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[He's too frazzled to keep it to voice. Seated at his desk, the feed begins with a very black-haired Kanji peering through his glasses at a small stack of papers in his hands. He had to go over them again, sweating visibly before he managed to swallow and get some moisture back into his mouth.]

Son of a bitch... I-I, ah, I gotta put out a warning to everybody!

S'about that Ware Wolf Shop that pops up around now. Dude sells a lotta good stuff, right? Well, he don't feel the need to tell ya about the fine fuckin' print!

[As he places the papers in a neat stack, the sharper eyes can spot the light going through the last flyer he held in his hands, staring at it in more than mild panic, bidding The Shirogane-Tatsumi couple a hearty congratulations and to please use these coupons to make their first anniversary just as memorable.]

Just... just don't buy the fancy rings, y'hear me!? Not unless you're real serious! D-don't make me explain it...!

[He rest the bottom half of his very red face in a palm, lost in thought for a moment. His adam's apple bobs with the next swallow. How the fuck was he gonna explain this to-

The feed cuts.]

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[skulleon]

Wait, there's fine print!?

Nobody told me that!

[ someone's been holding on to a couple of fancy bracelets, too. ]

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[topgun_textiles]

SURPRISE!

Prismals may not take stuff like this seriously, but we gotta draw a line in the sand somewhere! I'm going over to give them a piece of my mind.

[skulleon]

Huh? It's just fashion, man, it's no big.

I was checking out a bunch of 'em too...

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[topgun_textiles]

I thought it was just fashion, too, but the prismals think I'm married! Pretty big deal, dude!

Wait, how many people are you hooking up with? You're getting stuff for all of them?

[skulleon]

[ for real!? hey, congrats! that's what ryuji would say if he hadn't sidelined just now— ]

Wait a sec! What's hooking up got to do with anything!?

They're just gifts! Obviously I don't have anyone!!

[topgun_textiles]

You were looking at a bunch of rings that would make the prismals think you married a bunch of people, weren't you?

That's why I gave this heads up! So nobody'd do what I did.

Look, Lumi likes to make jokes. If you get anything from him, ask a shit ton of questions first.

[skulleon]

Hell no! I didn't grab anything for real!

[ not yet, anyway. ]

Can't you just return 'em?

[topgun_textiles]

[Return them!? But... th-that would mean...]

If she wants to, then I stand by the decision. But if you ask me, I don't know if I want to.

[skulleon]

Nothin' wrong with that.
You guys've been together a long time, yeah?

[topgun_textiles]

Over a year or so, I think.

Is that not too soon?

[skulleon]

Beats me. I dunno much about this stuff.

Prolly shouldn't wait on it if it's real love, though.
Sounds to me like you're doing the right thing.

[topgun_textiles]

Yeah. Yeah, you're right!
I've been a chickenshit for long enough!

[skulleon]

Hell yeah! You can't just sit there, you gotta be a cock of the talk!

[ wait. that's wrong for several reasons, but ryuji's already slapped send, so it's out there now. doesn't matter. ]

Anyways...
I know what that's like. Not showing how I feel's come back to bite me in the ass.
You gotta learn from my mistakes, too!

[topgun_textiles]

[He had to be a dick? Wait, that can't be right, but he doesn't know how to correct it either.]

Damn, that sucks. What happened in your situation?

[skulleon]

It's a long story...

[ so why not skip to the end! that's the most important part, anyway. ]

Just uh
if you can't decide whether to confess something or not, just do it
Or else some freaky sex magic's gonna do it for you!!

[ no one said ryuji was a very good storyteller. it feels like a lifetime ago since all that happened... ]

[topgun_textiles]

Oh yeah, that sort of happened in my case. I won't get into details, but the moon cycles put the boots to a few things I wouldn't have done otherwise.