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[oversea]

Are you being held ransom somewhere?

[ was elysium kidnapped and he is refusing to let thorns know to not worry him? is that what's happening? ]

[transmit]

[ he seems to consider this. ]





No. But I've definitely been kidnapped.

[oversea]

[ the way he genuinely can't tell if this is a joke or not because elysium won't tell him anything. ]

Do I need to come get you.

[transmit]

Do you want to be caught in here with me?

[ his level of faith ]

I just need to finish a bit more work… I already said that if they pile anything else on me, I'm leaving.

[oversea]

[ shaking

he tries to be casual about this news. ]

What kind of work is it?

[transmit]

Just some family business.

[ this is not a lie. ]

They wanted me to start taking over once I graduated, but they also wanted me to get in work experience beforehand. [ … ] Complications came up that needed me around, is all.

[oversea]

Oh.

[ ... well, thorns did think elysium's chosen major was an odd choice for him, but they stopped talking for long enough that he assumed that he had some sort of epiphany during that time period and never asked. so it's a family reason... ]

Where are you? What city?

[transmit]

[ not the 'oh' ]

You can't skip any more classes, Thorns…

[oversea]

So you're far enough that I'd be skipping a lot of classes to go to you...

[ not the same city then. ]

[transmit]

[ oh my god ]

Isn't this waaaaaay too much brain activity for someone who should be sleeping soon?

[oversea]

[ he points the camera to the labubu. ]

It's a normal amount of brain activity.

[transmit]

No it isn't. Normal Thorns brain activity before bed doesn't involve trying to triangulate people's locations. Shouldn't you be thinking about molecular theory? Or the bio weapons you have developing under everyone's noses?

[ he points his to the wall in retaliation. okay. ]

I was watching that.

[oversea]

You can at least point it to something else.

[ something better than a wall... ]

Anyway, I can think of multiple things at once.

[transmit]

[ okay. he shifts it a few metres to the left so thorns can stare at an abstract painting. it's a bunch of shapes and bright splashes of colour. ]

This is why you can't sleep at night…

[oversea]

[ thorns stares at it as if it's the reason that elysium was taken from him... ]

I sleep better than you do.

[transmit]

[ it's like those psychiatric ink blot tests… what does thorns see… ]

That has nothing to do with anything.



And no you don't. [ … ] These last few days are just the exception.

[oversea]

So, you're going to catch up on your sleep when you're back?

[ ... whenever that is. the fact that elysium says he has to sneak out to go to the date means he isn't actually officially returning to their place.

this whole situation also brings up another issue. if elysium is supposed to immediately start working after he graduates, doesn't that mean he'll have to move to wherever this company is situated at? while thorns never thought they'd be in the same place forever, he did think that they might stick together after graduating... hm... ]

[transmit]

[


they're going to break up having to go long distance despite communicating better long distance this is so funny. elysium with his first relationship delusions where if they put in enough effort, things should work out considering the people they are. but what if it doesn't…? he's trying to be optimistic. ]

Yeah? [ like DUH!! ] I didn't want to be here and lose all my sleep.

[oversea]

[ it's fine... they still have [redacted] time until they have to graduate so they can figure it out later probably. they should probably focus on the various other problems that are in front of them and haven't even touched yet.

he finally moves the camera back to show his face. ]

Really?

[transmit]

[ why does thorns look and sound so doubtful.

he pans his camera back to also stare at him blankly. ]

Are you trying to fight me? We were supposed to go to sleep.

[oversea]

You don't seem very restful...

[ maybe they should try not talking? ]

[transmit]

[ they are so hopeless. ]

What do you normally think about before bed…? Walk me through.

[oversea]

... I don't think about what I normally think about.

[ lately it has just been elysium? due to the crazy ass circumstance of them dating then immediately getting separated right after?

thorns is not admitting to this. ]

[transmit]

It has been pretty crazy recently.

[ meanwhile, elysium's just thinking about how much work they've both had to catch up to. he does not think he takes up much of thorns' mental real estate, if at all, when he has unobstructed access to his lab… ]

I guess we just sit here.

[ this is so hard for someone like elysium who at any given time is thinking about a million different things ]

[oversea]

[ well unfortunately going to the lab now is full of drama because people have formed teams on who they support for the scien vs thorns debacle. thorns doesn't even know how they found out about that. life is hell. ]

Close your eyes.