1213-Ryspor-Jossik

 -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] began pestering gregariousTroubadour [GT] at 21:08 --

[09:10] GG: r-supoαααα

[09:10] GT: ~Oh, vm, hello?~

[09:10] GT: ~Are...yov all right?~

[09:10] GG: hey there (: c

[09:10] GG: -m f-en

[09:10] GG: -m GRATE

[09:10] GT: ~Yov don't...ʃOVND fine...~

[09:11] GG: becos -m no fen- -m grαet

[09:11] GG: tyr to l-sn lel

[09:11] GT: ~All right, yov don't ʃovnd great, then.~

[09:11] GT: ~Haʃ ʃomething happened?~

[09:12] GG: ye

[09:12] GG: bu thα deonst mαter

[09:12] GG: NO Y - CALED LOL

[09:12] GG: so

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:12] GG: wαt r u wαer-n

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:12] GT: ~...Vm.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:12] GT: ~Why do yov want to know?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:13] GG: lol u no y

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:13] GG: ( c;

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:13] GG: *(c

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:13] GT: ~...Wait.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:13] GT: ~Are yov intoxicated right now?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:14] GG: lol u dnot hαv to use b-g worsd to -mperss me

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:14] GG: u no -m urs

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:14] GG: (c

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:14] GT: ~I'll take that aʃ a yeʃ, then.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:14] GG: hehhehe

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:15] GT: ~Doeʃ Tlaloc know yov're drvnk?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:15] GG: lol no

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:15] GT: ~Of covrʃe not.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:15] GT: ~ʃigh.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:15] GG: tαllocs don h-s onw th-gn rn

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:15] GT: ~"Hiʃ own thing"?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:16] GG: l-ek - t-hnk he αn ser-d-d r get-n blαk rn lol

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:16] GG: 90% chαcne

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:16] GT: ~...Oh. OH. Vm. Right then.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:16] GT: ~Iʃ, vm, iʃ Kikate abovt, by any chance, then?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:16] GG: no thα - no of lol

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:17] GG: hes of chop-gn trees

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:17] GG: so -s jus u n me (c

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:17] GT: ~ʃo it wovld ʃeem.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:18] GG: yyup

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:18] GG: so com αn g-t me -m αl urs

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:18] GT: ~Yov know, I think I will "com an git v <span style="color:rgb(85,0,127);">", bvt perhapʃ not for that PARTICVLAR reaʃon.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:19] GT: ~ʃtay where yov are, I'll be over with coffee in a minvte, I ʃvppoʃe.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:20] GG: ɔ :D

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:20] GG: -dk wαt wαy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:20] GG: αs logn αss ur heer w-t me

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:21] GT: ~...vgh, thiʃ iʃ JVʃT my lvck, iʃn't it, at thiʃ rate we're practically DEʃTINED to fall for each other all over again [reʃt of meʃʃage too qviet to be tranʃlated]~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:22] GG: lol fun -nst -t

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:22] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] quietly makes his way through the camp, looking about to make sure he isn't spotted by any irate moirails --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:23] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] enters the tent cautiously, looking around for any signs of the drunken jadeblood --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:24] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] seems to have created a small fort in the middle of the tent from spare cots, pillows, and blankets. You hear Jossik speak from inside the fort. --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:24] GG: WHO GOESH THERE

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:25] GT: ~...Me.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:25] -- garrisonedGuardian's [GG'S] hand parts one of the blanket doors and motions for ryspor to join him --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:25] GG: welcome

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:25] GG: to FORT K-CKASS

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:26] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] giggles like a drunken idiot --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:26] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] rolls his eyes slightly, grinning a little and trying not to show it, and enters the fort --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:27] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] gives ryspor a pillw to sit on --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:27] GG: heer, my luuuff

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:28] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] sits, trying to make himself as comfortable as his gangly legs will allow --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:29] GT: ~Goodneʃʃ, yov covld ʃtand to -oof- make "Fort Kickaʃʃ" a little -argh- BIGGER, yov know...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:29] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] drapes an arm around ryspor's shoulders and aims a kiss at ryspor's cheek that ends up landing on one of the seadwellers headfins --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:30] GG: -t's s-zed for 2

