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[The video feed clicks on and a gray, clenched fist is shown. Letters of a foreign language seem to be creeping over his fingers and back of the hand, and the hand itself seems pretty scratched up.

Seems as if a stubborn troll has spent quite some time scraping his hand against all kinds of rough surfaces. It's now been rubbed raw and stings too much to continue.]

No more than a day has passed and already there is another invasion upon my physical being. I assuming that this writing serves a purpose? It does not hurt, yet, but I would not be surprised if some ridiculous magic causes my hand to disappear this time.

It was a clever trick, but I will not fall for it again. All the same, my skin is stained. How do I remove it.

[The journal spins around, showing a rather angry pair of shades. The displeased expression dulls into a bored look and a frustrated sigh follows.]

For those who might be concerned, for whatever reason, I am fine, now. Lily, I have not seen you since that abrupt and unsolicited chaos and hope that you are fine as well.

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[He needs to look back in the journal to recheck her room number, but other than that, Equius is making his way over rather quickly. She couldn't simply say it over the journal? Perhaps it's secret.

Of course! Anyone can read the journals. Even people who have no business snooping around other people's private lives. Finally, Equius reaches her room! Knock. KNOCK. KNOCK. LILY, KNOCK.]

Lily, are you in there.

[NO SHE'S NOT IN HERE GO AWAY

Ugh. Lily hesitantly opens the door and looks past Equius to the hallway. No creepy-crawlies? No pumpkins? No big bads? Good. She's still safe in her room. For now.]

Uh, hey!

[Lily steps back to let him inside. The cleanliness of her room is really suspicious. Just don't look under the bed.]

Uh, thanks for coming?

Hello.

[He takes a few steps forward, stopping when he's just inside her room.]

Well, it is not as if I'm simply dropping by to visit. You wanted to tell me something?

[As in. Equius wants you to tell him something.]

[How does she explain her feelings without sounding like a total fuckwit? Impossible. She always sounds like a total fuckwit. Stupid stupid stupid. God, and this is such a stupid thing to be upset about, right? Everything she's ever upset about is stupid. Everything. STUPID.]

My blood's always gonna be red, isn't it.

[Good start, I guess.]

And part of you is always gonna resent that, isn't it.

[Oh.]

That is why? Lily, not everyone can be flawless. I do not resent you for your blood. Yes, there is a stigma in my culture regarding reds and blues mixing but-... That is what makes it so disgracefully magnificent...

[He tried to filter out some of the creepiness in his voice, but hushing his voice only made it sound more awkward. It didn't help that small beads of sweat were gathering on his skin.]

I-In fact- I-... I quite like your ungracefully decadent veins...

[Lily doesn't even notice the creepiness. She's too happy to hear that Equius doesn't hate her blood. In fact, he makes an exception for her! That's great! That's wonderful!

Tears that were once upset turn to tears that are overjoyed.]

Wwwow, that's... That's awesome, Equius. Haha, all that distress for nothing. Should have just asked...

[Th-That's awesome? Beads of sweat grow into small drips. Someone actually accepts his creepy strangeness that is ABSOLUTELY NORMAL FOR SOMEONE OF HIS STATUS?]

Really? You are not put off by this?

[He's almost disappointed that she isn't commanding him to stop or something.]

Am I supposed to be put off by you liking me?

[Uhh, is that a troll thing? Do trolls not have friends? Is she really supposed to be angry? What even is going on? Why is Equius sweating? Why is the sky blue? What exactly is gravity? All these questions are giving her a headache.]

Are you alright?

Well. By my enthusiasm towards fraternizing with someone of redder blood. I-Imagine the scandal if any of my peers were to know-... Yes... Yes, imagine it...

[Oh god, does he want people to know now? Just for the thrill of it?]

Y-Yes I am fine.

[SWEAT SWEAT. NERVOUS GRIN.]

