Bush is deathtolling, my work here is done, time for bed! 
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Bush is deathtolling, my work here is done, time for bed!
Bush is deathtolling, my work here is done, time for bed!
ryannN?!
SCREAM
Lady Stardust
BOYS
Lady Stardust
/shall Iris up on him when I know if she's deathtolling as well
Mouth Powers
/cries
ryannN?!
yeah emperor this is gonna be a problem
ryannN?!
for your relationship
ryannN?!
we might've gotten zane to the breakup point early
ryannN?!
I'm excited. I am so in the mood for drama
Lady Stardust
emperor, when was the last time someone punched you in the face
Mouth Powers
that's fair
that's fair
Mouth Powers
(me too)
Mouth Powers
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
Lady Stardust
NOT FOR MUCH LONGER
ryannN?!
I'll wait until meredith gets on and then make sure bush would tell zane, I don't want to assume
ryannN?!
and then zane is going to cut a bitch
ryannN?!
a lot of holographic bitches, actually
Mouth Powers
ON THE PLUS SIDE, kidney pie might not even happen anymore
Mouth Powers
His mental state has officially shifted to 'too out of control to be comfortable being that vulnerable with a snake, even snakefrand'
Lady Stardust
that's almost unfortunate, because that would have been an awesome bit of catbaggery
Lady Stardust
Iris is still going to deck him for this though.
Lady Stardust
Lovingly.
Mouth Powers
He'll mope a little about it not hurting tbh
Mouth Powers
He might cycle back to kidney pie with less self-destructive more reclaim-y motives, percentagewise
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But not for a while
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Or he it might happen in his 'i don't even care/rock bottom phase' which is approaching 
Bhaalspawn
/pats the Emperor
Bhaalspawn
Rock bottom is a lonely place. At least you have company?
Mouth Powers
indeed
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I have an actual plan to get him out of it though, so he shouldn't get stuck there for too long
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I don't think bush will tell Zane but he is so very shitty at lying that only being exhausted is going to hide the fact that Something is Wrong
ryannN?!
damn. I was hoping for some good drama
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He can figure it out! Bush is just avoiding it
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If zane outright guesses it's not like he can say 'no'
ryannN?!
I don't think he would. he trusts bush a lot
ryannN?!
bush is his favrit old sailor
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Zane is his brilliant young man. Not his little Lieutenant any more at all.
Mouth Powers
if Zane is like sldkgnsdkgn A THING HAPPENED TO BUSH 8C at Aslan, I'd say there's, like
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30-40% chance he'd come clean about it
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more like thirty
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but the possibility is there
ryannN?!
I think they might be on the right (wrong) track. zane is good at reading people
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...I definitely meant to type 'does not stop
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there
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but Bush's guilting him is so great I don't know if I want to change it
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also
snowbogan
for the record, someday when Babs needs a really mean punishment she could take his cats away for a week or smth
Mouth Powers
not right now though, he'd pretty much flip losing them and zane at the same time
snowbogan
oh god
snowbogan
yeah if he does something horrible
snowbogan
again
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SOON
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snowbogan
dammit emperor
snowbogan
should babs just knock on his door or
snowbogan
i went with that
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oh I just realized
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Bush is basically giving him the kind of loyalty he thought he had a right to from Zai/his military in general
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maybe not quite all his citizens
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and suddenly he's looking at it like WAIT THIS IS FUCKED UP
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snowbogan
ffffff
snowbogan
PROGRESS?
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IT WAS ALL BUSH'S PLAN ALL ALONG no it wasn't dude just likes the emperor.
snowbogan
babs appreciates u bush
snowbogan
also would like to teach you how to swim
snowbogan
(woman swam out of burning submarine once)
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(He needs to learn. Also if Babs is the one teaching him he can't use 'one leg' as an excuse. )
snowbogan
(YEP)
snowbogan
(and yes, that was while she was oracle)
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(This could be grand)
snowbogan
(IT COULD)
Mouth Powers
Bush has been indescribably good for him on so many levels
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This pleases me. Because it is his narrative role. It is his job.
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PRoviding support and realization for geniuses who are also dumb about things.