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verso | co: expedition 33 | ota

[dualiso]

[completed the game (both endings. send help. I am not okay.), so no worries about spoiling anything for me! Tagging spoilers for other folks though :>]

1. I feel like that's something that he should've asked me over dinner..... instead of with his hand down my pants? maybe not

2. I don't particularly remember setting a firecracker off in my hand. No more absinthe.

3. I don't know what I would do on a date. I thought we'd passed that stage, at least for a while. Nowadays dates should consist of blackouts and shameful mistakes.

4. To be honest... when I was little I used to think sharks can swim out of drains and eat people.

5. So apparently I threw a potted plant at a mime last night and told it to get its life together.

wildcard - text him!

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[pieds]

You still haven't told me what it was. Come on, quit being a coward.

[dualiso]

I'm willing to share many things with you, old friend. This is not one of them.

[look, he would tell him, it's just that monoco will never let him live it down]

[pieds]

It's not going to change my opinion of you if that's what you're worried about. It didn't with the last one, so why would it be any different THIS time?

[dualiso]

I know that. Of course I know that. [it's still nice to hear. he does have doubts, sometimes, about... well. irrelevant to the conversation at hand] If I tell you, you're never going to let me forget about it.

[pieds]

And that's different than every other time... how? I don't understand.

[dualiso]

Ah, right. I forget sometimes that Gestrals have a tenuous grasp of shame.

[he's a little bit envious, honestly. wouldn't it be nice to enjoy life without feeling bad about it later?]

... fine. Fine! He said I reminded him of his older brother. Then began to list the ways.

[he hasn't spit out the worst bit though]

[pieds]

I don't even know what that is.

_{[ and the lie detector determined that was a lie. gestral or no, he's kind of an outlier and probably shouldn't be counted. ]}

But, I'm listening. Go on.

[dualiso]

He tied a neat little bow on it by telling me his brother Gommaged six months ago.

[but wait, there's more. the actual worst part:]

I didn't have the heart to stop him after that.

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[revitalization]

And did it take your advice?

[dualiso]

It laughed and started building an imaginary wall. Take that as you will. Personally, I took it as my cue to leave.

[listen, he can absolutely solo a mime sober. drunk though? throwing-things-at-nevrons drunk? not worth the hassle]

[revitalization]

It sounds like it had something to say about your unsolicited advice.
But I suppose a [ mm, ] tactical withdrawal while inebriated was the play.

[dualiso]

That's me. Verso the tactician.





Honestly, I just didn't feel like dodging hammers.

[revitalization]

Would you feel more like it when you're sober?

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[superniceone]

I'm not sure why you sound so certain they can't.

[gustave this is the driest teasing imaginable.]

[dualiso]

Any small enough to fit would be less terrifying man-eater and more toe nipping minnow. Not exactly threatening.

[superniceone]

You could say the same thing about Maelle, you know. That's exactly how they get you.

[dualiso]

Fair point. Lucky for us there aren't many working drains on the continent.

[superniceone]

But there could be sharks. You seem to be managing.

[dualiso]

I've had a long time to get over childhood fears. And the Nevrons probably ate them all.

[superniceone]

I suppose you'd be the expert.

[a long, awkward pause, and then:]

So. Expedition Zero, huh. That's really something.

[dualiso]

[ahh, the elephant in the room is addressed at last. verso exhales, long and slow, and types with a wry twist at the corner of his mouth]

Suppose it is. You have questions.

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[expeditionerss]

And here I thought a hand down your pants was a preferred method.

[dualiso]

Depends on the hand. And the question.

[expeditionerss]

I have thoughts on both of those things but perhaps I should hold my tongue.