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thats enough for me
friends

Friends! =^.^=

Do you want some candy? I suddenly have a lot of it.

[Oh no, they have to go and be cute about it. River smiles at her screen.]

i can come over if you want to share

If you want! My roommate really loves chocolate. If they find this, I'm never getting it back from them.

no its for you
ill help you eat it

That wouldn't matter to them! I can come to you if you want. I don't know if you've met Chara.

weve met
i think i gave them chocolate very circuitously once
i guess you can come here but my rooms a mess

[No matter how anyone tries, River's room is a mess of clothes on the floor and water bottles strewn about.]

That's okay. It can't be any messier than ours gets sometimes.

[Bearing in mind a certain prank war, after all. A few moments later, River will hear a knock on the door.]

[Despite the fact she knows it's Frisk, River can't help but open the door a crack to peek out and make sure it's them.]

What's the password?

Um...

[Frisk tips their head to one side, puzzled. Password? No one ever said anything about a password. That's not fair!

They really can only think of one password, and...

Well, all right then.

Frisk sets their shoulders and says with reasonable confidence:]

I'm a stupid doo-doo butt?

Edited 2016-07-19 18:14 (UTC)

[River stares at Frisk.

What a password.]

You're not. But you can come in.

[She leaves the door cracked open and disappears into the room to sit on her bed, letting Frisk enter on their own.

It really is a mess in here. Clothes and water bottles and discarded candy wrappers all around, but all that aside it's a very simple room. Sparse furnishings, only what's absolutely needed. A bed, a nightstand, a desk with a chair, and that's it.]

[Hey, that's two for two for that password, so that bodes well! Frisk slips inside and lets the door shut quietly behind them. The room is kind of a mess, but that's not makes them pause. The thing that really prompts hesitation is the fact that there's no real personality to it. Everyone's room that they've been to has all been furnished at least somewhat, with a few trinkets or pictures or pieces of furniture to remind them of home. But here there's nothing.

They elect to sit at the desk chair.]

...sorry. That was a, a password back home. I didn't know what else to say.

[River looks around at her room. It's only that she doesn't like being reminded of home, for all that she misses it and wants to avoid it indefinitely. She doesn't know what to do with her room. Maybe she'll figure it out someday. But it seems like a lot of work she's not sure she can handle at the moment.]

It's okay. The password thing was a joke, I think.

[She's not making a very good impression on her friend, is she? What does she do for them? Give them candy and make them uncomfortable.]

[She thinks. Well, it's nice that she was easing them into it somewhat. Frisk giggles. It reminds them a little bit of Chara, and that's always nice.

They reach into the bag and scoop out a handful of candies, holding them out to her.]

Sans taught me that one. "I'm a stupid doo-doo butt."

[She takes some candies, opening one and biting it in half. She always liked the creaminess of these ones.]

Sans... I met him recently. Think I scare him.

[Frisk follows suit, savoring the sticky sweetness with a relish.]

I used to scare him too, a little bit. But now we're friends. He's kind of...I guess he doesn't always like it when people know stuff when he doesn't want them to.

[River almost asks, "What's scary about you?" but then she remembers very suddenly and flinches slightly.]

It wasn't that... Well, not especially. I was... not lucid, when I met him. He doesn't like sudden movements.

[She eats the second half of the candy. He's not the first person she freaked out during a turbulent time.]

...I guess he wouldn't. What...happened between you two? You don't have to answer! [They add that hastily, if belatedly.] I just don't think you two have to be weird around each other or, or nervous or anything.

I don't know. Said some words. Outside the... the library. [The one she couldn't enter because of Frisk. She swallows.] Babbled and... talked words. Can barely remember what I said. He was uncomfortable.

Hmm.

[They doubt Sans would forget something like that. He's always had a pretty good memory, hasn't he? Hah. Yeah. That's a funny joke, and they feel bad for thinking of it.]

I don't think he'd hold it against you. I know he can be a little scary sometimes, but he's really nice. And he tells really great jokes.

I believe you. [River's just really bad at first impressions.] I'll... try again someday.

[She pops another candy into her mouth thoughtfully.] It's nice that he's here.

Yeah. It is. He's...he's had some difficult stuff he's had to deal with. But that's not his fault.

[Ha-ha. No, it's not. It's theirs.]

[River stares at Frisk.]

He's your friend. He likes you.

Yeah.

[Probably skimmed that off their surface thoughts. Easy enough with them. They've always worn such things on their sleeve.]

But it's complicated. I mean it's, it's always complicated. But that's not his fault either.

[River doesn't want to be... intrusive. She curls up on the bed and hugs her knees, resting the side of her head against them thoughtfully. This line of thought isn't good. They're treading dangerously close to what they fought about in the library. She doesn't know what to say. She doesn't know what's right.]

I guess... we always make things complicated.

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