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// username: joric

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[drawsblood]

Good.

[ Because - being that it's his worst quality - he really doesn't have it within him to elaborate. ]

You do. Just in case you needed confirmation.

[oiorpata]

[ she smiles, even though he can't see it. she's certainly had a different perspective upon her arrival on ximilia, about what she was good for. and it wasn't a whole lot of good. ]

I might try to argue that I don't think I needed it, but mostly I'm not used to it, and I suppose it's nice to hear sometimes.

Thank you.

[drawsblood]

Sure.

[ Awkward pause... ]

So just let me know what day and time.

[oiorpata]

[ good thing she doesn't know how to feel awkward anymore on her own end. ]

Four days from now. I think around noon. I'm not sure what the audience situation will be. I've been trying to find out more about how the challenges typically go down in the meantime.

[drawsblood]

All right. I'll either be in the audience or wherever I'm allowed to be that's closest to the arena.

[oiorpata]

Thank you.

Hopefully it doesn't go too badly.

[ LITTLE DO THEY KNOW....... ]

[drawsblood]

[ DUN DUN DUNNNNN! ]

It's a fight to the death. I think badly is the point, isn't it?

[oiorpata]

The death part is what I'm least worried about. The after concerns me.

[drawsblood]

Don't worry. I'll get you out of there fast.

[oiorpata]

Thanks, Joric.

Lucky we have the earpiece trick up our sleeves too.

[drawsblood]

That's right. I can listen in. Pick my moment to rush in.

[oiorpata]

Hopefully we won't need that dramatic a rescue.

Maybe just a body bag.

[drawsblood]

Too bad I left my body bag back on the station.

[ A pause, and then: ]

That was a joke.

[ Look, this man has been texting over a year and he still doesn't really get sarcasm over text with no inflection of tone to go with it, so here he is assuming others won't get it either and he should explain himself. ]

[oiorpata]

[ even if it wasn't sarcasm - ]

Good, because I laughed.

You'll just have to settle for carrying me dramatically in your arms should it come to that.

[drawsblood]

I think I can handle that.