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Octavinelle Dorm
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Ngh... |
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Oh, hey, you're awake. |
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Azul, how many fingers am I holding up? |
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Er... Eight? |
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Still in shock, it seems. But your blot-induced rampage has subsided at last. |
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That little tantrum you threw really put us through the wringer, y'know. |
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Uh, Leona, I'm not sure you get to say that. |
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What did I...do? |
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You overused your magic and overblotted. You don't remember it? |
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You were sucking everybody's magic dry left and right, bawlin', "Give me your poweeerrr!" It was the cringiest thing I've ever seen. I'm still not over it. |
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Oh, no... Me, going berserk? I don't believe this... |
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Hey, I can't exactly blame a guy for gettin' bent outta shape when something you've been building up for years gets ruined. I mean, if someone broke the coin bank I've been saving my money in, I'd hold a grudge for life. |
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But all those shady business dealings have gotta stop. You oughta learn from this. |
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How about you guys learn not to coast through exams using someone else's notes?! |
| No one else could have made those notes. | I'm still amazed Grim got an 85, actually. |
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...What? |
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Y'know, it's true. One all-nighter reading that study guide you wrote was enough to bag me over a 90 on my exams. |
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Yeah. It was seriously on point. |
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I heard from the headmage that you wrote that guide yourself, analyzing a whole century's worth of test question trends. I'm still not okay with your shady practices, but your work took serious guts. That much I'll admit. |
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Hmph. Your clumsy attempts at consolation aren't helping me in the least. |
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Awww, what's the matter? Are you gettin' teary-eyed, Azul? |
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Dear me. You've gone back to that ink-spewing crybaby again. |
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Hey! You two signed an NDA covering that exact topic! |
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Right you are. My mistake. |
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Oh yeah, that reminds me... Here's that photo of Prince Rielle you asked for. We got ahold of it. The sun hasn't set yet. I think that seals our victory. |
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What's this? It's just some picture of a buncha mermen fingerlings huddled in front of a camera. |
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Is it some kinda group photo of an elementary school class? What'd you want it for, anyway? |
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Aha ha, that takes me back! This is a picture from our school field trip. Me 'n Jade are right here. Aaand... See the kid sulking way off in the corner? That's baby Azul! |
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What?! |
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AAAH!!! No! Don't look! Please don't look! |
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Well well, Azul. You sure are spirited all of a sudden. Shouldn't you get a little more sleep? Considering how far things have already gone, it would be easier for you to let this one go. |
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Let's see here. |
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What's in the corner...? |
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Are you talkin' about the octopus who's more rounded than any of the mer-kids, even holding the pic at an angle? |
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Whoa, Azul! I never knew you used to look like that! |
| Aw. He's so cute and round. | So that's what this was about... |
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AAAaaaAAAaaaAAAaaah!!! |
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I... I get it. I totally get what you're feeling. Everybody's got a past they wish they could erase! I saw nothing! Neither did the rest of you, okay?! Never speak of this again! |
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Never pegged you as this, uh...passionate. |
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Aaargh... I was going to expand the Mostro Lounge with a branch cafe and simultaneously erase the shame of my boyhood... It was supposed to be the perfect plan! Two birds with one stone! |
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Hey, you know what they say: a rabbit in hand is worth two in the bush. |
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I got my schoolmates' yearbooks and the negatives from the photographer... I succeeded in laying claim to every single old photo of me through a whole web of deals... But there just wasn't any legal way to dispose of that one last photo. |
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That doesn't mean it's cool to make other people do your dirty work for you! |
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I don't see the big deal, really. I like the old Azul. He'd make a better meal than the one we've got now. |
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That's not the point at all! |
| You put in an incredible amount of work. | You don't have to be that hung up on hiding it. |
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