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:30] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] WONKS --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:30] -- gregariousTroubadour's [GT'S] fins poof up rapidly and Ryspor hurriedly pushes Jossik's head away, blushing furioufly --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:31] GT: ~I-I'll be having none of thiʃ nonʃenʃe, yov hear?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:31] -- garrisonedGuardian's [GG'S] smile drops --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:31] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] hastily stammers as he watches it drop, rummaging through his sylladex --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:32] GG: ryspoer

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:32] GT: ~A-Ah, no, pleaʃe, there'ʃ no need for that kind of face, I-I...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:32] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] begins crying a bit --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:32] GG: ryspor - luff you

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:32] GT: ~I, I ʃvppoʃe maybe jvʃt the tinieʃt bit of kiʃʃing iʃ fine...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:32] GT: ~Bvt ON THE CHEEK ONLY, yov hear?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:33] GG: - jus luff you so much

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:33] GT: ~...I know, Joʃʃik. I know.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:33] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] sighs --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:33] GG: - jus donno wαt to do bout -t

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:34] GG: becos you cαnnever luff me bαk

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:35] GT: ~...I ʃvppoʃe not.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:36] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] begins crying a bit harder --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:36] GG: - doneven know whut -m DO-NG αnymoer

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:36] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] fidgets nervously, arms twitching forwards and backwards as he debates what to do --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:36] GG: y d-h - evn -nv-et you over heer

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:37] GG: -s no l-ek -t woul meen αnyth-n

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:37] GT: ~...COFFEE! Let'ʃ fix ʃome deliciovʃ coffee, yeʃ? That'll make everything feel better.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:38] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] slumps back, no longer crying but still sniffling --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:38] GG: why do you cαer

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:38] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] pulls out his GOLDEN COFFEE GRINDER and the bag of Troll Sumatran coffe --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:38] GT: ~*coffee~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:39] GT: ~Becavʃe yov're a good perʃon, Joʃʃik, and I don't want to watch yov ʃvffer? Iʃn't that reaʃon enovgh?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:40] GG: your such αn αmz-ng person, ryspoer

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:40] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] sloshes a little coffee as he blushes --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:41] GG: you looc so cute when you bluhsh

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:41] -- garrisonedGuardian's [GG'S] voice is barely audible --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:42] GT: ~I-I'm not THAT amazing, haha-oh, vm, yeʃ, haha, I ʃvppoʃe, if, if yov really think ʃo, ahaha...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:43] GT: ~Here, vm, here'ʃ yovr coffee, haha!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:44] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] takes the coffee, looks at it for a few seconds, and then drunks the whole thing down in one gulp --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:44] GG: could - hαve smore

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:45] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] flurries into action and refills the cup, having yet to drink any of his own --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:46] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] downs that one too and motions for another. he is looking less drunk with each cup. --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:46] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] keeps the brew coming, glad for a distraction from the awkwardness --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:48] GT: ~...Are, vm, are yov feeling any better yet?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:48] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] finishes his fourth cup. He is looking almosty completely sober, and has a look of resigned acceptance on his face --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:49] GG: yes, - suppose - αm

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:49] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] brightens a little --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:49] GG: -n α sense

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:49] GT: ~Ah, that'ʃ - oh. Ah. Yeʃ. Vm. ʃorry. Again. Haha.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:50] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] gives a small smile --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:50] GG: thαnk you

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:50] GG: for help-ng me when no one else wαs αround

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:50] GT: ~Not a problem. I covldn't jvʃt leave yov drvnken and alone, now covld I?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:50] GG: yes you could hαve

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:51] GG: -'d hαve sobered up -n α few hours

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:51] GG: but you d-dnt αnd thαts whαt mαttered

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:51] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] smiles and takes a sip of his coffee at last, then grimaces --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:51] GT: ~Vgh, it'ʃ cold. Cvrʃeʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:51] GG: whαt's wrong?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GG: oh, sorry αbout thαt hehe

