inbox.

[pse]

Inbox

822 - 2762

Voice — Text

"You've reached [ 822 - 2762 ]. Leave a message after the tone."

Note: She will never pick up the phone for calls and all voicemails will only be answered by texts.

CONTACTS

Amos

375 – 3135

@churnback

Astarion

537 - 8661

@sanguineus

Bucky

222 – 7637

@freakymagoo

Charles

478 - 2238

@thetruefocus

Cid

799 - 3797

@judgmentbolts

Furiosa

610 – 2077

@imperatour

Jinu

569 - 8987

@idolatrized

John

986 - 4434

@adrenalines

Laura

678 – 9829

@valle

Logan

326 – 5587

@carcajous

Lucy

[number here]

@sunnygoose

Lune

538 - 7763

@savante

Steve

987 - 6543

@americassed

Verso

222 – 1879

@recreatable

Yelena

612 – 3341

@resplendents

Code Source

Comments

[searingbond]

of course! happy to have you.
and thank you again for the gift.

[ It's sitting next to her bed 😊 ]

did your friend have a good time?

[ One might imagine the intentional pause before, the added weight to, 'friend.' ]

[pse]

I think so.
He doesn't hang around if he doesn't want to.

[ The pause may just zoom right over Kimiko's pretty little head. ]

[searingbond]

good. glad everyone enjoyed themselves.

[ :) ]

was he the person you'd told me about?

[pse]

[ Oh.

Well, she doesn't panic and throw her phone across the room in a fit of shyness this time, so. Progress. ]

Yeah that's him.
Why???

[searingbond]

[ Definitely progress! ]

just curious!

[ She'd seemed so smitten, so.. ]

we talked a little. he seems really nice.
brought me a gift [ tequila!! ] and everything, which was very sweet.

[pse]

He is very nice.

[ And handsome and reliable and safe and great in bed and— ugh. She's being dumb again. ]

Is he what you wanted to talk about?

[searingbond]

[ not dumb!! ]

i just wanted to say hi in general, but i am also curious.
you painted such a picture of him, it was good to meet him.

[pse]

Thanks for letting me bring him.
Did you like the tequila?

[ Trying to not have a shy girl crashout at the girl talk. Let's see how this goes. ]

[searingbond]

the more the merrier, really. i had a great time.

and yes! absolutely. i haven't had much of it, to be honest, and i think we usually call it mezcal back home.
love the way it burns, though. what about you?

[pse]

It's intense.

He likes to do shots, so I wanted to try them
I thought I was going to DIE

[ Thank fuck for the superhuman healing factor heightening her alcohol tolerance, but it can't do anything against a strong taste. ]

[searingbond]

very intense! but in a good way.

i haven't done a lot of shots before, to be honest, but now i'm feeling inspired.

[ Because Kimiko's description, while maybe not appealing, is at least evocative. ]

would you have one with me next time we've got opportunity?
doesn't have to be tequila.

[pse]

sure!

Maybe tomorrow?
We could invite Lune too :)

[ Maybe that'll be a helpful buffer from Sciel's friendly curiosity. ]

[searingbond]

oh! absolutely!!
any preference on where?

[ Sciel hasn't forgotten about The Subject, but...she knows when to push and when to relent. She'll take the crumbs she can get now and, when the moment is right, return to the matter in the future... ]

[pse]

I know a few different places.
Have you ever been to a tiki bar?

[ It's surprisingly nice, Kimiko is realising, to no longer so easily fill the slot she had with Frenchie, with Hughie, with Annie — the inexperienced one, ignorant to life's finessing little experiences, its chemicals and candor. Instead, she gets to be the guide. (She only hopes she's up to the task.) ]

[searingbond]

no! a what?

[ "Tiki" added to list of new concepts, definition TBD. ]

[pse]

I'll show you. :)

[ True to word, she does. ]