KISS GAME OVERFLOW, DAY 282

[innerdaemons]

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[innerdaemons]

[ oh this is awkward. regardless he takes it ]

-- Hello! It's been a bit, hasn't it?

[constellationprize]

Hi, Absinthe ... With the vial I drank, it was really difficult for me to speak without touching someone like this - so even if it's just for a little while like this, I hope it's okay for us to hold hands ...

Could you come down here...?

[ and, ]

How are you doing?

[innerdaemons]

Ah -- of course! I do not mind the contact with you, miss Aradia.

[ he leans down a bit ]

I'm doing quite well. I'm relieved this is a less ... bloody game for us to enjoy.

[constellationprize]

The one before this was really . . .

[ cheek smooch ]

... I ended up meeting Mother there, and she seemed safe, but - I hope that you and the rest of your unit were okay too.

[innerdaemons]

[ cheek smooch in turn! though he's straightening up a bit quick after. ]

Ah yes. Ruby seemed to have ... quite a time of it.

[constellationprize]

[ pauses, hand going stiff in his, what little color there is in her face draining out completely ]

. . . What?

[innerdaemons]

-- Oh! Nothing terribly dire. She just seemed shaken by the time we had reunited.

Intact, however.

[constellationprize]

[ more sharply than she probably intends, palm grown sweaty in his hand, ]

- What happened to her? Please tell me.

[innerdaemons]

She was not actually harmed. She was quite well-equipped! But mentally she seemed frayed.

[constellationprize]

... Did she tell you why...?

[innerdaemons]

In her words... "Everyone who's full of murder is so exhausting".

[constellationprize]

[ oh, ]

I - I'm sorry . . .

[ is just sort of blurted out in her panic, even though she and ruby have already talked about this,

once she realizes there's a brief pause, ]

What - what about you? Were you okay...?

[innerdaemons]

Ah, well ... I died quite a few times, but dying in and of itself is not something I mind.

[constellationprize]

[ a little pale, ]

... Are you okay now? Even if dying is fine, and it isn't something that we can avoid during that game, being possessed like that is still -

[ a breath, ]

- Something . . . even so, it's still something scary, isn't it...?

[ as if to punctuate it, she gives his hand a tiny squeeze, as if ???reassuring??? ]

[innerdaemons]

You truly need not be so concerned. I've experienced far worse things before -- it all hardly phased me.

[ he squeezes back! ]

[constellationprize]

... Just because you've experienced worse things than that doesn't mean that what happened was okay, does it? Even so, that's not something that you should have had to endure ...

[ frowninggg fussing idly, peering up at his face ]

[innerdaemons]

[

gives her a pat on the head ]

You truly fuss too much over things like this! I would be quite honest with you if I were truly bothered.