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[Sent after Billy has spent some time in the Down being Wet and is now feeling strangely sure of himself and his decisions. And also well after The Thing That Happened that has had them barely talking since, save for memes that allow them to know the other one is alive without communicating.]
Okay so this is stupid and we need to talk. I'm coming over now.
Okay so this is stupid and we need to talk. I'm coming over now.
[ Funny how that whole getting wet thing goes. Normally his response to this would be something along the lines of there's nothing to talk about??? don't come over? But he feels...calm about it? They probably should talk about it, actually. ]
Yeah ok
I'm home
David's out
Bring snacks and as many energy drinks as u can carry
Yeah ok
I'm home
David's out
Bring snacks and as many energy drinks as u can carry
[Okay ... not what he was expecting! Not bad, but he'd expected to either get left on read or just told there wasn't anything to talk about.
So this is not that. Okay. Good? Yes. Good. This is what they should do.]
Got it, on my way.
[It turns out that there's only so many energy drinks and snacks he can rustle up - he is still technically living in the Down. Kyle told him to take whatever he wanted from the house, but he figures SWIPING ALL THEIR SNACKS is probably pushing it. But he gets a respectable amount and portals his way into Tommy's, dropping the bag of drinks and junk food onto the table and looking around for signs of David, calling out Tommy's name.]
So this is not that. Okay. Good? Yes. Good. This is what they should do.]
Got it, on my way.
[It turns out that there's only so many energy drinks and snacks he can rustle up - he is still technically living in the Down. Kyle told him to take whatever he wanted from the house, but he figures SWIPING ALL THEIR SNACKS is probably pushing it. But he gets a respectable amount and portals his way into Tommy's, dropping the bag of drinks and junk food onto the table and looking around for signs of David, calling out Tommy's name.]
[ At the sound of Billy's arrival, Tommy perks up from his position lying flat on his bed, dicking around on his device. He rolls off the bed and sulks his way to peek his head around the door.
Look at him, Billy. Walking, at normal human speeds, over to the bag of energy drinks. ]
Hey.
[ He tucks himself into the corner of the couch, popping open a can and waiting expectantly. ]
I'm pretty much a captive audience right now, so whatever you want to talk about, you've got me.
Look at him, Billy. Walking, at normal human speeds, over to the bag of energy drinks. ]
Hey.
[ He tucks himself into the corner of the couch, popping open a can and waiting expectantly. ]
I'm pretty much a captive audience right now, so whatever you want to talk about, you've got me.
[Billy had fully planned to just burst in and start talking, more or less. But he's brought up short by the sight of Tommy walking. Just ... normal walking. Slowly.]
Why are you slow? Did the guards whammy you? Are you okay?
Why are you slow? Did the guards whammy you? Are you okay?
[Billy looks nonplussed, upset on Tommy's behalf. He has an idea how hard it must be for Tommy to cope without his speed.] I'm sorry.
[He'd come here for a reason though, and it's still a good reason, talking this out, clearing the air. Billy drops down to perch on the coffee table, arms crossing in front of him.]
So. We kind of had sex and now it's weird. But it's not our fault, so I think we should just say that and then ... move on.
[He'd come here for a reason though, and it's still a good reason, talking this out, clearing the air. Billy drops down to perch on the coffee table, arms crossing in front of him.]
So. We kind of had sex and now it's weird. But it's not our fault, so I think we should just say that and then ... move on.
idk maybe
[ He types lol I'm fine, but he decides against it. Blue really hasn't earned his dismissal, but he also doesn't really want to explain what's going on, so instead he sends a picture. It's a selfie--he's lying down on a bed (so not on the streets homeless, but the crop is close enough to be nondescript), with his chin up and the line down his throat very clear. ]
surprise
[ He types lol I'm fine, but he decides against it. Blue really hasn't earned his dismissal, but he also doesn't really want to explain what's going on, so instead he sends a picture. It's a selfie--he's lying down on a bed (so not on the streets homeless, but the crop is close enough to be nondescript), with his chin up and the line down his throat very clear. ]
surprise
lol wow ur cursing now?
