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You have reached a MAXIMUM LEGEND!

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[stresstokens]

See, Gorgug? First it's I'm so appreciative of you guys, why don't you guys appreciate me back and then boom! He couldn't even be nice for a full five sentences! Now he's calling my name stupid! I never called your name stupid.

[ Riz is now leaned back, fingers laced over his stomach, an expression of poorly concealed amusement crossing his face. There will be a point at which they have to stop somewhere in between Fabian going red-faced and him storming off, but the whole ordeal is kind of funny.

And it's nice to see, after how shit everything was, and how serious things were. Sometimes, you just gotta talk shit about team names. ]

I'm a good cook, [ he says cheerfully, as his contribution. He pauses. ] I mean, I cook.

[ 'Good' is questionable. ]

That's gotta count for at least five points.

[ When did points enter the equation???? ]

[tinflower]

[ Honestly, this feels like something that would be happening to them in their travels. Some stupid argument, except Gorgug's getting into one (and he has been enjoying those more recently), and goading Fabian like this is--exciting, really. Even if Fabian's bruised up, and Riz, and Gorgug isn't at all bruised, it's good to see his friends light up argumentatively.

And who always does so easily? ...well, a bunch of them if they're including the other Bad Kids. But always Fabian. He's always got an opinion.

Too bad Riz is on his side, which just empowers Gorgug more. ]

He never called your name uncool, [ Gorgug repeats after Riz, an echo, making this clearly 2 against 1. Because that 1 doesn't want to play by their rules in their game, which is also partially about getting Fabian to.

And just to show how easy it is to get far when you do play their game, when Riz says five points, Gorgug points at him. ]

Five points. [ And, pointing to Fabian next. ] Zero points. You've gotta catch up. You're gonna lose. You're gonna be a zero.

[ Come on, Fabian!! Do you want to be a zero!? ]

[maximumlegend]

I am calling the name uncool because it is uncool!

[ Fabian's pitch is definitely shooting up here.. Way up. It's still audible - look, we're not talking Pinocchio levels here, okay - but he's definitely so worked up over absolutely nothing. Riz and Gorgug are playing him like a fiddle.

Especially because this is so ridiculous, honestly. Maybe Fabian would be slightly less worked up if this wasn't so ridiculous, but the fact that he has to listen to these arguments like they have anything to do with naming things is only getting him more frustrated.

It's like when you know you're right, and someone keeps purposefully telling you that you're wrong. He will explode. He looks like he's about to explode at the word zero.

So standing isn't enough. He must do more.

He is absolutely stepping on top of the coffee table that's right in front of the couch. ]

I-- [ He pounds hard on his chest with one hand. And absolutely winches when that is 100% hitting his bruises, but. You know. You got to endure the pain to be able to have the dramatics. ] --am Fabian Aramais Seacaster! I am a Maximum Legend! If it weren't for me, neither of you would have been invited to the coolest house party that Elmville had seen in a thousand years!

[ Yes, he is saying that as dramatically as you imagine it. He's on the barricades leading the French Revolution over here. ]

And yet you two would dare call me a zero?! Yet you say I am not nice, The Ball?! When all I have been doing is sharing my natural popularity with my good friends, who are now backstabbing me!

[stresstokens]

[ Riz wheezes.

He just can't keep it up anymore. Seeing Fabian get riled up enough to step onto the table itself has officially destroyed him, still delirious from last night's colourful events, injuries nagging at him even as he clutches at the armrest of the sofa for dear life, claws on one hand sinking into the fabric while the other is raised to try to cover his face, though his shoulders still shake with laughter. ]

Shit, [ he mutters. ] Ow, fuck.

[ It's probably what he deserves for riling Fabian up when he's just as fucked up, but in his defense -- in his defense, it's really, really funny. Gorgug's lethal like that. Riz can talk until the cows come home, but Gorgug can rile someone up with just a few sentences. He can kind of play off his laughter as a cough, but he's never been the subtlest guy in the world. ]

Would it really have been the coolest house party in Elmville if Gorgug and I weren't there? [ He shoots back instead, eyes bright with mirth. ] If anything, we helped!

[ He considers this. ]

Well, Gorgug helped. And he's the judge, soooooo...

[tinflower]

[ Gorgug is in awe of the demonstration, himself. It's like watching the theatre kids at school, or that specific one with the aura of an actor, the one with the beret. Fabian would be good on a stage of any kind, and is inspiring in the way that Gorgug wants to get riled up too. Kinda tap into that half-orc energy of his that he's been letting loose of more.

But it's Riz beside him--coughing, wheezing, in pain, and totally trying not to laugh--that makes Gorgug remember what they're actually doing here, and not get too lost inside Fabian's growing energy. But also, that was totally a cough that Riz took. The courts can't prove otherwise.

And Gorgug is the judge here. So while listening to Riz, looking at him and nodding his head as he remembers his duty, he looks back at Fabain. Totally smiling. Totally happy. He's an Important Person right now.

He leans forward, an elbow on his knee as he informs Fabian: ]

Give me your best offer.

[ Make your gamble, Fabian. ]