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[potentialman]

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[sorte]

If you're in the neighborhood, by all means.

[potentialman]

You remember you're pretty much on the opposite end of Manhattan from me, right?

[sorte]

Yeah, but a lion is worth it. Me, too.

[potentialman]

[ Aventurine, have you ever considered being less...

...less? ]

[sorte]

[ less is a banned word in his dictionary. ]

[potentialman]

[ WELL

he'll think about it? Maybe when he makes the hike to loot the Japanese grocery stores in Bryant Park, which is

still only halfway to the hotel, huh. ]

[sorte]

[ it's only like 2.5 hours walk if you walk at a leisurely pace and you're from a shonen series, which means halfway is less than an hour and fifteen minutes, piece of cake!! ]

You can sleepover? It'll be fun.

[ lol. ]

[potentialman]

[ This definitely sounds like how you speedrun getting Toji peering ominously through your windows at night. ]

At some point, fine. I can't just drop everything and walk out the door now, though.

[sorte]

[ isn't he already doing that to megumi, although maybe not the ominously part beyond being a freak peering in windows. Aventurine legit assumes Toji is already on campus with him. ]

I wasn't thinking you would, but now I'm curious what's so important that you couldn't. What're you up to?

[potentialman]

[ I mean, probably? But still. ]

I just need to be sure everyone's settled in. Yuji's probably fine, but I don't want to disappear on Mafuyu-san before she's got her footing.

[ When it was just him, it was easy to fuck off whenever he felt like it, but now people may actually worry! Or need things. ]

[sorte]

[ gasssppp ]

You have cute roomie friends now!!

[potentialman]

Yes?

[ Your point being? ]

[sorte]

I knew you could do it. Now you won't be so lonely!

[potentialman]

I was fine.

[sorte]

No one is fine over two months alone in the dark, weirdo.

way to foreshadow his canon update....

[potentialman]

I was fine.

oof ...

[sorte]

Huh! There's some kind of weird echo in our connection, I feel like.

[potentialman]

Don't make me say it again.

[sorte]

Yeah, yeah, I get it.

Your loner independence image is important to you. I'm glad you have something to help pass the time by looking out for some newbies and getting them situated.

[potentialman]

[ DEEP SIGH ]

[sorte]

I can't hear it, anyway.

[potentialman]

Maybe you need to have your hearing checked.

[sorte]

Is that a disability that I can retire early over?

[potentialman]

Not while we're stuck in America, it's not.

[sorte]

...so if we leave America, we've got a case?