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[The camera clicks on to Maya waving wildly in the halls of Oska. Jin is also in the room, standing… awkwardly off to the side, having clearly been strong armed into all this mess by the camera woman herself]

Hey guys! Especially new people! Jin and I are gonna do a virtual tour of Oska so you guys know where everything is!

[jin gives a half-hearted wave to the camera, he was trying to go to the library maya please let him live?????]

So here’s a door, and here’s a wall, and here’s--

[The camera tilts around, showing-- a ladder propped up against a wall, and she’s immediately distracted]

Hey, it’s a ladder!

[Jin, just visible in the background of the shot, turns to the camera with an eyebrow raised]

Actually, Maya, that looks more like a stepladder than a ladder.

[Maya’s been through this song and dance, so she just puffs out her cheeks a little bit!] So? What’s the difference? You need to stop judging things based off of narrow-minded cultural assumptions!

What’s so narrow-minded about it? There are clearly steps on it. It’s a stepladder. There’s a difference.

[oh no the ladder discourse] I’m telling you, it’s the same thing! Don’t get weird about this!! [like Phoenix did smh]

You’re the one who’s getting weird about this, they’re not the same! [does he actually care this much? Is he just arguing to prove a point? ARE THEY BOTH JUST TRYING TO PROVE A POINT………]

[Maya puffs her cheeks out like an angry hamster. Obviously, this is going to get them nowhere. She has to defeat him another way--]

You! Hey, you! [She points at the camera, yeah, she mean you, bub] What do you think it is?

[And thus the discourse begins… Is your character Team Ladder, or Team Stepladder?]

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[OH NO. This is the opposite of what he wanted from this.]

You don't need to do that.

[OH NO IS RIGHT. Jin makes a face and takes a step back--]

Yeah. We really don't need to do that.

[Too bad, she's grabbing his arm]

[There is no escape]

No, we really do! He's lived through countless couch farts! [thanks to Asher...] We can't let him suffer, sad and alone!

I can find my own boyfriends.

[Can he though?]

If you could, would you be ranting about how you're miserable and how Mr. Connor's getting around more than you? I think not!

[CAN he...]

Ouch. She's got you there.

[look at him trying to edge away from Maya...]

[Rude, Jin. He's glaring now.]

You just said you didn't want to be involved.

[HELP HIM OUT HERE.]

I don't, but I'm not about to go denying the cold hard truth to get out of it.

[zing]

[she's clinging onto his bicep now He'll Never Escape]

Neither of you get a choice in this! Project Make Oliver Happy, go!!

Oh my god... you couldn't at least give me a chance?

[He has so many regrets.]

I barely even wanted to go on the tour to begin with.

[will he ever wrench his arm from her tiny grasp!]

But we'd better make the most of it while we're stuck.

[No, she'll literally hang off of him if she has to]

Exactly! Now let's brainstorm! Who's a good match for Oliver? Should we try to get him and Connor to make up?

[icki has left a mark on me i almost typed Coner]