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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-01 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thorns………

he decides it's unsalvageable.
]

I'm done. It's your turn.

[ an imaginary tear runs down his cheek ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-01 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ help.

elysium looks as confused as thorns does. then, his soul leaves his body.
]

To the doctor's…
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ elysium... you tried so hard...

but thorns will take the toner and wordlessly start applying it to elysium. plap plap. ]


You look disappointed.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...

in a quiet, horrified voice, ]


To take a shower...
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-01 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ did he… he thinks he didn't try hard enough…

still, the psychological pain is lessened by the fact that thorns has managed to follow simple instruction. he would not have been able to take two consecutive blows.
]

In this imaginary scenario, I'll dedicate every toxin I synthesise to you…

[ this is what he finds romantic right… he sounds kind of dead inside. ]
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[ WHAT IS THIS TIKTOK!!!!!!!!!!!!

…………
]

You'd go that far for me…? [ he very gently rests a hand on thorns' shoulder. ] I'll let you know if I ever need it.

[ translation: please get out he needs to CRY ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this is so stupid, and yet, thorns is immediately animal crossing flowers at this statement. ]

Really?

[ this is so sweet? ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the tiktok is what they sound like right now.

this is so insanely awkward that thorns just makes a small grunt in response and beelines out the door. goodbye. he crawls into bed and hopes he dies. ]
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[ thorns abandoning him when he has literally nothing to do in the bathroom

he gives it like thirty seconds before he awkwardly shuffles out to stand in front of thorns' room. he knocks on it quietly.
]

I should still take you to a clinic…
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They'll be named Thorns 1.0, Thorns 2.0, Thorns 3.0, and so on. I'll come up with something even more potent than what you've got now, strong enough to knock people out within a hundred-metre radius.

[ does thorns feel his pants dropping yet. this is realistic and not immersion-breaking in the slightest. ]

And the kicker? It'll induce nightmares about being bald. That'll show them not to mess with us.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Take a shower. Do you have any idea how much you've been sweating the past two days?

[ elysium you are disgusting. thorns is hoping this is enough to motivate him. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ internally thorns is thinking that this is a horrible naming convention actually. he manages not to comment on it though, but he is so very close to doing so. ]

You are so smart, mi vida.
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Promise you'll go with me after and I will.

[ now that thorns has mentioned it, he does feel gross. at the same time, he has to leverage it to make sure thorns gets help, too… ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-01 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ tears up

thorns is so lucky he's cute.
]

Aren't you forgetting something? The toner's drying.
Edited 2025-10-01 23:04 (UTC)
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he opens the door and peeks out at him. ]

Fine. You need to see a doctor anyway.

[ they will pvp. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh right.

he grabs the moisturizer.

plap plap plap plap plap ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-01 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ … he sticks a foot in the doorway. ]

You know… you seemed pretty ready to watch me shower until I spoke up and you turned around. Did you actually want to see? Wow. I'll keep it mind.

[ a beat. ]

I'll be done in ten.

[ walks away fastly ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-01 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ........

oh my god. what is happening.

thorns watches him scurry away in stunned disbelief before closing his door again so he can wonder what is going on here. that seemed like flirting? elysium must be so sick... it is the only thing that makes sense.

this is such a pained wait time. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-01 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that is so much plapping ]

You're having fun. Isn't it nice getting ready together?

[ aside from the multiple incidents where they nearly got violent ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-01 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's limit testing as much as his bbbb self will allow. he is as mortified as thorns, and for a solid minute crouches under a cold stream of water……

he takes his ten minutes. when he emerges, he peeks his head out of the doorframe and looks left and right like he expects to be jumpscared for his crimes.
]
Edited 2025-10-01 23:52 (UTC)
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-02 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ he is safe...

because thorns is still in his room. he is pacing in his room, more accurately, and has spent the entire ten minutes trying to weigh whether or not he is going insane here. does he need to help elysium find a new kitten? is that what this is? elysium is so h*rny lost-breakup he's losing his mind? ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-02 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ elysium had put it on multiple places for thorns? so thorns did the same. just with way more product so elysium is going to have the most moisturized face of all time. ]

It does make it better.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-02 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ THIS JUST MAKES HIM SOUND LIKE HE WANTS TO FWB THORNS!!! THEY'VE BEEN OVER THIS!!!! (granted. not in this lifetime.)

elysium breathes a sigh of relief. but he realises he still has to face thorns… hm.



he takes another five minutes to summon the courage to show up at his door again. this makes it seem like he has no sense of time.
]

Still alive?
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[ he is so shiny… tears up… how's he supposed to put on sunscreen like this. well. at least they literally have no plans today or his pasty ass might explode touching sun. ]

We get to do it every morning. [ enunciates… ] If you change your mind, I'll be heartbroken.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-02 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ the door slowly opens and thorns peeks out again. he truly just thinks elysium doesn't know what the minutes means, but he will let it slide because it gave him more time to brace himself. ]

Yes. Let's go.

[ what do you do after that..... thorns isn't sure if he should acknowledge it or not. ]