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[08:56] GA: Doir is totes just walking down the hall casually with a grump face because he's all grump.

[08:57] GA: toooootes lookin 4 nate tho

[08:59] AC: Nate is busy avoiding the parts of the ark where the dreambubble is

[08:59] GA: Doir spots Nate with his SPECIAL SQUARE EYES and walks fast to where he is. "yes. hello nate. i have been searching for you."

[09:00] AC: "what do, you want?" he grumbles

[09:00] GA: "what are we gonna do about jack"

[09:01] GA: "i was thinkin steal one of rilsets new knives and hit him with it enough till he de-exists"

[09:01] AC: "he's, not my, problem"

[09:02] GA: "yeah but hes gonna kill us all"

[09:03] GA: "i know youve got your whole 'rawr i have no morals and im a loose cannon' thing going on but we're the only ones who see he's gonna fuck us up if nothing is done"

[09:03] AC: "let him, I don't care"

[09:03] GA: "dude"

[09:03] GA: "cmon"

[09:03] GA: "why"

[09:04] AC: "I've been, watching their, asses get, into mess after, mess. they need, to learn, the hard way, it seems"

[09:05] GA: "i know, but if they die, we're gonna die."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:05] AC: "and?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:05] GA: "then we'll be stuck in the afterlife forever with them?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:06] GA: "not so bad for me, but youll prolly be pissed"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:06] GA: "and, i dont want you to die?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:08] AC: "you ever think, I gave a, DAMN, what you wanted? why should I start, now?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:09] GA: "because im done fucking around!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:09] GA: "its been more than thirty seconds and i havent asked to get in your pants yet! im done acting like a fucking moron, and we need to do something if we're to survive!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:12] AC: "why not, bother someone, who'll actually, help?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:13] GA: "because everyone else sucks! and nobody *will* help!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:13] GA: "listen, im not askin' you and i go over there and fight him right this second. im sayin, we level up, we get stronger, and we take him out later."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:14] AC: "if they don't, care about their, own lives enough, to try and stop Jack, why should I?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:14] GA: "no, they care about their lives, theyre just fucking idiots"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:15] GA: "he comes back and says hes changed and they all take it as true with no questions asked like dumbasses"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:15] AC: "then it's, natural selection, at work"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:16] GA: "how can you not care about anyone?!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:16] GA: "like, fuck, i dont like that rilset guy but i wouldnt want to see him dead"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:17] AC: "it's easy, just think about, everything we've been, through. all the shit, that's happened. associate it, with their faces"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:18] GA: "well, i associate all the good times with them, and all the bad ones with jack. and i wanna make jack cease existing."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:19] GA: "i mean, more cease existing than he already does not exist."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:19] AC: "good luck then. this ain't, my fight"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:20] GA: "the fuck is your fight? you dont seem to intend to do a lotta good, or a lotta neutral either!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:21] AC: "I'll do, a lotta, staying alive. fight when, my life is, threatened, and all that"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:22] GA: "youre a shitty protagonist!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:23] AC: "yeah, because I'm, not one"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:24] GA: "stop being a nineties antihero and step up!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:25] GA: "its 'token evil TEAMMATE' and not 'token evil guy who was on the team but fucked off for selfish reasons'"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:26] AC: "I'm sorry, I never realized, that being a part, of the team, was manditory"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:27] GA: Doir throws his arms into the air. "youre supposed to be a part of the team because thats how it works!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:29] AC: "how what works? your fairytale, magical bullshit? news flash this is, the real world"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:30] GA: "we're on a magical ark flying through the void, we all have magical superpowers, the world was destroyed, there are aliens, we're in a sort of matrix, not to mention the fact that we have *character sheets* and fight nameless monsters from who knows where who magically drop currency!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:31] GA: "you can be a sociopath all you want, but you have to stick with us!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:32] AC: "why? you guys bring me, nothing but trouble"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:33] GA: "but what about all the benefits?! socialization, friendship, backup, love, help when you need it!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:35] AC: "let's see, pass, nope, yeah right, no, and nah"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:36] GA: "nate. you need those. everyone needs those."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:38] GA: "you know youve fucked up when youre getting a morality lesson from the chaotic stupid, man."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:39] AC: "this isn't a, lesson so much, as you bothering me, again"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:40] GA: "yeah, but im not bothering you in the way i have been for most of our interactions since we got on the ark, im bothering you in a 'start growing as a person you sociopath' way"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:41] GA: "youre gonna suck it up and swallow your character growth like an adult already!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:43] AC: "and who, is gonna make, me?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:44] GA: "me!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:44] GA: "you should do it yourself, but youre clearly off your rocker so"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:44] AC: "well, your doing a, shit job, so far"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:45] GA: "aw, really? i thought i was doing good"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:46] GA: Doir 'hmmm's for a moment, with his hand positioned on his chin, while he ponders thoughtfully.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:47] AC: Nate stops paying attention to Doir, pulling out a knife to do some whittling