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GT: ~No, yov needed the coffee more than I did.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GT: ~What happened to get yov in ʃvch a ʃtate?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GG: hehe yeαh - guess - d-d

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GG: well

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GG: scαrlet hαppened

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GT: ~...Ah. ʃay no more.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GG: αctuαlly, wh-le - wαs drunk, - hαd αn -deα

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:52] GG: one second

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:53] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] gets out his omnitool and brings up pesterchum on its holographic display. He grimaces as he begins communicating with her --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:54] GG: - thought - could use scαrlets delus-ons to get some -nformαt-on out of ehr...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:55] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] talks to her for about a minute before blushing furiously. --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:55] GG: oh, wow, okαy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:55] GT: ~...What are yov doing.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:56] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] finishes talking to her and closes pesterchum, sighing greatfully and still blushing --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:57] GG: -, uh, - tr-ed αsk-ng her whαt k-nd of powers be-ng hero of heαrt could get me,

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:57] GG: αnd αll she hαd to sαy wαs thαt -t mαkes the sex better

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:57] GT: ~...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:57] GT: ~I, vm.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:57] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] slowly turns a violent purple --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:57] GG: so, THAT wαs h-ghly unproduct-ve

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:58] GT: ~Ahaha, yeʃ, very.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:59] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] cocks an eyebrow at ryspor --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:59] GG: αnd - know whαt you're th-nk-ng, but -'m t-red αnd - hαve α heαdαche

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[09:59] GG: so mαybe lαter

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:00] GT: ~Yov know, I wonder if that'ʃ ACTVALLY trve. It'ʃ poʃʃible, bvt I ʃvppoʃe it wovld reqvire actval teʃting...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:00] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] slowly trails off as he realizes what he's saying --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:00] GT: ~I, vm.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:00] GT: ~That.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:01] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] wiggles his eyebrows silently --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:01] GT: ~Goodneʃʃ me, iʃ, iʃ it hot in here, or iʃ that jvʃt, jvʃt me?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:02] GG: Why, yes, you ARE hot, but - feel l-ke we've covered thαt top-c αt some po-nt.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:03] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] buries his face in the ScarfTop, face burning with embarassment --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:03] GG: hehe sorry

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:03] GG: thαt wαs s-mply too good of αn oppurtun-ty to pαss up

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:06] GT: ~Oh, r-really, ahaha, well, if, if yov think ʃo, haha, ha, ha, goodneʃʃ, well, I'm, I'm...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:06] GG: gαh sorry - wαs just mαk-ng α joke

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:08] GT: ~I'm, I'm, ahaha, haha, haha, I'm, yeʃ, well, I'm...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:08] GG: - guess -'m st-ll α l-ttle drunk

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:08] GG: oh gog d-d - breαk you αgα-n

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:08] GG: sh-t

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:08] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] slaps a hand against his forehead --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:08] GG: gog DAMM-T

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:08] GG: -T KEEPS HAPPEN-NG

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:10] GT: ~I, vm, haha, well, that'ʃ certainly, I'm, well, ahahaha, I'm certainly, vm, certainly, I'm...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:13] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] groans and takes out his omnitool again/ opening up a pesterchum talk with doir --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:13] GG: -'m gett-ng your mo-rα-l

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:13] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] is already babbling away into the scarftop flusteredly --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:15] GG: well αlr-ghty then

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:16] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] will glance over at Jossik every so often and blush again --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:16] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] looks away, blushing and scratching his head --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:16] GG: woops

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:17] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] suddenly looks serious, and begins talking quietly with Doir --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:18] GG: oh ser-ous fαce

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:18] GG: - cαnt tell -f -s α good th-ng or α bαd th-ng

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:19] GG: but, hey, you're no longer -n αn -nf-n-te stαmmer loop so

