Audience: Yuri Leclerc

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[aubins]

it was for about 30 seconds so they could run away, but still. if they don't do that again, i'll be happy.

you and wrath i just hang out with. the others, well. i normally have a reason to approach them, so sometimes i'll speak to them a couple of times and sometimes just not at all.

i suspect offering to paint pride's claws when their current coat has worn off won't go down as well with them as is does you, wrath or sloth.

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[they ran out of texts and i miscounted but anyway, wherever yuri is, lust suddenly appears in front of him.]

I can ask them to stop doing that, but no promises. And I'm the only one who can paint their claws. [they hum a bit in thought.]

Some of us are harder to approach than others, but it's weird because you're really approachable in general.

[aubins]

[ oh hello, there she is ]

I figured. I don't really want my eyes being taken out for just trying.

Ah, it's fine. I'll figure it out. I expect they just see purple at this point and have an instinctive urge to run. [ GU YUN... MOLLY.... poor pride. ]

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You're probably not wrong. You guys are pretty...yourselves! [that's polite.]

But like I said, don't take it personal or anything.

[aubins]

Please, they are much more of a disaster zone than I am. [ are they, yuri? are they? ]

I don't. But I do want to know what happened, so I'll keep trying. [ ... ] And also ask them about something they said a few weeks back, come to think of it.

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[are they.]

I like Molly a lot. And Wrath likes Gu Yun a lot, too. [she doesn't mind gy but she doesn't know him that well.]

Trying's all we can do, so just be careful. What sort of thing were you thinking about?

[aubins]

[ oh my god i missed this. ]

They're likeable. It makes sense. [ his roomie and his unofficial roomie. he's fond of them in his own way. ]

They mentioned their old job, so to speak. I was curious about it.

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[nodding! they are both very likable this is true. but huh?]

Really? That's surprising...but as long as you approach it without being demanding, you should have some luck.

[aubins]

[ purple bastards! ]

[ looks at the later thread with pride ]

We'll see. They do like to go on about "not liking small talk". Maybe I'll just con them into watch a movie.

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Small talk is pretty hard for them, but being in the same vicinity isn't a bad start. I don't think they've seen too many movies anyway.

[aubins]

Oh, noted.

So I just need to leave a trail of breadcrumbs to get them down to watch something.

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It's worth a shot! Pick something nice and relaxing.

[aubins]

[ so die hard is out then. ]

Any suggestions?

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Maybe something whimsical with a happy ending?

[aubins]

... I probably need names, Little-A. I'd probably pick something where the dog dies, or something equally horrible, by accident.

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Ooh...yeah, okay that's true. Maybe something cute like...there's this one called My Neighbor Totoro? Or maybe a more serious one like Princess Mononoke.

[aubins]

[ he's mentally committing them to memory. ]

... Alright then. I'll give it a try.

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Good. [hehe] Let me know how that goes?

[aubins]

You have a lot of faith in me.

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Am I not supposed to?

[aubins]

You've never seen me and Pride talk, have you?

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Nope. It's not like I eavesdrop on your conversations. Why?

[aubins]

Oh you should, they get really grumpy and mad at me.

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That's normal. If this still doesn't work? Might be time to rethink your strategy again.

[aubins]

A headlock would probably get me stabbed, huh?