QW: Confront [Ross/Open]

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AA: Cali, please.
AA: I'm begging you.
AA: Listen to what I'm saying.
AA: There is nothing ascendant in death.
AA: When you hurt someone
AA: Running away doesn't fix it
AA: You need to make it right.
AA: Everybody makes mistakes.

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CALI: Ross
CALI: There is
CALI: If you die on your Quest Bed
CALI: You ascend to God Tier.
CALI: I think
CALI: I think Ocia might have that planned for me.
CALI: I mean why else would he kill me?

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What.

What is this fuckery?

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AA: What?
AA: Did Ocia tell you that?
AA: Is he going to sacrifice you on some kind of altar?
AA: Cali, even you can't possibly be swallowing that.

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==> QW: Suppress butterflies
It was something about the situation, about Ross's admissions, about all this discussion, that just has your stomach fluttering in every direction.

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CALI: Actually I told me.
CALI: Calisprite explained it
CALI: She came from a timeline where I stopped Finn from killing Alex
CALI: She explained how Alex has to die to ascend
CALI: And Ocia knows about it, I think
CALI: And Alex knows too.
CALI: And a couple trolls also know.
CALI: So either this is a massive conspiracy to kill me
CALI: At which point I think I should be flattered
CALI: And not let all that effort go to waste
CALI: Or it's true.

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==> KISS THE GIRL

Your BAFFLEMENT knows no bounds.

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AA: If there's a loop somewhere
AA: Then I'm not in it.
AA: But it sounds to me
AA: That the sensible thing to do
AA: Would be to let someone else try it first
AA: Instead of hooking up with the homicidal psychopath
AA: You have better options.

You kiss her.

You realize that you have probably just made a HORRIBLE MISTAKE.

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==> QW: Resist
You would, you really would, but you really can't find any reason to. Which is probably quite indicative of your mindset at the moment, as you're sure there is a reason, but you're not sure what. Still, you can't resist and find yourself returning the kiss. Ross has had it rough and knowing what he's been through you really can't take this away from him.

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^{Due to Vio's 'net, once again I post for him}

==> ATTA BOY

You need this. You need her. Your phone vanishes, sitting inside your SYLLADEX, out of the way. You shift closer to her, leaning into the kiss, placing one hand on her back, and another on her hip.

You‘ve wanted this for so long. You don‘t know how often you‘ve imagined doing this. The feel of her lips against yours. The acute awareness of her body, moving into your every touch. You move your hand up to her chest, kissing her with a hungry intensity.

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==> QW: Snap out of it
It was so nice, being this close, you almost forgot that you were trying to find some reason not to be doing this. You really did enjoy it, despite all your objections, despite your attempts to avoid it.

But then something strikes you. Your eyes open and you realize Ross has his hand against your chest. Suddenly things aren't right and you feel yourself getting uncomfortable. You remember why you didn't want this to happen. Your heart flutters and you feel yourself breaking into a cold sweat. Why was it you always made this mistake.

You break the kiss.

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CALI: I
CALI: I'm an idiot

==> QW: Run away
This time you listen to the arrow. You and Ross worked your way into an awkward position but you manage to worm your way out quickly. You stop to say something but no words come to mind, so instead you turn your back and leave, making a point of removing your goggles before anything Ross says could stop you.

You'd best find yourself another room, on another floor, somewhere in this building and try to avoid Ross. Apparently you can't make good decisions when he's around.

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