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[escardos]

[ or maybe it won't. stay tuned to find out. ]

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w2 ; after whatever disaster chess match there is.

[escardos]

[ it seems that after the chess match and the town hall, flat will finally catch rex around. ]

Rex! We're actually roommates!

[third_alternative]

Lucky number 13, huh...

And only one bed...

[ AO3 is quaking. ]

[escardos]

13 could be a lucky number if we make it one.

[ flex rat flex rat flex rat flex rat ]

Do you kick in your sleep or something?

[third_alternative]

[ a quick peek into my thought process here:
"oh shit i have no idea if he does, canon never really shows that does it?"
"would rex even know if he does or not..."
"what would make the most sense for his character"
"no wait what am i doing what would be the funnier option"
"what would be the more FLEX RAT option"

crosses his arms, ready to fight for this bed ]

Yeah. I do.

[escardos]

Then you can sleep on the floor!

[ he says it cheerfully!

AND HE WILL JUMP ON THE BED IT'S HIS BED. ]

[third_alternative]

Wha--?! Hey! No way!

[ IMMEDIATELY SHOVES FLAT OFF THE BED AND SPREADEAGLES ON IT HIMSELF TO CLAIM IT AS THOROUGHLY AS POSSIBLE ]

[escardos]

DON'T JUST PUSH- HEY!

[ fine!!! if rex wants to be like that then!!!!!

flat will jump on HIM! ]

I claimed it first!

[third_alternative]

Yeah, but guess who's on the bed throne now--oof!

[ flat absolutely flattens him like a pancake and drives all the air out of his lungs. which, of course, is gonna rebound back on him thru their mystery link so like. have fun with that, bud. ]

[escardos]

[ COUGHS?!?!?! but he's been fighting with a feral wolf boy since he was 10 this is fine, actually. ]

Well, I'm on the bed too! Take that!

[third_alternative]

Yeah, but [ wheeze ] I'm the one on the soft cushy mattress!

[ and also getting sandwiched to death but most importantly: MATTRESS CONTACT ]

[escardos]

And I'll make you into my soft cushy mattress.

[ what the FUCK does that mean. ]

w2, wednesday

[third_alternative]

[ that evening, after the minievent concludes, Rex storms into their room, the door slamming thunderously as he enters. He strides in with a murderous look on his face and glares at Flat as he says: ]

You.

[ it's. not very intimidating, considering he sounds like an alvin and the chipmunk. ]

[escardos]

[ you know what they say about doing things and asking for forgiveness?

flat doesn't! it's hard to suppress a grin when he hears rex, but at least he's not outright laughing at his face...yet. ]

You sound great, Rex! I really like the change for you!

[ says the guy that also sounds like a squeaky toy. ]

[third_alternative]

[ the laughing just makes him angrier. Flat also sounding like a chipmunk is a brief consolation prize, but honestly that grating high pitched laughter makes him stalk up to flat like he's ready to deck him ]

What did you do to my voice!!

w7 ; friday

[escardos]

[ well, once things have kind of settled down and flat has gone investigating he'll find... ]

Rex! It's you!

[third_alternative]

Uh. Yeah. It's me. Ta-da?

[escardos]

[ flat nods! ]

Ta-da indeed. Though I guess you were already here, so I should be the one saying 'ta-da' instead. [ he nods. ] Your name is still Rex, right?

[third_alternative]

Yeah... [ said almost warily, like he hadn't even considered that not being the case, and he's now worried that it might change. ] And you're still Flat, right?

[escardos]

I think so.

[ which is also said warily. who knows how much of him is really him, and how much is that other thing that lives inside of him? ]

It's hard to say, sometimes. This place really changes people.

[third_alternative]

You mean because of the weird head stuff, or just in general?

[escardos]

In general. Who knew I'd be fighting angels and weird ghost things. I'm not exactly a Ghostbuster.

The weird head stuff has been with me my whole life. But I guess I can't ever get used to something like that.

[third_alternative]

Neither am I, but the way I see it, ghosts and angels isn't all that different to EVOs.

...does it mess with your memories? Or--what is it, exactly? [ tentative, as if afraid to touch on something too personal. ]

[escardos]

That's true. Technically we have ghosts in our world too, but they don't usually live that separate from us? This afterlife is completely different...

[ as for the following question, flat shakes his head. ]

We share memories, I think. Sort of. I can exist while I'm alive, but I can't exist while I'm alive. That sort of thing. Kind of like how you can't be awake and asleep at the same time.

[ if rex can't follow, that's fine. flat often can't follow either. ]

[third_alternative]

Huh. So like...two minds, one body? That kind of thing?

[escardos]

Correct! We're both part of the same body, but only I'm Flat. And only when I'm dead will the other one take over.

[ he nods! ]

Which is why it handled things after I returned from that adventure thingy. I, technically, died.