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You started this, Nightingale!

[ CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE NOW A PRETZEL ]

[honestly she's probably more flexible now so easier to pretzel with HOW OFTEN THIS FUCKING HAPPENS OH GOD WHY DOES SHE NEVER LEARN]

Fuck- I surrender already!

Can I have my medicines back?

[ pretzel will continue until drugs are back in my possession, ok ]

Here-!

[holding them again]

Much obliged, m'lady.

[ takes them ]

[ DROPS U ]

[DROPPED]

Damn it, that's unfair...

[WHAT IF I TRY TO PRETZEL YOU IN RETURN

spoilers: i am still weak]

…

[ if you try that, I will try this: hooking your ankle, dropping you to the floor again, and sitting on you ]

Fuck.

[WELP

THIS DID NOT GO AT ALL HOW I PLANNED]

You try so hard.

[ FLUFFS YOUR BANGS smugly ]

I'll come out on top next time.

I'll believe that when I see it.

[ h a h ]

[ but she's feeling kind today, so instead of keeping Nightingale pinned, she shifts aside to let her up. ]

[she doesn't actually get up, though she does remove herself from being under bluebird, just remaining flopped on the ground]

I can prepare for that move, next time.

Have you ever thought about learning hand to hand?

[ because. seriously. if anybody could use some core strength training, it's you ]

[ putting the medicine back with the rest! ]

[WOW RUDE]

I'm a mage. Normally, I don't need it.

Normally isn't never.

[ SITS BACK DOWN next to Nightingale, hands braced behind herself ]

Besides, it's fun to learn!

If I need physical attacks, I can use a spear...

[kind of. glancing over. but not trying to look at you too long because oh god what the fuck do i do here.]

That's not what I came here for, anyway.

I said hand to hand. A spear most certainly is not "hand to hand".

[ Tilts her head, raising an eyebrow ]

Has something else happened?

Yeah, well...

[looking away]

... Not really. Just... something Magpie said has been bothering me.

[ frowns a bit at that ]

What did she say?

[she takes a breath like she's about to start talking, but then doesn't, and does this a couple of times before she manages to get words out.]

... Is it... really normal, to have feelings for multiple people?

[ … wait ]

[ WAIT WHAT THIS IS NOT WHAT SHE WAS EXPECTING NIGHTINGALE TO SAY ]

I … er … [ excuse her for a moment, nightingale. clears her throat with a cough. ] Er, yes. It's perfectly normal.

[WOW

looks away again]

Really? With that reaction, it doesn't sound like it.

It's called surprise, Nightingale; not a lack of conviction.

[ runs a hand through her hair, tugging lightly at her ahoge ]

It is perfectly normal to have feelings for more than one person, just as it is also perfectly normal to only have feelings for one person.

...

Just like that, huh. And you're the second type.

... I am, yes.

[ softening some, now, and dropping her hand back down to the ground. ]

What's this about?