[ elysium thinks there is only going up from here. he's training his pet thorns. ]
There should be leftovers from yesterday. That involves asking where they are and if we can use the kitchen, though…
[ the inconveniences of living off of someone's generosity…. ]
Do you want some granola? I have a few bars. [ it's the slightly unhealthy kind since he'd swiped them from the front and not military grade. ] We can worry about the rest later.
[ maybe he'll actually get to see thorns fish later? ]
[ having to carry elysium all the way over to the kitchen sounds like a pain. not because thorns minds doing it, but because anyone who spots them will question why thorns is still carrying him around. "just go alone" absolutely not ]
[ in the time it takes for thorns to go to the kitchen and get food alone a hole will open in the floor and eat elysium alive, it's true
but he will peel back the layer of one to feed thorns. 'we need to get [elysium] breakfast.' wrong. elysium needs to get thorns breakfast and he has and won. ]
I'll be fine to head out by afternoon. We could even go now, if you want. But I wanted to relax with you for a while since it's been so long.
[ hmmmm. he will do his best not to waddle. for the first however long, he's questionably normal. ]
We should see what their logistics system's like. That'd get us into neighbouring settlements and easy ins with the population. Well, it'd get me easy ins with the population. You learn a lot through regular chatter.
Mm. We need to also look up the closest cities. So we know where we can travel to, but also to see what things are like there...
[ if the closest city is.... problematic, there is always the chance those problems might make their way here. he thinks about the farm they visited before and how it was outsiders that made things more chaotic than they already were. ]
[ elysium rattles off just that along with their approximate travel times before punctuating them with a wink. ]
The main concern's running into people we know… yeah? They're big hubs. That's why I mentioned neighbouring settlements… other villages and towns we can poke around, since no one's going to go out of their way unless they're sent for a mission.
[ just for that someone's going to show up for a mission and elysium will curse them
but until then, he can relish under thorns' praise. and his waddling is going well partly because every step is purposeful—though, that's assuming thorns allows elysium to dictate the pace. they're going at half their usual speed, a little more than that if they're purposefully being leisurely.
it would be incredibly easy to bully him. ]
You didn't want to try the farm first? I thought you would've preferred something outdoors.
[ he catches thorns' words and considers them. it'd be incredibly easy to ignore them, but this is their golden end, isn't it? they should be allowed to get their chicken… elysium won't be an absentee father…
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In 264 days non-inclusive of travel time— [ quietly! ] should we make one of our vacation destinations somewhere in Victoria?
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[ thorns will be so good and remember all these steps perfectly, he thinks while also ignoring he has already messed up. ]
We need to get you breakfast.
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There should be leftovers from yesterday. That involves asking where they are and if we can use the kitchen, though…
[ the inconveniences of living off of someone's generosity…. ]
Do you want some granola? I have a few bars. [ it's the slightly unhealthy kind since he'd swiped them from the front and not military grade. ] We can worry about the rest later.
[ maybe he'll actually get to see thorns fish later? ]
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[ having to carry elysium all the way over to the kitchen sounds like a pain. not because thorns minds doing it, but because anyone who spots them will question why thorns is still carrying him around. "just go alone" absolutely not ]
How do you feel?
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but he will peel back the layer of one to feed thorns. 'we need to get [elysium] breakfast.' wrong. elysium needs to get thorns breakfast and he has and won. ]
I'll be fine to head out by afternoon. We could even go now, if you want. But I wanted to relax with you for a while since it's been so long.
[ sure ]
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thorns raises an eyebrow, reaching forward to pinch elysium on the cheek. ]
We can relax but don't think I believe that.
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Then we can go after you've finished eating.
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[ he takes another bite. ]
You can walk then since you feel better.
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Okay.
[ to show that he isn't mad, (he's sulking) he takes a napkin and dabs the crumbs off his cheek. he's feeling so good. great. ]
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thorns kisses him on the cheek. ]
Tell me when you're ready.
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without even pausing: ]
Let's go. —Sunscreen first.
[ his face is no longer too many layers of moisturiser ]
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he goes to grab it. plap plap? ]
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coincidence ]
You wanted to go to the markets, right?
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he nods... ]
Yeah... see what we can pick up that we can afford at the moment.
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his baby looks stressed… ]
We look into work while we're at it. Maybe get started early?
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[ their honeymoon is so short (still not married). ]
It may be easiest to do jobs for everyone at first before settling into any one thing. We need to make connections.
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[ hmmmm. he will do his best not to waddle. for the first however long, he's questionably normal. ]
We should see what their logistics system's like. That'd get us into neighbouring settlements and easy ins with the population. Well, it'd get me easy ins with the population. You learn a lot through regular chatter.
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[ if the closest city is.... problematic, there is always the chance those problems might make their way here. he thinks about the farm they visited before and how it was outsiders that made things more chaotic than they already were. ]
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[ elysium rattles off just that along with their approximate travel times before punctuating them with a wink. ]
The main concern's running into people we know… yeah? They're big hubs. That's why I mentioned neighbouring settlements… other villages and towns we can poke around, since no one's going to go out of their way unless they're sent for a mission.
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how is his waddling? does he still look okay or does it outwardly look like he is struggling. ]
Maybe we can ask to help in the kitchen...
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but until then, he can relish under thorns' praise. and his waddling is going well partly because every step is purposeful—though, that's assuming thorns allows elysium to dictate the pace. they're going at half their usual speed, a little more than that if they're purposefully being leisurely.
it would be incredibly easy to bully him. ]
You didn't want to try the farm first? I thought you would've preferred something outdoors.
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elysium gets another kiss! wow! ]
The farm works. They might have chickens.
[ okay. ]
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he returns every one. ]
What kind of farm doesn't have chickens? [ a snort. ] Don't replace me. We won't be able to take any back with us. Not yet, anyway.
[ the belated realisation he's setting them up for manual labour while he's sore as hell will hit any time now ]
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[ it's muttered, but thorns wants his very specific child. he wants his baby. he is willing to take more, but he wants that one. ]
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In 264 days non-inclusive of travel time— [ quietly! ] should we make one of our vacation destinations somewhere in Victoria?
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this is one of many moments where thorns wonders if they should, perhaps, have a Talk™. they probably should. ]
That sounds nice.
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