OVERFLOW

[gigadevilbreaker]

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[mind_blown]

[he wants to. get out of there.

and so he wipes his face and then starts to stand up. He doesn't know where he wants to go-- but not there.

maybe he just... wants to be alone. he glances at Nero, watching him cover for the mess he'd made, quietly contemplating.]

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Nero scrambles to get up when Jason stands, not wanting to be farther from him than necessary. Wrings some of the water out of his clothes, and rolls down his pant leg.

Adamantly,]

I'm not leaving you alone.

[mind_blown]

Aren't you at your limit?

[he pulls the towel off of his head and lets it drape on the ground. his face is red, but the hiccups have stopped, and his breathing seems to be approaching back to normal.]

[gigadevilbreaker]

I don't care.

[That's the first thing out of his mouth, on pure instinct.]

[mind_blown]

Yes you do. I'm not going to have you freak avante out over me.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[He fumes for a moment, before,]

Then I'll just sneak you into my room.

[mind_blown]

[what]

... What?

[gigadevilbreaker]

S'not like you haven't done it before.

[it's normal!]

[mind_blown]

[an eyebrow raise]

Yeah that was before someone decided to make “banning” a thing.

[gigadevilbreaker]

Then she just has to not catch you.

[Reaches to take Jason's hand, squeezing it. He's serious.]

[mind_blown]

[how much does he feel like dealing with this... he sighs, a hint of annoyance at the edges.]

Sure. I guess.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[He hands his phone to his Feint, who leaves to go back to avante the usual way.]

He'll unlock my balcony. I'll take the outside route with you.

[mind_blown]

Sure.

[At least, he had a Feint. Made things easier.]

Hopefully someone doesn't touch him.

[but he's figuring they'll go out of his window exit-- that's less obvious than the Bad End balcony.]

[gigadevilbreaker]

He'll be fine. He's got my reflexes, and my powers. Can just warp his way there if he needs to.

[Slips his sandals back on and goes to follow Jason's lead, out of here.]

[mind_blown]

[he's not going to respond to that. just going to dip back into his room, and lock the door behind nero. so no one can bother him.]

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Nero follows, quietly noting,]

Maybe I should get a lock on my door...

[mind_blown]

I like the privacy.

[and the window exit-- he unlocks it with his phone, same as the way to get into bad end.]

And no one has to know when I come or go, this way.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Well, it's all too easy for Nero to climb out and find his footing on the wall. He goes first, waiting for Jason to climb out the Bat-fashioned way.]

Seems hypocritical since I've been trying to make avante more-- open, but. I want... somewhere for you too.

[mind_blown]

[he uses his grappling hook, rather than focusing on climbing up this time.]

Don't do it, then. You want it more open, then don't get a lock. Simple enough.

[climbing up easily enough]

[gigadevilbreaker]

So what I'm hearing is, secret room.

[Following behind on foot,]

[mind_blown]

Sure, I'll stay in your secret closet.

[and then he gets to the window, and hops inside, pulling his grappling hook behind him.]

Definitely a thing I'll do.

[gigadevilbreaker]

It'll be a nice closet.

[The Feint is inside, having opened the window, and disappears once handing the phone back to Nero when he hops into his room.]

[mind_blown]

[at some point, he'd tucked a book into his jacket i forgot to note, but, he's more focused on kicking his shoes off for now, and considering washing his face off, the mask dropping slightly and a more annoyed look sinking onto his face.]

Guess I'll be the judge of that.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[He kicks his sandals off and shrugs off the damp kimono layer over his clothes.]

...I'm sorry.

[mind_blown]

Why?

[he exhales and pulls his jacket off, plucking the book out.]