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I AM A SINNER...

╰┈➤ ❝ When we get to the pearly gates. You'll get the green light, I'll get the old door in the face ❞

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02/01

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Welcome, dreamer, to the new dream

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15/01

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Rank 1: Glass, nightmares and Hopes.

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27/01

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Quick adjustments.

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03/02

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Rank 2: Before my goodwill crumbles away in these sterile lands.

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01/05

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Rank 3: A gift

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...YOU ARE A SAINT

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[dollmaxing]

"You really don't remember, do you...?" Ichinose chuckled, smirking at him a little. Pausing, just to make him sweat it out for a minute.

"It's fine. We're friends, so I told you that if you wanted to do anything like that, my only rule is that we should be sober."

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[takutomaruki]

"Oh no, what did I say?" He blinks at her, easily falling into the trap of falling into an endless circle of anxiety that would only spiral further.

He grows quiet when she proceeds to explain and gives him no context whatsoever.

The context he can fill in however, makes his sweat drop.

[takutomaruki]

His glasses would almost comedically reflect back white as he leaned forward and rested his chin on two clasped hands.

"...are we still talking about our research by any chance?"

[dollmaxing]

Ichinose leaned a little closer towards him, talking in a low tone, as if Morning might overhear.

"If I let you plumb the depths of my mind for research, I would let you explore more of me just for fun, too."

[takutomaruki]

Please just play along with the joke, please just play along with the joke-

Oh no, she's leaning close instead-

Maruki backs up on the sofa, scrambling for purchase as she leans in, her hair falling past her shoulder as it nearly drapes over his arm, the silkiness simmering in with the scent of his shampoo in the mix.

"Ichinose-san I-" his voice catches as his blush only sputters and sparks as he chuckles wryly. "I understand, alright? Message received; whatever preposition I made last night- I apologise for that."

"...and like I said I am not looking for a romantic relationship anytime soon so-"

[dollmaxing]

"Oh, me neither. We're friends, that's all," Ichinose chuckled, leaning her elbow on the back of the sofa. "I'm not interested in romance either. We even had a conversation last night along those lines - how tragic it'd be if someone got romantically involved with someone from another universe. Honestly, pass!"

[paradisefraught]

Is it safe to come out yet...? Morning knocks on his own room door. Loudly.

[takutomaruki]

"Y-yeah...even if that's the case-" Ugh, he hates stuttering like this, it will give away the wrong message- as if he isn't already giving the wrong message. Really if anyone saw him like this he's red as a tomato.

Knock knock.

"...!"

He turns at the sound of the noise before his eyes widen. "Morning-?" He's pulled away from the spell, picking up the two finished bowls and piling them together, sorting out the spoons as he got up from the couch. "Everything okay?" He calls out, now turning to Ichinose with confusion flickering on his face.

"Is he...knocking on his own door?"

[dollmaxing]

Ichinose laughed at that - what a strange thing to do, let alone in your own home!

"We're decent, Morning! You don't have to lock yourself away."

[paradisefraught]

Morning opens the door, shuffling out. "I'm sorry!! I just didn't want to interrupt anything... erm... important..."

[takutomaruki]

Decent? he mouthed at her, genuinely befuddled by the wording because he doesn't know how could they not be decent- oh. Right.

He coughed into a closed fist and looked away for a bit and really Morning was being a mirror to him right now- externally projecting his current state if he needed anymore proof of his lineage.

"Oh no, Morning- nothing to worry about here. We were just talking about work, weren't we?"

[dollmaxing]

"We have a plan to experiment with creating a physical AI, possibly by scanning a human mind as a partial template. Interesting, right?" Ichinose asked, leaning on the back of the sofa as she smiled at Morning.

At least Maruki is free of Ichinose for now!

[paradisefraught]

"That sounds fun!" Visibly relieved, Morning brightens. "Do you need to take my brain out of my skull to do it?"

[takutomaruki]

Now now, that is impossible, isn't it? Maruki isn't just free of someone. If he isn't carefully dissecting each facet of you and finding ways to ensure he can preserve your smile, he will do his best to do just that.

With that said, he quickly shuffles over with the bowls to the sink, the open doorway allowing any conversations to be heard.

And sure enough, he heard what Morning was saying- causing the bowls to clink all loudly and over each other, as if he had clumsily dropped them. He gulps as he turns to the wall with a look of complete bewilderment. Why would he say something like that?" "Now now- that would be a brain transplant, wouldn't it?"

"She's referring to a brain MRI. Or even an intracranial CT scan- depending on which one will be more accurate. Its a completely painless procedure morning..."

[dollmaxing]

"Besides, a brain transplant would be messy! I only know coding, I can't keep meat alive like that, hahaha!" Ichinose laughed heartily, like it wasn't a terribly morbid thing.

Really, it was such an outlandish idea that it just made her laugh.

"Do you want a robot sibling, Morning~?"