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:19] GG: thαt's good

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:19] GT: ~Hmm?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:19] GT: ~OH! Oh, ʃorry.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:20] GG: ααααnd we're bαck!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:20] GT: ~I'm jvʃt talking with Doir, and he haʃ worrying newʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:20] GG: reαlly? whαt -s -t?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:20] GT: ~Apparently he'ʃ been enʃlaved to Nvllar, who'ʃ...in a kiʃmeʃiʃ with the Black Qveen, who'ʃ going to invade Proʃpit.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:21] GG: okαy - knew αbout αll but the m-ddle pαrt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:21] GG: thαt's... -nterest-ng

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:21] GG: sorry, mαn

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:21] GG: - know you were -nterested -n her

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:21] GT: ~...Yeʃ, well, that ʃhip'ʃ fairly ʃvnk by now, haha.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:22] GG: heh yeαh

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:22] GG: -t seems to be go-n αround

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:22] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] looks at the floor guiltily --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:22] GT: ~Yeʃ...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:22] GG: sorry, thαt wαs -n bαd tαste

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:23] GG: - dont resent you for whαt hαppened, ryspor

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:23] GT: ~Yov ʃHOVLD reʃent me, thovgh.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:23] GG: no

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:23] GG: - could never resent you for try-ng to help me

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:23] GT: ~I toyed with yovr feelingʃ, Joʃʃik. I broke yovr heart all over again.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:24] GG: no, look αt me ryspor

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:24] GG: do - look broken?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:24] GG: -'m not

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:24] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] looks like he's about to say something, then decides against it --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:25] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] notices the look on ryspors face and gives him an expectant look --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:25] GT: ~It'ʃ, vm, it'ʃ nothing, don't worry.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:26] GG: ryspor...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:27] GT: ~No, yov were drvnk, it didn't mean anything...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:27] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] crosses his arms and looks at him silently. --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:28] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] looks around bervously --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:28] GT: ~*nervovʃly~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:29] GT: ~AGH, FINE!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:29] GT: ~I don't know, it jvʃt...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:29] GT: ~It didn't really ʃovnd like yov were...over me.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:32] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] sighs and hangs his head --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:33] GG: ryspor, -

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:33] GT: ~I'm ʃorry, of covrʃe yov're not over me, haha, it'ʃ only been a covple of dayʃ after all, I can't blame yov, haha...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:33] GG: - don't know -f -'ll ever be over you

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:34] GG: αll - cαn do -s deαl w-th the pα-n.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:34] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] bites his lip, then suddenly hugs Jossik tightly, sniffling a little --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:34] GG: ryspor?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:35] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] hugs him back, not quite sure what to do in this situation --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:35] GT: ~I'm ʃo ʃorry yov're going throvgh thiʃ. I jvʃt - I never wanted thiʃ to ha-happen, not to y-yov. It hv-hvrtʃ, and it nev-ver really go-oeʃ away, and I'm ʃOR-RY, JOʃʃIK, OH GOG.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:36] GG: ryspor...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:36] GG: - forg-ve you

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:36] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] is full-on sobbing by this point, clenching the back of Jossik's coat --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:37] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] slowly pulls ryspor off of him and looks into his eyes --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:37] GG: hey

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:37] GG: l-sten

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:38] GG: -t hαppened, αnd -t hurts, αnd theres noth-ng we cαn do to chαnge thαt.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:38] GG: the pαst cαn hurt, -t cαn hutr α LOT, αnd we cαnt reαlly get r-d of the pα-n

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GG: - FORG-VE, you ryspor.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GG: none of th-s pα-n -s your fαult

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GG: - know the heαrt, αnd -t feels whαt -t feels

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GG: you cαn't chαnge thαt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GT: ~It'ʃ ALL my favl-lt thovgh.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GG: how

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GG: how -s th-s your fαult

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GG: // wα-t one

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:41] GT: ~I w-went along with it in-n the firʃt pla-ace, even thovgh I knew ho-ow mvch it wovld hvrt yov i-if yov ever fovnd ov-vt.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:41] GG: // well keep typ-ng - guess but dont expect α response

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:43] GG: - shouldnt hαve run out of the room the f-rst t-me you sα-d no

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:44] GG: - should hαve stood there αnd αccepted -t, but -nsteαd - αcted -n such α wαy thαt you felt thαt ly-ng wαs NECESSARY

