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About one block earlier, Stark bumps into Wirbel and his posse
W: ey Stark! Whatcha in such a hurry for?
St: oh hey guys! I'm goin' on a shopping da- UH outing with Fern!
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Sc: "outing?" ( •̀ _ • ) Who the fuck calls it that?
W: issa date
St: ୧( ゜ロ゜ ；) OH UH NONONO IT AINT A DATE haha we're JUUUST goin' shopping
E: I see, just the two of you, right?
St: yup!
E: yeah that's a date (• _ •)
St: ヽ(o´０Д０o)ﾉ NONONO LOOK that's normal for us
W: (• _ •)
E: (• _ •)
Sc: (• _ •)
St: AND I KNOW WHAT YER PROLLY THINKING but uh... CMOOOON we ALL know that party members go shopping for supplies together ALL the ti-
E: ARE you shopping for supplies?
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St: ( ._.) no
E: yeah it's a date
Sc: damn was wondering when they'd start dating
St:ヾ( ｡˵ ◯ Δ ◯ ˵｡) ﾉ NONONO we're not datING- well uh we did call one of our missions a date BUT THAT WAS A ONE OFF I SWEAR hehehe...
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Wirbel exchanges knowing looks with his crew
W: whatever bro have fun
St: will do Coach!
Stark skips along merrily
W: USE PROTECTION!
St: ITS NOT LIKE THAT
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Ehre doesn't normally see Wirbel beam with pride for anyone other than himself. She nudges him
E: good job, ya big softie
W: eh? I didn't do nothin' (¬‿¬) jus' gave the lil bitch the right connections
She smiles coyly
E: heh. whatever you wanna tell yourself