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[senior_citizen]

because Sabra AUs are fun and games until someone loses an eye

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[midgardener]

Dr. Banner?

[senior_citizen]

He's ... well, a doctor with some anger issues. Turns into a big green monster when he gets stressed out. Most of the time he's sweet, though.

[midgardener]

Well, that sounds Lacertan.

[senior_citizen]

Yeah, he fit in pretty well. We're friends.

[ reluctantly finishing off the last crumbs of his meat pie ]

[midgardener]

[ but there were like six of them ]

Canis and Lacerta... are you partners?

[senior_citizen]

[ all gone now ]

'course we are. Have been since the beginning.

[midgardener]

[ passes him the fruit ones?? ]


Mm, well, they swapped us around a bit.

[senior_citizen]

[ yesss apple pie ]

They did? Who'd you end up with?

[midgardener]

[ w-whelp. guess we'll just. keep him fed :|;;; ]

Cepheus, by the end.

[senior_citizen]

[ :') he ppppauses at that ... ]

Cepheus? The psychotic team?

[midgardener]

Well, not all of them.

[senior_citizen]

Maybe a couple of the most recent ones...

[midgardener]

Really that bad . . . ?

[senior_citizen]

Really, really bad. There's no negotiating with them. And they've wiped out my team more than once.

[ tears into his pie a little more viciously than is really necessary ]

[midgardener]

They're almost always a neutral party for us. Bookworms, mostly.



Well, I'm glad Lacerta and Canis have a good partnership if you need it.

[senior_citizen]

... We do. I mean, we do need it, but I think it's mutual too. They help fix us up, we keep other teams from going after them.

[ finishes that pie ]

[midgardener]

Like that, huh?


Then, I'm especially glad you have each other.


[ plllleeasant and even in her voice ]


Any Patrons?

[senior_citizen]

[ sssstiffens a that. there's a long silence. ]



Queen.

[midgardener]

Is that alright . . . ?

[senior_citizen]

[ looks down at his hands ]

It ... wasn't our first choice. It just kind of happened.

[midgardener]

You were in a tight spot and she offered to help, huh?

[senior_citizen]

[ small nod ]

It was a really bad game. Soldier and GM teamed up, some kind of battle simulation. I had my materia by then, so I was using it left and right, trying to keep my team together. And it worked. We barely scraped through.

But I overdid it. So after the game, when we got to our dorms ... The last thing I remember is hitting the floor with my chest on fire.

[midgardener]

. . .


Does she treat you alright?


[ haha what kind of stupid question is that? what are you going to do about it? ]

[senior_citizen]

[ seriously. he rubs at the back of his neck. ]

We cope. We survive. We do our best and we move on, whether she's good to us or not.

[midgardener]

Even to her patroned, huh? Well, don't take this the wrong way, but I might just hate her most of all.