𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓

[pronounce]

what a month! this is texts from last night.
(meme threads aren't game canon, but they're not not game canon either, right)

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[kobes]

Battle scars, really? He's some sort of magician, I thought. What kinds of battles is he getting in?
Well, nevermind, that's not as important. How was
You know. Everything.

I will. I'm just
Things are
Weird, still. I'm still mad at him.

[holyposition]

He's not a circus guy pulling rabbits out of hats. Back home he was at war with a bunch of vampires.

It was amazing. It was really intimate. I didn't actually go over there intending for it to get that far, I've been kind of...jumpy and nervous
which you've been nice not to point out but I know you can see it
He made me feel protected, though.
And everything is proportional 😇

You've got every right to be. What did faking his death even accomplish?

[kobes]

Oh. That's much more impressive, yeah. What does he think of the ones hers? The vampires, I mean.

Tim, you're such a romantic. 😘
But yeah, I've noticed. Rightfully so, too. Feeling safe has been in short supply lately, so. I'm really happy he could give you that.
And that he's proportional, of course.

If it hadn't been found out so fast, it makes sense -- he's a doctor, he wanted to keep himself safe so he could protect Usopp if anyone came for him. It's a tactically sound plan.
But it meant I thought he was dead. He left me a note, but I didn't get it until after I'd already seen the bodies.

[holyposition]

They have a truce. I think we've all seen enough fighting for a while.

There's nothing wrong with being a romantic. It WAS romantic.

It was the last round. And what about that groundskeeper?

[kobes]

Okay, good. I agree entirely. It's nice to know there are still some level-headed people here, who don't let emotions dictate what they do.

I like that about you, silly. It's a compliment. And you deserve a little romance, sometimes.

No, you're right. I don't want to believe Shanks knew about that, but
I don't know. It's all a mess. Everything about this month was a mess.

[holyposition]

What if he did know?

[kobes]

I don't know.

[holyposition]

You should talk to him. Even if you're mad. I can tell you from experience, ignoring him won't help.

[kobes]

I mean
I haven't ignored him exactly.
I saw him after the party.

We just didn't exactly spend the time talking.

[holyposition]

...I can also tell you that doesn't really help, either. Not for long, anyway.

[kobes]

No, you're probably right.

Feels good, though. Really good.

[holyposition]

In the moment. And then it feels worse, after.

[kobes]

I mean, yeah, I'm pretty sore today.




Or did you mean emotionally?

[holyposition]

Emotionally, Koby.

[kobes]

Ohhhhh.

Well. Sorry. Too much information, then.

[holyposition]

I figured you would be, after the other night.

[kobes]

I might've overextended myself a tiny bit, yes.

[holyposition]

Be careful down there, okay? I know your attitude about that kind of thing is different from mine, and that's okay, but people get drugged and end up doing things they might not really want. It's easy to go to hard when you're avoiding dealing with other things. I learned that the hard way, too.

[kobes]

I will be, I promise.

Even though I think if anyone tried something I didn't actually want, Quentin and Shanks and the crew and you and probably Alicent would materialize out of thin air to stop them.

[holyposition]

Drugged into thinking we want things that we wouldn't otherwise, I mean.

But I would smack someone if you really needed.

[kobes]

Ah. Right. Well, sometimes they're just things we haven't tried yet and we don't know yet if we like them.

Thank you, Tim. I would punch someone if you needed me to. Please tell me if you need me to.

[holyposition]

Sometimes.

Itching for a fight?

[kobes]

Like you didn't walk into your first time knowing you'd like what you like, right?
Still, it's better with someone you trust. I can say that for certain.

Maybe? It's been a rough month. Maybe I need to take up boxing or something.

[holyposition]

My first time, we both cried after. You're doing better than me.

Aemond's been teaching me sword fighting. You should join us sometime.

[kobes]

Well, I cried the first time too. And the second. And
Actually every time, so that's no real indicator.

You want me to let Aemond swing a sword at me? Tim, I thought we were friends.