#dls1

Dorian&Laudna being SOFT™

“Are you alright?”

“I’m alright. Tired. Sad.”

There weren’t supposed to be any golden apples on the server. The recipe is disabled; the loot tables scoured.

There are two golden apples: one in the hands of Pearl, abandoned and alone and hurting.

The other is in the hands of Bdubs - who betrayed his soulmate in a past game over a clock. He received a clock from his soulmate, a token to seal their bond, a test. Impulse passed.

Pearl knows she should destroy the apple. She wonders if offering it to Scott and Cleo would convince them to forgive her, just a little. She thinks about what it would mean to be utterly, completely alone in truth.

Impulse sees the golden apple in his partner's chest and leaves it there. Maybe it’s another test. Maybe he’s testing Bdubs. He doesn’t know.

Does he trust Bdubs because they are bound together by the universe? Does he feel different now that he knows there is a way out? He doesn’t know, but the question will eat at him.

Pearl keeps the apple, because she doesn’t trust anyone else but her to have it.

Bdubs+Impulse: love the old married couple vibes. The inevitable betrayal will be that much more painful.

Tango+Jimmy: they are going to make each other better <3 constantly neglected and underappreciated, they are on track to becoming the server powerhouse. I believe in them!!!

Etho+Joel: they are going to make each other worse <3 and have a grand old time terrorizing the server. Too hypercompetent for their own good. Definitely my main POVs this season.

Grian+Scar: ARE YOU KIDDING ME. They’re going to have a time trying not to rehash their dynamic from 3rd Life. Happy Pride Month I guess.

Ren+BigB: fun and chill vibes, no big drama (yet. Ren will find a way).

Scott+Cleo: yassss defy the universe! make your own destiny! (but they’ll have to deal with their assigned soulmates eventually.)