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[shiro2hero]

[Oh hi Shiro, long time no see on the network. That's because this is a last-ditch effort. He looks pretty darn not great, despite the fact it's Sleep Season for Warmbloods. Maybe it's the Arena. Maybe it's the River. Something honestly, sincerely traumatic that's happened already.]

[His face is in his hands, hunched over the counter in his kitchen. The omni in front of him. Voice haggard and quiet. Like he has a migraine.]

I will pay... however much anyone wants. For coffee beans. Espresso beans. Don't even have to be cooked. Roasted. Doesn't matter.

[... Or it's caffeine withdrawl.]

Or tea leaves. I don't care.

[Please, he is Suffering.]

Comments

[shiro2hero]

Do I... want to know what the weirdest thing is?

[Honestly, Shiro? Probably not. But he asked anyway.]

[He should really know better.]

Sounds like a plan. I can drop it by your family's place when Varian brings it by?

[ghostharasser]

Scratch-n-sniff stickers.

[Though that one did send her to the hospital.]

Sounds good! We're in Gaze now, but it's still the same house covered in bones. You can't miss it.

[shiro2hero]

I... what? Why?

[No really, why? Why would she do that.]

House covered in bones. Right. I'm in the residential district - house with the Black Lion on the roof.

[ghostharasser]

Look, just because I shared a womb with her doesn't mean I know what-- It was because she wanted to know if they tasted as good as they smelled.

[Because Dipper is usually a solid chunk of her impulse control and he sure wasn't looking in that moment.]

Sounds easy to find, I'll make a note! Thanks, dude.

[shiro2hero]

... Ah. Got it. I hate that it actually makes a little sense.

[No, he really does hate it. But, honestly, after everything he's seen? Yeah, that tracks.]

Hey, no problem. I'm here to help.