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un: gorgug, text ( a day into the mission )
Hey. What's everyone found out about the mission?
Do we want to share what jobs we have and if we need anything? I'm working engineering in Sprawl. How are people in Dreg? I heard it's bad?
[ ooc: An info-sharing post, if people would like that! It can be used throughout different points of the mission, and maybe if people have made network posts on their toplevel posts, they can link them in here, w/e w/e! Please feel free to tag inside freely. ]
Do we want to share what jobs we have and if we need anything? I'm working engineering in Sprawl. How are people in Dreg? I heard it's bad?
[ ooc: An info-sharing post, if people would like that! It can be used throughout different points of the mission, and maybe if people have made network posts on their toplevel posts, they can link them in here, w/e w/e! Please feel free to tag inside freely. ]
private 5eva
Until-- oh.
That's so sweet. ]
i miss you too
[ Another message: ]
are you okay?
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[ That reply is really quick. ]
of course
have i ever not been okay
[ Don't answer that question. ]
i simply think it is ridiculous that this train is making us work for no reason
and keeping us apart for no reason
this entire thing is not even real
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i think the train is real
i already broke my bed
my back pain is real
[ fabian he's turning into an old man. :( ]
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but i mean none of this is an actual thing
[ .. would Gorgug understand what he means by that? Likely not, Fabian thinks, but it's also so hard to find a way to put this into words when the other doesn't instinctively get what you mean! ]
these people are not real or living real lives
this is just something aurora and echo set up for us
like training at school
just more elaborate
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so it's like a stage act
you're saying we're in a play
[ Just like that one time with that one guy...........and the big eye!! ]
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you got it!
that is EXACTLY what i mean!!
except we never got a choice in it which makes it very dumb
and we have to work despite everything being fake which makes it even dumber
don't you ever feel like when you are working you at least want to work on something that feels important to you?
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i guess i do
[ Let him actually think about it some more. ]
a lot of the time when i'm working i don't know if i'm focusing on the right thing or if i'm working on something that i would be doing if we were in spyre or i'm just doing it because i'm in etraya
and i don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing
but i'm always doing a lot. so that's a lot like being back in school
[ Gorgug has a lot of thoughts that go nowhere, actually. ]
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Only slight, so it's not like Fabian is getting very Deep here, but it at least shows that there is some thought being put into what he sends next, rather than him just immediately sending over the first thing he's thinking of.. ]
okay but you know that you should be doing things that make you happy right
not things that only make you doubt yourself
or that make you feel bad
don't let this place do that to you
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but i guess i was still figuring out where i wanted to go with artificing. i knew i wanted to make it work with my barbarian role and make it adaptable in battles
but we don't fight a lot
i didn't even bring my axe
and the technology around etraya is different and it's not that i don't enjoy learning about it
[ There's a but, right? There is a but, even if Gorgug can't really figure it out. ]
it would help if i could speak to my artificer teacher, i think
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[ Because Fabian can also see that obvious but hanging in everything Gorgug is saying, but he's not sure if he's picking up on the right nuance here. Especially when what he wants and what Gorgug wants out of their classes and their combination tends to be so different.
But he wants to figure out the problem here! If they, as Bad Kids, aren't going to look out for each other's trouble.. well, then who is? ]
do you have questions for him? do you need ideas from your teacher?
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it would be good to talk to him about it, yeah
i was following the curriculum pretty closely even if i had some room to make choices and now then
but it was pretty strict
now i'm not following anything and it's not as freeing as i thought it would be since i have the continuing existence of my world to think about
[ But Fabian doesn't have to think about this when it comes to being a bard or fighter, right? Does Fabian think about this kind of thing at all? Dancing is still... dancing.
A small part of him wants to ask if being here makes Fabian question his abilities and capabilities at all, but it's hard to know how to frame it. Maybe he doesn't understand bard dancing enough....... ]
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[ Though he has let Gorgug do so anyway without really repeating it ever since that very, very early talk.. Fabian thought that maybe Gorgug just needed a distraction to cope, or something like that.
Who even knows why it had to be school. Fabian wasn't going to think about it too hard! Or question it! But is it turning out now that Gorgug has just been extra stressing himself out this entire time? ]
i feel like we have enough other stuff to worry about right now
even this dumb train situation being added on top of it all is TOO MUCH ALREADY
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But Fabian's telling him not to worry about it, and that they have to focus, which is true. They have a mission. They want to complete the mission. ]
okay
i'll worry about the train first
and finding the king
and then we can get off and go back to the manor
[ Exactly the things he knows Fabian wants to hear!! ]
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But over text? He doesn't really see anything all that weird about those words. It's why he replies with: ]
tell me a reward you want once we are back
[ Look, reward systems work great for Fabian, okay. His desire to find this king is solely fueled by his desire to hang out more with his friends again. And boyfriend cuddles. ]
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...
It takes Gorgug a minute, but: ]
i want to eat ice cream covered in marshmallows and sauce with you and riz on a couch and we're sharing a blanket
[ He has simple desires. ]
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But.. you know what, that's okay, actually. It's something Fabian can easily make happen. The only difficult thing between this and that end result is getting off this damn train, honestly. ]
that is going to have to be a big blanket
[ He's teasing Gorgug. Just a little bit.
Who knows if that's going to land though, considering it is Gorgug, and this is text with no tone indicator whatsoever.. ]
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[ Truly, it doesn't land... but Gorgug is happy thinking about it, if just for now. It's a nice thought to have while on the train, trying to figure out a mystery that-- he's definitely not the person to be figuring it. ]
we need a pint of ice cream each
[ Just like on TV, Fabian! ]
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On the other hand, he is kind of glad that Gorgug probably feels more content talking about this than about all the dumb train stuff that Fabian could ramble on and vent about for three hours on end. ]
aye aye captain
is that all?
any more wishes while we're at it?
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[ Wow, is it his birthday?? Unless this is actually a test where he needs to say the right thing eventually, or Fabian gets mad. The thought does cross Gorgug's mind, but the two might actually line up: what Fabian wants, and what Gorgug wants. ]
a kiss
captains deserve a kiss
[ If he gets to be captain, too. ]
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[ Just for that he'll let you be captain for once, Gorgug.
In fact, Fabian is even bold enough to send a: ]
;)
[ Even though it's rare for Fabian to send emojis! Look, he just thought Gorgug would never get to something that's very high up on Fabian's list of stuff to do once they get out of this mess, really. ]
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don't forget
i won't
[ Now is not the time to be flirting during mission time, and yet.... ]
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ugh
i have to get back to work
someone is yelling at me to do so
[ When Fabian has far more important things to do? Like texting Gorgug, clearly? No one understands him!! ]
we will see each other soon
i promise
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okay
[ He has to think for a second, but: ]
show them what a maximum legend is
[ That's a good send off, right?? ]