leaberator | catchall for shess

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he takes it????]

Don't look so confused. It's just ice cream.

[ he looks up, stretching out ]

I think I used to be a whole lot better at cheering people up, but this place is kinda taking a toll on everyone. But I figured you wouldn't wanna talk about it. So... Whenever I felt down back home, eating ice cream with friends and talking about stupid stuff helped a lot. [ he lets out a little laugh ] Heh, well, you're stuck with just me, but beggars can't be choosers.

[... aww, axel. shess starts eating.]

I wouldn't call it "stuck with you". You are one of my favourite people to talk to here, you realize?

[ axel brought his own ice cream because he has magic pockets and he was halfway through biting (the monster) his when Shess says that and the dumb :o look on his face with his mouth full of ice cream says it all.

he finishes his bite, head tilted. huh. he smiles and huffs ]

Well, that works out. I was afraid it was gonna be a whole one-sided thing where I got way more out of our interactions than you did.

[why does axel just keep ice cream! in his pockets!]

You should give yourself more credit than that.

[ he's a kingdom hearts characters don't fucking question him ]

Hey, I give myself plenty of credit.

[ no one believed that ]

Do you now?

... But thank you, Axel.

'Course I do. Have you seen me? I'm great.

[ SO FAKE. anyway ]

No need to thank me. We might not have been partners for longer than a day, but we're still friends, right? S'what friends do.

[ :3 ]

[zia this is so fucking cute, what's the catch]

Does this mean I ended your curse?

[ THERE IS NO CATCH HE JUST WANTS TO CHEER SHESS UP YOU WEIRDO ]

It sure looks like it! Turns out you were the lucky charm I needed this whole time.

Glad to be of service, then. I suppose that means you're stuck with me as well, partners or not.

Yeah, I'm obviously real bummed out about that one. [ he gestures to shess with his own ice cream for emphasis ] We're both stuck with each other now. A tragedy.

Well, I imagine that for you, anything is better than being stuck with Hisoka still.

A rock woulda made a better partner. I guess comparatively, you've definitely downgraded compared to my upgrade, but we don't hafta mention that. [ is it ok to joke about dead mikis yet, guess he'll find out ]