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[Jade shoots a glare in Oliver's direction, sighing dramatically before flopping back against Soeki's side. She'd thought that Oliver and Bert were mature enough to sort out this disagreement on their own by now. Apparently, she was wrong.]

Oh my God, Oliver. Are you guys still pissed at each other? Have you even tried talking to him? This is so stupid.

You can invite Linden. But please try to talk to Bert before then. I don't want your stupid fight ruining things.

[Oliver kisses Soeki's nose apologetically, but still doesn't seem especially cheerful despite his own Thanksgiving guest suggestion not being rejected.]

It won't ruin anything. If we're making it into a big thing I won't even have to talk to him.

Am I the only one who doesn't know what happened? Gimme the deets, come on. [He doesn't like being the only one in a room who doesn't know something, alright. But he's still not happy about Linden's invitation.]

Linden behaves or I suffocate him in the fucking pumpkin pie. I can't invite Marco if he's coming so he better be worth it for you.

There are no "deets". God. I just don't like him. It's not my fault if he's making that into a big deal too.

[His tongue flickers out irritably, and he rolls his eyes.]

Marco can still come. We'll just sit them on opposite sides of the table. Did he make up with Fiddleford yet?

[Jade shoots Oliver another glare before turning to address Soeki, turning her back toward her other brother.]

Oliver and Bert fought when Bert came back after he'd disappeared on me for a couple days. I dunno everything they said to each other but it was... Bad, I guess. Oliver got super pissed that Bert hadn't tried to call me, which is dumb because I'm the one who should've been pissed and I understood. It's not like I'd never pulled shit like that back home. I'd disappear on Jimmy and my dad for days and refuse to talk to them...

[It's her turn to raise an eyebrow as the discussion of possible guests continues.]

Wait, wait, they broke up? I thought they were like, practically married...

[He gives Oliver a Look as Jade tells the tale, or at least what would be a Look if he had human facial features at the time. As a bear it's just kind of like staring.] Now who's too hard on Jade's boyfriend?

[He groans quietly and flops back.] I don't know, honestly. I know Marco was dealing with a lot of other shit. Maybe it'd be better if I didn't put the pressure of an invite on him, I don't think he even likes eating regular food anymore.

That isn't what I'm mad about no matter how many times he insists it is. [Anymore...] I told him what my problem is, and he still thinks it's because of that. I've met concrete less dense than that man.

[He'd been hoping they would keep their problems between them, but of course he had to go and run to Jade about it. He's very grumpy right now.]

Maybe we could invite him around on the Friday or something then. I don't want him to be alone the whole holiday.

[Jade turns to Oliver with another sigh and exaggerated eye roll. She really hadn't wanted to get involved, but if they're not going to talk without her meddling she has to.]

He said that's not why he's mad either. He was upset that you wouldn't leave him alone for even a few days to grieve. God, I should have talked to you about this weeks ago but Bert asked me not to. I thought you guys would figure out your shit by now. If anyone should still be pissed at anyone, it's me. I can't believe you told him he isn't good enough for me. [Its a lot of annoyance Hade's been holding in for weeks hoping she wouldn't need to have this conversation. But there's still a Thanksgiving to plan.]

Friday would be fine. There's gonna be a ton of leftovers.

[Oliver sighs, frustrated that Bert couldn't just let it lie. He doesn't want Jade playing middle man for them. That isn't going to fix this, and honestly, until Bert stops being so self-centered he has no desire to.]

No. I didn't. This is exactly my problem with him, he twists everything around into something it isn't. At this point it has barely anything to do with what he did or didn't do for you.

[Soeki is just spectating this. And maybe feeling slightly smug, considering they all thought it was him that was going to be a total asshole to Jade's boyfriend. But he also doesn't want to piss off his husband because he likes not sleeping on the couch. He licks at Oliver's hand.] Maybe you guys can work it out at Thanksgiving. Or it'll just be awkward, but if I can put up with Linden, you can put up with Bert.

I'll ask Marco if he even wants to come, but I definitely want to invite the guys from the clinic. Most of them are new or newly returned anyway so they might not have anywhere else to go. Well, I guess Cousin Johann is German so he probably doesn't care, but.

[Jade elbows Soeki's side very lightly. She was hoping he would take her side in this debate and maybe actually convince Oliver to apologize.]

At least try, okay? For me?

Wait, wait, wait, when did your cousin show up?

Cousin from another dimension, not literal cousin from home. He's from a world where necromancers have pretty much died out, but he's descended from his world's Faust, I'm descended from my world's Faust, so we might as well be related. [In that. Backward, logic-stretching, like gravitates to like kind of way.]

I'm not going to pick a fight with him, okay?

[He will be perfectly well behaved. :|]

Does that mean he's a necromancer too?

You better not. [Jade stops glaring at Oliver, but she still looks skeptical, worried about a Thanksgiving disaster.]

Yeah, is he? Can he do magic too?

Will it be my turn to pinch Oliver whenever he misbehaves? [He's gotten that treatment plenty of times, okay, mostly whenever Linden is around. It's Soeki so they will be ass pinches, though.]

Yeah. Well, I mean, not here, no one can do magic here, but. You know. Before Ryslig.

I'll be fine. I'm sitting between you and Linden anyway.

[They can just avoid each other, it's fine. This plan is foolproof.]

I'm definitely putting more than one chair between Soeki and Linden. [Jade is already devising the perfect seating plan. (The perfect seating plan that puts Bert and Oliver next to each other, sorry Oliver.)]

How about like fifteen chairs? He can eat on the front step. It'll be great.

[Oliver nudges Soeki. And they're worried that he's the one that's going to cause problems.]

If you're doing that for Soeki you can do the same for me and Bert. Just make sure Linden's next to someone who doesn't have anything against him.

So Linden gets to sit next to the wall? Maybe the floor lamp? [Just because he has to behave at Thanksgiving doesn't mean he can't be an ass about it now.] You can't give me shit about this anymore since you're the same with Bert.

I'm not going to be rude to him.

[Unlike a certain bear he will do the "polite" thing and bitch behind his back.]

[Jade rolls her eyes at both of them this time, leaning back against Soeki's side and lightly tapping her fingers against one of Oliver's coils.]

No one's going to be rude. It's going to be great, you'll see. We deserve a good Thanksgiving after last year.

Yeah, who says I'm going to be rude? I can be polite. [In a very thinly veiled, sarcastic kind of way. The mention of last year makes him soften a little, though.]

Yeah, it'll be good this year.

Oh, you can?

[Soeki is the rudest husband, but his tone is mildly teasing. He doesn't want to seriously argue when neither Jade or Soeki are really over last year's Thanksgiving.]

Maybe we should try and go out in pairs. Just in case anything else does happen.

[Jade nods immediately at Oliver's suggestion. They may not agree on Thanksgiving guests, but they can agree on staying safe.]

That's a good idea. I'm not gonna keep Chaos open as late, and I've got the locals doing the night shifts at Pandemonium. I don't wanna put myself or my employees in unnecessary danger, you know?

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