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:44] GG: αnd then - fα-led to not-ce how uncomfortαble you were

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:44] GG: αnd then - fl-pped out when - leαrned whαt hαppened

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:45] GG: αnd then - got cαptured by fuck-ng SCARLET, AGA-N.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:46] GT: ~Yov can't blame yovr-rʃelf for yovr emotionʃ, Joʃʃik.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:46] GG: αnd you cαnt blαme yourself for yours.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:46] GT: ~Trve.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:46] GG: -f you look αt -t, we're both α couple of mαss-ve fuckups

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:46] GG: αlthough you've been do-ng better thαn me, on the whole

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] GT: ~In my opinion, I've actvally done worʃe, really.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] GG: oh bullsh-t

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] GT: ~No, it iʃn't.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] GT: ~I knew EXACTLY what I waʃ doing to yov, Joʃʃik.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] GT: ~And I went along with it anywayʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:48] GG: - forced you -nto α relαt-onsh-p you werent hαppy w-th αnd just αssumed everyth-ng wαs f-ne

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:48] GT: ~I'd even BEEN THROVGH THʃ EXACT ʃITVATION from the other ʃide.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:49] GG: wα-t, reαlly?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:49] GG: whαt hαppened?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:49] GT: ~...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:49] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] sits down and motions for Jossik to do the same --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:50] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] sits down across from ryspor. --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:50] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] gazes into the distance for a moment --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:50] GT: ~...Her name waʃ Landra.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:51] GT: ~ʃhe waʃ the dvngeon maʃter of ovr little grovp.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:51] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] remains silent --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:51] GT: ~ʃhe waʃ a rvʃtblood, of all thingʃ, and I knew I covld probably never be with her, bvt...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GT: ~ʃhe waʃ jvʃt ʃo AMAZING.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GT: ~ʃhe waʃ ʃtrong, and boiʃterovʃ, and vnafraid.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GT: ~ʃhe alwayʃ made ʃvre everyone played fair.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:53] GT: ~Ha, ʃhe alwayʃ wore her hair in thiʃ meʃʃy ponytail. I alwayʃ liked it.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:53] GG: hm

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:53] GT: ~Before I knew it, I waʃ head over heelʃ for her.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:54] GT: ~ʃo I endeavored to become friendʃ with her, and it worked, very well, I thovght.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:54] GG: but she wαs ly-ng to you to keep you hαppy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:55] GT: ~...No, not exactly.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:55] GT: ~Eventvally, I felt confident enovgh to reveal my ʃtatvʃ aʃ a ʃeadweller to her, and ʃhe ʃaid ʃhe'd already known.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:56] GG: go on

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:56] GG: huh

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:56] GT: ~Emboldened, I confeʃʃed, and ʃhe accepted immediately.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:56] GT: ~I waʃ ʃo happy. I waʃ walking on air for DAYʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:57] GG: l-ke - wαs w-th you

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:57] GT: ~...Yeʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:57] GG: th-s -s αll beg-nn-ng to mαke sense

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:57] GT: ~And abovt a week later, ʃhe aʃked if ʃhe covld come to a ʃocial gathering with me.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:58] GT: ~I ʃaid yeʃ, of covrʃe. I covld never ʃay no to her.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:59] GT: ~I aʃʃvmed it waʃ a one-time occvrrence, cvrioʃity at what high ʃociety looked like.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:59] GG: but she kept αsk-ng

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:59] GT: ~Bvt then it happened again, and again, and ʃhe ʃtayed with me leʃʃ and leʃʃ at the eventʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:59] GG: hm

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:59] GT: ~Eventvally I confronted her abovt it, and ʃhe told me the trvth.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:59] GG: the truth be-ng

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:59] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] closes his eyes for a minute and clenches his fists --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:00] GT: ~ʃhe had been VʃING me.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:00] GT: ~I waʃ jvʃt a ʃtepping ʃtone for her to make her way in the world.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:01] GG: she wαs us-ng you to cl-mb the lαdder

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:01] GG: hαve you told do-r αny of th-s?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:01] GT: ~No, not yet.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:01] GG: well, you reαlly fuck-ng should

