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[bakaomi]

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[sophistications]

...[...wait.] But nine is an uneven number. Doesn't that mean there's someone without a partner in each dorm?

[bakaomi]

[ yea no i, francy, can't count. this is why i don't play smart characters.

there's a pause as he is going over what he said ]

Eight in each.

[sophistications]

[...Tamaki just sort of accepts this, nodding and closing his eyes for a moment.] Numbers can be quite difficult to keep track of, I understand. Even so, that's even more competitive than our game.

[...] The two of you are happy here, yes? [He means at the school and everything, in the new life, but he's also maybe fishing because he's a dumbass.]

[bakaomi]

[ tamaki why do you do this

but taka will consider the question. ]

... there's a lot of things here that are stupid. I'd rather not deal with it.

[ that's the answer to the general question. but to the one that tamaki isn't quite asking outright, ]

But we're happy.

[sophistications]

[It happens when you're a dumb twink who's still trying to take care of everyone he even remotely has positive feelings for. A hand curls under his chin, thoughtful expression still apparent even as his eyes drift over the campus and his legs are leading him...somewhere he doesn't even consciously know. It's likely someone's dorm, but that doesn't stop him.]

That's the most important news. [There's a short nod.] Though we were able to see everything you could do in the temple, here, across the multiverse, it's a bit harder to keep track. And the balance and what you take forward after your time with us not only impacts your world but ours as well.

[bakaomi]

Yours? Really?

[ he figured that while at the temple, their actions and relationships would obviously have a lot of influence on the gods but

he didn't really think about after they left. ]

[sophistications]

Of course. You didn't really think everything was over the moment your left, did you? [He sounds surprised that Taka didn't realize it.] That's how history is created, Takaomi-kun. When people share their experiences it leaves room to create new cultures and new experiences. Everything we have ever learned or seen from all of you has powered us to make us a bit stronger and clarify our visions for the world going forward.

[bakaomi]

[ that makes sense, considering making sure they have enough power to be able to create a world was a Thing during the game

but ]

I hope you're not taking lessons from all of us.

[sophistications]

If you mean people such as Luna-san and Catra-san? Absolutely not! [NO!!] Though Chloe and Catra learned quite a bit from one another, so in a way perhaps some lessons are better than others.

[bakaomi]

That's one relationship that sounds horrifying.

[ and taka will never know just how bad it was ha ha ]

[sophistications]

Mm...while I wasn't privy to everything that the others did with the contestants that joined us, I can imagine it enough. They say that great minds think alike, but that does nothing to put me at ease.

[But he's grinning lightly so like. It's maybe fine.] There were others that had an influence on her as well and made Ambition a little more humbled. I don't believe it was the effort of any one person for any of us.

[bakaomi]

I know the nosy rabbit was friends with her.

[ considering she got all EMO when she thought he betrayed her ]

[sophistications]

[A considerable pause....]

There weren't many people Senri wasn't friends with, were there? That was perhaps part of the problem.

[bakaomi]

[ ah... he snorts. ]

Probably. It seems exhausting.

[sophistications]

Perhaps so, and yet there are several benefits to knowing everyone around you. [He's looking at a point far off like he's thinking about something.] Connections among your peers are sometimes even more powerful than those from a higher standing.

[bakaomi]

[ taka, who took several weeks to admit he made friends in plasma: no ]

... you guys keep saying that.

[sophistications]

Not all of us. [He sounds amused.] Do you really still disagree?

[bakaomi]

[ he doesn't answer right away

but you can tell from his expression that he doesn't really disagree that much but he also doesn't want to say that out loud

it's a struggle ]

[sophistications]

[...there's a thin smile.]

You can agree with me and still dislike me, you realize. That doesn't change anything.

[Is he still assuming he and Taka are on shaky terms? Of course. And yet he's trying anyway.]

[bakaomi]

[ there's a pause, and then his expression shifts to something that's just flat out displeased. ]

... whatever.

[ he's walking a little faster now it's fine. ]

[sophistications]

[??? TAKA COME BACK.

Also he's leggy, do you really think walking faster is going to do anything. He keeps up pretty easily.]

Problem?

[bakaomi]

You're such a moron. Shitty rich moron.

[ okay yeah he

can't outwalk him ]

[sophistications]

[Hewwo??]

Now why are you saying that? [GOD HE CAN'T WIN and it's because he's a shitty rich moron.]

[bakaomi]

I'm saying it because you're a moron! Use your brain!!

[ THAT'S NOT HELPING ]

[sophistications]

I am but you're being even more vague than usual! How am I supposed to think?!