voicemail.

[coastal]

[Following the "record your voicemail at the beep" message--]

What? Who gave you the right to order me around? -- W-Wait, was that the beep?

I wasn't prepared--!! [a whispered hiss:] How do you get this thing to stop-?!

[Beep!

You know the drill! IC Inbox for voice/video/action threads for whatever occasion.]

Comments

audio;

[coastal]

[Yeah no she's tired enough that she's not going to obscure that 'Aaauuugghhhh' groan into her pillow.

And then she lifts her head to snap-]

Why do you even care?!

audio;

[echoistic]

'Cause I like you! Duh.

audio;

[coastal]

[Ugh. Gross.]

The feeling is absolutely not mutual.

audio;

[echoistic]

Ouch. Not even a little bit?

audio;

[coastal]

Not even--

[ . . . okay, a little bit. He has helped her a few times, hasn't he? And she's resting her head on her pillow with a grumble.]

I'm fine. You couldn't have called any later than this?

audio;

[echoistic]

[Yes. She cut herself off, so that has to be a good sign, right??]

I think it's important to start the day early!

audio;

[coastal]

[No. Stop. Don't get encouraged.]

This is still far too early! Are you an idiot...?!

audio;

[echoistic]

[Anything and everything is encouragement to him!]

I always get up this early! What about you?

audio;

[coastal]

[A weary sigh.]

I have two more hours before school.... you took away an hour of my sleep!

audio;

[echoistic]

... Eh, it's just one hour! You'll live! Besides, I hear they sell this weird drink in this place called... caw-fi, or something? It's really bitter, but it apparently gives you more energy! You should try it!

audio;

[coastal]

[ . . . . . . . ]

Are you trying to offer drugs right now?!

audio;

[echoistic]

... Well, when you put it like that, I guess so? Though technically, I'm not so much offering as I am suggesting you find somewhere on your own to get it!

Though I could totally show you where to buy it. It'd be like a date! Except involving drugs, apparently.

audio;

[coastal]

-- Did you consume this drug yourself?!

[BUT HE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BAD PERSON...... Was he tricked into it? Already her hands are itching to solve this mystery.

So much so that the "date" thing sort of just

goes right over her head.]

audio;

[echoistic]

[... She didn't even react to the flirting! He's amazed.]

I tried it once, since it was, like, the main selling point of this one place... Didn't feel much of a difference, to be honest.

[Since Rhys already runs at like... 200% energy levels at all times of the day...]

audio;

[coastal]

[Don't mind her sigh of relief then.... There's also some sheets rustling as she's slumping back against the bed -- she wasn't worried or anything though!

Okay maybe she was, whatever, this is fine.]

Start with the effect it had on you next time...!

audio;

[echoistic]

Huh? Why? Did you wanna try?

audio;

[coastal]

No, you idiot! You can't just immediately consume anything that they offer you here....! Especially if it's already supposed to make you behave differently.

Have you no sense of self-preservation?!

[nah lili, you just paranoid]

audio;

[echoistic]

Well, the worst that would happen is just that I die, right? Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

... That said, it didn't really taste all that great, so I didn't gain much from it. But it did cure my thirst! Would you rather I get dehydrated instead?

audio;

[coastal]

[ . . . Despite her little tirade earlier, she goes quiet for a little bit at that.

She curls up at the head of her bed, grateful he can't see it, and she speaks with a tone that's perhaps dangerously serious:]

Don't say that to me ever again.

audio;

[echoistic]

... Um, which part?

audio;

[coastal]

Treating death so carelessly.

You are not allowed to die.

[She sounds like she's a little too used to giving orders.]

audio;

[echoistic]

Uh... I actually really can't promise that? But hey, does that mean you care?

audio;

[coastal]

I don't!

[a lie but

listen, she can't admit that]

And why on earth can't you promise that?!

audio;

[echoistic]

Beeeeecause there are several ways to die, and while I am a one-man army with no plans on dying, even I'm not invincible to all of 'em?

audio;

[coastal]

I don't care.

You aren't allowed to die or treat your life so carelessly. It's unacceptable. I refuse to associate with hopeless people like that.