caughtinanetwork | [Text] It's about time.

[ You may have noticed, Vatheon, that Ryoji hasn't been around much.

Partly, it was because he'd been sleeping A LOT on and off, and the usually social young boy had decided he'd rather not venture outside much.

The latest curses had not helped matters any, and when all is finally said and done, he rolls over out of bed, finally waking properly. He'd been a sort of semidepressed zombie of late, but he attributed that to the coral.

... Truthfully, it was probably only half the coral. He sends a message out over the Network: ]

-- USER [ anonymous ] HAS LOGGED ON TO SFC NETWORK --

hey Vatheon
i had a question for you all
im wondering if anyone can maybe help me out???
i know girls are usually best at this thing buuuut its kind of complicated and i dont really know how to go about this thing...
i guess what im asking is
can i get some romance advice?
its flushed, i think.
and i just dont know what to do about it
to be honest im pretty depressed it sucks big time but its a really long story i dont wanna go into here :(
if anyone is willing to listen to a woeful guys plight id be pretty grateful
thanks

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[Mrr... Sissel flattens his ears in annoyance and then closes his eyes, hopping into the SFC and racing across the lines to Ryoji's. He reaches out and connects to the boy's core.]

Hi!

[ WHAT. You are a cat. How did you. What is going on 8|

... By the way Sissel this boy is also Death. THIS IS AN AWKWARD SITUATION... ]

... H-hi? W... where did the cat go?!

[Sissel purrs in laughter, sitting up as he talks to him.]

I'm right here! I was hoping I could reach your core. It looks like I was right.

[ ... Motionless cat on the feed--WAIT. ]

... Are you able to move your spirit or something?

[ His Death-y Senses are tingling... ]

That's a little freaky, y'know. But uh, I guess I shouldn't be so surprised...

That's right. I'm a ghost. I'm possessing my own body.

[Tailflick.]

What was that post about? I can't read it.

Oooh, that explains the feeling I'm getting. Yeah, I'm actually--well... er, never mind.

[ Subject... change.

Not a better one, though. ... Sigh. This is a huge Problem. orz ]

The short version? Love triangles suck, and I have NO idea how to tell the person I like that he needs to decide whether he's going to go out with anyone or not, because my friend and I also like him, and he's both of our friend.

And he means a LOT to us.

Why don't you just tell him? If he doesn't want to go out with you and goes out with your friend, then you can still be friends.

[There's the feeling of being nuzzled.]

Besides, there's always others to mate with.

[ He was going to say something but then Sissel brought the word "mating" into the conversation.

And he just

turns

bright red.

ASHLDKASJHFLKJSDH?! ]

I-i-it's not like that!! I just--I just like him, b-but I don't... want to hurt her, either, b-but...

[ aksjhdfg; CAN WE NOT GO INTO MATING THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO IT YET OH GOD. ]

You never know until you try!

[ askjhalskjgh OH GOD HE'S SO EMBARRASSED... ]

I... I guess so...

[ akdhfg oh god he can't quite get over the

mating

thing... ]

[Mew! He nuzzles Ryoji encouragingly.]

You can do it.

[Text] It's about time.

[Video] -> [Action]

[Action] aksjhakjsg''

[Action] Also Sissel's body is probably still motionless on the video feed. :T

[Action] wow that looks awful?

[Action] Probably, yes. xD

[Action] oh Sissel XD

[Action] Cat logic is best logic.

[Action] ... SISSEL KSDJHG MATING NO WHAT

[Action] WHY ELSE WOULD YOU GO AFTER SOMEONE

[Action] SOB. FOR. OTHER... REASONS?!

[Action] ... SISSEL DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HUMANS.