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i thought you already knew?
was that not what you were teasing me about that one time??
even then
were we not obvious on the forums enough
i blatantly flirted with him several times
and he reciprocated

[ That last part is more important because Oria is naturally a flirt... ]

That was after I was dead for a week. You didn't mention it before. And you were dating before.

( for a week, which like, is basically no time at all, but mithrun has the world's tiniest knife on him and he's here to split hairs, )

mithrun
are you sulking

[ Oria finds this somehow endearing.

And it's funny that this is the first thing they talk about ever since Oria murdered fakerun. ]

( We're going by order of priority. Clearly this trumps all else. )

It completely changes the context of the conversations about distraction and revenge.

( you JEZEBEL

so yeah he's sulking. )

does it really?
i still meant what i said regardless of my feelings for him
and the distractions were about you
not me

You knew I was already alone in my plans by then and you didn't say anything.

well
yeah?
you never told me who else was with your plan
so ofc i assumed you would be going at it alone
i didnt know you had someone else until i told sinclair about it
which was after our talk

( Hmph. )

Fine. I'll accept that for the first instance. But I still don't like it.

us dating?
i didnt know you adopted him

[ lol ]

He's getting my inheritance, remember?

( If they were talking IRL this would be deadpan, )

[ Oh.

He was serious. Hm. ]

you know that doesnt mean you adopted him right
if it makes you happy mithrun
then sure!
is this really what you wanted to talk to me about tho

It was a joke.

( Well... the delivery was. )

Did you think I would come to talk to you about you killing me?

nope
if you did
you would have messaged me much earlier
but i will do my best to not kill you next time
if it happens again

It sounds like I'll actually die this time, so I'd advise against it.

( He's not too pressed about the possibility. He has no will to live, even to carry out revenge; it's a difficult contradiction to exist in. )

I was going to message you about Sinclair earlier. But I've been distracted. ( The dreaded D word... Almost as bad as the W word. Anyway. ) Do you still feel your injury right now?

( He doesn't know the specifics of what it is, but he extrapolated once he returned to normal that it was probably something nasty, and probably from an assassination attempt or another. Severine stuff. )

Edited 2023-10-05 04:39 (UTC)

[ Hehe. Mithrun got distracted. Oria is glad. ]

i stopped feeling it some time before we got trapped here
so im good on that front

( It's terrible!!!! Worse than the no log out disease!!!!!!! )

I'd wondered if I'd exacerbated it.

( He refers to his past self as just "I," unlike his past self's proclivity. Anyway - would've been interesting, in a relevant way, if it had actually worsened it. But he'll set aside that inquiry, since it's a dead end. )

Assuming you and Sinclair survive, ( ominous phrasing, thanks, Mithrun, ) do you have the actual means to put a hit on Kromer?

( He knows Oria was serious about it. But can he? The issue of logistics was what they ran into before - but they were also neither in a state to actually talk shop about murder. He's neglecting Oria's offer to put a hit on Mithrun's target, since that's just not the topic right now. Frankly, if Kromer isn't within Oria's reach, then the professor, who's more tightly nestled within Sarabi's labyrinths, is out of the question. )

Edited 2023-10-05 07:54 (UTC)

what happened in the game stayed in the game
no actual aggravation happened to my injury

i wouldnt have suggested it if i didnt
ive been looking into this for a while

Are you willing to do it without Sinclair's consent?

no
i will be frustrated about it
but if he doesnt want me to
then i wont

( you seduced my grandson and for WHAT? to be USELESS???? )

You don't want him to kill her himself, but you don't want to resolve the issue, and you know he's not going to make a decision on his own sooner than it runs him into the ground...

( what is even the point of you )

hey mithrun
do you respect sinclair's autonomy
or only when it suits you?

If that's how you're framing it, I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you.

Kromer is my business because she's useful to me. If neither you nor Sinclair want to touch her, then I'll handle it. Not for Sinclair, but for me.

That's all.

Edited 2023-10-08 12:26 (UTC)

wasnt it always for you?
or are you trying to convince yourself that you wanted to do it for sinclair at some point because he was with you
but now that you think he wont do it
youre saying that youre doing it for yourself?

[ aka cope harder, mithrun ]

You're reading into the phrasing a little too hard. Everyone involved knows this has always been for me.

What I was telling you is that it's something for you to shelve, assuming some combination of us returns to reality intact.

yup thats how its always been
thanks!
i will definitely return intact
and you better too
is it right to assume youre kinda grounded bc you do get into a lot of risky situations on your own...

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