Voicemail

[callbacks]

text . voice . video . action

Please note the date and time of day for me!

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[soundmind]

Generally, it was a miserable place full of death and destruction.

But, we're rebuilding it now, so hopefully in the future nobody will have to end up like us.

[callbacks]

good luck
i hope it turns out well for you guys

[soundmind]

[...]

Thanks.



Hang on, I've got a question for you

that time when you said "I thought we were friends"


were you serious about the friends thing or was it an ironic Strider comment?

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huh
i mean yeah i was being ironic at the time about whatever the fuck we were talking about
but the friend part checks out
i wasnt thinking too hard about it but yeah sure i seem to be experiencing legitimate sincerity surrounding the matter


are we
not friends?

[Why does this keep happening.]

[soundmind]

No I



I'm flattered?



That you think of me as a friend, I mean.

I guess I wasn't expecting it.

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this is like the third time someones made a production out of the f word since i got here so im just kind of like
am i giving out unsavory overtures unintentionally
youre someone i talk to and regularly seek companionable conversation with is this not the start of a budding friendship
its enough to make a guy feel insecure about himself
not me
but like a normal less chill guy

Text | Jan 30

[crouching_sin]

[A link arrives in Dave's inbox.]

[It is a link to an animated version of this song with a Jynx singing it.]

[callbacks]

oh my fucking GOD
what is this????
im CRYING

[crouching_sin]

[And now for a Mr. Mime 'singing' this.]

I'm bored at work.

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please tell me these memes existed on earth
please
tears
tears on my shades

[crouching_sin]

The first one is, I haven't seen the second one around but it looks like something that could definitely show up.

Then again the internet is weird enough that it's like monkeys on typewriters - it can come up with almost anything.

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its like a goddamn callback to the halcyon years of my youth
the cusp of my adolescence
life was so much simpler at twelve
man this is making me miss sbahj

[crouching_sin]

sbahj?

[callbacks]

sweet bro and hella jeff
it was a webcomic i used to make
i wonder if i could reboot it here i mean the pokegears have a draw function

[crouching_sin]

Sure, why not?

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id have to make it all pokemon of course
put some real research into it
theres layers of meaning and utter senseless bullshittery ive got to maintain as a transmitter of irony

[crouching_sin]

You've got time. We've all got nothing but time here, really.

[callbacks]

thats
true

i guess i wasnt really thinking about it like that

[Time is a goddamn four-letter word, Naoya.]

[crouching_sin]

[So is 'true'.]

It's not such a bad thing. You can gain new experiences here that you wouldn't at home.

[soundmind]

You remember what I said about my stupid dad?

Basically he was Lord Death's personal Weapon, so that's like a second in command. He also went around cheating on my mom a lot. Flirted with my friends' moms when I was little, actively kept me from being friends with boys for my "safety."

I either lost a lot of friends or couldn't make any in the first place because of him. Or I wasn't sure if they were just trying to get in with me because of his status.

So.

I take it more seriously than most, I guess?

I think what I'm trying to say is the old cliche of "it's not you, it's me."

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yeah for sure
i didnt spend hella near this amount of time tramping around in the dirt back home i can tell you that much

[callbacks]

oh

ok yeah i guess i can understand that
i dunno how much you want to trust my word then but as far as im concerned were building a pretty solid foundation in friendly territory so
like whenever slash if ever you decide thats something you want to be
know that im down
and that i dont consider it like an obligation or anything its whatever youre comfortable with
i enjoy shooting the shit with you is all

[crouching_sin]

It's interesting to do, isn't it?

[text] 2/5

[awesmazings]

hey uh Dave
I need to talk to you if thats okay?
just whenever you get a chance text me back

[text]

[callbacks]

[AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY HERE because Dave unlike Asher is not spending his entire Friday playing disturbing indie games on his computer.]

what yeah of course dude whats up?