"I'm gonna teleport us back and do some guiding." Vworp. "She's in a worse spot than you so I'll do her first."

"Can I watch?"

"—wait, bad thing to say while holding a girl," he puts the girl down and takes a step back.

The girl doesn't seem like she has much of an opinion on the question!

Probably the backlash! She said earlier makeouts are okay when she is moderately backlashed so he can do that, shirts off.

Riiiight now Tae-hwan feels weird so he will run in place with his back to them.

Shirt can come off and makeouts can happen! (She's a less active participant than before, but she did tell him her backlash makes it harder for her to be proactive, even if she was pretty evasive about the details.)

...she doesn't really have access to her ability to appreciate it, at the moment, but Min Woo-young continues to be a really good kisser.

He does! And it turns out being a good kisser promotes saliva production which means better guiding! Win win.

Yep!

As before, Flywheel gradually becomes a more active participant in the process as time goes on.

After a bit of this though he regretfully pulls away to guide his own partner.

Flywheel can watch if she wants to.

Flywheel is supposed to check in with her agent, so she'll do that, using the grouptext she has with Paula and Traceless both.

Checking in. Backlash is at about a 4 after getting some guiding here.

There was some collateral damage but the worm is very dead halfway through the portal. 

congrats!! same silo is waiting for you at need

I'm with June, ETA another hour. Paula, does triage think getting Flywheel guided to take out another worm is worth putting off my 7pm?

I'll ask. depends if the quasars are available for more too though

The analysts are very happy about this development. Based on the behavior with Tae-hwan's earlier activities, Infested Wasteland hasn't seemed able to close portals while worms are still occupying them. With the entire worm dead, it's unclear that it can reuse this portal at all, unless the dungeon does something on the other end?

She lets Flywheel's agent know that getting her guided down to do this again is currently extremely high priority, and messages Seo Tae-hwan and Min Woo-young to confirm that they're capable and willing to do that again. Getting as many portals blocked overnight as they can would be a big deal - they'll be able to finish evacuating the dungeon by morning and then send in the strike teams in the morning.

yes, putting off your 7pm is worth it, I'll put you down as tentative for the same one noon tomorrow and we'll see!

Yeah on Tae-hwan's end this is actually substantially less backlash-heavy than the stunt with the bullet yesterday and he can do this like three or four times before his backlash gets bad enough it would be negligent to keep going.

I think I can do 2 worms from zero. 

Sounds like I should meet Traceless at the silo in an hour?

yup!

See you then!

👍

"I have to meet Traceless at his silo for guiding in an hour, so I should probably get going," she tells Tae-hwan and Woo-young. "See you guys in a few hours, I think?" 

(...she has the weird experience of noticing her brain halfheartedly searching for something to mock her for, giving up, and just calling her a dipshit on general principles. All tired out after a long day of being a horrid bitch, huh?)

"Are you... going to be doing some errand on the way, or..."

"No? It's just..." 

"...far... away..." she says, to the best teleporter the world has ever seen.

 she is so fucking stupid augh augh augh