awol | WK 6, ICE B(E)AR

[rynlan is here, settled in somewhere with a hoodie covering his poor chilly elf ears and thancred's coat wrapped around himself, plus probably a blanket or two. he's easily chilled, is the thing.

he has a glass in hand of the drink that doesn't do anything, sipping at it. the boy band shirt is, thankfully, nowhere to be seen right now.]

["Somewhere", he says, as though he doesn't have Thancred sitting directly behind him with his arms around him, offering up whatever ambient body heat he can while also letting Ryn recline against him as he likes. Not that he really has much choice whether he likes it or not. It's curfew and his mood is pretty dour as a result of it, and he does not appear to be particularly willing to let said elf go anytime soon.]

[how's an elf supposed to get some more drinks if you won't let him go?? damn.

he's settled comfortably against him, though, not complaining.]

[why do you think we have lin. he has legs and hands. a perfect candidate.]

[ jacks this thread to have lin jingheng put some drinks that Do Nothing in front of them before he just anxiously wanders off. ]

...thank you.

[boy he needs these.]

[this is true, he does...

he's not going to steal bixing's human lap pillow for fetch quests though, he's not that rude.]

[As the curfew wears on, and the hour grows late, eventually Thancred will curl in closer and murmur something against Ryn's ear. For his long blue ears only. :| ]

[...he blinks, ear flicking (it might thwap his face), but. he manages a tiny little smile, muttering something back.]

...Mm. With elocution like that, if I didn't know better I'd think you were a pixie yourself.

[and presses his face against his hair.]

[he laughs quietly, at that.

though there's a pause, and after a few more seconds he murmurs-]

Don't think this means I'll forgive you for taking my job.

[...? What an odd thing to say.]

Your job?

Yes, you knew I was going for that job, it's a prestigious magazine-

[huffs.]

If Kuranosuke fires me it's your fault.

[...]

Ah.

[just kind of deadeyes around the room like any of you who were with Ryn on this CYOA want to clarify what in the ever-loving fresh FUCK he is on about now. no? no takers? fuckdamn.]

How could I have known, darling, when you were so obviously the superior... [??? uh.] ...candidate? Only a fool would've chosen me over you.

[ h ]

Don't look at us. As far as I can tell, we all had different... [ ... ] ...hallucinations.

Different what.

[who's this dude anyway.]

[ looks patiently at thancred like u see what i mean ]

[looks back like PLEASE SAVE HIM WHAT IS THIS]

[ you got this bud ]

Earlier, I... thought I was a professor of ... small creature studies. And that Gideon and Harrowhark and Four and Lavi were... my proteges. Going out to learn to battle with... little creatures. And that they were ten.

[ a beat. ] It wore off eventually, so... stay strong?

Small favors, that it wears off eventually.

[sighs deeply]

And that it doesn't seem...malevolent, at least.

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Yes, well, your boss is a fool and mine is going to fire me if I don't date someone.

[says. the elf currently being held. that's fine.]

["How will I ever find someone to date," says area elf currently wearing Thancred's stolen clothes and being snuggled mercilessly. Uncanny.]

Just anyone? Why should that matter to...uhm. Kuranosuke...?

I don't know! He thinks I'll do better work if I'm not single, or something, he gave me a week.

That seems absurd, to say the least. [...] Fitting for Kuranosuke, I suppose.

[GET REKT.]

Surely there's a way around it. Lying, for example.

--not a bad idea, actually.

All right. You can make it up to me by fake dating me.