Catch-All for Valvatorez

[specialdog]

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Week 3: Monday

[omegathree]

[There is exactly one person who knows what his power is.

He's knocking gently on the door.]

Are you in?

[There's a 50-50 chance he was asking for Milla or Akane.]

[specialdog]

[ Akane recognizes the voice, so she's willing to assume it's for her. She also trusts Valvatorez enough--and is lazy enough--to just call back instead of getting up to answer the door: ]

Come in!

[omegathree]

[He'll walk right on in. Do you not lock your doors at night, Akane? You're gonna deal with some weird clown nonsense that way.]

You should really lock your doors.

[specialdog]

[ Haha... Clown nonsense....... Stares into the distance.

Anyway, it's not a murder night! She's fiiiiiine. Just lounging on her bed, playing on her phone. Fucking neet. ]

But then I would have had to get up. You're not a suspicious person, are you?

[omegathree]

[He'll leave the door unlocked behind him and move into her room.]

I don't think of myself as such. Though I suppose to most people the cape and my color scheme would make them think I was.

[specialdog]

[ It's okay, she likes the villain look. ]

Ever thought about changing it? Like a... [ Hm, what's something he might understand? ] Like a player two alternate color palette?

[omegathree]

I do have an outfit where the red is swapped for gold or blue.

[But he's not currently wearing his jacket today. He used it as a bandage last week and he's just going around in his white undershirt, cape, pants and shoes.]

... I used my power on myself this week. I wanted to know what I put my partner through.

[specialdog]

Ahh, I think that the main problem is all the black, but--

[ --hold up, what. ]

You... Made yourself fall in love?

[omegathree]

I like the black.

[Anyway.]

Yes. I wanted to know what it was like before I used it on any more people.

[It seems he's forgotten how awkward he is when he crushes on one specific person.]

[specialdog]

[ ahahahahaahaha

ahaha

all you get is her laughing, sorry ]

[omegathree]

[It's fine. It's fine.

Lea isn't here to judge him so all things considered. He's fine.]

[specialdog]

So? What's it like? Who do you loooove?

[omegathree]

[Val, who is usually so composed- loses it and looks immediately embarrassed, flushed and awkward.]

Don't tell him.

[specialdog]

[ Internally: With what I've seen of people hit by this power, I won't have to.

Externally: ] I won't. Promise.

[omegathree]

[Don't believe in the fires like that, please.]

Lea.

It's embarrassing and it's become very difficult to speak to him. I started using his name to his face as well.

He doesn't seem to have noticed, and I'll be grateful next week. But right now I want to spend all of my time around him.

[specialdog]

If you want to spend your time around him, I think you should. If it makes you happy now, that still counts for something, even if your feelings wear off when the magic is over.

[ Translation: she wants to laugh at him? ]

[omegathree]

That's what I was planning on.

[Next week: Val pretends absolutely none of this week happened.]

[specialdog]

You should go on a date!

[omegathree]

[The immediate answer:]

No.

[specialdog]

Why not? It could be a friend-date.

[omegathree]

I want to hold his hand.

[specialdog]

Do it, then.

[omegathree]

[sometimes val acts really old fashioned.

Guess what-]

I need to court him for at least a decade before I can do that. It's entirely too forward.

[specialdog]

But how do you court him if not taking him on dates and stuff?

[omegathree]

By speaking to him more.