“Well yeah!” Eliot laughed, smiling brightly at her smooth grin. “When you're all dead, there isn't a hope to be revived. But if you're mostly dead, you still can come back. Usually by using a pill the size of your freakin head. I have no idea how he even swallowed that. It would just get stuck for me and then I'd be dead, dead.” He held his hands to his throat in a dramatic choking gesture before shaking his head. “Just let me die! Where's the DNR! I'll sign it right now.”



When she made a comment about his tabs being open from last semester, he looked abashed and stepped back from her with a hand to his chest. “Madame, I'll have you know, I have tabs open from last year! You think my game is that meager? I haven't shut down my laptop in six years, thank you very much.” He snatched a grape off the table and popped it into his mouth before speaking. “I'm pretty sure it's begging for death at this very moment!” He chewed the grape before swallowing, flashing a mischievous grin. Adelia was so calm and collected. Usually, everyone he hung out with were laughing loudly at his jokes and reacting in exaggerated ways, almost as if to outdo him but not Adelia. She gave off a calming aura that seemed to even affect his hyperactive energy. He let a soft smile cross his lips, it was nice.



Eliot was always one who wore everything on his sleeve. He had no secrets, no fear of being excluded, no worries, at least that's what it seemed like. Much like everyone else, Eliot had his own fears, worries, and cares but they always lingered in the places where others tend to ignore. He feared for his friends, his family. He was always the one to step forward to calm a situation, once even taking a hit to the face cause the drunk man found his humor annoying but once he was struck, his friends rallied behind him and forced the man out of the bar, much like a family of otters chasing off a jaguar from their home. Eliot has a way of bringing people together, even if it's not as he intended.



When she gave a light tap to his leg, he let a sad smile roll along his features. “Yeah, a champ. It didn't give up on me and I won't give up on it.” That time of recovery was hell and the guilt that his parents felt about it- it almost tore his family apart. Not that the family lasted much longer after that. He always held a slight shard of shame for that accident. Maybe if he was sitting correctly, he wouldn't have gotten so badly hurt and it wouldn't have torn his family apart like it did. In reality, his parents were drunk driving and they were the real reason why they crashed that day. It was the guilt of causing their only child so much pain and suffering from a stupid mistake that caused his parents to split later down the line. Of course, it wasn't his fault but he still held that little dark shard in his soul. Thankfully, time shrunk the shard down but it was still there, lingering in the back of his mind.


When he made a comment about how she was in good hands, he let out a genuine laugh. “Oh yeah, no you'll be fine. It'll probably target me over you, knowing my luck.”



As he dug through the cooler, looking for his drink, she finally made her way over. His wet soda was leaving a small ring of water on the table and he grabbed the can and quickly wiped the moisture off on his jacket before setting the can once more on the table. When she asked for a root beer, he dug through the ice, thrusting his hand deep into the cold mixture before pulling out a root beer. “Ah! Got it.” He said as he moved the cool drink to his other hand and gave his freezing one a good shake. “God that's cold.” He wiped her soda off on his jacket before holding it out for her. “Here ya go.”


He laughed when she gave him the title. “Oh yeah. It's just cause you haven't really known me for long. Soon you'll find out I'm not so charming and just flailing through life.” He leaned towards her, dropping his voice into a whisper. “Secretly, I have no idea what I'm doing.” He handed her her soda before picking up his own once more. He cracked it open and held it out with a broad grin on his face. “To new friends and not knowing what we're doing.”