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[beaconed]

"Helloooo! You've reached Jaune Arc! If I'm not answering, it means I'm probably off somewhere fighting monsters or... doing something really awesome like saving a cat, or the president's son! You know how it is, a leader's schedule can be really hectic nowadays, ha ha! Just kidding, I'm probably in school, but I'd totally do those things if I ha-- [BEEP]"



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[corona]

No way. [ Rather than dwell on the state of the two of them (they're a fucking mess), Rapunzel scrambles to her feet and metaphorically brushes herself off, nodding for Pascal, still watching from the counter, to climb her arm with the keycards. ]

I'm... I'm wonderful, actually. Do you think you can make it up to the room?

[beaconed]

Heh, 'cmon... I just fell off a-- skyscraper or something, then I got thrown off a bus....

[ He smiles weakly, not saying anything else for a moment as he catches himself staring in her eyes. ]

...
Yes. I mean, y-yeah, I can... sorry-- I just... it probably sounded like I was gonna say no. No. That's, heh... yeah. I think I'm ready to conk out. Orrr was the plan to keep me awake from dying? G-Geez, it never ends...

[corona]

Heh. [ She's missed this. His words and his voice stirring her heart and making it leap for no reason. Meeting his gaze and feeling pleasantly warm inside.

She's also missed electricity and indoor plumbing something fierce and wonders if she isn't becoming a little spoiled. ]

IIIIII don't need to keep you awake for that long. Just. [ Don't reach out. Don't touch him.

Too late.

Fingers to forehead in T minus 1. ]

Just long enough for me to heal you. See?

[beaconed]

[ Ah, she did it, she touched his bleeding face like a gross teammate. ]

Heh... y-you're right. We... we are better now.

[ The Tank and the Healer. They can seriously survive anything together at this rate. ]

(1/2) and that would've been a great ending line but NAH

[corona]

Mmhm.

[ Why use words when you can hum your appreciation instead? Not unlike Jaune, she loses her train of thought in the ambiguous blue (still looks violet-y to her) of his eyes and says nothing for way longer than would be considered awkward. ]

[corona]

[ –only coming around when Pascal actually bites her ear. ]

Ow! Pascal! Ouch! What was that for?!

[ In response to Rapunzel's glare, the chameleon sticks out a tongue and stomps away to hide behind her recently warmed neck.

Still frowning and touching a finger tenderly to her ear lobe, she throws a glance at the elevator bank and sighs. ]

Um. Okay, well. Anyway, I've... never been to a hotel before. How does it work from here?

thanks a fucking lot asshole

[beaconed]

[ Did her chameleon just... ] I-I think Pascal might be hungry, too. Though shouldn't you and I be at the top of the food chain? H-Heh...

[ In response to her other question, he holds up the keycard with their room number on it. ] See this? This, uh, number? We gotta find our room-- our room that's, uh... h-heh... wow... we're staying in the same room, isn't that crazy... [ why did he just realize that now??? ]

sweet fuck all mate

[corona]

I know, right!? [ This is accompanied by bouncing up and down on her toes as she gestures for him to follow her to the lift bank. ] Crazy... Hey, is this your first time too? Weiss and I slept together but definitely not in a - a – A hotel like this. It's smells so clean...

gonna bust a plugga here

[beaconed]

I'm... experiencing a lot of firsts today, yes...

[ that can also be interpreted as thirsts ]

[ just kidding ]

[ but it's true ]


...wait, doesn't Weiss live with Ruby...?

[corona]

Which floor again? –Oh, um. I'm... not sure! There wasn't anyone around when I was there, I... don't think. [ Shit, what if she'd taken Ruby's spot and she hadn't even known!?

...It's a possibility that makes Rapunzel groans internally, hitting all of the buttons on, you know, the off-chance one of them is correct. ] She must hate me now for sure...