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[wiseoldbartender]

Husk

Fuck off.

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FROM: SUBJECT: FLINS Husk. I'm not sure I know how... FLINS Lottery Number, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth... ZEVRAN Were you, by chance, aware that your beloved... FLINS It is January 17th, 2025 CE FLINS January 10, 2026 CE FLINS January 3, 2026 CE FLINS December 27, 2025 CE FLINS December 20, 2025 CE ALASTOR Good day, old friend! FLINS December 13, 2025 CE FLINS December 06, 2025 CE SHROUD/HARU I was told you had a pest problem. FLINS November 29, 2025 CE ZEVRAN My dearest of furred friends! FLINS For the sake of convenience... FAMILY CHAT So we got a pig now. LAPIS I know you don't want a big fuss... EDWARD If you want to talk about it or... DIARMUID I heard what happened. CEREZA Knock knock, my little Sourpuss~ CAMILLA Say, Husk, you wouldn't happen to have any recommendations... LAPIS Father's Day SAMPO/LAPIS/JINWOO Husker Agapov. On the next night in... LAPIS Are you at your place right now? EUNIE how's this month's mission mildred

TO: SUBJECT: FLINS Y'know how you think shit can't possibly... ZEVRAN WEE WOO WEE WOO FLINS Okay Baby, I'm gonna need you to do me a solid... JUN Flins asked me to message you... JINWOO Jinwoo, get your ass here... SHROUD Whatever higher power is in control... FAM CHAT What does it mean when you dream DIARMUID So. Are we gonna talk about the thing. FAM CHAT Weird request. One of you needs to come... BLADE Got a sword from that sketchy shopkeeper. ELLIOT Hey, Elliot. Think shit's calmed down enough... DIARMUID Order came. At Jinwoo's place. LAPIS That FUCKING son of a BITCH HUA CHENG Shit's getting bad. LAPIS One of those flying boxes gave me a new phone EUNIE You might wanna stay away from your regular place for a while.

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[wiseoldbartender]

I know it wouldn't be, Darlin'. It's okay. It's easy fixed, don't worry about it.

[ Because if nothing else, Husk was willing to go to bat and appeal to her for Flins' behalf. If it really came to that, he'd defend this idiot fae's actions with everything he had. Because he knows who Flins is, he's pretty damn confident in that at this point. ]

I'll proofread it for you, ain't no problem with that - and that's a good idea. Least that way you know for sure one way or the other.

[ Awwww, Husk can't help but smile, huffing softly. ]

Of course I'll be there for you, Kyryll. I'll... translate for you. And vouch for you - so she knows you ain't a crazy person or anything.

...Well, you are a crazy person, but not the kind she's probably afraid of. Harmless, endearing crazy, not stabby crazy.

[lanternae]

I suppose this really is the difference between Fae and Human. I used to think we came from the same common ancestor back in the day. But the older I get the more I realize just how different we truly are.

That said, thank you. It's good to know I haven't squandered my chance. Most likely.

[Husk's comments do make him chuckle behind the feed. Already his heart feels lighter about it.]

I sincerely doubt any fae is sane at their core. The old ones even less so. It is what you signed up for, though.

I hope she responds. I cannot even remember the faces of my old relatives. That must've been at least a thousand years ago.

[wiseoldbartender]

We might still have had that. But time's got a way of changing things, give it enough time and given how long you guys live for? Yeah, change was inevitable.

Anytime. I'm sure this can be fixed. You're not completely up shit creek yet.

[ Good. Then his aim has been achieved! Feel better, idiot!]

Oh, believe me, I know. But this is what I signed up for, and I don't regret it for a second. I'd sign up for it countless times over again.

Yeah? Well, hopefully she will and you'll get to make a new connection, yeah?

[lanternae]

[...]

And I'm the one you accuse of saying things like they're so simple... Hypocrisy at its finest.

[It's all Flins can say as he stares at those words, knowing what each one of them means separately but seeing them all together just...warms something in him. Why did Husk always do that? Snow Fae were known to be frigid, and yet...]

Perhaps you're right.

[He'd never admit his anticipation for if she agrees to it, but knowing Husk, he can probably glean that from his curt reply.]

[wiseoldbartender]

Never said I wasn't a hypocrite, Babe. You know what YOU signed up for, too.

[ Truth be told, it was easy to say around Flins. Once Husk got over his initial panic that those feelings were caught and caught good, once he'd accepted them for what they are. Well, being honest with them was a lot easier.

Though he can see that a mile away. Flins is definitely nervous about it. Understandable, really. When you think you've lost all your family and now you find there's one there. Still hale and hearty and very much alive.]

I know I'm right. And if in some unlikely scenario that I'm not? We'll commiserate - you can have a couple shots of vodka, and I'll let you tell me one of your real old and long stories so you can feel better. How about that?

[lanternae]

That I do. Happily, I might add. I would make the same choice if given again.

[Equally so. Even if these feelings are new to him, the idea of choosing anything but the path he took is now unheard of. ...Maybe he wouldn't be bedded in the upper floor of a torturous turkey's abode, but details.]

Thank you. I will prepare a play-by-play of my daily functions as a Ratnik just for the occasion should it come to pass.

[All the excitement of watching paint dry.]

[wiseoldbartender]

I would, too. You're stuck with me.

[Admittedly, they could have picked a better place to finally let all those feelings boil over. The dolls will haunt him forever. But it is what it is. ]

Ooof. Already regretting that offer, but I'll stand by it. Here's hoping we won't need to use it.