[ 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. ]
God, okay. That's good at least, that you're with someone. I need to go do something but are you going to be free in maybe a couple of hours? We can go get food or something.
[ This is notably not that responsive for Tommy, as Blue is familiar with his high speed stream of consciousness texting. Still, he's not leaving her on read so that's something. ]
lol I need a permission slip to eat now, right? yeah lets eat
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? ]
( 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.
[ 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. ]
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.
[ Tommy could talk about pizza for a while. He fills the air with questions about how terrible, anecdotes and opinions of his own, because it's easier to ramble about something he has strong but ultimately unimportant opinions about than to sit with, well, everything. He's grasping at straws, because all the spoons are actually knives, and he's grabbed enough of them already to be sore all over. So when Blue brings him back down to what's actually going on in their lives, it takes him somewhat by surprise.
If he had to rationalize it, maybe his reaction time is slowed by how bone-tired he is, from everything. Maybe.
He blinks owlishly at her for just a second, before he just shrugs, the corner of his lip curling up into a half-hearted but honestly grateful attempt at a smile. ]
I mean, I wasn't going to worry about it anyway. I guess I was just going to try and make it work, or get in more trouble trying.
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Date: 2021-08-01 12:00 am (UTC)[ 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
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Date: 2021-08-01 12:10 am (UTC)( can they do that? evidently, but she's going to hold onto some kind of denial a little longer. )
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Date: 2021-08-01 12:19 am (UTC)they put all my stuff in a box & locked me out
at least i dont have that much stuff
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Date: 2021-08-01 12:22 am (UTC)Are you okay? I mean I know that's relative and no one is really okay at the moment but, are you hurt? Do you have somewhere to be right now?
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Date: 2021-08-01 12:25 am (UTC)[ Which is not...really an answer to the important questions here. ]
I'm w family rn
its temporary
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Date: 2021-08-01 12:54 am (UTC)I need to go do something but are you going to be free in maybe a couple of hours? We can go get food or something.
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Date: 2021-08-01 01:34 pm (UTC)[ This is notably not that responsive for Tommy, as Blue is familiar with his high speed stream of consciousness texting. Still, he's not leaving her on read so that's something. ]
lol I need a permission slip to eat now, right?
yeah lets eat
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Date: 2021-08-03 06:04 pm (UTC)( for her part, blue rarely if ever swears. clearly they're both doing well. )
I'll be back in a bit. Meet me downstairs?
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Date: 2021-08-03 09:19 pm (UTC)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? ]
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Date: 2021-08-04 01:05 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2021-08-04 09:54 pm (UTC)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. ]
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Date: 2021-08-05 01:15 pm (UTC)( 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.
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Date: 2021-08-15 04:46 pm (UTC)If he had to rationalize it, maybe his reaction time is slowed by how bone-tired he is, from everything. Maybe.
He blinks owlishly at her for just a second, before he just shrugs, the corner of his lip curling up into a half-hearted but honestly grateful attempt at a smile. ]
I mean, I wasn't going to worry about it anyway. I guess I was just going to try and make it work, or get in more trouble trying.