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[NETWORK POST] Update!

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Libra App
WHEN: February 1st
WHAT: Zodiac Network Post
WARNINGS: None!

[Wherever you are, your phone will start to ring and vibrate. It doesn’t matter if your phone was off or on mute - it will ring anyway. Checking the phone, you'll see the Libra app has opened itself and will not close until you read and response to a new post from Zodiac]

Hello everyone! Happy Lunar New Year and we at Zodiac hope you've been well!

We've seen your engagement on the app this past month and we're impressed! Thanks to everyone who got involved in sorting out the situation in the Helheim gate. You all did some incredible work and we look forward to working with you in the future!

Now we understand you have a lot of questions. While there's many things we can't disclose at this time, we can clarify one thing. Everyone on this app has been flagged for abnormal spirit energy readings. We're still looking into what it means and the potential effects of it. All we really know right now is they're similar to the energy readings coming from our otherworldly guests.

We'll try to keep you updated as we learn more! In the meantime, let's end on anothe question to lighten the mood!

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[Users will have the option to choose their own display names and userpics if they haven't already. If nothing is chosen, the app will use their real name and a quick photo taken of them from their camera's phone. Like last time, there'll be no responses from Zodiac]

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[Guizhong, in answer, will call him first.]

[ --his phone is ringing ]

[ HIS PHONE IS RINGING. squawking, he drops it into the sink with a muffled curse before fishing it out before it can hit the running faucet-- ]

[ .....picking up cool as a cucumber, definitely not sounding flustered haha what, no, he is sooo composed, rn? crazy how composed he sounds, ]

Guizhong~! What a lovely su-- [ --his voice cracks, ] --prise??

[Guizhong has to muffle a giggle into her sleeve.]

Hello, Abel. You wanted to talk about something?

I did...! I-- did, yes.

[ she knows.

she knows. oh, the feeling of death creeping around his neck, tightening like a noose... his inevitable, unavoidable demise so close at hand... ]

...A-actually, I was hoping that we could talk about-- Valentine's day? You know, Jun told me about... ah. You wanted to-- the dinner, I-I think, you said you--

[ oh my god he cannot he is literally sweating, ]

--H-- haha. Is it hot in here...? Just me?

[ they aren't in the same room, ]

[Jun meanwhile is on the other side of the room, pretending to play his switch but really watching his dad slowly die.

Yeah. Dad's doomed. Rest in pieces]

Just a little bit, maybe. Let's step out a moment.

[They aren't in the same room but she will go along with it. There's the opening and shutting of a door, the jingling of a tiny bell becoming muted as she steps outside into the cool February air.]

But yes, I wanted to get dinner and sweets for us that night. It's my way of thanking you two for inviting me.

[ Jun is SUPPOSED to be his wingman (???) but somehow having an audience to his grand failure is just making this worse... ignore the fact Abel himself insisted on the ""support"" for this conversation,

...

o-okay. he's fishing around for his keys, sending his son a panicky glance before trotting for the door. for air. ...yeah!! (he forgot his coat,) ]

That's-- that's right, yes, but-- you've... your offer is terribly kind... and that's, ah. That's where the whole problem lies, in fact!! [ a jingle of keys, and then a soft groan, ] --I just tried to lock my door with my car keys. Guizhong, you surely didn't say something about the budget being two HUNDRED dollars, did you?

[ maybe the "hundred" came out a little squeaky. maybe. ]

[There's a significant pause. She pouts at the sky.]

It would have been five hundred, but I thought I shouldn't overdo it.

[Guizhong isn't ignorant of how much her former lifestyle compares to most others, and she would never want the Nightroads to feel the difference in her presence. But this is a special occasion! Her first dinner with them after moving permanently back to Kaisou! They deserve to be spoiled, and by gods Guizhong is more than willing to be the one to do it.]

Besides, how many times have you had me over for dinner before? Too many to count. Indulge me just this once.

--Five hundred?!

