[text]

[orphans]

Your wworlds havve been destroyed. WWhat part of that message wwas unclear?
Abandon the childish notion of evventual return; it's avversivve to behold.

[filtered to ahri, chidori, and the signless]

If you are still unawwares, I must advvise against exploration of floor twwenty-four.

[filtered to her imperious condescension]


[...


except not, so just have a few milliseconds of static before hanging up!!! if returned, he'll get back to her once he's paced the room thirty or so times.]

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[evocation]

Ideally you would actually believe it.

[orphans]

[should he be honest here or... what...]

I do not think you anymore abominable than any other human.

[honestish.]

[evocation]

[She... Considers this...]

Why do you find humans so terrible?

[orphans]

[instantly:]

Because they differ from the ideal.

[evocation]

[HE IS GETTING SUCH A LOOK RN.]

[orphans]

[what








it's true]

[evocation]

Trolls are the ideal, then?

[orphans]

Naturally.

[evocation]

[She's just kind of... Grinning.]

[orphans]

[??? confused






SNEERS]

[evocation]

[She wrinkles her nose at him. Mature friends tbh.]

[orphans]

[horf]

I do not understand what the expression is meant to imply.

[or he can, just thinks it preposterous.]

[evocation]

Does it need to imply anything? What if I'm only teasing you?

[orphans]

[in all seriousness:]

There is nothin' to tease.

[evocation]

[She smiles again.]

I disagree.

[orphans]

[this is hard. YOU KNOW ON ALTERNIA HE WOULD HAVE KILLED HER A WHILE AGO PEOPLE ARE EASIER TO DEAL WITH WHEN THEY'RE DEAD

BUT THEN NO ONE LIKES YOU]

How?

[evocation]

[Okay bro she's going to take pity on you.]

You're very uptight, which makes you fun to tease.

[orphans]

[is he getting this right. is he really hearing what he's hearing.]

You prefer me to be 'a a more jocular nature.

[evocation]

Maybe just a bit. Is that bad?

[orphans]

[...]

It is not.

[evocation]

[AND YET HE STILL LOOKS LIKE A GRUMP. She's totally laughing at him.]

[orphans]

[LOOK APPARENTLY HE'S BEING JOCULAR ALREADY???

but he hasn't told a joke yet this is kind of infuriating]

[evocation]

[She thinks it's cute of him in a really pathetic way.]

Tell me something about Alternia.

[orphans]

[lmao god she's so weird]

There are two moons that orbit the planet instead of one, and trolls are nocturnal on account of our sun being too intense to bear during the day.

[evocation]

[She grins again as they reach the restaurant, tugging him gently towards it.]

Oh? Maybe we have more in common than we thought.