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Candy crush saga is not an appable series.

Who: Sonny, Jolt, Likeminded folks who want to eat all the terrible candy
What: Eating all the terrible candy
Where: Somewhere on campus under a tree
When: Let's just say this weekend.
Warnings: Too much candy is bad for you. Unless you're Sonny. Or Jolt.

It had been a chance meeting at S*Mart (Shop Smart! Shop S*Mart!) but it had blossomed into something wonderful.

You see, even in our consumer culture, driven by sales and promotions and discount pricing, sometimes there can be too much of one particular thing. Like, say, Valentines Day Candy. Remember Valentines day? You probably wish that you didn't. But someone at S*Mart had sure been on the ball because they had ordered a triple sized quantity of candy to fill those shelves. And those end caps. And those stack out displays. And a massive portion of the stock room. And oh holy crap what are we going to do with all these sweet tarts and cherry cordials and heart shaped boxes of pink whateveritis that haven't sold yet!?

You put it on sale, that's what you do. You heavily discount it. Like... just try and get it out the door kind of discount it. Like, this store is going to lose thousands on this but we can't return this stuff to the vendor so people please come and buy boxes of chocolate for a dime and bags of chalky aspirins with vapid sayings printed on them in god only knows what for a nickel and if you buy ten dollars worth we'll throw in some Easter candy because we ordered too much Easter candy too.

Oh. Yeah. And that chance meeting I mentioned earlier? It was Sonny Moe and Jolt.

The aftermath of this as you can probably imagine is two young guys, relaxing in the sunshine, strumming on a ukulele and eating inappropriate masses of super discounted candy. If that sounds like your idea of a good time? Well come on over.

[[OOC: I'm going to make one thread for Sonny and Jolt to just chat. Anyone else who wants to come on over can feel free to start a new thread of their own! ]]

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"Pffffft. Really?" Sonny replied. He kind of almost thought about holding the peeps hostage until Jolt spilled the beans. But he wasn't mean enough to withhold peeps from a bro. He passed the little marshmallow chickens over.

"That's a bummer! It sounded like it would of been an interesting story."

"Maybe, but I'm keeping it to myself," Jolt replied. "I don't kiss and tell."

Wait. Shit. That was saying too much already. DAMN IT. Jolt smacked himself in the face.

"Wait, forget I said anything," he replied, grabbing the peeps and stuffing them in his mouth to shut himself up.

"Nope! I don't know Amnesia!" Sonny replied, leaning forward a little. "You got to kiss somebody? That's super lucky!"

"Don't know how lucky it is," Jolt replied cryptically. "If I had to do it over again I probably wouldn't have. But whatever."

"Really!?" Sonny asked, pretty perplexed. "But kissing is pretty great. Especially Valentines Day style kissing."

He thought about it for a second.

"Ooooh. Wait. Did you wind up kissing someone you don't like? Sometimes that happens. Things sting you in the butt and make you do that."

"I--" Jolt stopped himself in mid-sentence. What DID he think about Sasha? It's not that he didn't like her. He thought she was a good friend. Was it more than that? He really didn't know. He certainly didn't NOT like her. He thought for a few moments about how best to explain it, and when he couldn't find an answer he was satisfied with, he finally explained, "It's complicated. But yeah, that's what happened."

"Trust me, I know a lot about 'complicated'." Sonny assured the Jolteon, leaning over to clap a hand on his shoulder.

"...I know you don't want to talk about it. And that's OK! I don't want you to feel like you have to or anything! But... well. Everything else aside, we're friends. At least, I consider you to be a friend. So, if there's something I can help you with all you have to do is ask me!"

"Well, you've been here longer than me, so I'd bet you do," Jolt replied confidently.

The idea that the subject was changing relieved him a bit, although that last comment just made him feel like it would be even more awkward to explain if he eventually did get around to admitting it. There was no delicate way to tell someone who considered him a friend that he made out with his sister. "Thanks, Sonny. I'll keep it in mind. You too."

"Thanks!" Sonny replied before tossing a few chocolates into his mouth.

"Yeah. I've been here a long time, now." he said, thinking on it for a second. "But so far I haven't really had any problems for Valentines day. I got stung this past time but I was already with someone I love so, it was OK."

"At least it went well for you then," Jolt replied, popping some sweets into his mouth. "You with anyone now?" he asked curiously.

"Well, hopefully Voile." Sonny replied. "I don't think that we've really... um. I don't think we're properly a 'couple' still? I think it's going to take more time for that. But maybe." his smile was hopeful. "I love her very much. And she loves me too. But everything was really complicated! See? Told you I understood complicated."

"Voile's a great girl," Jolt replied whole heartedly. "But hey, great things take time! Kinda like training, you gotta work hard to get to the top, but once you're there it's awesome! And even when you get to the top, you've gotta keep working to stay there! I guess love is kinda like that?"

"Woah! Jolt, that's really profound!" Sonny replied, profoundly surprised at the depth of the Jolteon's profound metaphor.

"Yeah, I'm pretty much a genius," Jolt laughed, tossing some gummi bears into his mouth.

"What other advice do you have?"

See, Jolt. Now you've painted yourself into a corner.

Unless you really ARE a genius and have more nuggets of advice.

"Well, I'm a big fan of 'Don't train so hard you pass out because Bulba will stuff you in a wheelbarrow and haul you back to your room for the scolding of your life'," he offered helpfully.

"I'm not sure that will help me with Voile. And I'm not sure Bulba could lift me into a wheelbarrow. But thanks anyway!"

"Oh, you mean specifically for Voile," he laughed. "Well, she's nice and thoughtful, but a bit shy, so I'd say be patient with her and don't push her?"

"Yeah. That's pretty much how we've been going, so far." Sonny replied with a nod. "Are you two friends?"

He seemed to know her pretty well. Though she'd never made mention of that to Sonny. Not that he expected her to tell him everything! It was just a bit of a surprise.

"Yeah, we're buddies," Jolt replied. "We hang out sometimes! She cheered me up recently, and I'm real grateful to her for that. So make sure you're good to her, or else!" he laughed.

"Hehe! You don't have to tell me to! I do my best for her." he replied with a chuckle. He then proceeded to peel two Cadbury eggs and stuff one into each cheek. Like a big, blue hamster.

He laughed at the ridiculous sight of Sonny with his puffy cheeks. "I wonder what she'd say if she saw you right now," he teased.

"She shinkth ish... hod on..."

He squished the eggs against his teeth with his prodigious cheek strength, chewed twice and swallowed the goopy mess whole.

"...sorry! She thinks it's cute when I do stuff like that!" he announced after sweeping his teeth for hiding chocolate.

"That woman is a saint," Jolt replied with a laugh. "Never let her go."

"I'll try not to! But it's her choice, more than mine anyway." His smile turned soft. "I know it wasn't easy for her when I disappeared for a year. And she actually thought I left on purpose without telling her that I was going to do that. She was really hurt, and probably that's going to take some time to heal. Before she understands I'm not going anywhere any time soon."

He strummed a few chords on his ukulele with chocolatey fingers.

"But eventually, I think - I hope - things will be the way they were before."

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