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:01] GG: th-s k-ndα sh-t -s -mportαnt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:02] GG: αlso - dont see how the fuck you're drαw-ng αny connect-on between thαt αnd our s-tuαt-on

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:02] GG: - meαn, she l-ed to you but thαts the only common po-nt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:03] GT: ~...It'ʃ practically the ʃame thing, really.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:03] GG: how

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:03] GG: she l-eαd to you αnd pretended to be your mαtespr-t to cl-mb the lαdder

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:03] GG: you l-ed to me becαuse you d-dnt wαnt to hurt me

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:04] GG: you wαnnα know whαt sets those two αpαrt?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:04] GG: you're α good person, αnd she -s α mαss-ve p-le of hoofbeαst offer-ngs

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:05] GT: ~I'm the moʃt deʃpicable piece of offal ever to walk the earth, Joʃʃik.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:06] GG: bullsh-t

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:06] GG: - know you're not

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:06] GG: wαnnα know how - know?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:06] GG: becuαse there -s no wαy - could ever fαll -n love w-th α desp-cαble p-ece of offαl

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:06] GG: ESPEC-ALLY not the MOST desp-cαble one

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:07] GG: - hαve stαndαrds, you know

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:07] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] flinches a little, but laughs quietly anyways --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:07] GG: αnd you αre αbove αnd beyond every one - hαve

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:08] GG: so thαt -s sc-ent-f-c fuck-ng PROOF thαt you αre αn αmαz-ng person

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:08] GG: you mαde α m-stαke, we αll do thαt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:10] GT: ~...I ʃvppoʃe.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:10] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] throws his arms around ryspor, hugging him tight --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:11] GG: you know thαt αll th-s gu-lt -s just more proof thαt you're α greαt person r-ght

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:12] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] is slightly muffled by Jossik's embrace --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:12] GT: ~I don't qvite ʃee yovr logic there, bvt I'll take yovr word for it.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:13] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] sighs --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:13] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] grins --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:13] GG: no, - suppose you wouldnt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:14] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] pulls awat from the hug and sits back, putting his arms behind his head --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:14] GG: so, whαt now?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:15] GT: ~Vm, well, yov might want to lean forward before yov knock over the fort - ~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:15] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] knocks a fist against the cot he's leaning on --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:16] GG: nαh, th-s th-ngs pretty sturdy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:18] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] knocks against it again and the entire thing collapses --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:18] GG: sh-t.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:19] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] is bowled over by the tide of debris and falls on top of Jossik with a yelp --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:22] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] is uncomfortably close to certain areas of Jossik's body --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:22] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] begins to sweat nervously --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:24] GT: ~Vm.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:24] GG: well

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:24] GG: uh

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:24] GG: - uh

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:25] GT: ~I, vm...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:25] GT: ~I think I may be ʃtvck.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:25] GG: oh, uh, okαy, -, uh

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:26] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] slowly wiggles out from under ryspor, picks up the cot that was on top of him, and helps him to his feet --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:26] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] brushes himself off, blushing faintly, and tries desperately not to think about...things --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:27] GG: so, uh, yeαh

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:27] GT: ~...Goodneʃʃ, that'ʃ rather a meʃʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:27] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] is blushing furiously --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:27] GG: yeαh, uh, -'ll cleαn -t up

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:27] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] turns away from ryspor, looking a bit embarrassed --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:28] GG: -'ll, uh, -'ll stαrt on thαt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:28] GT: ~Right, yeʃ, that ʃovndʃ good.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:28] GT: ~I, vm, I covld help, if yov'd like.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:28] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] waves his hands in a somewhat panicked manner --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:29] GG: NO, NO, -t's f-ne, - got -t!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:29] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] begins picking things up, still facing away from ryspor --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:29] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] raises an eyebrow, but backs away nonetheless --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:29] GG: lαter, ryspor,

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:30] GT: ~Oh! Vm. Yeʃ. Later, I ʃvppoʃe.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[11:30] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] gives a small wave to Jossik's backside --