werites | bursts into tears

[ he tries to imagine it too but instead he just imagines elysium. this is a sickness. ]

I'm surprised you didn't just punch me.

[ HUH ]

Is that what you would've done?

No.

[ but elysium should have... ]

... When you go overseas, you'd have an actual apartment, right?

[ since it won't really be a temporary situation anymore. ]

What would my justification for that even be…?

[ is thorns… a masochist? for keeping a friend like elysium around, that's increasingly likely. ]

But, probably. [ … ] If you ever feel like visiting me, you could.

[ thorns decide to ignore the previous topic and move fully onto the new one. ]

Would that be okay?

[ it's one thing for elysium to come back here to visit considering his family lives here, but the other way around? it seems... so relationship-like, whoa :flushed: ]

[ i see ]

Wouldn't the reverse be less okay? I don't have anything to hide…

I guess...

[ elysium hiding a european girlfriend... ignore the fact that everyone he had brought home was a guy, thorns is still picturing kitten in his head. ]

Okay. I'll try to visit you.

[ his victoria secret supermodel girlfriend…… ]

No pressure if it doesn't work out. We're thinking pretty far out…

You've got your own things to worry about, right? You're probably going deeper into research?

[ dr. thorns!!! ]

[ ... he has to think about it, before eventually nodding. ]

Probably. It's still a long road though.

[ so many things are in the future... ]

[ so many things are in the future and yet they're only talking about it now that they're cities apart. so funny.

then comes the sound of something ringing and vibrating; he can't stop himself from sighing. did he have to set an alarm for this call? yea. ]

… I should get back to work. Next time I reach out, it'll be with good news, hopefully.

Okay.

[ it feels like too short of a conversation, but maybe this is just what he gets for not trying to reach out to elysium more when they actually had time for it. ]

Good luck.

You too.

[ back to the mines he goes……

and unless thorns has anything to say between now and the next day, elysium's next message comes around 2am, along with a picture of the night sky. ]

The stars are bright tonight.

I'm gonna try and find a shooting star.

Oh

What are you wishing for?

If I tell you, isn't that going to ruin it?
You only get to know that I'm looking

Fine

If I see one I won't say anything.

[ thorns is inside. what would he see. ]

[ he's lucky he's not thinking about how thorns is a lying liar. ]

That's fine. Better that we don't split its efficacy, yeah?

I'll still share mine with you, though.

Edited 2026-01-18 03:35 (UTC)