Translated from Middle English

- Previously, Niko got along best with Remy and Vivienne because they went back the longest, Jett drove him crazy, and Nikolai drove Leon crazy. But Zoe's "application" (hacking their system) made him stand up and physically point at the screen and like 2 days after she arrived she kicked his ass at chess and he has adored her ever since. He can still only beat her maybe 20% of the time, and has to manufacture distractions to even get that much.

- Zoe's shit talking never stops and Nikolai sulks about it because she DID win so he can't stop her. Plus he'd do the same if it were him. He has a rolodex of planned taunts but never gets to use them. Eventually she finds them and reads them aloud to the others in her best impression of him.

- "I wanna see you dance, boy" was the true indicator that Zoe possesses all of the soft power in the entire Gilded Poppy

- Zoe saves every unhinged tweet she finds for times that Niko is enjoying a quiet moment, so she can go up unprompted and read it to him to deal psychic damage

- Once the secret of his backstory is revealed, Nikolai likes to find old school Soviet/Russian consoles and video games for Zoe. Sometimes Poppy Movie Night becomes Poppy Game Night where she plays the game while he's translating the text for her. The others tune in for Zoe's commentary.

- the first time Zoe made a pumpkin pie, niko tried it but was baffled by it. In fact, everyone was baffled by it, except Vivienne, who loves sweet things and especially Zoe. Now fellow American MC is a Poppy so pumpkin pie is for the girls only.

- Niko and Zoe love to be petty together and will send each other internet drama they come across to entertain each other. Sometimes they jump into forums just to troll and stir the pot.

- They are so good at making Vivienne so mad. The wind-up is that Nikolai teases Vivienne and pisses her off, then while she's feeling combatitive, Zoe says something nice, which makes Vivienne blush, which makes her angriest of all.

So I hate to ask with everything going on right now, but my mother's car was just repossessed and she needs to get it back ASAP. It's the only vehicle in our family and it's already hitting freezing temps where she lives.

Considering she shattered her shoulder and had to have it replaced when she slipped on frozen concrete before, getting her to have safe transportation is even more important.

It's no wonder so many people are profoundly lonely and disconnected from their communities when maintaining a social life in what little free time we have is incredibly difficult. If you have kids, a second job, a very long commute, or other responsibilities, it's nearly impossible.

not friends not lovers but a secret third thing