@3CHEERS4TYR4NNY [Frank bumped MEV’s ankle back, smiling. He reveled in the contact of their hands.] “Anything for my best friend. I’ll fight us a way out if I have to.” [Frank rarely felt genuinely happy in the MOAT, but in moments like these he felt his heart flutter joyfully.]
@3CHEERS4TYR4NNY “Yeah, the concrete sucks ass.” [Frank huffed, his neck craned to look around the lounge, it was just them. He slid his hand over to touch their pinkies together.] “We’ll go see’em. No matter what. I bet it’s not blurry in the field.“
@3CHEERS4TYR4NNY [Frank looked at the photo again, observing it again and finding no difference. He didn’t exactly have the creative eye MEV did though, so he trusted their renewed perception.] “You know, you’re kind right. Hah, maybe it is me. Wouldn’t that be something?” [His finger traced —
@3CHEERS4TYR4NNY — to the next page, trying not to accidentally pry the paper from the deteriorating glue holding it desperately to the spine. This one was a sculpture of sorts, made of wheat, obviously. It resembled an animal of some sort, but it was ambiguous to Frank. —
@3CHEERS4TYR4NNY — photo of the wheat fields, some spots in more focus than others. A classic opening to any Draag picture book. Frank only stalled on the page so MEV could overlook the yellowed plants.]
@3CHEERS4TYR4NNY [Frank grinned, furrowing his brows; MEV was so weird. He liked it though.] “Yeah. You’re usually right, sometimes.” [He flipped open to the first page past the introductory and rules pages. They even had rules in their books. It was ridiculous. The first image was a grainy —
@3CHEERS4TYR4NNY “Good, good, now come on sit.” [Frank reached for the battered hardcover, rubbed soft and fragile from overuse. He felt MEV’s eyes, but he wouldn’t admit they made him nervous, so he stayed silent on the staring.] “I still wish we got new ones. These are almost dead.”
@3CHEERS4TYR4NNY “Yeah, sit down.” [Frank smiled, patting the table, making it hobble slightly.] “It’s the same one we looked at last time, hope you don’t mind. I mean, we only have like… two.”