[ lumine almost—almost—walks away from the conversation when she hears that, pausing mid-turn and looking directly at aether. her brother is thankfully looking back at his phone, his expression a mixture of concern, exasperation and disbelief. yep, that's definitely disbelief on aether's face, no doubt from ajax's implied plan.

you can't be serious, man. you can just some of the guys over. don't you have work to do?

... aah, she can already tell what aether's thinking. she's very positive with what aether's thinking, especially when her twin suddenly looks up and turns to her, his golden eyes narrowing. ]

Look, Ae, I have nothing to do with this. Ajax and I haven't spoken in a while now.

[ a week, maybe? less ... but it's still technically "a while" so she's not lying. also! she didn't think he'd actually try to tag along. ]

But you two should really talk this out. I need to finish packing.