PILLOW TALK POST

[afailedmurder]

what it says on the tin

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104 - A brought his A game, X brought his XXX game

[afailedmurder]

[now there is only the awkward game where A tries to figure out if he is supposed to return to his own bed or not but refuses to actually ask]

It truly is fortunate we won that game.

idk when, sometime after Joker comes back on day 106

[afailedmurder]

[The next time A gets Joker alone, he will cling as if he expects one or both of them to disappear at any second]

[liftoft]

Mm...

[ Hopefully A likes being cuddled, because X is definitely a cuddler ]

For sure--I'm actually really proud of all of us. It was definitely a group effort, and I think we really helped other people out!

[ buuuuut for once he's less interested in praising teamwork and hope and such, and nuzzles into A's hair instead ]

How about you, you happy?

[afailedmurder]

Mm.

[yes, good. A will absorb as much affection as humanly possible]

You all worked well together.

[liftoft]

[ makes a rumbly noise, half enjoyment-of-cuddles and half gentle-chiding]

You were there too, and you're AlcheME just as much as anybody else. It wasn't the same without you!

[afailedmurder]

R-right, of course...

[cuddling! good cuddling!]

[liftoft]

[ rrrrolls uo to pin A under him on the bed, ao he can be insistently in his face.]

I mean it! It's important that you're here! Least, to me...

[afailedmurder]

[A has no natural defense to this]

I know...

[...]

But even you must surely admit that I don't always fit in here.

[liftoft]

[...ffflops down onto A, still pinning but more cuddly.]

Sure, but neither do I. So what? AlcheME is all of us, so whatever you bring is just as important! Don't ever think different.

[afailedmurder]

[not engaging with the cuddling this time]

What do I bring?

[liftoft]

[ just, instantly ]

You're smart as hell, and clever, and damn stubborn and maybe kinda petty but I'm pretty sure that's definitely all of us. The point is, you're you, and you're Alcheme, so whatever you are that's part of what bein' Alcheme is about.

sometime after 110 - and more importantly, around 2 am - A texts Maki

[afailedmurder]

A: Are you asleep?

[afailedmurder]

Maki didn't belong on Taisho.

[liftoft]

Nah, that's not true. Taisho's all people who are really stubborn, right? I dunno how anybody thought somethin' like that wasn't gonna happen eventually, with a team like that. She wasn't happy there, but that doesn't mean she didn't belong. People can belong a lotta places! People keep tellin' me I should be on Heart Soldier, and they're not wrong but I still belong right here, too, y'know?

I know things got awkward, and you and C don't get along, but that doesn't mean you don't have just as much right to Alcheme as any of the rest of us.

[criminaljustice]

[sounds like it's hairpets time. sooothing hairpets]

[afailedmurder]

[seems to consider that for a moment, then smiles wryly and taps him on the nose]

I know that you belong on AlcheME.

[afailedmurder]

[lets out a sigh and a tiny bit of tension as well]

Those sadistic sons of bitches.

[rollplayinghouse]

Maki: Not anymore.
Maki: What's up?

[afailedmurder]

A: Sorry
A: I'm having difficulty sleeping

[rollplayinghouse]

Maki: It's fine. I'm a light sleeper.
Maki: Tell me about it.

[afailedmurder]

A: It's not as though anything specific happened.
A: Sometimes I become lost in my own thoughts.

[criminaljustice]

Agreed. Talk shows are the worst kind of hell.

[rollplayinghouse]

Maki: Then tell me what you're thinking.
Maki: That's why you texted, right?

[afailedmurder]

That's not even good TV. The only thing worse than a producer is an incompetent producer.

[afailedmurder]

A: I was thinking about how easy it is for them to spirit us away.
A: Objectively speaking, I should have been happy on that talk show. That kind of thing is my forte, and there were no games or memory broadcasts...
A: Yet all I could think about was coming back.