LUCAS.

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[ GOOD! HE COULD USE EXTREMELY STRONG. ]

What? It was a cute look and opportunities like that are fleeting. Might as well grab them while you can.

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[HELP their holiday cheer drink that's 80% vodka and 20% cranberry juice.]

Literally, I suppose? [GAZING AT HIM. But he doesn't seem actually aggravated.] I wonder why so many of us became little dolls at the same time... I've never seen that one before.

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Have you angered anyone recently?

[ Though the muppet curse doesn't seem as bad as Aqua who went insane and insulted practically everyone in public. ]

[faithkept]

[WHO DID THIS TO AQUA. AND ALSO BALD PICKLES.]

I don't believe so? [Except for Ichiban who is simply always angry. Valid.] It does seem as though curses were flying very freely today, though. Between Aqua and Pickles... Izutsumi was acting strangely, too.

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[ Oh, yes, she insulted him on his way out. ]

Ha... I hope they don't feel too badly about it once the curse wears off.

[ EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULD ]

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[EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULD...]

I hope so, too. It isn't as though they could help themselves any more than I could help being a doll or Pickles could help being... de-furred.

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[ OH MY GOD.

Aventurine picks the glass back up, and then remembers that he fucking emptied it. ]

Did you get a good look at him? I never want to see a bald dog ever again.

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[Looking at him with sympathy...]

Would you like to get another drink? [JUST DITCH THE APARTMENT AND GO TO THE BAR.] But yes, I did, considering he was carrying me in his mouth.

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[ SHOCKED SILENCE... He had left at that point and missed it.

But he's pushing himself to his feet now and offering Lucas a hand to help him up. ]

I think you could use another drink too.

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[Oh to be a little nui carried around in the mouth of a baldass dog........ Hateful. He'll reach up to take the offered hand, moving to stand, too.]

I could always use another drink.

[That's his secret... TIME TO BAR.]

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[ LUCAS THE ALCOHOLIC

But yes, they're off to the bar! The fancy one because they need something better than sitting in a dingy apartment lobby. ]

Was that what you were doing before I found you?

[faithkept]

[SOMETIMES YOU NEED 5 BOTTLES OF WINE WITH DINNER TO EASE THE MISERY OF EXISTENCE. Once they get to the fancy bar, he's immediately moving toward the hard liquor bottles behind the counter.]

Ah, I was just writing my letter to Nadia. [His daily letters...] I've been in the habit of it for so long that I'd rather keep it up even here than not.

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[ HE WILL HELP FERRY THESE BOTTLES TO THE BAR COUNTER FOR EASY ACCESS oh my god they have a problem. ]

Yeah? I bet she'd love to hear about how her brother turned into a chew toy.

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[IT'S FINE IT'S FINE IT'S FINE THEIR FUCKING BOTTLES. He'll get some glasses out. And some mixers, in case they feel like pretending they aren't insane.]

She would get a laugh out of it. [His sister is the sweetest person to ever exist but also a gremlin.] Especially if she heard that the dog that kidnapped me was bald and wearing normal human clothing.

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[ STARTS POURING AWAY up until he gasps as a realization hits him. ]

Did anyone take a picture of bald Pickles?

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Oh... [NOOOO THEIR COMMEMORATIVE BACKLES PHOTO.] Well, I didn't. I do hope someone else managed to, though... Perhaps Scien.

[Seems like something that binch would do, take a picture of a bald dog who's suffering in embarrassment.]

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[ Looks at Lucas over the lip of his glass before he starts chugging. ]

Hey, you didn't look like you wanted to throw up after mentioning his name.

[faithkept]

That would be a waste of alcohol.

[Making a vague cheersing gesture after refilling his cup. DRINKS TO FORGET BACKLES KIDNAPPING AND ALSO SCIEN BROFIISE.]

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[ Laughs a little quietly but does the cheers gesture right back. ]

Hard to believe this town used to just be a handful of us. We've practically got the entire village here now.

[faithkept]

It's certainly lively now, for a town of people who had to die to get here.

[They're all alive supposedly, but now they're lively to match... As if they weren't even back when it was just a handful of them and Pickles was catching fire fleas.]

Soon it will be an even larger number...

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[ They've truly been here for several decades. ]

We're entering the final stretch. Feeling nervous?

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[IT'S BEEN 84 YEARS.]

A bit... [SO many things could go wrong and he anticipates at least half of them will.] Are you?

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[ A slow inhale, then even slower exhale. ]

... Trying not to be. Too bad it doesn't work that way.

[ He's so nervous. ]

[faithkept]

[comes back to this delirious after killing your bf on main]

...Well. I think that's probably a natural, healthy response, at least... Rather, I'd prefer people feel a little anxious, since it means they'll be more cautious.

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[ AKI WE ARE NO LONGER ON SPEAKING TERMS

shakes as i type this tag to you ]

We've got a good group on our hands... I remember saying something similar the very first week.