bursts into tears

[oversea]

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[oversea]

[ he is immediately soothed, albeit still suspicious. ]

Let's go.

[transmit]

[ elysium makes sure docybara is secured before shuffling them several metres away. docybara isn't pleased with this at first, but this is the power of chew toys… elysium leaves one for it to play around with. ]

I'm going to squat and do my thing. No looking until I tell you.

[oversea]

[ this is where they are in life......


he politely looks away and watches docybara in the distance. ]

[transmit]

[ they might as well be handcuffed to each other.

elysium works in relative silence… until he doesn't! he looks over his shoulder to nudge thorns' leg. ]

Gimme your hand.

[ holds his out. ]

[oversea]

[ he just automatically puts his hand in elysium's without question.

he is still watching docybara... ]

[transmit]

[ he will feel something being slipped onto his ring finger.

it's a flower ring…



elysium waits for him to react without saying anything. ]

[oversea]

[ oh.

...

elysium is so cute explodes. ]

It's my favorite.

[transmit]

[ the wait for thorns to say something is excruciating. ]

Makes it feel a little more real, right? My bad that it's taken this long to give you something

[ he frets then gets back up on his feet, holding thorns' hand in both of his, fingers gently brushing against the flower. ]

Until the day I get you one for real, I'll keep making them for you.

[ things are going to be harder for them going forward. this is why, more than ever, they need to support each other. ]

[oversea]

[ oh, how can anyone has been as lucky as he is? every day he doubts that it's possible to love this man more, and every day he is proven wrong.

he leans forward to kiss him, soft and sweet. ]

And I'll accept every one. Forever.

[transmit]

[ heheh. he kisses thorns back. times like this, it's so easy to pretend their problems are far away. good. ]

I know you know how to preserve plants for your purposes, but have you ever pressed a flower?

[oversea]

No...

[ he is thinking of reasons to do this for logical purposes before landing on it being sentimental. ]

We can.

[transmit]

[ oh, he knows…… but that's also why he isn't offended by it. ]

I bought an empty scrapbook while you weren't looking. Let's add them in along with all the pictures we end up taking.

[oversea]

You haven't taken one in a while.

[ because they were attacked and wounded. ]

[transmit]

We'll take one now to commemorate.

[ thorns and his first wedding ring! he tugs him close and pulls the camera out of his bag. ]

Smile!

[oversea]

[ his mouth moves up, a pixel at a time. :)

docybara is just watching them not pay attention to him. ]

[transmit]

[ thorns' smiles are the cutest in the world. he makes sure it and the ring are front and centre in the picture.

sorry docybara, there is a precarious balance that needs to be maintained in this scrapbook. for every ten of thorns there may be a docybara. he doesn't make the rules. ]

[oversea]

Should we keep going?

[ if they stay like this any longer they might start making out and that will put them even more behind schedule. ]

[transmit]

Yeah. I'm happy.

[ lowers their hands to give it a swing, while more than just occasionally glancing at their hands… this is so gay. ]

I feel like I've got more energy than ever.

[ they can go back to their son who once again feels incredibly neglected. this is a cycle. ]

[oversea]

[ sorry son... they will get you a playmate whenever they can.

thorns gives the doctor some pats. ]

Do we need to get a second one?

[transmit]

Don't we have an egg-laying friend to pick up?

[ looks at doctor in consideration. the top of his head is the perfect size for bird to perch on, he thinks. ]

[oversea]

[ oh my god it's happening. his chicken!!!!!!!! his chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he remains neutral on the outside. ]

We do.

[transmit]

[ that pixel smile looks a pixel higher than when he asked thorns for a pixel smile previously.

meanwhile, elysium's smile might as well be measured in megapixels. ]

Have you thought about what you're going to do if they don't get along?

[oversea]

Of course they're going to get along.

[ he has absolutely no basis for this, especially considering the chicken had a history of turning on you as soon as you pissed it off, much like docybara... ]

[transmit]

[ they are eventually going to have to contend with the reality that they're two for two for problem children. or maybe they continue being delusional and are incapable of accepting it flat out. ]

One of them has to take after me for that to happen.

[ he thinks thorns is the start of their problems in both their children. ]

[oversea]

[ maybe if elysium just accepted them immediately instead of trying to 1v1 them that wouldn't be an issue. ]

I think the Doctor takes after you.