✧ — peach iced tea.

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[oversea]

Maybe she should have later hours then.

[ don't make this her fault.

but thorns can slide in a little extra payment for the trouble... it's fine. ]

[transmit]

We had so much time. Are days getting shorter…?

[ not daylight savings hitting the psl. makes it out to be the world's fault while they're at it with blaming things out of their control. ]

[oversea]

[ they need to get struck by lightning

they make it to the apothecary. she is, unsurprisingly, not too pleased at their late arrival. thorns will sweet talk her though.



aka he will just pay her more so that she doesn't kick them out. money wins. ]

[transmit]

[ they may have a wallet now but it's not that big!!! thorns!!!!

but he supposes make-outs are priceless so he calms down on that front real quick. if lightning doesn't get them, an earthquake should. ]

We have, what—an hour left? Easy.

[ if they don't get distracted again that is, ]

[oversea]

Let's go get your camera.

[ they can behave... they just need to put one foot in front of the other and walk to the next shop. isn't that easy?

it really would have been more efficient if they split up but here we are. ]

[transmit]

Our camera.

[ just like how they'd just went together to the farm, took care of docybara together, then went to the apothecary alongside each other. everything has to be together or they will literally combust. ]

You're taking pics too, not just me.

[oversea]

[ the way there will be a very clear difference between who took which picture solely due to quality.

but thorns does like 'our' even though it, once again, is kind of worrying if you think too deeply on the need to share. but thorns isn't! ]

... Yeah. Our camera. But you need to use it first.

[transmit]

[ elysium isn't, either! there are aspects of their lives that are slowly becoming more normal in theory, but there's no undoing codependency overnight.

if thorns is not a part of the things he enjoys, he'll have to wonder if they're really all that enjoyable to begin with. he's fine. ]

Naturally. We have to make sure at least some of our film ends up usable. Whatever the world ends up looking like through your lens, I want to see.

[ blurry and in need of glasses… ]

[oversea]

[ he pinches him, even though he's right.

but they can make it to the store. at least this time, they are not walking in at the very cusp of closing even though it's getting to that time, but it means the shopkeeper isn't ready to throw them out as soon as they get there. ]

Pick away.

[transmit]

[ in the end, he settles on a basic model and spends the rest on extra film instead of anything newer. what matters is preserving their memories; their minds can fill in all the blank spaces and close the gaps in quality where necessary.

still, he looks far too pleased with himself when he bounds back to thorns' side, rocking on his heels like he's just secured some great treasure and not something he bought over the counter. you do learn to appreciate so many of the smaller things when you have to work for every bit of it. ]

Just in time before the sun sets. Up for a quick trial run before we check up on the Doctor?

[ waves the camera excitedly. ]

[oversea]

[ elysium is so happy that it makes thorns' heart flutter. ]

Mmhm. Any spot in particular?

[ at least that is one of the other benefits of the countryside, it is rather scenic when the background isn't filled with noise and traffic. ]

[transmit]

[ the higher you are, the harder the fall…

elysium nods as if he's already thought it through. ]

We have to go where this started.

[oversea]

[ he tilts his head, clearly not following along with the thought process. ]

Huh? Where?

[transmit]

[ what happened to being able to read his mind!!!!!!

he huffs again and continued tugging thorns along. ]

If we're going to be delayed anyway, we might as well have some fun retracing our steps. No?

[oversea]

Yeah...?

[ thorns is like

are they going all the way back to the inn or something? does elysium want to take nudes? whoa. ]

[transmit]

[ thorns your mind is in the gutter.

it's a good thing elysium isn't privy to thorns' thoughts… if he were, his ass would not mind pivoting to nsfw. as it is, his mind is still mostly wholesome…

they end up by the river just a ways away from the village. is thorns' confusion written across his expression… ]

[oversea]

[ elysium can tell thorns is confused because he has the power of reading his microexpfessions.

thorns looks from the river then to elysium. ]

Here?

[transmit]

[ he has the power of reading thorns' micro expressions but not his thoughts…

he just beams. ]

I'm thinking of penning this entry as the time you said you'd teach me how to fish, but you never did.

[oversea]

[ oh.

he smacks the back of his head. ]

You know how to fish.

[transmit]

[ OW ]

You know how to do it better…?

[ don't just word this like a question ]

[oversea]

[ thorns is not currently larping the hapless housewife elysium scenario, so this will not work on him. ]

I do. But you still can.

[ he can't say elysium is better considering he was a literal pirate. but still. ]

[transmit]

[ thorns had the chance to turn this into a cute larping scenario but he did not take it… ]

But you didn't.




Were you scared?

[ you came here to take a picture not to pvp stop!!!! ]

[oversea]

[ the way the longer they keep at this, the more likely they will miss their chance to take the picture before the sun sets. ]

Scared of what? You falling into the water?

[transmit]

[ bold of you to assume there's still a chance. ]

Hmmm. That you aren't very good at fishing outside of using the Destreza as a crutch?

[ nudges thorns annoyingly with his elbow. ]

[oversea]

Are you trying to fight me?

[ he is feeling the opposite of romanced right now. he is being.... aggroed? by the love of his life? ]