[IC] [SELF-INDULGENT MUSEBOXING]

[senior_citizen]

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

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[senior_citizen]

[ leery ... ]

That doesn't make it a good one.

[midgardener]

No, but it is.

[senior_citizen]

How do you know?

[midgardener]

Well, alright. It's not a great game for you, maybe. Kinda newfangled.

[senior_citizen]

[ he's getting confused and rrrretreating back towards his tree a bit ]

What kind of game, Aeris?

[midgardener]

More like . . . Graces, or Lovers' . . .

[senior_citizen]

[ pauses. did either of them ever run a bad game? he can't think of any, just ... ]

Uh ... Romantic ones?

[midgardener]

I'm afraid so. But, the good news is, it's a long term kind of arrangement! No need to push yourself for now.

[senior_citizen]

-- Long term?!

[midgardener]

[ nod nod ]

[senior_citizen]

Can I go back to Trickster's game?

[midgardener]

Ha hah.

[senior_citizen]

I'm not entirely kidding ...

[ hrrrfff just. presses a palm to his forehead, trying to think strategically about this. there's some interesting tattoos peeking out from under his shirt sleeve. ]

[midgardener]

That's what makes it an awful joke, you know.


[ god. gooood TATTOOS AND EVERYTHING. What does this mean? is this a second Steve? ]


Ah, hey, can I ask you something...?

[senior_citizen]

[ it totally could be, but then again you haven't seen your usual Steve yet today... ]

What is it?

[midgardener]

[ WELL, HERE'S ONE WAY TO ORIENT HERSELF ON HIS TIMELINE, AT LEAST ]

Do you . . . still have trouble breathing . . . ?

[senior_citizen]

[ ! ]

How did you know?

[midgardener]

I told you, we're friends.

[senior_citizen]

... I guess you'd find out pretty quick even if we weren't.

[ soft sigh ]

Breathing and my heart. Those are the big ones.

[midgardener]

[ whelp ]


Well, we'll keep an eye on it.

[senior_citizen]

I've got some backup too. We pooled together and figured out some things after it gave out the first time.

[ he gestures to the faint lights in his arm ]

[midgardener]

[ s c r e a m ]


Ah! Sounds practical.

[senior_citizen]

If you've really been in Sabra, you know how it is.

[midgardener]

Yeah . . .


[ her lips twitch, as she tries to get the strained smile off her face- not right now, Gainsborough. This is not the time. ]


Yeah, I know.

[senior_citizen]

[ like he hasn't seen that expression on other people's faces before. he pauses, for a moment. something in him relaxing. ]

... tell me something that's better here.