QUASIPLATONICROMANTIC NOT-MESS

[chanteuser]

i'm still wheezing y'all

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[chanteuser]

No. We're fine, numbers wise.

[ she squeezes his tightly. ]

But... there's still a pretty high chance, if someone knows who all of us are.

[robopriest]

Are there people who know who the other teams are? If so, then you both have a target on your backs.

[And he doesn't want to think of it like that. His hand trembles.]

[chanteuser]

There are. If... I'm right about which team needs to kill, then I know a person in each, and they know me.

... I don't know if they'd use that, or find an alternative, but it's always a possibility.

[ she shifts so she's holding his hand with both of hers. ]

I'd rather all of us knew where we are right now, with the rules and what's happening. Rather than being blindsided by it on Friday. It's not just us who are at risk, you know. If someone's worked out who's on other teams then...

[ it really could be any of them ]

[robopriest]

...I wish I could do something. But our team already has two kills, and its not like...not like me deciding to stand in the way of whoever might go after you will help everyone else, and...

[He shakes his head, over and over.]

I don't like...feeling so helpless.

[chanteuser]

Same. Our team can’t get involved anymore now either.

[ she moves up, letting go of his hand so she can wrap her arms around his shoulders instead, one hand cradling the back of his head. ]

We’re... a bit trapped, aren’t we.

[robopriest]

Mmm.

[He embraces her, sighing as he rests his head against her.]

So we are. Its terrible, really. And that in and of itself is an understatement.

[chanteuser]

[ she kisses the top of his head. ]

A little, yeah.

[ ... ]

I wonder if we were all like this every other time we went through this.

[robopriest]

Hm?

[He glances up.]

I don't know. All four of us...? It seems a bit of a stretch, but...perhaps?

[chanteuser]

[ hmmm ]

Maybe? But it feels pretty normal now. It’s weird to think it might not have happened. Any of this.

[ depending on what happened, who spoke to who... ]

[robopriest]

Haha, well, regardless of what happened...I think its just good fortune we all found each other this time.

[This OT4 makes him very happy. He loves all of them so much.]

[chanteuser]

[ hey poison can you be gone so she can kiss her boyfriend properly? he’s being soft and she doesn’t know which parts of him aren’t actually metal and not immune to poison ]

Right. [ the last time’s the most important — they have to make it stick ]

It’s... good. That this all worked out the way it did. [ this... knowledge of not being alone and having it be firm and steady, and not riddled with doubt. that’s so incredibly precious to her. of being surrounded by people and never feeling like she shouldn’t be there. ]