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[cobaltblue]

[Tex must have gone to do her patrol sometime early in the morning, because Church woke up alone. Always disappointing, but what could you do when your girlfriend was as obsessed with her job as ever? He slept in, poked around on the comm for a while, then eventually got up to go get food - but spotted a note on the floor before he even got around to opening the door.

The video feed switches on here, with the camera pointed directly at the note, leaving no room on the screen for anything else.]

All right, which one of you assholes decided to leave this stupid fucking thing under the door? Doesn't anyone knock like a normal person?

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[servant]

I thought it might be that.

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[cobaltblue]

You got a girlfriend, kid?

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[servant]

[He's quiet for a moment, shaking his head before answering with words.]

No.

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[cobaltblue]

Oh. ... Boyfriend?

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[servant]

[Well that's one way of stopping him from feeling sorry for himself. Merlin blinks and gives a surprised bit of a laugh.]

Um...no, there's no one like that.

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[cobaltblue]

Yeah, well, someday you will, and then when some anonymous dickwad drops off a note with a room number on it and messages you to say no, it's not for you, it's for your girlfriend or whoever, then maybe you'll get why something like that's a dick move and he deserves to be kicked in the balls.

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[servant]

Oh, yeah, I understand. It's totally a- [his mouth twists] dick move. But your girlfriend must love you. I'm sure it would take more than an anonymous note to sway her.

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[cobaltblue]

[He laughs a little, both at the medieval kid's attempt at modern slang, and of course what he'd actually said.]

Whether she loved me or not, a stupid note like that wouldn't be enough to sway her either way. You, uh, you probably haven't met Tex yet. You'll see what I mean. ... But that doesn't mean I'm gonna let some asshole get away with that kind of bullshit, either.

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[servant]

No, I haven't met anyone with that name. But now I'm sort of looking forward to it.

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[cobaltblue]

Heh. You know what? Here's a tip: go find her when she's doing her SEC patrol thing, and talk to her then. You know, 'cause she's always working so hard. Give her a break from all that boring shit. She'll love it.

[Why no, he would never troll anyone, certainly not.]