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[thefirething]

"This is Charlie. Leave a message."

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8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[hellorhighwater]

hey kiddo

heads up i may spend the night in fayren

if you need me call me

but my door is open if you have trouble sleeping

warded the room with the charm i used to bind your dreams

8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[thefirething]

Okay. What’s in Fayren?

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[hellorhighwater]

just a friend of mine

gonna grab some dinner

[Adult Speak for "Possibly Getting Laid," of course.]

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[thefirething]

dinner overnight?


[ Charliespeak for she’s not stupid. ]

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[hellorhighwater]

it could be an extremely long dinner

[Shut up, Charlie. Don't judge him. THIS IS THE HILL HE WILL DIE ON KIDDO YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIS SEX LIFE.]

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[thefirething]

Uh huh. Buy her flowers. Tell her she’s pretty. Hold doors open and tip well.

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[hellorhighwater]

if you werent such a great kid id think you were obnoxious

[He really wouldn't. Charlie is best--but she does bring up something that makes him forget he's trying to be coy about having a date.]

hey i dont remember much about flowers from my world

any recommendations

cause i dont think they have snow irises or dawnflower in this place

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[thefirething]

Sunflowers.

I actually don’t know. I like orchids, myself, but sunflowers aren’t the daring norm as far as I know.


Which btw when it comes to dating? I know nothing.

8/30 - VIDEO CALL

[hellorhighwater]

[Just this face, Charlie.]

Stop it.

8/30 - VIDEO CALL

[thefirething]

[ Oh, yeah? Well, THIS face. ]

Be specific. Stop what?

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[hellorhighwater]

hey neither do i

last real date i went on i was 13

and it was a school dance

so i dont thin that counts

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[thefirething]

Good luck. I want to meet her someday.

Re: 8/30 - VIDEO CALL

[hellorhighwater]

Baiting or hitting on that new guy.

Stop. It.

Re: 8/30 - VIDEO CALL

[thefirething]

Ew. I’m not hitting on him. That’s...really, Neil?!

Re: 8/30 - VIDEO CALL

[hellorhighwater]

Well what the hell am I supposed to think, kiddo?! Shirtless and sweaty?! And don't think I didn't see that smirk--if you're a frickin' teenage girl, you don't trust anyone over the age of twenty, and you trust 'em even less if they're male. New rule.

[Yes. Neil made a rule. Deal with it.]

Re: 8/30 - VIDEO CALL

[thefirething]

Jesus fuck. I was making fun of him.

Also while we are on the topic of age? I’m sixteen. Six. Teen. He is clearly a lot older. So. Ew, again.

[ Pause. Pause. Paauuuuuuse. ]


WHO SAID YOU COULD MAKE RULES?!

[ And here we have the rebellious teen phase. ]

Re: 8/30 - VIDEO CALL

[hellorhighwater]

Why in the name of the Sun Goddess do you think I was so fuckin' skeeved, huh? Your sense of goddamn humor's to dry for your own good, I didn't fuckin' know!

[Goddamn, she's shrill--wait, did he just--he just made a rule. Does that mean he just adopted a kid?

...fuck it, he'll think about it later. She's yelling, he's pissed, and he's locking her in a tower with water wards until she's sixty.]

Nineteen fucking years seniority on your sarcastic little ass, that's who said I could make rules! And to make sure some random creep from Ember knows where doesn't grab you when I can't track 'em down and flay them alive for it? You'll damn well follow 'em!

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[hellorhighwater]

thanks kiddo

and you will if im lucky

meantime ill probably fuck it up and talk about you way too much cause youre awesome

i mean it use my room if you cant sleep

8/30 - VIDEO CALL

[thefirething]

Fuck you, Neil! You're not my---


[ And the look that crosses her face. It's alarm and panic and pain and so much confusion that she tries to pass it off as just plain anger. Sure. That's what she'll go with. Anger. She shoots him one pained and mixed look before disconnecting. She doesn't want talk anymore. This got to be too much too fast and she needs to process it. ]

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[thefirething]

I'm going to bring the sleeping bag I bought today for this, so that if you do happen to come back, you have your bed.

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[hellorhighwater]

how many times i gotta tell you floors dont bug me

take the damn bed

or else ill get its a small world stuck in your head

Re: 8/29 - multiple text messages in succession

[thefirething]

Next time.

Evening of 8/30 - multiple texts

[hellorhighwater]

hey kiddo

free shot punching me in the face if you let me come see you

Evening of 8/30 - twenty minutes later.

[thefirething]

Sorry. Was in the shower. I'm not the punching type, plus I think need to apologize to you. My reaction was pretty gross.

Re: Evening of 8/30 - twenty minutes later.

[hellorhighwater]

you dont gotta apologize

i was a dipshit first

but if you feel compelled then you have to wait until after i apologize and explain a couple things

i got first dibs ok

theres a pizza bribe in it for you and everything