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Banging on the door to the healing pools five minutes later ]

[no one's answering, u gotta find a way in on your own, buddy]

[ Sits cross-legged outside the door like Fry's dog while sullen thoughts drift through.

--well I can't open the goddamn thing myself can I bastard isn't answering my texts ugh well everyone is resting so it's fine if I just hang out here for a while this floor is hard as hell we need benches or someth-- ]

Edited 2025-03-17 16:38 (UTC)

[turns his thoughts off so he doesn't have to hear them

he's gonna be in here for a few hours sorry buddy]

[ At some point he apparently leaned sullenly up against the door, not realizing it unlocked.

Tumbles ass-backwards into the room with a shriek ]

[peeks one eye open from where he was dozing in the healing pools to stare at him judgmentally]

[ Scrambles up onto his knees ]

--You are in here!

I said I was. What do you want?

[he's pretty much completely submerged in the water with the exception of his neck and head. very slowly healing all of the burns on his hands and back. absolutely looks like he was crying at one point.]

[ Comes over to sit at the edge of the pool ]

Why are you ignoring me?!

Because I don't want to talk to you. Why did you bother coming all the way over here?

Because I'm worried about you!!

Reserve at least some of that energy for the people you're sleeping with. I don't need it.

[ Looking at him like he's insane ]

What? Brocade is fine.

You're the one who had that as your very first performance.

[LOOKS AT HIM LIKE HE'S INSANE]

Who the fuck is Brocade?! I meant Vincent! You know. My boyfriend.

[ Looks some combination of baffled/confused/offended tbh ]

What?

I'm not sleeping with Vincent. I've talked to him, like, three times on this boat! And they all fucking sucked!

You told me you're sleeping together.

[there's no anger in his voice (wow wonder where that all went) but he does sound hurt

and then promptly looks confused as he tries to think about whether or not he's talked about that with Vincent--wasn't he the one who said it in the first place...?--only to find there's simply no memory of that]

...I'm positive you told me.

When the hell would I have lied and told you I'm sleeping with the guy who threatened to kill me? And, like -- for what???

It was just last night. You told me because you stay with him every night.

[ Slowly, as you would with a friend going through a psychotic break with no grasp on reality, ]

Eugene. I wasn't at Cirrus last night. Or any other night.

You were. Ask anyone at Cirrus. You gave Tali a plant.

[ His brow furrows ]

I remember giving him the plant, but that wasn't at Cirrus...

[ Something unsettled slips into his expression for the first time, though ]

It was at Cirrus.

If this is your way of trying to take back telling me, just--don't. It's too late. I don't want to talk about it, and I'd prefer it if you'd leave me alone.

I'm not-- I really don't remember what you're talking about!

Then at least have the decency to ask later!

[he chokes up on the last word and then fully submerges himself, mortified]

Eugene...?

[ Oh no...,,

Peers over the lip of the pool ]

Is this why you're so pissed at me? You think I'm stealing your man?

I'm not.

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