bursts into tears

[oversea]

Comments

[transmit]

[ thorns receives a picture of a dimly-lit room back. the only light source is the screen of a laptop. ]

[oversea]

[ this feels like the kind of thing you send to someone when you're about to murder them.

a few minutes later he sends a second picture. it's of a set... there's a water tank. ]

[transmit]

[ he is a gremlin in his gremlin cave.

he zooms in to try and make more sense of this. ]

?

[oversea]

[ his next update is in ten minutes

there is now a picture of what appears to be a large mermaid tail ]

[transmit]

Halloween was two months ago.

…




Are they trying to make you cosplay as that one guy from the one game?

[oversea]

I thought you told me you weren't playing that...

[transmit]

[ IMG_043.webp ]

The ads for it are everywhere. You're the only one ignoring giant billboards at a mall and video ads every ten seconds wherever you go.

[oversea]

I have stuff I have to do when I'm out.

[ but elysium can finally get a selfie... it's still not a good one.

the makeup and accessories are definitely trying to get the mermaid vibe across, with decorative shells in his hair and as jewelry. ]

[transmit]

[ i hope this means if this leads into office au raf is the one they modeled lads raf out of ]

You not paying attention to your surroundings is how you keep getting into accidents.





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[ ? this is more skin than he's gotten to see personally? ]

[oversea]

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H?

[transmit]

[ HO!!!!!!!!


he does not type this. ]

My hand slipped.
Aren't you cold?

You can't let them treat you like this. It's winter

Winter 🌨️☃️❄️

[oversea]

They said that people wouldn't be expecting this type of shoot during winter
So it was the perfect time to do it.

[transmit]

You can't get sick.

[oversea]

I won't get sick
I am so healthy

Last time was because you cursed me.

[transmit]

What do you mean, cursed you? You were the one who was getting so close to a sick person and overexerting yourself…
You weren't even wearing proper PPE

I should tell Dr. Kal'tsit to put you through lab safety

[oversea]

As if you would have worn any if the roles were reversed.

Don't tell her anything.

[transmit]

Don't you have a shoot to do

[ he's talking to her right now ]

[oversea]

Don't snitch on me.

[ but he does has a shoot..

he will set his phone down to go do his job. ]

[transmit]

[ silly thorns. there are no comrades when it comes to your wellbeing. one would think this means he wants thorns shot and found dead in a ditch, but he just wants him to thrive? be healthy? why is this a lot to ask for?!

he goes back to work fully aware that thorns will emerge from a lab training session with zero takeaways and no measurable character growth. still, spite can fuel him just as effectively as love.

they haven't even told each other they like like each other yet… it's only implicit… ]

[oversea]

[ he really is going to kill him.

but thorns goes and does his shoot. it is mostly solo pics where he is cold in the water, after after a while they bring a girl in for the yume factor. the het fans have won today... ]

[transmit]

[ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

elysium sees the preview… he sees the merch concepts… it'll be elysium's turn to have a strongly worded discussion with the director. this is not okay.

except this all just happens in his mind palace because he needs to pretend to be normal. ]

[oversea]

[ there is one shot in particular that kills thorns. they are not kissing, but their faces are close enough that any accidental movement would have their lips brush... it is scary for someone who has not even kissed his boyfriend yet...

but with that, he is free. after some time later, he texts elysium back. ]

Done.

[transmit]

[ did he make a mistake introducing thorns to this job…? he's vaguely thinking it, but life will soon change when he sees the pictures…

until then, he's just stressed by how much skin he's showing. without anything better to say, his response is his dinner.

it's another smoothie. ]

[oversea]

Elysium
I'm going to ban those.

[transmit]

I need to see regular meals from you first