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[puzzlekeeper]

[ He hasn't set up a voicemail.

Figure it out. ]

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[puzzlekeeper]

[ He's silent for a long moment, just watching Intensity's expression.

. . . Then sighs and leans forward, resting his forehead against Intensity's chest tiredly. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[After many longs beats of silence]

Say something.

[puzzlekeeper]

. . .

[ He shifts one hand so he can peer down at the ring Intensity gave him. ]

You're the first selfish thing I've ever chosen, in any of my lifetimes. I don't regret that. I never will.

But I don't want you to regret it.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Another pause and the tension starts to bleed out of him slightly. Just a fraction.

Probably something that only someone like King would notice.]

I've never lived my life on anything but my terms. No matter how shitty of a hand I was dealt.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ He leans back to look at him for another long moment, then reaches up to drag his face down, until they're forehead-to-forehead. ]

Okay.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[As one hand travels lazily down King's spine]

You absolutely are still going to be fussed about it, aren't you?

[puzzlekeeper]

Yes.

[ . . .

Another long sigh ]

D.Va's more upset than I realized.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

["She also tried to kill you four times?" he doesn't say.]

Are you going to try to solve her problem for her?

[puzzlekeeper]

No. For this, there's nothing more I can do.

If I'm not enough, she'll have to keep searching for whoever is.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Holy shit.

What did King just say?]

[puzzlekeeper]

. . . What?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You're hot when you're selfish.

...

Hotter.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ this face ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Adorable, really.]

What was she upset about in particular?

[puzzlekeeper]

Us making things . . .

[ Waves a hand ]

Official.

Not that she would ever actually say that, but I know better. She wants something like that for herself, but with the two people she's asked so far, it hasn't worked out.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

She's already asked two people?

[puzzlekeeper]

Um . . . maybe. I don't know if she ever asked the first person for real, but . . . either way, they're not together at all anymore.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Ah.

. . .

I do recall her screaming to a giant kaiju about how everyone leaves her.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ uhhh ]

She what . . . ?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

She was showing me footage about the boss battle with the imps. Where AlcheME! had grown her to the size of a building.

Her bee cult. The imps. The House. And now this.

This has been stewing for quite some time, hasn't it? Well before our duel.

[puzzlekeeper]

Mm . . . I suppose that's true.

Do you think . . . she's someone doomed to never be satisfied?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[There's a steady hum as he ponders that question for many moments]

Describe, in your opinion, D.Va's ideal person.

[puzzlekeeper]

I . . .

[ . . . ]

I don't have the faintest idea. She seems to love everyone.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Surely you've heard the saying that if everyone's special, then no one is.

[puzzlekeeper]

No, actually, I haven't.

[ But that does sound like something Intensity would say . . . ]

Surely being open to many kinds of people should increase her chances of finding happiness rather than reducing it . . . ?