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[senior_citizen]

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

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[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.

[senior_citizen]

[ lets his hand fall ]

What did she do to you?

[midgardener]

. . . she took something important way from me, even though I'd won.

[senior_citizen]

In a game? From your wish?

[midgardener]

[ shakes her head ]


It's complicated.


Are you still hungry?

[senior_citizen]

You don't want to tell me?

[midgardener]

Isn't there plenty you don't want to say either? That's just how it is...!

[senior_citizen]

Yeah, but ... Do you have a lot of people who understand? Really understand?

[midgardener]

Understand...?

[senior_citizen]

Is there anyone else from Sabra here?