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"if we're keeping score," elain grinned back at the other, "then i believe that is my third win, now." sure, elain was never entirely competitive, but it was fun to let herself feel that way for once, especially when she was winning so many times in a row.

"he probably does, though I'm not too sure my sister would agree," mira had never been too much of a fan of xaden, given what had happened before - but they didn't like him even more now. "he thinks that something he did was to protect my sister, but it's going to end up getting her killed,"

"the closer you are, the harder it is to see clearly," anya said, appearing empathetic. without meaning to, she actual does become empathetic, mumbling under her breath "i've been there." ugh, why were these human emotions hard to shake off this time around? her nose scrunched with disgust. another man who believes what they do 'is for the best'. this'll surely help her solve her humanity problem. "he sounds like the worst. sucks that you can't actually stab him."

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"you know i never thanked you for going on that little adventure with me." ceres spoke with a soft smile as she looked over at the other. sure she was still grappling with the whole 'it wasn't real' sort of thing; but none the less it was nice to know she had an adventure buddy in it all. "it is not something we can really do in the city as we know it now."

"no thanks needed," ruyi replied. "i quite enjoyed our time of exploring." in the time since she has come back to dc, inspecting a cavern was the most grounded she has felt in a while. she didn't feel the need to guard herself or wear a mask. "i'm sure we could find a cave somewhere around here," she joked. "but we'll probably have to sign a waiver before being able to enter."

"Can't sleep either?" Silco glanced up as she appeared in the doorway. Recently his nightmares had gotten worse, flashes of his death coming back to him and making sleep basically impossible. Jinx seemingly getting worse as well. He didn't want to go too far away from his daughter at the moment, in case she panicked about him not being around, that he was dead again. He wanted to be close to ease those worries if needed. It was all just weighing heavily on his mind. His past... mistakes me had made, Wondering what could have been different. "I know it's a bad idea but helps me sleep." He placed the glass of whiskey down. If he was alive again, maybe Vander would be too. Could he forgive him? Everything that Vander did... the betrayal... for Jinx. He didn't know. Every time he looked into the mirror he saw the scars Vander had left. There wasn't any hiding it.

"seems i'm not the only one," she replied with a strained smile. how could she sleep? it wasn't the first night she felt his absence some time in the night. it wasn't always for long, but appeared to becoming more frequent. her gaze wandered to the drink in his hand. any other day and person she'd show a look of disapproval. instead concern filled her expression as she entered the room. sliding the glass away from him, she placed herself between him and the drink. "do you want to talk about it?" she asked, tilting her head up.

"it looks radioactive to me," anya commented, staring at the glowing drink. "you could always try it. worst case scenario, you die. best case, you could gain super powers." at least that's what happened to most of the men in the picture books xander used to read.

❛ i don’t think we’ve met yet but you looked like you needed someone to talk to. ❜ ryuk took a seat opposite of the other and shrugged. "I'll try."

wow, exposed so quickly. she thought she'd have to let out at least three more exaggerated sighs before the other would inquire. "it's nothing..." she said to give at least the appearance of reluctance. but the appearance didn't last long as she continued, "i just feel... out of place." it's not just that dc was foreign to her, but this time period didn't feel like home anymore. "do you think it's weird to miss a place you don't belong in?"

"Gale? Gale Weathers?" She was one of the last people Kirby expected to see and yet here she stood. With everyone else around maybe she shouldn't have been surprised. "Kirby Reed." She nodded her head in greeting to the other woman.

"yep, that's my name," gale responded automatically, her attention fully on the phone in her hand as she checked her notes. fortunately, it seemed her name was still known, so she wasn't back to square one on that front. as soon as the other introduced herself, gale came to an abrupt stop. "kirby?" she finally looked up at the woman. "you've got to be kidding me. is everyone from woodsboro here?"

dongkyung takes a seat and smiles, teasingly poking her side. "last chapter? does that mean i finally get to read what you've been working on?" she had waited out until the end of the school year before resigning as a teacher. as fun as it was, she much preferred being an editor. "drinks are a must! we have to celebrate."