bursts into tears

[oversea]

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[transmit]

[ me keeping capitalisation in the game to distinguish between my game tags and non-game tags and already falling apart three weeks in explodes

the moment they sit down, he's back to having his hand on thorns' back. ]

There's a first time for everything. It's okay. No one knows.

[ does this make it better or worse ]

[oversea]

[ i first thought i was hallucinating when the game started and you used capital letters

but no one knows...? they know. docybara trusts them so much. ]

Am I cruel?

[transmit]

[ my body double…

also. in tears. is this just thorns' equivalent of elysium's hair crisis. he keeps patting him gently… ]

You want the best for us and for us to be happy. How can someone like that be cruel?

[oversea]

[ it is his hair crisis. he was so concerned about being efficient he forgot about morality in science...

he just sits quietly instead of responding. ]

[transmit]

[ one of these concerns is more legitimate than the other

but elysium will also shake… not knowing what to do to knock thorns out of this…

…

he scoots over until they're thigh-to-thigh and leans his weight against him. he loves thorns? with or without his morality. this is the most seriously he's ever considered his foot-in-mouth syndrome. ]

[oversea]

[ it's... fine...

he stays like that for a few minutes before moving to stand up. ]

Let's go. You needed to check their communications, right?

[transmit]

[ hastily latches onto thorns' hand like he's a balloon that might fly away.

does this means he's fixed his morality with time travel ]

I did! Did you want to stay back with the Doctor?

[oversea]

[ but they can't separate......

he looks so torn. ]

[transmit]

[ well

if he's being honest with himself, he is at the point of his obsession where he doesn't exactly want to be apart from thorns either. so, he swings their arms to try and coax thorns towards the right decision… ]

I'll be extra fast. From what they were telling me earlier, their equipment doesn't seem super complex.

[ but is him being fast a point towards thorns not having to be alone with docybara for long or not having to be away from docybara for long

thorns' move… to cage end or not cage end that is the question ]

[oversea]

[ ... ]

You have two minutes.

[ the way this is probably only enough time to just walk down the street and nothing else. ]

[transmit]

Two minutes isn't enough to get there even if I sprint?

[oversea]

Is that so..?

[ he is fully aware of this. ]

[transmit]

What are the two minutes for…

[ he has a minute and a half left. ]

[oversea]

You need to be back here by then.

[ or else. ]

[transmit]

[ okay.

he just kisses thorns' forehead then doesn't move. is he being tested…? ]

[oversea]

[ he has a minute.....

they're both just looking at each other now. ]

[transmit]

[ he is literally incapable of standing still, so.

he just flirts the entire they're here. okay. ]

[oversea]

[ help.

well, exactly at two minutes: ][ he means both of them. ]

[transmit]

[ at exactly two minutes he still has no idea what thorns wants so

he kisses him on the mouth this time? ]

[oversea]

[ I see you took my lead of not alerting about html fuckups. understandable.

he kisses him back. ]

Well?

[transmit]

Yes?


I love you.

[ isn't this what thorns wants? elysium forgoes work completely. ]

[oversea]

I love you too.

[ he really forgot work. ]

We need to go check on the Doctor now.

[transmit]

[ they can always get back to it…

he is a family man. he will not be the elysium of that alternate future where his family falls apart because he chose working and providing for them first. ]

We do.

[ they go… ]

[oversea]

[ they go...

docybara is sniffing some other animals at the barn, but immediately rushes to them once they are in sight.

this is familial bliss. ]

[transmit]

[ while thorns is tending to docybara, the wife from earlier rushes over to elysium and ask if he'd managed to help fix the communications systems. barely any time has passed? what's going on?

he awkwardly says they'd forgotten something with docybara so he will be on his way (again) shortly… watches thorns and docybara with fondness. this is so cursed. ]