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[time5kip]

The Boy: I'll make certain to provide a sticker to congratulate you on being a responsible and caring boyfriend.
The Boy: Really, though. Jokes aside I'm almost proud.
The Boy: I'll meet you there, but please don't expect me to actually play. I'm only observing.

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Wildfire 13: Awww, that's disappointing . . . (´･ω･`)
Wildfire 13: I was getting ready to celebrate my guaranteed victory, too \(´･ω･`)/

[But he'll be there at the gym, already in a basketball uniform, and just tossing in shots into the basket with great ease.]

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[ he doesn't even respond to that one, he just LEAVES HIM ON READ. But he does arrive to the gym eventually full of ARE YA WINNIN SON energy. ]

I can't imagine having no actual opponent is fun, but like I said. I'm not playing.

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If you aren't familiar with the game, it'll be like I'm playing by myself anyway so it's fine.

[Sometimes, an ego appears.]

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I'd be offended if I actually cared about competing with you in this particular field, but lucky for me, I don't.

Still. I am curious to learn what's so special about it.

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It's great!! There's a cool rush when you're running down the court and when you're shooting the basket and everything!!

I assume!!

I don't really remember yet, and it's been pretty boring so far actually!

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Isn't that just becuase you haven't found an opponent worth your time? I'm assuming the person who challenged you failed miserably.

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Uh yeah, he was awful. Actually, I noticed he started to understand it pretty quickly and was getting better the longer he played . . . actually, his growth could potentially scary be if he kept taking it seriously. But right now, no one here is worth my time.

[Siiiiiiiiiigh.]

What did you really want, Valocchi?

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I'm hurt. Maybe my interest in basketball is sincere, you know.

[ but he is sitting down on the nearest bench or whatever they have in this gym i have no clue. And is absolutely waiting for Wildfire to do the same ]

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[Takes one more clean shot, and lets out a sigh as he eventually comes over.]

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You're smart enough to put two and two together, so I don't think I have to actually tell you why I sought you out.

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...Yeah, I’m still mad. I’m not sure at what anymore, but I’m mad.

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I'm not going to ask "do you want to talk about it", because I can tell you don't. But you should.

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I talked to Silencchi some yesterday...

[Frowns.]

I mean I’ll talk about it, I kinda want to, but I don’t hate him enough to talk about it where everyone can see.

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Well. You're the one who decided to meet in the gym despite it being fairly obvious I was not actually dying over wanting to learn more about basketball.

But seeing as I do want to be supportive of your hobbies, you can tell me about it on our way back, and take it as a chance to gather your thoughts.

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...

Listen, you could have changed your mind...

[Grumbles, but he eventually goes to put everything up before they head back. To Taisho? Baritones? Either or.]

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[ TO TAISHO so he can meet DELORES. Who he will see once they reach his room! She has been carefully placed on his bed, but aside from her, a journal, and all the fanmail he's gotten so far, his room has basically nothing it's exactly as a standard new room would be ]

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[He had forgotten about the mannequin life. He stares at a moment and lifts a hand in greeting.]

Yo, Delorecchi.

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[ That is so strangely sweet of him oh no ]

"Delorecchi". I'm glad she made a good impression on you though, well. She deserves it.

[ he's going to turn over to her and then just making a gesture toward Wildfire ]

Delores, this is Wildfire. Yes— I know you've been wanting to meet him, but we'll have to postpone any in-depth conversation. Just give us some space for now, and we'll talk later.

[ and then he just gestures over an empty chair for Wildfire to sit in like he didn't just talk to a mannequin ]

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If anybody has enough skills to tame YOU into a relationship, I have to give them some respect.

[He's just. Gonna sit in this empty chair. And not address the wild thing that just happened in front of him.]

Did he tell you what happened? His whole wish and everything that goes with it?

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[ It'd be very easy to lie here, and spare a potentially complicated conversation. But in the end, he's the one who sought him out, so ]

I'm aware of it, yes.

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He showed me everything while we were dreaming. I suddenly watched his world just suddenly go up in flames right in front of me . . .

[His face suddenly changes to one that seems a lot more unsure and unhappy.]

Actually, Valocchi. I know I said this already, but this time I feel like I can understand it better so I'll say it again. I'm sorry I treated your memory like that. This time, I really get why you were mad.

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[ he 100% does not know how to react to it. Wildfire had already apologized but hearing it like this, with this much sincerity behind it is. Well. Wild. But he sighs, and after an ENTIRELY TOO AWKWARD moment he reaches for his head to just give him a single headpat.

before he sits down on his bed ]

We already know you don't think before you speak. I appreciate the apologies, but if you hadn't been so terribly insensitive, we wouldn't be here today.

[ by which he means he appreciate having had the chance to know you nerd ]

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I guess that's true. Still. It was terrifying to be there in person, too.

[:T]

[:T :T :T]

Anyway, I've just been stuck. I don't know how I should respond to Emecchi now. Emet Selch? Emecchi? I've been so confused, I don't even know what to call him anymore.

I get that a lot of people here have killed people . . . even I've killed somebody. I try not to think about that too much since people's worlds are so different from mine, and I know that's part of how Imeeji works, too. But thinking about all of the people that will probably die with his wish, and he doesn't even think of it as them dying . . .

Yet it also feels like he's trying to care about the home and friends that he lost.

[makes a frustrated noise]

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I know it's not going to sound ideal, exactly, but bear with me until the end.

What do you think of him? He might have lost your respect, at least right now, but you do still feel affection toward him.

Forget about the morality of this issue for the time being, and start from that. If you discard right and wrong, what do you feel?