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[huntergames]

[ The feed opens to the living room of Casa Ludgate-Graham with the communicator set upon a coffee table and Sasha seated on the floor in front of it. Before her is a plate that's been cleared of her dinner and beside that a glass that looks to be emptied, too. There's a tall bottle of some kind of drink that can be seen just at the edge of the feed, that only appears in view for a quick moment as one of the raccoons picks it up and carries it off to put it back where it belongs. Another raccoon waddles over to one Will Graham, laying on the couch just behind Sasha, asleep, and it takes a hold of the empty glass on the floor before making off with it to put it in the sink.

They're such a helpful bunch, these fuzzy guys. ]

Hello! This is um, Sasha.

[ Sasha doesn't hold her gaze long; it's always intimidating to address the network at large rather than one or two people. However, she appears more contemplative than apprehensive. ]

Summer is already over. It feels like it went by very fast, didn't it? Um, because of that, I have a question to ask the network if it is alright.

[ It's been nagging at her for a long time, but up until this month she thought she would have figured it all out. ]

Since a lot of us have been here a while and it might be ah, longer... how do you plan for that? [ She glances into the camera again, this time her expression sheepish. ] Is there a way to do that?

[ And then from behind, a couple of raccoons return with a light blanket in their paws, heading toward the couch and tossing it over Will's form. ]

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[brushoff]

Use your words, Sasha. That's not an answer.

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[huntergames]

[ It's difficult to come out and say it, mostly because she's still embarrassed that Dorian even heard her real accent. ]

I am truly very sorry!!

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[brushoff]

[ whereas Dorian............has straight up forgot about that last interaction.

whoops. ]

Sorry about what? [ pause, think, frown ] This isn't about the biting thing, is it?

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[huntergames]

[ internal screaming ]

NO! I MEAN—

Yes! But I am very sorry! I did not mean— I was very rude...

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[brushoff]

Don't worry too much about it. I was being a melodramatic little brat anyway.

[ says the person who's a melodramatic little brat a good 50% of the time... ]

I mean, it hurt, but I've had worse.

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[huntergames]

[ His lack of anger stuns her, but she's still overwhelmingly paralyzed with guilt and embarrassment over it. ]

It was still so rude and— and wrong... [ She drags a hand over her face. ] I wasn't myself so I wanted to apologize formally to you!

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[brushoff]

[ That lack of anger is mostly because in the grand scheme of things, biting isn't as bad as some other people who ate his entire hand NOT NAMING NAMES, BUT CERTAIN CANNIBALS WHO ARE ALSO KIND OF GHOULS CAN JUST FUCK RIGHT OFF. ]

I don't know why you'd apologize in the first place—you just said it, you weren't yourself. Still, if it means that much to you, apology accepted!

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[huntergames]

[ That is a fair point. ]

Well, I... I was, um...

[ Embarrassed. A lot. ]

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[brushoff]

You were what?

[ shame is for losers. ]

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[huntergames]

Embarrassed...

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[brushoff]

Oh.

[ and here Dorian realizes "huh, we should probably talk about something else then." ]

Are you still embarrassed? We can talk about something else, if you wish.

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[huntergames]

A little...

Y-yes! That would be fine! Um... how are you?

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[brushoff]

Doing wonderful! Actually married now, which is a godsend, and enjoying it!

[ griiiiiiin! Don't mind him gloating. ]

As for your question, by the way, you plan for living here like how most of us plan to live back home. [ most of us because he knows about Sasha's fun dystopia situation. ] Granted, you've got to make a few allowances in case of Ported out, but that's about it.

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[huntergames]

[ She's too preoccupied by the Facebook status update to think about the latter part of his comment. ]

You... [ It clicks about half a second later and her jaw drops open. ] With Tobias?!

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[brushoff]

[ Dorian grins, as he wiggles his hand in front of the camera. Yep, that is definitely a ring on his ring finger. ]

With Tobias. The two of us are officially and legally married.

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[huntergames]

[ She latches onto the sight of the ring, her eyes widening. ]

Oh! That's good news! Congratulations Dorian!

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[brushoff]

Thank you! [ said with a griiiiiiin. ] Really, it's about damn time we made this official.

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[huntergames]

When did you two get married?

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[huntergames]

... was there a cake?

[ Can she have the cake?? ]

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[brushoff]

We got married a couple of weeks ago. We wanted something calm and fast, in case this world decided to throw any more nonsense at us. [ callout post for Billy Kaplan ]

So no, there wasn't cake. I can bring you some cake if you want, though.

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[huntergames]

[ She would apologize for bailing on the initial invite even if they were all behaving oddly that week, but the prospect of cake is what gets her attention. ]

A real wedding cake?

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[brushoff]

Not at the wedding! But we're having a reception sometime soon and you can have actual cake then.

[ a reception that shall be most likely handwaved so SHOW UP AND EAT SO MUCH CAKE, SASHA. ]

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[huntergames]

A reception — like a party? So there will be cake and other things to eat?

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[brushoff]

Indeed there will! I trust you'll be there?

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[huntergames]

Yes, I will come!

Can we invite our friends?