u must really be pissed
see u there
[ And he does meet her there, but not without dirty looks from the front desk that eventually cause him to see himself out front. Not without flipping off the person at the desk though. Man, and he'd been nice to her before, what the hell? ]
u must really be pissed
see u there
[ And he does meet her there, but not without dirty looks from the front desk that eventually cause him to see himself out front. Not without flipping off the person at the desk though. Man, and he'd been nice to her before, what the hell? ]
( blue shows up a little later, sending a dutiful 'on my way' before she heads back to the public apartments. she looks--frazzled, but that's par for the course with the week they've just had.
she still smiles when she sees tommy, even if it's lacking in some of its usual pep. blue doesn't bother to hide the fact that she's looking at the new appearance of the dark tattoo down his throat, accompanied with an irritated frown crossing her expression. )
Right. So they can just— do that. Great. ( she's about had her fill of city bullshit for the time being. blue has been good about biting her tongue, and keeping her head down, and finding ways to live in a society that makes her sick — but it's getting awfully hard. ) There's a place that does alright pizza nearby.
she still smiles when she sees tommy, even if it's lacking in some of its usual pep. blue doesn't bother to hide the fact that she's looking at the new appearance of the dark tattoo down his throat, accompanied with an irritated frown crossing her expression. )
Right. So they can just— do that. Great. ( she's about had her fill of city bullshit for the time being. blue has been good about biting her tongue, and keeping her head down, and finding ways to live in a society that makes her sick — but it's getting awfully hard. ) There's a place that does alright pizza nearby.
[ Honestly, Blue's lack of pep is refreshing. One thing he's tired of above all else is the majority of this city constantly acting like the "everything is fine" dog meme when shit goes south. Being around someone who looks about as done as he is, that's what he wants. Not being tip-toed around and coddled by hot multiverse grandpa--though sure, being held at night while he was feeling his most fragile was pretty great, but that's besides the point.
There are so many different cans of weird open right now that he's not even sure he can be fucked to be concerned about all of them at once. One social disaster at a time. ]
I mean it's alright, but they totally missed the mark on the oil to cheese to tomato ratio. Pretty good on the garlic, though.
[ He says as he if hasn't immediately started walking in that direction. Pizza's always a good go--and he's not going to be able to just get pizza on his own from now on, it occurs to him as he walks and talks. Damn. ]
There are so many different cans of weird open right now that he's not even sure he can be fucked to be concerned about all of them at once. One social disaster at a time. ]
I mean it's alright, but they totally missed the mark on the oil to cheese to tomato ratio. Pretty good on the garlic, though.
[ He says as he if hasn't immediately started walking in that direction. Pizza's always a good go--and he's not going to be able to just get pizza on his own from now on, it occurs to him as he walks and talks. Damn. ]
I used to work at a pizza place that was terrible.
( blue itches with a need to do--something. she's already decided, more or less, that at some point she's going to tell tommy that he should sign a contract with her. it's just a matter of when, and how, because she's already pretty much figured out that he hates feeling pitied, and offers to blow things up only cut it so far.
for now though, she just nudges her elbow against tommy's arm lightly as they walk, with a vague attempt at not frowning quite so hard that's semi-successful at best. )
You know you don't have to worry about the bullshit permission requirements, right? Like, it's not even a question.
( blue itches with a need to do--something. she's already decided, more or less, that at some point she's going to tell tommy that he should sign a contract with her. it's just a matter of when, and how, because she's already pretty much figured out that he hates feeling pitied, and offers to blow things up only cut it so far.
for now though, she just nudges her elbow against tommy's arm lightly as they walk, with a vague attempt at not frowning quite so hard that's semi-successful at best. )
You know you don't have to worry about the bullshit permission requirements, right? Like, it's not even a question.
So I want to ask you something, and you're allowed to make fun of me but if you do, you have to actually answer.
Okay. Before you were with David, you didn't really date one person, right? Or not for long? So you'd hook up without more?
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