Post-Game CMO camppetoskey

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LANCE SCP Foundation Agent At the conclusion of Camp Petoskey R1, Lance has reluctantly decided to join the SCP.

This is a post-game CMO where you can hit Lance up for in-verse PSLs, AUs or other shenanigans. Feel free to go for text, e-mail. audio, video, in person (or whatever else) threads. I'm up for anything always!

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[...and now they're in a weird staring contest. Lance rubs the back of his head awkwardly, trying to defuse the tension with a bit of a laugh.]

I was just gonna eat some toast in my room though....

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And that's an obstacle because...?

[ Lance he has been to your room before........ That's no forbidden zone. ]

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[...god. Boa is so persistent about this that he just rubs his face.]

Because I said so?

[Lance slinks off towards the kitchen to grab the entire package of sliced bread and a glass of water. Then as he makes his way back towards his room, he pauses to face Boa again.]

Okay fine, come in.

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[ Boa gives a short satisfied nod at that and lets himself into the room. He takes a seat, staring at Lance expectantly. ]

You're not okay, let alone 'peachy'.

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[Lance doesn't tackle that loaded statement right away, choosing instead to take his sweet time getting himself settled. The bread and water both sit on his desk, and then Lance flops down on the edge of his bed where he can reach both.; He takes a long drink of water first then breathes out.]

You can't tell Nine or anyone else about this, alright?

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[ This is funnily similar to when he came to Nine and made him swear not to tell Lance about what he was going to ask. Too bad that whatever is about to happen now seems to be far less frivolous.

And Boa is starting to be able to take a guess. He nods. ]

I won't. It's Tal, then?

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[He tenses up as Boa just hits bullseye on the issue. It takes him a second to work out what on earth he'd said that had led the kid to that exact conclusion because it hadn't been obvious in his mind, but once he catches it he just groans mentally.]

...yeah. I was with Tal last night.

[He has a half grumpy-half embarrassed bite of bred.]

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... with?

[ He's 11 but people have overshared at him (or other zombies whose eyes he could unfortunately utilize) quite a bit now.

MAKING SURE. ]

1/2

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[Unthinking, he continues to chew on that bread.]

With, yeah.

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[The implications of being asked to clarify what "with" means in this context catch up to him a moment later and it's really obvious when that happens because--]

Wait-

[And there he goes choking a little on his bread as he splutters.]

Not WITH-with, Boa!!

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[ Boa defensively raises his hands a little. ]

I was just asking! I can never tell with you older teens!

[ Nine is a bad influence on his life maybe. ]

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I'm not Nine, okay?

[Taking another sip of water to clear his throat here. When he puts the glass back down, his tone softens a pinch from indignation to embarrassment with it.]

I'm not Ren or Tal either. I don't... do the whole promiscuous thing, alright?

[Kind of part of the issue here actually....]

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[ Boa tilts his head at that, but given their previous conversations about romance and liking people, he actually lets it go without question. ]

Okay, that's... good. But then what is wrong?

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[....And this is it. This is the moment that the hypocrisy of his prior outburst catches Lance so thoroughly between its teeth that he just slumps backwards on his bed, resting his head against the wall.]

..something promiscuous.

[He snags his pillow and covering his face with it.]

Just not to that degree.

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[ Uh... ?! Boa already has horrible ideas in his head again, but he'll have mercy on Lance and stop the guessing game. He also doesn't want to have to speculate on it any more. ]

How so?

[ And why? Why are the older teens this way.... ]

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[There's a bit of silence and the pillow remains exactly where it is over his face, which might make Lance's eventually mumbled response even more difficult to understand, but he does reply eventually.]

We kissed. That's it.

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[ At this point, an answer this mild comes as a relief more than anything, but it's still not good news. Tal's claimed a third victim. Is that cheating in Tal's case even...? Do Nine and Ren consider it that...? It's definitely cheating in Lance's case though.

Boa is silent for a moment. He has nothing good to say about this. Let's settle for accusations? ]

He started it, didn't he?

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[Lance starts to nod, and the pillow slides down his face and ends up on his stomach. Sighing, he sits up properly and just sits cross legged, hugging the pillow in his lap.]

It was an avoidable situation and it was probably my fault for getting into it in the first place.

[He frowns then sighs.]

Why am I even telling you this.

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Because I'm your brother and I'm worried about you?

[ Look, in Boa's eyes this is a very obvious explanation and he seems almost annoyed to have to give it. ]

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[That gets Lance to look up at Boa with a slight headtilt. It's the first time Boa's said as much, and though the sentiment being mutual isn't exactly surprising, it's still gets him to blink before moving on like no big deal.]

Hey, you don't have to be worried. This is... really nothing in comparison to all the other things going on.

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[ Well, yeah. That much is clear. This thing between the boys is just... kind of ridiculous. But it's a ridiculous that drags on and one and gets everyone more and more hurt. Boa is absolutely sick of it. ]

But I am worried. You, Nine... Floe and Ren.... you're all getting betrayed because one guy is too greedy to ever make up his mind.

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[He grimaces at that, shoulders rounding more around the pillow.]

...man. That really is a long list, huh.

[He knew that though, which is why none of this actually feels that great.]

I can't really do that to Floe. And I can't really do this to myself either.

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Well, you better don't.

[ Every second he thinks about this, it just makes him angrier. He actually gets up from his seat to pace around the room a little. ]

And Tal isn't worth your time to start with.

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[That gets Lance to frown a little, looking up.]

Ugh, you're going way too far. Tal's a good friend.

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Oh, is he?

[ Boa bristles at this assessment. ]

If he was a good friend or even a good boyfriend, wouldn't he care about how you or Nine feel?!