. . ha. [ at that, he pauses. looks down at the counter. ] well. y'know. i'm just an old power strip. really, nothing special at all. but kris—good ol' kris, that didn't matter to them. they played with me just like any other toy. things change, luv—people change. i don't blame them for moving on.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

﹙ that look shifted in mild discontentment, sipping down the new cocktail moment by moment while thinking it through. a heavy sigh slipped. ﹚ why do you care so much about kris, then? if they left us in this kind of position. you said you're no better than us, so it's ..

i hardly get to pick and choose, luv. couldn't tell ya. if you're thinkin' i'm in any better a position than you are, well, i've got news for you.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

then ... thanks by the way, but — ﹙ squinting at the new drink, the pippins tipped their head at him soon enough. ﹚ what's going on? tenna could just kick you out to the desert if somehow it was better to, but you're still here! .. why was all this in 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 cards?

luv, ol' tenna doesn't even let me touch the points. [ he pours them another glass without a word. ] don't make assumptions about things you haven't got the first clue about.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

﹙ on came a sour expression as they swallowed down almost the entire glass in one tip. ﹚ .. you get special treatment from the boss! tenna couldn't give two rolls about us. but you? we see you get signals all the time.

'course i do. just so happens i consider them rather important. [ he raises an eyebrow at them. ] not like you lot give me a real welcoming environment 'round 'ere, chum.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

sure. and all you think about is your connections, right? with all that "happy" talk. i don't get it. don't you care about anything but kris? ﹙ they take the drink with a small blink. for all they spewed, they didn't seem to even hesitate before taking a long sip. ﹚

like i lost a bet, eh. that really all you lot think about? money and gambling? [ he slides the drink across the counter toward the pippins. ] i am where i am 'cause of kris, luv. what i want? for them to be happy. that's what.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

﹙ a sour look met his joke - as if the pippins didn't want to risk even a chuckle. but his eye followed the drink, at the minimum. ﹚ funny. what i mean is - you didn't have to be here, here. making drinks, puttering around .. like you lost a big bet or something.

a drink, or a goal? [ he smirks, and begins pouring the pippins a drink without waiting for an answer. ] . . . s'pose it's just where i ended up, is all. i didn't make my way to the tv world by choice, luv.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

why are you here, making drinks pretty much nobody actually drinks? .. we all have a goal, i think. and can i have one?

what i want? don't know what you mean, luv.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

but you stuck around, and all you talk about is - look, i don't know what you want.

i'm just a power strip, luv. haven't got anything to do with the bloke. if you need someone to blame so bad, blame queen.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

.. look, you're the extension cord that let that mailman even come over here. you're not doing it on purpose?

s'pose i wouldn't notice something like that. after all, i wasn't there before.

pippins .ᐟ@itsgambletime.bsky.social · last yr.

things started going wrong when you showed up. you did notice that, right..?

somethin's always my fault, innit.

keep getting told i look like an old dog. is that a compliment. . . ?

oi luv when you say something is for the shadowbosses can you include me in that as well? the shadow bosses and ramb if it's not too much trouble cheers

// here you go (by wtf-drawing)

(. . . this guy.)

DOES BEING BRITISH HURT

terribly ominous feeling.

B... Boob...?

s'pose not. plenty of oversights, if you know where to look.

oh, lovely. would you look at that. the last thing i saw before i turned to stone

i don't think ol' tenna planned for anybody putting that much in at once.

kris luv please stop trying to enter 8008 into the gumball machine. you don't have that many points. kris. it's not going to work luv

i hear queen started turning people into werewires? blimey. glad i wasn't there for that.

fuck i'm trying luv

Deltarune Hidden Shadow Crystals@delta-hidden-sc.bsky.social · last yr.

Ramb please don't turn to stone again it's fucking Thursday you can't keep doing this

"ramb's alive". looks that way. you think that stroke of luck's good or bad?

pyro jack, is it? name's ramb. lovely meeting you.

【𝙃𝙀𝙀-𝙃𝙊!】@h33totheh0.bsky.social · last yr.

🎃"...I see-hee..."🎃 🎃"Either way, I suppose it's... nice to meet you... I'm Pyro Jack..."🎃

ahh, well. 'fraid that's nothing but a pipe dream, luv.

【𝙃𝙀𝙀-𝙃𝙊!】@h33totheh0.bsky.social · last yr.

🎃"...Is it something you wish for sometimes too? ho?"🎃