homo: libby

[damp]

itp: two people just doing their best

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week 0, monday, selfie shop

[damp]

[ Rin waves to Libby when he spots her, making his way over to where she's standing.

Except.

He doesn't stop getting closer once he is an appropriate distance away and just hugs her? ]

Uh.

[medeian]

[she looks like she's about to deck him in the face for a split second before the touch effect hits and this feels weirdly normal to her? hug returned. wild.]

Um...

[damp]

[ okay well, they're doing this now. rin is a mix between mortified and embarrassed. ]

What's happening?

[medeian]

Um. We're hugging?

[help]

[damp]

[ okay ]

I don't... really want to be hugging?

[medeian]

—Oh.

[taking a step back immediately, equally mortified.]

Um - I'm so sorry...

[damp]

It's okay!

[ He also takes a step back, wanting to die a little. ]

I hugged you out of the blue... I don't know why I did that??

[medeian]

I don't know why you did that either...

[wait]

I mean, um - why I did that. I don't know why I did that.

[damp]

[ This is so awkward, so he just changes the topic. ]

... This shop wasn't here before!

[medeian]

[tilting her head as she looks at it]

Let me take a selfie...?

[damp]

[ looks at her ]

Do you know what a selfie is?

[medeian]

Yeah, but - I didn't really realize there were entire stores devoted just to them.

[damp]

Me neither, I've never seen one before. But I came from a pretty small town, so we didn't have a lot of things the city does.

week 0, friday, streets

[damp]

[ Hello! Rin is shuffling toward IKEA, looking depressed. He looks happy to see Libby though! ]

Ah, hey. [ He tries to think of something else to say. ] ... Hey.

[medeian]

[giving him a little wave, looking troubled herself.]

You alright...? Or at least - not hurt?

[damp]

Not hurt. [ Not commenting on the first part. ] What about you?

[medeian]

...Not hurt, either.

[but she seems disappointed and frustrated, even if this isn't exactly a shock.]

[damp]

... For a second, I thought it wouldn't happen.

[ is he an idiot? ]

[medeian]

It would have been really great if it didn't.

[ugh.]

[damp]

Yeah. We don't even know how many points we got from the activity this week.

[ they didn't even wait!! ]

[medeian]

[nodding along]

Not that any timing would have been fine, but it really does piss me off that someone jumped at the first possible chance they had for something like this.

[damp]

Yeah. [ His brows furrow. ] Felt like everyone was getting along so well too.

But now that trust feels like it's been broken.

[medeian]

I'd be really surprised if this didn't continue, now that it's started. People are going to want to catch up now that they know someone's ahead.

week 0, sunday 2

[damp]

[ Rin is on his way to the gym to sweat away his pain.

He does stop for Libby though!! ]

... How are you?

[damp]

... Do you think they're going to publicly share the results? People would just target the top teams if they did. And everyone would know where the killers are.