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[personal profile] transmit 2026-01-01 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Your transceiver beeps. What do you do?
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[personal profile] transmit 2026-01-02 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
We're going through a drill right now. It's been a while since either of us have gone through training.

[ He is pinched but he remains steadfast. ]

Answer.
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[personal profile] transmit 2026-01-02 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
And then…?

[ WHY DOES HE HAVE TO KEEP LEADING THIS CONVERSATION. HE'LL KILL YOU. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2026-01-02 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ YES… YES!!!!!!! THERE IS HOPE!!! (no) ]

What kind of words?
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[personal profile] transmit 2026-01-02 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this icon. ]

If I'm contacting you, what else do you think I want to hear?
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1/2

[personal profile] transmit 2026-01-02 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the face of a man who has discovered something better than what he initially sought out for

i love yous… on demand? is this real life?
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[personal profile] transmit 2026-01-02 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ but then he is quickly reminded of reality and starts nodding vigorously. ]

I love you too.

[ has to say this. ]

——But the second part first is more important.

[ sounds pained. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2026-01-02 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
… We will.

[ leans over to kiss his jaw as a reward. he needed so many hints he doesn't deserve this but elysium is ill and even if thorns failed he would have thought he deserved something to make him feel better.

he takes his hand and starts walking off. i guess this is where we can do another timeskip… are you going to kill thorns again.
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