pc w/ dahut

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as said by the great andie:

📣 NO OODOOD IN THE BLOOLOOL

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[HE CAN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE THAT CUTE EVEN IN PIXELS!!

But Pixel Arthur holds a blurry hand out toward sweet Yuri.]

Yes, please! Can you come with me for a moment?

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[ It's so weird to hear any sort of Arthur with that much energy in his voice, but she holds his hand and goes to follow. Surely, this won't be bad, right?? ]

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[SURELY NOT... So many people are just following this suspiciously blurry Arthur as he leads them over to suspiciously dark and desolate corners of the party where no one else is...

But at least when they get to this corner, nothing nefarious happens. Pixel Arthur just turns to face Yuri again! And gives her hand a squeeze!]

I just wanted to say hello! I've missed you!

[SAYS PIXEL ARTHUR but it's okay because as he's talking, his pixel body glitches and leaves Dahut in its wake.]

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[ !!

Yuri squeezes his hand. ]

Dahut! I missed you too...

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Thank you so much for the report and the documents, too! I think Monsieur Scien will probably say something himself if he hasn't already, but you did excellent work!

[She is truly out here being so responsible while all of these knuckleheads just [redacted] in the [redacted].]

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I'm glad they were helpful. Thank you.

[ Ah, she remembers something. ]

During Shouxue and Sheba's execution, was that really you?

[ She has Doubts. ]

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[The way that his distress is palpable even through his pixelated face.]

It wasn't! I have no idea what that was! Everyone else turned to stare at me, too, like I had any more idea of what was going on than they did...! I don't know who's so obsessed with Monsieur Luke's shibari, but we're all being haunted by it.

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I'm glad.

[ She quietly breathes out. ]

In truth, I was the one who sent the initial message in HER-MES about calling out to you and asking what Luke was doing. I didn't think it would have devolved into that whole mess...

[ She felt bad. Sorry, Luke. The dishonor on Peanut. ]

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[HELP. NOT THE DISHONOR. He just gently pats her hand.]

I don't think any of us could have anticipated the way that turned out... [Whoever sent the first shibari reply larping as him is his enemy.]

Monsieur Luke doesn't like responding to messages or letters, either, so if you ever have anything you want to tell him, you can just yell for him to go respond! We'll be able to hear you, so if he doesn't listen, I'll go kick him.

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Kick??

[ What did Luke do to you, Dahut... ]

Is it because he's too busy?

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You have to be aggressive with him...

[HE WON'T LISTEN TO WORDS. He also shakes his head at that. Doxxing Luke hours.]

I think it's probably just because of who he is as a person. He doesn't like, um... leaving people behind and making them hurt, so I think he's trying to make the hurt a little better in a very silly way.

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By being... a source of slapstick comedy?

[ Is that right??? Is that why he sticks with the shibari thing?? help. ]

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No, he's been dragged into being a slapstick comedian unwillingly. [HE THINKS IT'S HILARIOUS.] I mean the-- avoiding answering messages thing that he does.

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He's trying so hard to return, yet he doesn't want to return the messages...

[ make it make sense, Luke ]

I think there would be people who would be glad to hear back from him.

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And to diffuse the rumors about him doing shibari.

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[LUKE IS A NIGHTMARE!! THIS IS WHY HE MUST BE KICKED.]

If he had the choice, I'm sure he'd roll right out of here the second he could with barely a goodbye to anyone! Isn't that terrible? We'll have to trap him and make sure he can't escape! ...I don't know if anyone or anything can save him from shibari by this point, though.

[Does Luke deserve this fate? MAYBE NOT... But it is his now.]

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[ Yuri wryly smiles at that. She can think of other people who would just get up and leave too, but she can't fault them. ]

A little experience might be better than none at all, when it comes to interacting with certain people. I think most people sent to the other side are decent people.

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[All these antisocial introverts are going to give him a hernia.]

I agree! It's a very solid group. Everyone's been holding it together really well, to be honest... I'm proud of them.

[He's only third or fourth-oldest in the graveyard now but this is still his gaggle of little freaks that he feels personally responsible for.]

I reeeally wish we didn't have to worry about getting any more of you, but I'm sure that even when we do, they'll do just fine, too.

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Mm. I'm glad.

[ Misery does not love company. ]

Also, I heard from Shouxue that you, Scien, and Luke influenced your surroundings based on your interests...

[ Is this true?? Poor girls. ]

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[SHOUXUE REALLY JUST KILLED THEM LIKE THIS.]

Wh— It wasn't just the three of us! It's true that we shaped the first changes, but I'm not the one who influenced the Helly Belly into giving us a goo pool!

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[ rip the three geniuses...

But... what. What?? ]

Goo pool?

[ What the fuck!! ]

What does that place really look like...?

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[RIP TO THEM AND THEIR GOO POOL...]

Fleshy? [HELP.] But only some parts! Most of it is actually fairly nice, especially now! Even the goo pool caves, they're lit up like lovely little starry skies at night.

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.... I think the first step to remedying it is to rename that place entirely.

[ She would not go to the "goo pool" no matter how pretty the stars are. ]

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Oh... Maybe something like the star caves! There's only one goo pool, after all; the rest are more or less normal.

[WHY DO THEY CALL IT THE GOO POOL CAVES THEN.]

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... That sounds a lot better.

[ YEAH?? WHY GOO POOL CAVES??

But this interaction makes Yuri giggle a little. ]

I'm glad that you're still the same as always, Dahut.

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[DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

Dahut just beams at that, though! Beams so hard that he depixelates for a bit, and his expression and form can be seen clearly. He'll reach out for her hands and give them a little squeeze if allowed.]

I'll always be the same Dahut, so don't worry! It seems like you've been able to come out of your shell more since the last time we spoke, though. I'm glad!