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[hoshikiri]

You have reached Kesi Takame. I am currently not available to speak. Please leave a message and I'll respond when I return.

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[poisontippedcure]

Mmm, thank you.

[Sorry, Takame, she's probably going to be leaning on you the rest of the way back. It's better than the alternative, right?]

[As they walk into the cold night air, Rose smiles.]

Perhaps it's the liquor talking, but I'm glad we met.

[hoshikiri]

Of course.

[She barely came up to his mid section, he didn't mind the leaning. She was ultra gone if the way she spoke was any indicator. But it was complimentary at least.]

Mm. I am glad we met as well. [He did mean it genuinely. Ah, but there was an alternative to the leaning.]

Do you need me to carry you?

[poisontippedcure]

[Rose is about to open her mouth and disagree, but then she nearly misses a step and almost falls over. Sober, thy name is not Rose.]

That may be for the best.

[And then a pause. They need to talk about something, right? That means she should be honest, right? Alcohol does strange things to people.]

What do you think of the others here?

[hoshikiri]

[If he had any semblance of a backbone, he would have carried her anyway. But once she agreed to it, he kneeled slightly and gestured for her to climb onto his back.]

Hold on to me tight. [It's Takame-Niisama piggy back time for Rose. As for her question, he tilted his head.]

Hm? Which others?

[poisontippedcure]

[With her flimsy little noodle arms, Rose holds on as well as she can. Takame is warm. This is...comfortable. She's not sure what to make of it, honestly.]

The other Warriors of Light, of course.

[Rose nestles her head in his neck. She's not asleep just yet, but she wants to be comfortable.]

I hate to admit this, but I've grown accustomed to their presence. I never thought anyone would understand what I've been through, but you all do, more than anyone else. It's...nice.

[hoshikiri]

[Well, Takame wouldn't let her fall anyway and had no issue with Rose making herself comfortable.

He hummed thoughtfully, trying to compile thoughts on each of them individually. Rhel was kind and patient, Amal had a fire in his heart Takame admired, Scintilla seemed incredibly capable, and Lillian he was till gauging but she seemed a free spirit.

Rose, of course, he adored as well. But in the end he just summed it up easily for her hella faded brain.]

They're all good people. To have us all in the same space at once was an enlightening experience. [He means this both genuinely and in a "wow we're all too horny" sense.]

[poisontippedcure]

I agree.

[She’s half asleep and tipsy. She would never voice such thoughts if she were both awake and sober.]

I don’t want to go home just yet. I want to spend more time with everyone here, I think.

[With her horny but good crew.]

[hoshikiri]

[Takame paused. Rose not wanting to go home made him realize just how fragile time was. Both in general and in Kaisou.

He didn't stop for too long, but as he grew closer to Rose's place the thought didn't leave his mind. At any moment any of them could disappear from here. Or any of their friends could leave the app.

And then what...?

No... that was. Not something to think about with Rose. Not while she was like this.]

Their company is to be cherished. I cherish it as well.

[poisontippedcure]

[She’s nodding off, and she knows that they’re approaching her home. But still, Takame is warm, and she is comfortable.]

You’re a good person, Takame. I want you to know that. Regardless of anything in your past.

[Aaaaaaand she’s gone.]

[hoshikiri]

[He could tell she was down and out by the time they made it inside. But what she said before that point... just made his stomach drop.

And as he set her down to sleep it off, throwing a blanket over her, He muttered to himself as he left:]

... Would that I could believe you.