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@VAND6L always work to be done, even if i run out of grenades. "

@VAND6L " why do you care how i spend my time? " surely just another ploy for her to poke fun at him. he'd expect nothing less of her ; eyeing her and the vape pen with a look of ambiguity. how she can smoke those things. . he shrugs. " i wish to always be prepared. there is ↠

⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ nonchalant, melodic hum. a jubilant pep in her step. yanks on @veiledhubris' hood from behind. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀

@VAND6L " this will be the last time. " words uttered before. an echo of the previous time she had fooled him, but this is serious. gaze narrows at the touch ; an instinctive reaction to lean out of it, away from her space. " you are truly insufferable. "

@veiledhubris ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ cont.⠀ ⠀⠀of her boredom. “̲ nah. you still fall for it every time. ”̲ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀

@VAND6L irritation, even if he tries to conceal it. " i think you are beginning to need some new material. "

@VAND6L in comparison to her amused expression, his is flat. lack of a reaction, truly, staring at her purposely positioned fingers. at least she finds joy in her own antics. " hm. " he hums for lack of anything else to say. turned away now, sure that she can sense his slight ↠

@VAND6L things, so to say his expectations are untamed would be an understatement. " i do. what is it? "

@VAND6L he eyes her curiously at the movement ; already appearing seemingly unimpressed with the very little closed space between them. any complaint he has dies in his throat, as her question refocuses his attention on her pocket. her idea of 'cool' ranges from numerous, different ↠

⠀⠀ ❙❙ ⠀⠀ @veiledhubris. ⠀⠀

@VAND6L run, then. something to look forward to. "

@VAND6L " hm. . " he rethinks the suggestion upon her answer. gander taken at her attire, he hadn't truly noticed until now how dressed down she was. smoke grenade set aside for now. he can tinker again with it later, if anymore ideas come to mind. " perhaps when we go on our next ↠

( not gentle at all, but he can manage. he returns it, hard enough to knock her off balance. )

a very wild assumption for you to make.

ᅠ ᅠ “Become the 𝘚𝘐𝘎𝘕𝘈𝘓. The 𝘏𝘜𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘙. The 𝘍𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘌𝘋.” ᅠ ᅠ

@VAND6L acknowledging how content her pride for him makes him feel. " we should go test it out in the field. i figured you'd want to be there, no? " he meets her gaze. vague amusement behind the smile now. " especially if it does fail. "

@VAND6L " like i said, still a work in progress, but yes. they'll be dead before they know it. " the faintest smile takes form. hard to say whether it's from his own satisfaction over the invention, or her response to the modified device. the latter, most likely, but he won't be ↠

@VAND6L open.spotify.com/track/1QDgcVfZ…

@VAND6L end to her misery and reaches over with one hand to carefully twist open the top. inside two capsules sit instead of the one. an addition of his own making. " toxic gas. " he explains bluntly. " a work in progress, but it is something i've wanted to try for a while. "

@VAND6L it is truly a blessing that patience is one of his strengths. he watches for what feels like an eternity, certain that her own composure is taking more of a blow with each passing second. that, or she is far more stubborn than he realised. nonetheless, he eventually puts an ↠

( shoves her. . . gently. )

everything that comes out of your mouth sounds like a bad attempt at a joke.