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[gyve]

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CHARACTER NAME

KALADIN STORMBLESSED

CIVILIAN NAME

CALVIN WERO

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REVELATION

HOUSING NUMBER

009

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[fessus]

Oh right

I'll head back to bed then 👋

[gyve]

( ... )

Are you really going
I wanted to talk to you

[fessus]

[ ... smiles... ]

Do you play cards on Roshar

Like games

[gyve]

Some yes
Anything involving predicting the future is frowned on though

Towers is popular
So is Runaround
They're strategy games

1/2

[fessus]

[ Oh... games he Doesn't Know. ]

Teach me later

[ Suddenly, not at all a request. ]

I'm asking bc there's a game called poker here and where I'm from. You have to try to trick people into thinking you have good or bad cards so you have to be a good liar. "Poker face" means you can hide your emotions well

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[fessus]

You have zero poker face

1/2

[gyve]

( ...

)

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[gyve]

So that's what you were leading up to
I should've known

You let me know when you want me to start lying to you and I'll consider it
Oh wait that'll be never

[fessus]

Lolllll

Did I say it was bad? Nah

It just means you're an easy mark. I like that you can't lie to me

[gyve]

I can lie to you alright
I actively choose not to

( and he's fucking terrible at it, but he leaves that part out... to save face... )

You though
You lie all the time

1/2

[fessus]

You could've lied there to make me feel better

2/2

[fessus]

So

Hows it going

[gyve]

Or I could finish telling the truth
They're harmless lies
Like about drinking beer
You posture and try to seem cool to impress me
It's charming

So all in all it's going well and that's why
You're why
Thanks

How are you

1/2

[fessus]

[ absolutely called out....... ]

2/2

[fessus]

Oh so you think I need to impress you huh, what beers I'm into is my business still

[ ... ]

I'm good too. Better than in a long time

No second thoughts?

[gyve]

You could never be a second thought Noctis
I swore an oath last night

Granted that was before this third more obvious lie about beer

( will never ever forget )

And you
How do you feel

1/2

[fessus]

[ It's exactly what he wants to hear, and the romance of it warms his face. Even his fantasies hadn't been quite so sweet. ]

Oh so you're stuck now bc of the oath huh

2/2

[fessus]

Tbh I feel like I'm still dreaming or smth

[gyve]

Me too
I was awake for a while last night

I've never

( His pause is long enough that the implant begins a new sentence. )

Well
I've never been with a man before

[fessus]

[ Ah.

He's ready to add that he too struggled to find sleep, a true rarity for someone as obsessed with his own rest as he is, but...

Well, what he reads isn't that Kaladin's never been with a man. What he picks up instead is– ]

But you've had girlfriends?

[gyve]

Girlfriends yes
Two

And you
You were recently betrothed
Was there anyone in your life before that

1/2

[fessus]

[ Well look who turned that on him so fast....... ]

Yeah no even picturing that is crazy

[ wait... does that make him sound inexperienced? Sure, it's true, but he doesn't want to come across naïve or something. Or worse, incapable of attracting any attention. ]

2/2

[fessus]

Bc of the politics

[ ... ]

Were they serious?

[gyve]

( Yes, Kaladin thinks, how crazy. What sort of lunatic would want to date such a lovely person? )

Uh
You'd better start picturing it

( Finishes lacing up his work boots, then straightens up in his seated position on the edge of his bed. His back's a little straighter today, feeling proud of last night's accomplishment. He has a partner.

Tarah and Lyn would be happy for him. Knowing this, Kaladin plants his heels and stands.

Hopefully, Luna would be happy for Noctis. )

Both were serious
But I failed to give them the attention they deserved
I was

It was bad timing

They taught me valuable lessons about myself and so they're very important to me
Their names are Tarah and Lyn

[fessus]

Before lol, it was crazy before

[ It's crazy now. It's crazy how good thinking about Kaladin makes him feel, how nervous and excited he'd felt when he woke up, and how desperately he already wants to see him again. Playing it cool has never felt this impossible. ]

Tbh I guess asking you was stupid

I can't picture you being casual with somebody when you're that level of intense

[ Even if it does feed that kernel of jealousy, one that's both made strangely better and worse by the acknowledgement of their impact and the addition of their names. Kaladin won't hide anything from him, he knows that. ]

Tarah and Lyn huh

I'm trying to force myself to feel bad that it didn't work out dating-wise but fsr I'm having a hard time 🤔