awol | WK 6, ICE B(E)AR

[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.

[ he looks a little stricken at this particular choice of phrasing, actually!!!! and then bottles it up very quickly with a kind smile. ]

No. Not malevolent at all.

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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.

[area grizzled old bard chokes on air and cannot decide whether to laugh or perish]

That sounds dangerous. What if you should fall in love with me for real?

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