much as elysium's heart nearly skips at hearing that thorns wants to make something for him, he very quickly remembers he just cooked them dinner. that's probably what thorns means by it, right? he wants to repay the favour?

his hands subconsciously move to his chest to rub… there is no escaping the unintentional rizz. cursed.
]

You can make it when you have time… rather, would you want to try making something together?

[ inspired by the show. maybe. he is sooooo convinced that thorns can no longer be trusted in the kitchen alone; he should at least be there to supervise. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-16 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ well.

instead of seeing this as a red flag, he just thinks it is incredibly romantic because his brain is becoming more and more warped every day. while there is a part of thorns that still wants elysium to have his own interests and do his own things, he wants him to be doing those things next to thorns.

parallel play... ]


I keep wondering how I could love you more than I do, and I get surprised every day.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-16 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ wow. he has only stabbed himself and set something on fire, so sue him.

but he considers the proposal before nodding slowly. ]


I have to do most of it though.

[ no regulating thorns to tiny tasks. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-16 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ he wanted to k*ll thorns both times if he could sue thorns for harm against himself he would

elysium's face scrunches.
]

We can't split it in half?