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[notvaljean]

Hi, this is Jean... [loud crackling in the background, the sound of sighing] ... and Blitz. We're busy right now and can't answer, so leave a message and we'll get back to you.

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[notvaljean]

BERT!

[You know what's nice? Hugs are nice, and Jean is just going to casually push those pizza boxes out of the way so he can stretch up--and up and up, shit, Bertolt, did you grow again?--and give Bertolt a hug.]

You're here!

[bertall]

<sub>[Hugs are nice, and Bertolt doesn't get a lot of them. He doesn't give a lot of them either, but that's more on him than anything. It's a little awkward when he has to balance both of the boxes up in the air and out of danger of being knocked to the floor, but at least he has one arm free to wrap it around Jean's back.

Hugs are nice. This is how hugs work, right? He's only really ever hugged Reiner and his pokemon.]</sub>

Surprise?

_{[Gods help him, he is so bad at this.]}

[notvaljean]

[If the pizzas end up on the floor, no big deal, because Jean has ordered one too. They can always get more pizza, but this? This is much more important!]

You didn't tell me you were in Goldenrod!

[You tall wily bastard, what other secrets are you hiding?]

Come in, come in! Holy shit, we've got so much to talk about!

[bertall]

It wasn't entirely planned. I was going to head back tonight, but some things happened before I got here that made me have to stay longer. But, first, uh--

<sub>[He lets Jean pull him in, and once he's safely in the room and able to set the pizzas down, Bertolt bends over and properly pulls him into a hug.

And he may or may not even lift him up, too. Nobody will believe you, Jean.]</sub>

I missed you.

[notvaljean]

[Jean grunts in surprise when Bertolt picks him up, and yeah, his feet totally leave the ground and he's stuck dangling in the air for a few moments. He doesn't mind, though. There's something weirdly reassuring about a Bertolt hug and how he's strong enough to just flat deadlift Jean into the air, and that's something Jean will be thinking about later and mulling over. For now, though, he's just happy for the hug on what could have been a really shitty evening.]

I missed you too, man.

[Here, have some masculine thumps on the back, Bertolt. Very manly and heterosexual.]

[bertall]

_{[He takes those nice thumps as a sign to be put down, so Bertolt does just that. He got a little carried away there, didn't he? Whoops.]}

Gods, where do we even start?

_{[Has anything even really changed down in the islands? Bertolt knows there's only so much to do there, and even he was starting to get bored with that. One could only take sand, water, heat and tourists for so long before it started to drive someone crazy!]}

[notvaljean]

[Not really, but Jean doesn't protest when he's put down. Instead, he steps back and puts both hands on Bertolt's shoulders, leaning back so he can see him and beam up at him.]

The islands are being taken over by Voltorbs.

[Jean, you... you really shouldn't sound so proud of that.]

Come on, sit down, let's eat these before they get cold. Tell me about Blackthorn.