✧ — peach iced tea.

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[transmit]

Who keeps enabling me? I mean it. You're cute.

[ the pet turns into an affectionate ruffle… ]

But I'm telling you, bro. I was onto something when I said it feels like time's been moving faster. You should make it your next research topic. What gives?

[oversea]

What's the saying? Time moves fast when you're having fun.

[ he says this so flatly that if anyone owe heard him they would not remotely think he is having fun. ]

But it can move more slowly so we have more time.

[transmit]

[ thorns' microexpressions… it's fine if he's the only one able to read them. this is a normal thing to think, especially when he's started this timeline trying to get thorns friends.

anyway. ]

But we promised to keep having fun with each other? How are we going to go about that?

[ this is such a silly conversation. ]

[oversea]

Hm, good question.

[ is it

he kisses elysium on the cheek as a way to delay giving an answer. ]

I guess we'll just solve that problem.

[transmit]

If there's anyone who can figure this out, it'd be you.

[ thorns is so smart. so cool. wow. ignore that he just took the most stupid picture of him possible. ]

You can tell me about your thoughts after we pick up our unruly kid?

[oversea]

[ it is so funny that elysium initially wanted nothing to do with docybara but was forced to accept his role as a parent because thorns was giving the child a drug addiction. he is the dad that stepped up..... ]

Mm. Let's go before we have to answer any questions.

[ attempt to get the doctor..... 2!!! ]

[transmit]

I don't think it's up to us whether we leave or not…

[ it is literally elysium's fault for weening their child off a drug addiction in the worst way possible.

but, anyway. they get there. did thorns' veterinarian skills pay off or are they stuck in hell. ]

[oversea]

[ the doctor is........



napping! but he seems to be at peace as he snoozes. ]

He looks fine...

[transmit]

[ …

elysium pokes docybara's side. ]

If we stick a carrot in front of his face, maybe it'll be okay?

[oversea]

Go get his stuff. I'll wake him up.

[ it'll be fine. ]

[transmit]

[

will it be fine. is thorns going to use drugs again. hmmmmm. elysium seems to loiter for a few extra beats…



then comes to the conclusion that if thorns is going to use drugs, he's going to use drugs and there's nothing at this point he can do about it without starting an argument… he has already concluded that docybara is not the line to draw. they have been so peaceful. ]

Loud and clear. Don't miss me too much.

[ toddles off. he is going away for ten minutes. ]

[oversea]

[ he watches elysium leave and then turns back to his sweet baby




[redacted] occurs and the doctor awakens. thorns person soothingly while he waits for elysium to come back. ]

[transmit]

[ …

he comes back feeling maybe a little guilty he didn't try to do more for docybara. ]

I pushed the cart out to the front for whenever we're ready.

[ attempts to peer over to docybara…. ]

You sure he's well enough for labour? Once we load it up with all our stuff, it's gonna get real heavy.

[oversea]

He's okay. We're likely not going to get too far tonight anyway due to lack of light, so I'm not too worried about it.

[ their child may have napped but they did not, so they'll need to get at least a little bit of sleep before morning. ]

Let's go.

[transmit]

[ he continues to stare at docybara somewhat warily…

he isn't given a whole lot of time to assess the damage, though. within the next second, he's grabbing onto a fistful of thorns' shirt to slow his roll. ]

We still need to say bye. [ to the farmer… ] Did you already forget?

[oversea]

[ he did forget... but he also was counting the encounter earlier as goodbye despite not actually saying farewells during it. ]

Okay.

[ he switches elysium's hold to be on his hand instead. hehe... they can go to the farmhouse then. ]

[transmit]

[

he forgets about docybara's potential plights now that they're holding hands. hehe.

the farewell goes about as well as they expected. the farmer exclaims how sudden it is and asks what happened for them to make the decision. the conversation could drag on for so much longer, and typically elysium would be fine entertaining it. but he has places to be! it's the iberian in them, he says, that makes it difficult to be in any one place for too long.

he has the conversation entirely in yanese which adds another layer to the farmer's confusion. too bad, it isn't about him.

when they're finally freed: ]

Are you ready to admit your defeat yet?

[ guess what other thing he hasn't forgotten. ]

[oversea]

[ OKAY. why is elysium clinging to the past he should have moved on from all of their bets long ago.

thorns scowls, before looking away. ]

Hm? I wasn't listening...

[ yes he was. ]

[transmit]

[ he leans in closer to thorns, hands laced behind his back. hehehe. ]

Oh? But you were looking. Were you too busy thinking about how sexy I was?

[ tilts his head cutely. ]

I'm good at Ursus, too, if you want to be even more impressed.

[ kills chapter sixteen ]

[oversea]

[ bragging!!!!

thorns unfortunately always thinks elysium is sexy so he can't refute that. he needs to be normal. ]

I guess if we go there then you can handle everything.

[transmit]

I can.



[ hehehehehehehe

he smooches thorns and then rolls himself back onto his feet. ]

It's cold there, though. So maybe not for that long. Just a quick look?

Have you ever seen auroras?

[oversea]

Once, on a mission. But not for long.

[ thorns was kind of busy at the time... on the mission.

so he figures it would be a different experience to just sight seeing with elysium. ]

[transmit]

Then I gotta find a way to pencil it in our schedule.

[ they eventually make their way back to docybara and the cart situation. just to be sure, elysium will check on docybara himself? how are his pupils?

idly, he keeps the conversation going just enough to keep thorns distracted from whatever elysium is doing too carefully. ]

Does this mean I won the bet, by the way?

[oversea]

[ i'm sorry but the baby has been drugged. the plus side is that it doesn't seem to be a concerning dose amount, but it's still enough for someone who is trying to get his child sober to potentially be annoyed.

it's fine. ]

... I guess.

[transmit]

[ AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

he crashes out internally. ]

Okay.

[ he is so preoccupied wondering how much this sets docybara's sobriety back that he can't even celebrate this win properly? this is hateful. ]

…

Anyone you wanted to say bye to other than the couple?

[ clearly elysium doesn't care… ]