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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they literally could've stayed in bed all day if thorns didn't taunt him. they are stupid all the time. ]

Do you even know how to play?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-04 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it is one of those moments where elysium wonders why he likes him? they're both sick!!!!!!!!!!!!! does he want sc*en's research that bad?

elysium looks at him in disbelief.
]

How are you getting in? Are you picking locks? There are cameras at every entrance, bro!
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-04 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a fast learner.

[ so the answer to that question is no, he does not. ]

If we had a chess board we could finish our match.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a key.

[ why does he have a key.

still, he looks at elysium for a moment before sighing and shaking his head. ]


No, let's go home. You need to rest.

[ two threads where thorns tries to get elysium to sleep for very different reasons ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Why do you—…

[ he sighs, similarly to thorns. this is what they're going to remember when they think about the day they confessed their feelings. lovely. ]

Nevermind. Just get in.

[ he's going to take the driver's seat. if thorns does not fight him on this, he might note… this is not the direction to home? crazy. they'll end up at the school. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
I don't, either. The first few matches don't count.

[ they can probably get a quick rundown from the couple… ]

But how many ongoing competitions did you want to have, anyway? Don't forget the one we made before coming here. I don't want to win against an opponent just because they've been slacking.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ OKAY.

thorns is once again wondering if elysium is going crazy from the illness... he has no sense of time or direction, it seems. ]


Why did you come here?

[ elysium was the one against it!! ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't matter how many, I'll still win.

[ there is no reason for him to be even half as confident about this as he is. but he figures that if he's losing he can simply suck elysium'a d*ck as a distraction to win. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ THORNS IS SUPPOSED TO BE TOUCHED!!!!!

elysium tiredly rests his forehead against the steering wheel. they have no honeymoon phase in this au because the other versions of themselves hogged all of it up.
]

You wanted to come here.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ okay gojo. someone should app him to the fall game so thorns can have the time of his life. ]

Uh huh…

[ they reach the guard! an old man who, by all appearances, isn't doing any guarding at all. he's fast asleep on the job…? but maybe they shouldn't judge considering elysium's currently on thorns' back. he looks just as useless. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ at the rate they're going, they're going to start wondering if the confessions were some sort of hallucination, nothing romantic has happened.

thorns squints at him. ]


But you didn't.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ WELL.

thorns is wondering if he really should just skip the rest of this and bring elysium back to their room, but this is a good opportunity to get a better picture of what security is like here. while the chances of them getting attacked is small, it is not zero, and that's enough to make thorns be concerned. ]


Excuse us. Hey.

[ wake up! ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
What matters is you did…

[ this would be romantic if it weren't for elysium sounding like he's about to kill someone. ]

Are we going or do I need to throw you over my shoulder?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ it would be so romantic if thorns hadn't already decided that elysium really should be resting, especially after sitting in a hospital for so long and everything else.

but they might as well get this over with now that they're here. thorns steps out of the car, and just starts walking to the building for the science department. he unlocks the door and gestures for elysium to go inside.

it's fine the dean of medicine gave them permission (she did not) ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ help

the guard just snores… elysium climbs down, crouching to peer at him more closely. he's a breath away from poking the man with his finger when—

a blade flashes up, cool metal kissing the side of his neck. okay.
]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ elysium has his hood drawn up to hide his face, which somehow makes this both better and worse. the dean of medicine implicitly gave them permission by not saying anything about their little break-and-enter? it's fine. everything's fine.

until they hear footsteps that is and he drags thorns behind a wall. it's security.
]

If you're going to take a sample, wouldn't mine make more sense?

[ thorns has already lost so much blood… ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ wow!

thorns just pulls elysium back instinctively, which probably does not feel great for his butt yet some sacrifices have to be made. ]


You treat guests poorly.

[ he just immediately jumps to criticism because that's his precious pookie. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
We can do both.

[ they don't need to stop at just one!!!

once the sound of footsteps disappear, thorns is back to walking, although this time his hand is firmly in elysium's wrist again to tug him. he can't do actual hand holding yet that is way too scandalous. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the irony of thorns saying this. anyone would be grumpy if their naptime got interrupted…

elysium just sniffles and rubs his ass gingerly.
]

We were sent here to ask if you needed help…?

[ attempts helpfully despite almost dying. except, the guard is already back asleep? okay. they were bound to run into someone difficult eventually. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the confessions are such a thing of the past. day one of flirting and thorns is taking his blood!!! romantic. he's quiet as to not draw attention to themselves, and when they ultimately reach his lab— ]

Kind of funny, isn't it? 3AM on a weekday would be the first time I've been in your lab.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ OKAY.

thorns stares at the guard, before grabbing elysium and moving him a few feet away. ]


I'm going to try something. Stay here.

[ he would normally take elysium with him, but his reflexes are not where they should be due to his damaged h*le.

but by try something, he means he is just going to try to walk past the guard into his station. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You've been to someone else's first, even.

[ let the scien thing go.

but he will gather the needed supplies before setting it up so he can draw his own blood first. he does the process rather mechanically. ]


It's fine. Now that we're in here, if someone comes in they'd believe I was here the whole time. Getting in was the hard part.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ wow, thorns is about to be so cool. elysium watches! ready to clap with bated breath.



the guard does nothing. he is too tired to deal with rowdy kids, damn.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-05 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's go home. He doesn't need any help.

[ thorns' heartstrings were not tugged by this villager so he is ready to move on to the next side quest. he goes back to where he deposited elysium to pick him up. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-05 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ why does he make this sound like an affair. elysium huffs, amused. ]

You probably let people in all the time. C'mon, you can't use that argument with me. It's not my fault you never invited me?

[ like it's probably just his classmates but elysium's counting those to be equally as ridiculous. settling into one of the nearby chairs, he props his chin in the crook of his arm and watches thorns. ]

Just how often are you staying in this late, huh? You're a menace.