Oh. Weeell... [Give her a moment. The gears are a-turnin'.] You don't just like me because of that, right? You'd like me even if I was, uh... a "blue-blood", right? So, I guess it doesn't really matter to me.

Also, hey, Equius, there isn't a... a blood color thing here. So nobody cares if you talk to people that aren't blue, you know?

[Pause.]

You are not fine.

Of course I'd like you if you had my fantastically blue rank. And I suppose you are right, but it will be difficult to attempt to adjust when it is all I've ever known. So. Until that time comes, I will continue my ways. Besides, I don't dislike humans just because of their blood. Despite there being no hemospectrum ranking here, that does not change how rude most of these creatures are.

[Because Equius has been as polite as he can POSSIBLY BE. AURRGH.]

I really am fine. This is genuine. I simply had not expected things to go over so smoothly.

Me either, honestly. I thought everything would turn out awful. Lots of crying and stuff. [What a huge relief.] I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been upset in the first place. It's a really dumb thing to get emotional about.

[God, this whole fiasco was so stupid. There was never anything to worry about. Leave it to Lily to jump to conclusions.]

I'm really glad.

Well, I doubt I would have cried but I would have been very unhappy if you were still displeased with me after all of this... You do not need to apologize. I suppose I should have explained more when you had asked in the first place.

[Equius smiles, genuinely.]

I would have.

[Which is very, very -

Wait.

Wait a second.

Just one second.]

You. Are smiling. Legit smiling.

[The smile grows before he presses it back down with his hand.]

We are in private company, and you will never be able to prove to anyone that I did. But I am pleased to know that you will not cry.

I bet Nepeta would believe me.

[She's just teasing!

Or is she?]

Not if I tell her otherwise!

[But-...Augh.]

But I can not lie to her-...hrmgh... Do not tell her. Not yet, at least. I do not wish for us to appear on her wall.

On her wall? You mean her shipping wall? [Wow, Lily forgot all about that.] Would she really put us there? In what, uh... quadro?

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Yes, that. I'd try and convince her to remove it but I doubt it would stay gone for very long. She is a rather crafty moirail... She'd likely see us placed in the flushed quadrant.

[Pause. PAUSE.]

B-But that's likely just what she would assume, anyways.

Flushed? I, uh, I don't know what that means. Sounds intense, I think.

[Can quadrants be intense? If only she knew.]

Well yes. It is, in a way. Close to what humans call erm... Lauv. Red emotions symbolized by a heart. Again- this is eh- just- what she would think.

Lauv?

[Uhhh... Is that another word Lily's never heard before? Quite possibly. There are a lot of words Lily's never heard before. Wait, what's it have to do with a heart? God, this is confusing.]

Lauv, uh... Oh, do you mean love?

[There's a beat.]

What? What, love? No! Nooo no no no. No. Love, haha, what? No. That's, uh, haha, that's ridiculous.

[Not that she would object. I mean, what?]

Yes, love. Not that I personally would think-

[All these NOs and the immediate dismissal of any potential emotions he may have give the troll a rather injured expression for a moment. OUCH LILY. Ridiculous...]

Ah, yes. That- is what I said... Ridiculous, indeed. A silly thought. It's why I did not wish for her to know. No need to draw something ridiculous like that..

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[Here is a visual representation of this conversation.

Lily sees that fleeting expression and doesn't know what to make of it. Did she offend him somehow? Was she too, uh, enthusiastic in her denial? Was that insulting? Fuck! Social interaction is so dumb.]

Rrright. Ridiculous.

[...]

So! Haha, uh, well... The, uh, all the dangerous stuff, that's gone... Right...? So why don't we, uh, hang out? Or something?

[He's crushed, Lily, but does his best to put on a f-fake... s-scowl.]

Yes, I believe the danger has passed for the most part. Would you like to "hang out"?

[Oh the sorrow a STRONG heart must bear. This is just like Aradia all over again. Perhaps he can build himself a lilybot to offer as a present... But Lily isn't dead... Oh woe.]

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