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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-08 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't that just a part of the experience? Making each other uncomfortable?

[ unfortunately, he just follows up on it because he's also ill in the head. ]

But I don't see it that way. [ mumbles. ] Not exactly.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-08 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ elysium can't say that with no follow up...

thorns pokes him lightly on the shoulder. ]


What do you see it as?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ thorns can come back to see him dead



spiritually. but at least he looks less mad and is now just miserable… the capybara has apparently moved from its spot and has its snout resting in his lap. he does not want to forgive… he will not forgive
]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Much needed change after years of stasis?

[ why does this sound like a question. he places a hand atop the one on his shoulder and squeezes, eyes gently closing shut. ]

Something like that. But if you're ever really uncomfortable… you have to tell me.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ this is so cute even if elysium is dead.

thorns walks over and settles down next to him. ]


I have it.

[ it's said so seriously that one would think it's some sort of contraband, but it's just a pair of scissors. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
The same goes for you.

[ there's another, longer pause, before he scoots close enough that he can press a kiss to elysium's nose. a return boop kiss for the one given to him earlier.

embarrassing...... ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks…

[ he croaks like he's both dehydrated and going through withdrawal. he probably is. ]

Can you turn around?

[ and take this ch*ld with him he's losing his mind ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ woah. now they've both kissed (no) and held hands (no). they are moving so fast? elysium can't keep up.

but he just finds himself practically giggling, and you know what? he will put that arm around thorns after all!!! scandalous!!!!
]

Mm. I will. [ how is he going to fall asleep like this. he's not. ] Hehehe. Sleep well.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ well


elysium didn't say any of the other stuff out loud so thorns is just turning around. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ this is so forward... they are definitely sinning.

but thorns will get comfy and close his eyes. whether or not he easily falls asleep is another thing entirely, but this is nice. he wonders why they didn't do this earlier, even though there are countless reasons why they would not. ]


You too.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ tears up

he attempts to nudge the capybara away. predictably, that does nothing now that it's made itself comfortable.
]

Doesn't his other arm look really good? The one that's all shiny. Don't you want to try chewing on it, too?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ if this is considered sinning, then what they're doing in the other thread needs a new category entirely.

anyway. as much as i would like to say it's a peaceful night and one of the best elysium's ever had, it doesn't change the fact that they're both sick. so, even if he does manage to fall asleep eventually with warm and fluffy feelings in his chest (that may be as literal as it is figurative), he jolts awake an hour later; life is hard.

his first instinct is to reach for thorns' forehead. still hot? warm?
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ he glances over the shoulder at him. ]

It can just eat my hair if it really wants to.

[ except it also won't like his hair dye..... ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ warm... it does not feel as bad as it was when he checked hours earlier at least.

but all that movement does make him stir. ]


Do you need to go pee?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ he squints at thorns. ]

Seared burdenbeast.

[ it


seems to get the hint and plops itself next to thorns sadly.
]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
Did I wake you? Sorry.

[ … wow.

this feels so domestic he almost forgets what he was going to say next, heart doing a quiet flip in his chest.
]

I was going to check the time. It's a dose every six hours.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ help

he gives it a pat and then goes back to not looking at elysium... ]


When can I turn around?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's thorns' stress animal now to keep him from killing elysium ]

When I'm done…

[ there's the sound of his hood coming off, followed by a long, steadying inhale. then—cutting.

it's inconsistent, like he has to brace himself before every cut. they are going to be here for so long. does thorns feel like divorce yet? (there is no marriage certificate for him to rip up.)
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...

[ he has no idea if it's been six hours or not, which makes sense since elysium is checking it...

there's a pause. ]


Wait, did you take the medicine?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ help. ]

Of course I di—

[ he starts off confident, then trails into uncertainty. ]

—… Uh. I don't remember. [ this says so much about his priorities. a smart man would've lied and said yes. ] I'll just take it with you if it's time. It's fine…
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh my god

thorns just waits. and waits. he wonders if he should have offered to do it instead, but that might have caused another crisis if he had. thinks of how much drama the hair dyeing caused. ]


Everything okay?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he will k word you

thorns frowns, and then pokes him again, this time more aggressively. ]


I'm going to watch you take it. And you'll do it first.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ is everything okay, thorns? is everything? his life is crumbling and thorns is asking if he's okay?

he does not say any of this aloud but he is absolutely thinking it, hand stilled and shaking.

breathe!! breathe!!!!!!! he resumed cutting.
]

Ten minutes.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-09 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't make it sound like I did this on purpose…

[ doesn't retaliate because this is what he deserves… he sits up long enough to each for his phone and frowns at the time. ]

Go back to sleep. It's in another two hours.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-09 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ten minutes?????

thorns goes quiet, giving the capybara another pat. about three minutes pass, ]


Are you sure I shouldn't be cutting it for you?