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[droptheious]

FROM: SUBJECT: FERN Ooo slang part the second FERN i think we just shared electrons, because i'm feeling a covalent bond between us LANCE Pidge, I need your help. I gotta send a meme to Chloe but ... DIPPER Hey Varian. You know those crazy alchemy bombs you used... PETER Hey Varian, this is Peter. Um, Peter Graham. USAGI Soooooooo~ How'd the date go? MAKO Varian— Checking in. SHIRO i think one of us put a chicken patty in my toaster EDDIE Hey. We need to talk. MELIUS 𝐻𝒾. 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝒾𝓇𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 EDA Hey, kid. I... owe you an apology. LUZ Valentines MAUL I have a proposition for a project I think you'll be interested in USAGI I LOVE YOU FERN DUDE you still have your bandana! BUZZ Morning. I heard from Fern you wanted to go out into the blizzard. FERN dude your profile changed USAGI Ruby told me about the breakup. GLITCH Varian, I'm gonna go live somewhere else for now MAKO A "nerd" is somebody smart... MAUL Gifts FERN heeyyyy quick question FERN Christmas is coming up!!! CHLOE god who the FUCK ever thought emojis were a good idea??? KRISTOFF Varian,It's getting colder so I thought you could use this FERN heyyyy Variable RAPUNZEL okay not to put you on the spot but... EDA Potion time NEO Dude, I can mine antidote shit here! GLITCH Got this in my basket. EDA hey smart kid TEN Hallo ADAM Hey, k-- uh, Varian. I just wanted to check in USAGI I'm sorry I worried you and fainted on you yesterday. AMARA i lived, bitch NEO Debatably good news, asshole USAGI Hey Varian! It's Usagi OSCAR I'm sorry, Varian. Tell me what you need FERN a dark past huh MAUL Varian. I am in great need of your assistance FERN Varian VARIAN I CAN EAT FOOD USAGI How much moon essence do you have? USAGI VIVI-KUN, VIVI-KUN GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT! RICHIE well I promised FERN A TOTALLY INCOMPLETE LIST OF OOO WORDS 'N SLANG GLITCH VARIAN ARE THERE BUGS IN THE WATER?! USAGI To help with restless nights and the... VIRA-LORR Little alchemist. I have a gift for you. MARTIN Hi, Varian. This is Martin. I wanted to reach out... USAGI Hi Varian, sweetie! I have a question for you. GLITCH varian I need to talk to you. it's important. USAGI I need you not to panic after what I tell you. FERN dog you have so many vests IRONHIDE HONK HONK USAGI ... I'm sorry I couldn't help you better, Varian EMERALD Hey, V. Not that I care that much or anything... FERN tell me when you're alive FERN Varian i stabbed two people AMARA hey weirdo i have something for you FERN is the Rapunzel in town your Rapunzel? PENNY Salutations!! You do not know me, but my name is Penny Polendina YANG Hey, is this Varian? I think we've met once before. FERN hey can we talk FERN you told ruby MAUL Surviving another year is always an occasion worth celebrating USAGI Hey I wanted to apologise USAGI VARIAN-KUUUUNNN!!!! FERN birth MAUL Look what just arrived for me. KATHERINE Do you want to get paid to make more purple goo things? FERN ok i know you're good with plants but what about animals FERN dog interested in means girls or guys

