2/6; 8AM

[jurai]

[Hey Retrospec, I hope you're having a good morning. And if you aren't, well...there's kitty posters that are designed to deal with just that. Hang in there, buckos. But for those of you that ARE, Crow's going to take to the network.

You know those traits that are all the craze and amplifying themselves? Well Crow's got em full swing, and his desire to help out his younger friends overpowers all else--in both everyday life and love lives. Unfortunately, it feeds right into his own self destructive behavior, so...

Signed in as BIG DECK ENERGY:]

Hey Retrospec-ers!

It's February, and you know what that means? Smmmoochessss? Hand holding. Candle light dinners~

It's a whole month dedicated to finding Mr. or Ms. Right, and with Valentine's day right smack in the center of the month, it's even generous enough to give you 2 weeks to buy discount candy. What could be better?

Well I'll tell ya

How about a date with my buddy, Rean Schwarzer? The guy had a pretty rough month in January and he's a little too shy to get out into the world and meet someone

He's about 5'8'', black hair, pretty good looking if I had to judge myself... He'll talk to you about anything and everything, and personality's got a little kick to it, if you're looking for excitement

Contact for more details

LATER!

Comments

[fiddlestick]

Uh, didn't you just cave at free waffles?

[SORRY HE'S WITH EREN ON THIS ONE REAN]

[motiv8]

That doesn't mean I'm not planning on talking to him about this offline!

I just figure the entire app doesn't need to see me lecture him.

[fiddlestick]

[....]

Alrighty.

[Its like he doesn't believe this what so ever]

[motiv8]

The faith in me is astounding, Elliot, really.

[usurpers]

Elliot beat me to it. Second, I’m not going to tell him off, and even he knows that, look below your comment.

You’re nervous. Relax.

[motiv8]

In which case, I repeat my previous comment, but with your name in Elliot's place.

You'll have to forgive me. Hard not to be a little on edge with something like this, someone else already going after us earlier, and you starting off with something like that.

[usurpers]

Okay.
Sorry we don’t know each other better. We should fix it.

[motiv8]

It's fine.

We should.

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[usurpers]

Then let’s start now.

I’m dynamic with what I type out, Rean, but not. Like. Literal. When I say I’m going to break your rib or that someone (who I’ve known for years) is a dumbass, don’t look that deep into it. I wouldn’t care about them and believe in them like friends do if I thought that. I’d ignore them. Maybe a few years back I would’ve just walked right over and broken a rib without giving you a heads up.

I’m hard, but I’m not an asshole. Else Elliot wouldn’t be with me.

If there’s anything else I can straighten out for you, just let me know. You’ve got enough things in your head, but I don’t want having the wrong idea about me being one of them. I want to be someone you can count on when everything’s going to shit.

private.

[motiv8]

[It takes a while to get a response from Rean, because he overthinks everything he types.]

Thank you for being honest with me.

You should know this: I trust Elliot's choices, and I also like you as a person quite a bit. I do consider you a friend of mine, and I do trust you. With my life, even, although I think both of us would rather it never came to the point we'd actually have to put that to use.

You're right, I am on edge, and I'm sorry for taking it out on you. For the most part, I don't mind the teasing, and while I find this all horribly embarrassing it's not the worst thing that's ever happened to me. But... mm. How do I put this without sounding pathetic...

Malik just has this way of getting under my skin, no matter how much I want to just ignore it. So when he came in here earlier, he set me off, and it hasn't really gone away yet.

Probably still pathetic, but there it is. I may as well be honest, too.

I'll extend you the same offer. If you need me to explain anything, I'll at least try my best.

private.

[usurpers]

[ oh, rean bean.

and for a second— eren feels something, something good. perhaps a small ray of light for his efforts? he was usually brutally honest, but he’s . . . strayed some. maybe a week or so ago he would’ve kept hounding him regardless of his intentions.

it feels good. ]

Thanks, Rean.
Who’s this asshole?

Re: private.

[motiv8]

Who, Malik?

private.

[usurpers]

Yeah.

Looks like he gets off on antagonizing people.

private

[motiv8]

Yeah, seems to be the case. I don't know a whole ton about him... we haven't interacted a ton. Every time we have, he's done basically this.

And I know he's just trying to get to me. I know I shouldn't let him. And yet... here we are, I guess. It's stupid.

private

[usurpers]

It’s not stupid. I knew someone like that.

I only didn’t strangle him because people kept us apart, I think. And when they didn’t, we’d literally have at each other.

private

[usurpers]

Is he stressed out?

private

[fiddlestick]

No.

He just likes Crow and is too oblivious to realize it.

private

[usurpers]

Even me, who’s outside of all this, realized.
I got it.

private

[fiddlestick]

Yeah, I know. His ability to be oblivious might a superpower. I have a whole past lifetime worth of memories of my past self trying to drop hints and him never picking up on them.

Which I know there's plenty of traits that don't carry over from one lifetime to another, but I think this is one that did.

Good luck, you'll need it.

private

[usurpers]

I’m glad, of all my lifetimes, that I’m not that oblivious.

And good thing I never said I was going to talk to him, right? I’d put all that luck to waste.

private

[fiddlestick]

And I'm glad, in this lifetime, I met you.

[Because heck yeah, he doesn't have to go on that crazy ride no more]

Really? Are you talking to Crow?

private

[usurpers]

I love you.

[ fuck yeah he’s spamming this post with m u s h ]

Yeah, and he knows.
Trying to weed out the actual problem before I can say anything, but he’s worried about something.

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[fiddlestick]

I love you too.

[Heck yeah mush]

That doesn't surprise me. Er, that he's worried about something.

But you've always had a knack for getting to the root of problems.

private

[usurpers]

Probably not as great if I don’t have someone to show me them.

[ 🥰 ]

I’m going to pick him up and go out, so I’ll tell you later.

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[fiddlestick]

Hehe, no need to be modest now.

[Just use your power to sort out this hot mess!!]

Okay! Have fun!