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[psycholawgy]

You've reached Athena Cykes. I'm currently unavailable, but leave a message and I'll get back to you pronto. Danke! (voice/call → text → video → action)

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[beaconed]

[ HEY LOOK WHO'S AT YOUR DOOR, TINY GIRL ]

...

It's boggle time.

[ He's ready. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ GUESS WHO'S JUST GETTING HOME FROM WORK?? ]

Jaune? What are you doing out here?

[beaconed]

B-Boggle time!

Y'know...?

...I pictured this way better in my mind.

[psycholawgy]

[ she laughs as she opens the door. ]

Alright. Come in, then.

I hope you're prepared to lose.

[beaconed]

[ he always is ]

Don't be so sure! I learned three more new words since the last time we spoke.

Aposiopesis!

[psycholawgy]

Eek! That's way too long!

[ a beat. ]

Not that it's impossible to find, but— [ sigh. YOU'LL SEE, JAUNE. you'll see. ]

[beaconed]

[ That's what she said. ] --Sorry!

I'm just excited to play!

[ Well, he's also here to distract her from her heartache/research. ...But yeah, he loves games, too. ]

How do we start?

[psycholawgy]

[ she grabs a small box from the bookshelf nearby and sets it on the table. the dice inside makes some noise as athena moves, and it's actually really, really loud. ]

Do you have a pen and some paper?

[ they're doing this old school. ]

[beaconed]

[ He snorts a laugh. ] In this day and age? N-No, I think I left my ink and feather on my horse.

...
I don't have a pen and paper.

[ ......HE FEELS LIKE HE SHOULD, THOUGH. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ wow, thanks for making fun of the rules, jaune. ]

That's okay. Just use your CereVice, then.

Are you ready? Find as many words as you can within three minutes, and the letters have to be connected to one another.

[beaconed]

Ready!

--WAIT!!

Whoa, n-not ready! Not at all, haha...! Sorry. W-What do you mean... "connected" to one another?

[psycholawgy]

Oh, let me demonstrate, then.

[ she takes off the lid of the box to show the array of letters. ]

Here's one. S-I-N-G. [ she points the letters out one by one. ] S has to be connected to I, and I to N, and N to G. Do you get it now?

[beaconed]

It's like sudoku... [ no ]

Okay! I kinda get it. Sing... yeah, I see it! I-I can't see any other words though?? Oh, man, this is hard...

[ ... ]

... Let's boggle.

[psycholawgy]

[ THIS IS NOTHING LIKE SUDOKU. but athena ignores that statement and puts the lid back on before she begins shaking it. ]

Ready... set...! [ she sets the board back on the table and takes off the lid. and quickly, she switches the timer on. ] Go!

[beaconed]

[ i've made a huge mistake ]

Right!

[ This isn't how he imagined this game at all??? Still, he'll give it a red hot go! In the meantime, since they got three minutes of awkward silence and this is too intense for him, he decides to carry on the conversation as he comes up with words. He's here for two reasons, after all. ]

Y'know, I was thinking about your research questions from the other day...

[psycholawgy]

Oh!

[ she looks up to get a look at jaune's expression before turning back to her cerevice to type in some more words. ]

What about 'em?

[beaconed]

[ Meanwhile, he's not looking up at all. Talking and focusing on this game is hard enough as it is. ]

Do you remember Pyrrha? She was at your sleep over, and... and you signed a card for her once. She was my partner.

Well, is, but... you know, it's weird. How they just disappear like that.

[psycholawgy]

I do remember her. I taught her how to play chess!

[ she didn't know jaune was her partner, though. to think that the two of them had that kind of relationship!! (Someone please correct athena else she'll continue to misunderstand.) ]

It is weird, though. Have you been okay after she left?

[beaconed]

To be honest, I kinda freaked out. [ Almost got himself killed at the tours just for answers! ]

I didn't think I'd be okay. I even gave up fighting, but... I dunno, having friends helped a lot. Maybe it's like that for others, too. [ Like you. ] Not just friends, though. A purpose! I think the reason we're still here is because we can save the worlds somehow, right?

I mean, they're counting on us from the other side, so... [oh! he got another one!]

[psycholawgy]

[ jaune, don't get killed... ]

Friends and a purpose, huh? [ she laughs again. ] That sounds like something I would say if I wanted to inspire somebody.

[ looks like these two have something in common after all. ]

[beaconed]

[ they just might! ☾ ☾ ]

Yeah! So don't worry too much about the future. If it's something you wanna get over, then you will, trust me. [ This is more about Weiss, now. ] And if you don't? Then that's fine, too.

So, think you're gonna get back on the dating scene? [ It almost sound like he's asking her out, LOL TYPICAL. But no! He's Mr. Sensitive Brother of Seven Sisters today. ]

[psycholawgy]

Wha- What?! [ her cheeks flush red at the sudden question. and she pouts. ] That- That was for research purposes!!

[ and she huffs. ]

But if you must know, I probably won't... not yet, anyway. Maybe I'll wait a few more weeks until I decide to move on.

[beaconed]

Time helps! There's no wrong answer here, just do what you feel is right.

[ He can't believe he actually had some insight to offer. If only his damn Boggling game was on par! ]

Whoops, speaking of time, heh. [ Ten seconds left!! ]

[psycholawgy]

I can't believe you can sound so serious! Your posts on the network are always so goofy...!

[ she stops typing on her cerevice before the timer even goes off. she has more than enough words to feel confident that she'll win, anyway. ]

[beaconed]

Whaaat? No way, my posts are all serious! Name one time I was goofy!