TO: SUBJECT: USAGI So. Maul dropped by, he's got his memories back. ADAM I'm worried about Shiro FERN Hey handsome OSCAR You've been weirdly quiet lately FERN Guess what I haven't told you lately? USAGI Hey. I'm back from the dead and I feel like trash. FERN I made meatloaf that may or may not poison us! Emerald Hey. I know you probably don't want to talk to anyone right now... BELLA Hey Bella. You've dated someone who's a different species to you right? BILL Hi, Fern mentioned you were interested in interdimensional portals... FERN Aw, your pictures are nice! KURT Hey. Are you around? RICHIE Is it just me or is Eddie acting weirder than usual? QROW Hey. Checking up on you. EDA Hi Eda. Hope Ruddiger found you okay. GLITCH Hey. What happened between you and Maul? LUNA Luna- I uh... I think I need your help EDDIE So hey, I finally worked out how to replicate the Antidote OSCAR So, I noticed Ozpin has shown up. ROGUE Hey, I managed to replicate the Antidote KURT Hey. We're back. None of us are dead. QROW Uh... hey. How are you guys holding up? PETER You gave Ruby the haunted dolls GLITCH Hey, Bud. Sorry I tried to murder you with a robot KURT I'm probably the last person you want to talk to... JON I'm sorry I attacked you JON Stay away from Fern. FERN Hey you still haven't got me those baking ingredients FERN Okay so the Betties are upping their war... USAGI Hey. So. Update. NEO You tried to bury her alive? SERIOUSLY? USAGI Emotions are really difficult FERN OH MY GOD YOU HAVE ONE TOO FERN Okay this better be to Fern this time. WYNONNA So guess who got into the fridge and ate literally everything in there.

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Comments

[droptheious]

It does. But it's worth it all the more once you get there. That's what I'm hoping, anyway. Maybe it feels more earned?

[It's a good idea- smart given how this place can be.]

It's a really good thing to do for you. I'm proud of you for thinking to have another option to hand, too.

[laminae]

That's gotta be it. Otherwise regular people wouldn't do it, let alone people like us.

[Y'know, the insecure, self-loathing kind of people.

At any rate, what Varian says next has Fern hideously embarrassed.]

Uh, geez. It's not a big deal, you don't gotta be proud or anything.

[droptheious]

That's a good point! They wouldn't bother, right?

[That's the assumption he's working on anyway. Who's he to know how regular people handle their emotional issues? Better than he and Fern do, to be sure.

Sorry, Fern, Varian spent the vast majority of his existence waiting to be told someone was proud of him and only recently got it. If he has a chance to say it, you're damn right he will.]

I disagree. It's a big step forward to you, and it deserves to be acknowledged.

[laminae]

Exactly! They wouldn't waste their time on it, they'd wanna be productive.

[That seems like a reasonable assumption to make, at least.

Ohhh, this is a lot. He doesn't deserve this praise.]

I don't know. A smart person would've thought of this from the get-go.

[droptheious]

Or at least waste their time on other things. Like not feeling bad, I guess? Or...petting puppies?

[Whatever it is that not horribly emotionally broken people do. ]

Not always! I know I wouldn't have thought of that right from the get-go.

[laminae]

Petting puppies sounds like something they'd do. Finn would pet Jake, sometimes. And his nieces and nephews.

[That should be more than enough evidence.]

Well, you probably would've thought of some other genius way to help her. Like you do for practically everything.

[droptheious]

That seems reasonable. Might as well give them what they like.

[Sometimes you come from worlds where animals are sentient but also still enjoy being petted. Sometimes that just happens. And oh no, don't do that to him Fern. It's been a while since he's had a bit of An Emotion around Fern- what with the chaos everything has been, but he's sure having one now. He blushes a little, rubbing the back of his neck and clearing his throat.]

Oh... um th-thanks. I wouldn't say it's for everything. Even I make mistakes.

[laminae]

Might as well.

[Oh, yeesh. He can hear the embarrassment in Varian's voice. Maybe he shouldn't have said that? He isn't sure what to do here, so... he's just going to double down.]

Sure, everyone makes mistakes, but that doesn't make you any less of a genius, which means all your ideas are all gonna be genius ones, even if they don't always work.

[droptheious]

[Fern, you're going to kill him. You're going to kill him dead. A nervous little laugh escapes his throat.]

Thanks. ... I already said that. But thanks anyway. That's nice of you to say.

[laminae]

[It's fine they'll both just die, no big deal.]

Uh, yeah. No problem.