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:47] GA: "hm hm hm hm hm hm hmmmmm..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:47] GA: "fuck it"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:47] GA: "the power of friendship and love will fix you"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:48] GA: Doir goes in for a hug.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:48] AC: Nate sidesteps

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:49] GA: Doir falls on his face. "no, we need to hug once a day. every day. maybe twice a day. itll fix you." He gets up, dusts off his pants, and goes for another.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:49] AC: more sidestepping

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:49] GA: "stop it. no. we need to hug. at least hold hands. goddamnit. stop that."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:50] GA: "hug me damn you"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:50] AC: "no"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:51] GA: "just hug me. once. thats your hug for today. we wont have to hug until tomorrow."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] AC: "why should I?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GA: "why dont you want a hug"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:53] AC: "because, it's awkward, as fuck"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:53] GA: "no. its full of love."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:54] GA: "just hug me. and maybe cry. show emotion, damnit."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:55] AC: "you do realize, I'm straight right? talking about, hugs full of love, isn't a, convincing arguement"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:55] GA: "damnit. fuck. shit."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:55] GA: "why didnt you just SAY SO."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:55] GA: "LIKE MONTHS AGO."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:56] GA: "wh- WHOS GONNA BE MY LOVE INTEREST NOW?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:56] AC: "don't know, don't care"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:57] GA: "man, whatever, fuck it. friendship hug."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:57] GA: "maybe a sorry hug? for being so annoying?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:59] AC: "not now"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:59] GA: "aw, fine."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:59] GA: Doir stops his attempts and a hug and crosses his arms. "but you do need therapy or something."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:00] AC: "after all, the shit, we've been through? I doubt, I'm the only, one. I'm just letting, it show" Nate chuckles

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:01] GA: "well, yeah, okay, we all need therapy. but you at least need a real friend."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:01] GA: "everyone else has given up on you, but i dont give up"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:02] AC: "you're too, dumb to, give up"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:03] GA: "no, im not dumb. +3 lore. i just act stupid because we dont have enough comic relief around here."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:03] GA: "like, maenam is funny, but you can only be oblivious to how shit your fashion is so many times before it just gets stale to me"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:04] GA: "and sami is a deadpan snarker now and stopped her job so its just me and maenam"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:04] GA: "and you know what fuck it i think im done now too"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:07] GA: "this whole fucking world has fallen into cerebus syndrome and soon enough i doubt we'll have any comic relief, just a buncha angst"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:08] GA: "so be my friend, nate? for real? we can real talk it up, and ill try my best not to annoy you."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:09] AC: "hmm, give me, time to think"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:09] GA: "youre just gonna walk away and not call back arent you"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:10] AC: "not like, I'll be able, to hide for, another 4 and, a half years"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:11] GA: "well, i want to be best bros."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:12] GA: "genuinely best bros, not 'im just annoying nate for the fun of it and he fucking hates me lmao' best bros."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:13] AC: "this sort, of thing, takes time though"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:13] GA: "i know. im gonna go get food now. tell me when youve figured it out."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:14] AC: "cool, have fun, and stuff"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:14] GA: "you too!" Doir walks off happily :3