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[ Mina comes to video with a huge grin, waving her hand]

Hey everyone! Bakugou gave me the best idea the other day, which is to group-hug! Since hugs and holding hands give powers and money and help this world, it'd be easier to just do like a club to hug people or something?

I think that would be cool! [ of course she does] Bakugou has the best ideas. [ sorry, Bakugou]

Also, has anyone found out anything about the worms and such? I forgot to ask about them, everything was so chaotic...

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Sounds like a bad idea. What if someone gross and sweaty joins the hug club? Ew.

[This is a very doubtful demigod.]

.......This was seriously his idea?

Well, you only hug who you want of course!

No one should be hugging people they dislike.

Yeah, of course!!

[ spoiler: it was not ]

You wanna join, Nico?

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Oh. That seems surprising to me, but you know him better than I do.

[He looks uncomfortable.] Um...I'm not...huggable.

A... group hug...?

[Although the words themselves are not inflammatory the way he delivers them make it sound as if she just asked if he would like to get in a bathtub full of scorpions]

I'm not that desperate for cash.

I'm down! When and where are we doing this!?

[ Ann looks stupidly excited. And then... thoughtful. ]

Hey! My boyfriend is tall, do you think if I jump on his back and make him carry me around that counts as a bear hug? Or does that count as kidnapping and assault?

'Dunno about the worms, but a hug club isn't a bad idea... It'll help get the gods more power an' stuff, right? If there are people with nothin' else to do, meeting up and just holding hands or whatever for a while sounds like a pretty good idea.

Hmm, well if you ain't up for it it's fine too!

I'm not gonna force anyone, but we can also hold hands if you'd prefer that.

It's not just for cash, though. You'd help this place and you'd also get powers.

i didn't plan that much far ahead... but anytime really! There is a cute café where we can sit down, or even my place, I don't mind.

[ buuuut Mina laughs a little ] i dunno, does he like it when you do that ?

Yeah, exactly! And you can get powers and money outta it, too!

Do you wanna join, then?

I never go any powers out of it... [Weird. Huh.]

But yeah, you can count me in! Is there somewhere or sometime specific in mind you'd wanna hold, uh... meetings? [Since that's what a club would be holding, right? Meetings.]

[He visibly relaxes. Yeah. That's fine.]

That...that would nice.

[Mina couldn't have known it, but this was the last guy you could entice with powers. The brunette tech genius had a general loathing for unnatural abilities that couldn't be explained with science..]

You're assuming that I'd want either.. I'm less concerned with the state of this experiment and I could care even less about "magic".

I mean, you don't gotta if you don't want to help and the perks don't interest you. [ she isn't forcing anyone, she is simply asking if others want to try it ]

I do, so i'm asking.

Hm!! [ mina nods ]

Then we should hold hands, yes! Even if we are just watching a movie or something. [ not that movies in this place are any good... ]

Really? I got air powers, I thought it was because of all the hugging.

buuut... maybe i dunno- at a coffee shop! I suggested to Nico we could also watch something, tho I dunno what kind of movies would be good in this place.

[The subject seems exhausted, then something dawns on Kaiba that he almost overlooked]

Bakugou... Isn't that.. the name of that blond loudmouth?

[The thought amuses him that someone so aggressive should inspire something so ridiculous]

Maybe? Could be. This place is weird, but if it's somethin' that's hanging around for a long time, that's probably right.

A coffee shop could be good! Like Affurgato, maybe? I know there's a book store that encourages gettin' cozy with people while you're there but it might be a little small if the group ends up being kinda big, you know?

Movies could be fun, too! So we're not always just sitting around and chatting. Dunno if I have any recommendations but just finding something at random could be an idea. Might be funny or legit good, might be so bad it's good, you know?

Sure. Or something. That could fun. I never really got to watch movies.

[But that was more down to circumstances than not wanting to. He wouldn't know a good movie from a bad one...]

What, really? [ a pause ]

Have you at least watched one before?

Yeah!! We are best friends. [ even if he doesn't admit to that. or agree. ]

I dunno... I don't think there would be TONS of us. And!! I could ask the coffee place to let us play the movie there? Maybe the waiters there could even give us good suggestions!

[ she laughs, clapping her hands ] I think it'd be nice for us all! And even if the movie gets boring, we can talk about ourselves!

I think...I seem to recall seeing The Wizard of Oz when it first came out?

[But he's not quite sure. It was some 70 years ago.]

[Even if they end up being a smaller group, Petals & Pages might not be the best place to encourage movie-watching or lots of chatting. Don't want to disturb anyone there for reading, after all. Coffee shops are truly the best option here.]

Ohhh yeah that all sounds great! That sounds less like going to a theater and more like just having a movie night at home. [Except... not at home at all. Details.] And there'd be good snacks and everything, so it'd be way better than just sitting around and holding hands.

I'm not sure which of you to feel sorrier for.

[Eh, probably Mina. Kaiba certainly Was not Bakugou's biggest fan]

The what now? [ she never even watched it before! ]

There's nothing to feel sorry about. We are cool.

You know... if you have to tell someone else that you are cool...

[.. you're likely the exact opposite. Eh, well. Surprisingly Kaiba just let's it trail off and leaves it be. It would be waste of breath anyway.]

There has to be a better way to succeed in this dump.

Succeed?

[His eyes flick briefly between her and something off in the distance]

Then hand-holding? What we were originally talking about?

[Without the capital of his major corporation behind him, Kaiba is still feeling a bit.. limited, and it's not a position he relishes being in. Still, he knows better than dwell on his current stagnation with others.]

Nothing you need to concern yourself with. I'll let you get back to your... plans.

[Oh wow. Maybe her world doesn't have it...

He shrugs.] Just a movie. I don't remember much about it. [There was a talking lion and flying monkeys? But being able to see satyrs and furies and other myths in real life, he doesn't recall being very impressed with the effects.] It's supposedly a classic.

Maybe they have something like that here, I'd like to watch it!

Exactly! it would be super cool, so I wanna do this, for sure!

[ why do you talk so weird ]

Right.

Well anyway, if you change your mind you are welcome to come!

[There are so many ways to answer this, this text box isn't big enough]

That's not likely to happen.

[He could have thrown in a "thank you, anyway" but he wasn't one to dole out such phrases lightly, nor was he in fact grateful for the offer.]

I'll look at what they have here. If I find something similar, I'll let you know.

Haha, it'll be awesome! Just lemme know when you wanna get together to do this thing, a'right?

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