Decollage | Day 78, morning

[hyanaimne]

[knock knock, Fawn, you have a visitor]

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[hyanaimne]

[all the stupid dere feelings. Uncorks hers]

[grandstanding]

Ah... hm. If you need to stay here a while because of... [gestures vaguely at the bottles they are about to go to town on] ...then it's fine.

[hyanaimne]

[blinks, glancing down as he gestures, then back at him]

You do not mind . . . ?

[grandstanding]

It's only morning... you could probably make it home before nighttime.

[hyanaimne]

I probably could . . .

[grandstanding]

Otherwise we have spare beds at the moment...

[hyanaimne]

. . . it would not feel right taking them. I will be fine . . . I did sleep last night, after a while.

[grandstanding]

All right.

[welp, I reminded myself that we have spare beds. starts drinking from the new bottle.]

[hyanaimne]

[leans against 8( and starts on her own bottle]

[grandstanding]

[go away, feelings!!]

[hyanaimne]

I keep trying to convince myself that they are safer in there . . .

[grandstanding]

For whatever good that does.

[hyanaimne]

[shrugs a shoulder]

They are not being murdered out here.

[grandstanding]

They're still gone.

[drinks :/]

[hyanaimne]

I know.

[grandstanding]

Raven and Knives... they were with us the longest.

[hyanaimne]

I never met Raven . . . Knives was a sweet girl, though. She offered to teach me modern words.

[grandstanding]

Raven didn't really... believe in making friends with other teams.

[hyanaimne]

. . . may I ask why?

[grandstanding]

She didn't see the point... Fawn used to be targeted a lot in contests. We died a lot. She didn't... couldn't see how it was worthwhile having friends when that would happen.

Especially after the one with protection...

[hyanaimne]

Protection?

[grandstanding]

[takes... a long drink, hrf]

There was a Dragon game... instead of asking us to target another team, he said we could pick one team to protect. Those who didn't get any protection were eaten.

No one protected Fawn.

[hyanaimne]

. . .

[grandstanding]

It was after that contest that I went out to get real alliances.

[hyanaimne]

[frowns . . . finds his free hand and holds it tightly. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF SHE'S DRUNK THIS IS SERIOUS]

We will protect you if there is ever a game like that again. I promise.