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Game 013 [Voice/Action] - "Triumphant" Return

[ The feed cuts in to the sound of coughing, and a very soft ] dammit [ before Joshua speaks into the journal, his voice somewhat hoarse and higher-pitched than usual. ]

Hanekoma, come get me. [ Mostly he just sounds exhausted. ]

[ Josh is sitting against a tree on the edge of the forest, staring at the mountains off in the distance, his journal in his lap. He looks younger... 10, maybe 12 at the oldest. He's covered in burn marks and bruises, and his clothes are completely ruffled and smattered with blood stains, not to mention a bit oversized due to him not being his usual stature. There's blood-stained bandages on his arms, and more hidden beneath his clothes. In other words, he's in bad shape.

Not to mention shivering. It's cold and snowing, and he's not dressed for the weather. ]

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Hope not, or you'll pass out in the snow and we'll hafta do this all over again.

[ Gonna head for the stairs, then. Feel free to tag along. ]

Your lack of faith wounds me, Sanae. [ /tags along ]

And I don't think I'd make it five minutes without hitting you, this time. [ Will just pretend it was extremely satisfying -- which it may have been, for all of two seconds -- as opposed to fairly uncomfortable. ]

Then I'd just have to make those five minutes count.

[ Not particularly what he wanted to hear, thanks. ]

No grinding. Ever again. At all. Really.

Hee hee. You know you enjoyed it.

I really didn't.

[ This? Might just be a blatant lie. ]

If you truly didn't, you wouldn't have a problem with me doing it again.

If I didn't enjoy it, of course I'm not gonna want you to do it again.

If you didn't enjoy it, you wouldn't insist that I not do it again.

...alright, so my body enjoyed it. I didn't. Not looking for a cheap one-night stand like some folks.

[ Pointed look is pointed. ]

You think I'm cheap?

[ This is a joking sort of grin, Josh. He doesn't mean it quite seriously. ]

Lookin' like it so far.

Sanae, don't discredit yourself. Just because I'm easily throwing myself at you doesn't mean you haven't done anything to earn it.

Aw, so I should be flattered you like molesting me.

[ Tromping on down the stairs, but he'll pause for a moment and throw Joshua a look that's almost serious. ]

...earned it. But it doesn't mean anything?

It's an act of pleasure that you've earned the right to share with me. It doesn't mean anything emotionally.

[ There's a pause, and then a shrug, and then a nod. He carries on down the stairs, seeming unbothered if a bit more thoughtful than he'd been a minute ago. ]

Makes sense.

[ beat of silence, then: ]

I'm still sayin' no.

You're missing out.

[ Snort. ]

I can live with that, too.

As long as you're aware. [ Bottom of the stairs, and oh, right, there's the hole. ]

[ He follows Joshua's gaze, flashes a wry grin, and heads behind the counter to get that soup started. There's a moment of quiet thoughtfulness, and then: ]

Hey, Josh. About that hole. You wanna make a deal?

What sort of deal?

Wouldn't mind seein' you fix it like a human would. No powers, at all, for the whole process.

What would I get out of it?

Come Valentine's Day, I'll get you a present. Something romantic.

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