[ God, she could probably hear that from wherever she is. it's a miracle he doesn't go into some kind of apoplectic shock,

Abel's palming his face as he finally manages to lock the door, pocketing his keys and trying his best not to make this... ah, whatever would be more of A Thing than it is already. ]

Please, that's-- two hundred is already far, far too generous! The holidays are-- I mean, especially this one... i-it's about spending time with the people you care for, right? So-- you're paying us in spades simply by being there, really! There's no need to--

[ --flustered, he makes a noise as if he is about to say more, but... it just ends up becoming an thankfully brief pause.

at least the next bit comes slightly more composed. ]

...Your company is priceless enough, alright? Two hundred, i-is simply...

You really are terribly, wonderfully sweet, Abel.

[Literally how is he single? She had so many acquaintances back in China who would be falling head over heels for him.]

But really, I want to do this for you two. You and Jun have always been the closest to me in Kaisou ever since we met. You welcomed a silly, work-obsessed woman into your lives, and remained a constant in mine throughout my long absences. It means more to me than you know.

[She might be letting her voice go all soft and warm to convince him, but these are her real feelings, too, brought on by long nights after her accident, determination and desperation in equal parts to hold onto something real, something not touched by her bizarre visit by a moon goddess.]

My company may be enough for you two, but it isn't enough for me. I want to do everything I can to show you two my gratitude and affection. And what better way than to feed you well?

[ oh, no...

this is precisely what he was afraid of, and it's unfolding before his very-- eyes? ears. the undeniable earnestness in her voice is something he is well and truly Weak to, and just as he suspected... he finds his very stubborn, willful desire to refute her offer beginning to wane, evaporate. ]

...It isn't fair, you know? How am I supposed to... when you say it like this, I...

[ ugh. ughhhh... his gooey insides........

he was doomed from the get-go and he knew it, but somehow he had hoped against hope he could withstand her onslaught!!!! for shame. ]

...Please promise me you'll only get what you need? Guizhong? Please?

Oh, alright. I'll order sparingly. Within reason. [Within her limits of reason? Close enough.] I'll even promise you that ordering at this restaurant is a once in a blue moon sort of thing for me. Next time it won't be so outrageously expensive.

[She meanders farther along the path until she comes within view of Blue Fish Lake, and it's a perfect spot to bask in the sunlight and her small victory.]

And now you must promise me to relax and let me take care of things. All you and Jun have to do is worry about saving room for dessert.

[ please let him live in perfect obliviousness, none the wiser to how much this total ends up being. goodness... GOODNESS...... 'outrageously expensive,' she says, and part of him begins internally withering, ]

H-ha, is that so...? You know, you sound a little too pleased at spoiling us rotten. If I didn't know better, I'd say maybe you were enjoying it! Imagine~! Ah, truly inconceivable.

[ she's too good to them. ]

...You realize this means I'll find a way to get you back, right? How does the saying go? 'All's fair in love and war?'

If that's the case, then bring it on~ I'm looking forward to both being surprised and surprising you more in the future.

[ guiZHONG?? stop being so cute...

...there's a silence on the other end of the phone for a minute-- long enough that it might almost be awkward, mostly because Abel's face is unexplainably red and warm for some reason, before he clears his throat. ]

--Ah! Ah, I-- I should let you go for now, I--

[ uh, ]

Um, I... I still have a bit of work to do today, so... ha, um, i-if... if you think of any movies you'd like to add to the list for Valen-- Valentines? [ did his voice just. crack, ] You can-- I mean, just... you can just text me! Or call me! ...Or, ah, stop by? If you want. --To tell me. Okay?

[Guizhong's smile is so wide across her face that it's difficult to hold back the giggles ready to slip out of her. If she's cute then Abel is equally as adorable when he's flustered, how can she not want to laugh with joy? He might think she's laughing at him, though, so she presses her lips together until she's ready to talk.]

Okay! I'll think about it and let you know. See you on Monday evening, then, if I don't see you earlier. [Okay, one little giggle.] Have a lovely rest of your day, Abel.

[ h-huff...... he's repeatedly scuffing a portion of the gravel under his boot, face downcast and yet burning something furious. good lord, ]

Yes, I--

[ ......HUFF; no, whatever he was going to say he thinks better of, swallowing it down before ending up with something else. ]

...Please take care 'til then, Guizhong. I'm-- I really am looking forward to it. And-- thank you, again. I'll see you soon!

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