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you shouldn't have gotten into one in the first place, that's the point
that's what the devil does, nick
he acts like he's a nice guy who can be worse and he'll push and he'll push and the next thing you know you're doing things for him that you wouldn't ever do normally because he's got you convinced it's the lesser evil

we're gonna fix this
i don't know how yet
but i'm getting you out of it

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ok but right now its not bad its just kind of whatever
and if you keep pushing it it might end up bad
or you could just let me run through the list of like 5 things it could have been and then the pact is done and since i know who he is now i obviously dont plan on doing it again so we're fine???

like i really think your whole thing is just going to make more of a mess

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doing nothing is just as doing something badly, nick
why are you not fighting this

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i didn't say i was doing nothing, you just don't agree w my approach, that's not the same thing

but ok what if like
if i cant sort it or it seems like its going to get any more complicated or like any issue at all i call you in
?

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well

okay
i still don't like it but okay

we're going to kill satan

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you know
i really prefer it when the solutions to problems arent killing them
even satan

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sure, but it'd be cool though
try saying that at a party

"i killed satan, it was great"

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idk i like saying normal things like "hi, i'm nick, you're cute" that does me pretty well

[occupied]

does that really work?
that didn't work on tris
they just threw their soda at my face

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works for me literally all the time maybe ur vibes are just off 😌

[occupied]

which one of us has been in a steady relationship since high school???

god i miss tris

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if anything that just proves my point my vibe is appealing to everyone

💖 maybe tris'll show up soon, i mean it seems kind of weird that we're all here and not them

[occupied]

one day you'll understand what it means to be in love
and i'll be right there laughing at you and saying i told you so

man... they probably would like this place
there's a church and all, even if it seems kinda cursed

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ha ha ha ok yeah watch out you might be waiting a while for that i told you so


look i know its controversial opinion or whatever but like
i dont hate this place
i mean whatever yeah blah blah its bad we got interdimennsionally kidnapped or what the fuck ever

but i dont know
i dont hate it

[occupied]

cages always look cool at first until you find yourself needing to get out

look, i'm not saying don't have fun
it's not like we have a choice
but we don't have to make it easy for them, you know?

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yeah ok
maybe
i dont know

its different for you guys, you're all off doing stuff now
not like i have anything pressing waiting for me

[occupied]

dude
what the fuck

nothing "pressing" waiting for you back home?
what are we, bullshit?
coming back to you guys was what kept me from losing my shit down in fucking hell, man

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ok like im glad
i want to be that for you everyone deserves that

but you have to realize thats literally all i do, i wait for you guys to come back to town
i mean gus hasnt answered my texts in months, i think i facetimed you 3 weeks ago, tris tries but its just

i dont know man

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sometimes the things we're supposed to do takes some time to come around
it doesn't mean you don't matter
you're my best friend, nick
in every world where we exist, we always find each other and end up friends

that has to matter for something

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[ it's probably not surprising that it takes a minute for nick to reply, tough as he finds it to sit in any kind of sincerity, even as part of a conversation that he largely prompted, and there's a lot of typing bubbled dots moving before he finally gets out a response. ]

thanks
i love you

ok can you go back to yelling at me about dumb shit before i fucking cry or something

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bro

i kinda hate yelling at you? it makes me feel really bad and mean
if you wanna cry i can pretend not to see
we'll just hug and have a cuddle or something

[ he has too much affection to let it stay within him. sometimes he gets really corny, and you know what? that's fine. corn is cool sometimes. nick will just have to suffer. ]

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im not going to cry dont be stupid
can we hug anyway i'll pretend if you really need me to

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is this a double bluff now
fine, you loser
get your ass over here and hug ol' marco

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🥰 🥰 🥰

[ there's really no point in sending a follow up message, nick is already makign his way through the bathroom as he's hitting send, and he's pretty sure he hears the buzz of the received message as he crosses through into marco's half of the suite. he makes a cursory gesture of greeting, apired with a typically bright smile to see him, but the objective here is clear: he's coming in for a hug, and he's coming in now. ]

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[ marco, who is very comfily (and stressfully) lying on his bed, throws his arms wide open for nick to fall into. he's got jammies on, his toesies out, and dita's shuffling around under the bed looking for something to attack. all in all, it's not a bad setup. have at it, babe. ]