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Date: 2021-01-11 02:51 am (UTC)[ There is a cat playfully batting at her ponytail. Her hair has gotten just long enough that Annie might want to consider getting a hair cut. She actually snickers and tries to carefully reach around to get the cat away from her ponytail. It is a bit hard because she has to be mindful of her claws. ]
Something decaffeinated? I... have weird issues with caffeine. Arachne thing, I guess.
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Date: 2021-01-13 11:09 pm (UTC)[he flashes her a brief smile and goes to the counter. when he comes back he's carrying a mug of coffee black enough that the Fog would consider promoting it to priesthood, and a cup of tea the color of bubblegum]
Here - the board said the tea of the day was almond hibiscus. It smells pretty good. If you don't like it I can grab you something else.
[he sets down the cups and slides into a seat across from her, taking care not to sit on his wings]
I hope you don't mind that I didn't bring Dolores along. She ... has some jealousy issues here, apparently, and I really didn't want to deal with that today.
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Date: 2021-01-14 02:53 am (UTC)[ Annie is not going to bring up the bringing questions she has about Dolores. It would be super rude and she is still getting to know Five. She wants a friend so badly that she is holding back so much.
Wait and see. Be patient. ]
I don't think she has anything to worry about. You're... someone I just want to be friends with.
[ She smiles a bit feeling a touch unguarded for a moment. ]
There was someone I started getting interested in. Unfortunately it's like trying to get know a Magic-8 Ball..... Then he went and did something sweet.
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Date: 2021-01-14 11:34 pm (UTC)[he arches an eyebrow. wait until she finds out how old he really is, then she'll definitely be uninterested. never mind the fact that he doesn't really know How To Friend. he knows how to do Snarky Banter and Bitch About Things, which equates to Friend for some people in Ryslig, but not everyone likes their friendships extra salty and confined to the shallows.
even so, he knows enough to know what she just said is a little funky. he pauses, mug halfway to his mouth]
Wait, you're saying a guy did something nice and now you're not sure if you're interested?
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Date: 2021-01-22 04:14 am (UTC)[ One of her favorite people here is around ten thousand years old. He looks like a jock to Annie. She just tries not top bring that up because why possibly hurt a friend's feelings? ]
I so needed to give you more context. We hadn't spoken since September and while I had been meaning to track him down and like, talk or something. He.... Remembered a detail about my life I usually don't talk about and left me a thoughtful gift.
Even though we haven't spoken in a while. It's a bit confusing and a bit sweet.
[ Also the concerning part: how does he know where she lives? Best to not think about that. ]
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Date: 2021-01-23 02:03 am (UTC)Is it possible he was trying to apologize? I hear people who lead emotionally mature and balanced lives actually do things like that.
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Date: 2021-01-23 06:01 am (UTC)No one is that simple. I mean. You have to stay ahead and plan it out or...
[ Annie shakes her head. No. Everyone has at least three things in mind when they do something. ]
But... maybe he was sorry? I could just be over analyzing things. It's been weird lately.
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Date: 2021-01-24 05:09 am (UTC)But then again, I've seen my share of weird shit already, so my reactions to it all are probably not on par with what most people think they should be.
[he had promised her a lot of stories ... maybe this was his way of offering an easy segue if she wanted to start asking some of those burning questions.]
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Date: 2021-02-02 08:35 pm (UTC)[ Annie perks right up. Her smile is all perfectly white teeth, fangs included, and entirely pleased. ]
Please don't tell me you're like, a secret 10,000-year-old space warlord. I think we already have one of those.
[ She isn't kidding. Lucius is actually very sweet to her. Like a weird murderous older brother. ]
prepare for a novel
Date: 2021-02-06 04:29 am (UTC)You're ... surprisingly close and yet staggeringly off the mark. I'm a fifty-six year old time traveler trapped in my fourteen-year-old body.
[he sips his coffee and stretches, taking a deep breath before diving into the explanation she will most assuredly want]
Back home, I had the ability to travel through time and space. I knew about the space, first - we dubbed it 'blinking'. I'd close my eyes and concentrate, and just 'poof' myself over to somewhere else. The more I learned and tested what I could do, I realized that time travel was feasible. My father didn't want me to do it, but I was positive I could make it work. I'd done all the research, projected all the variables. When I was fourteen, we got into an argument about it over breakfast, and I ran out of the house. The first thing I did was run down the sidewalk and try blinking forward through time. A few hours, first. Then to summer. Then to winter. Then, again: and I overshot and found myself smack in the middle of the apocalypse.
[he takes another sip of coffee while that all sinks in for Annie, but not long enough for her to ask anything, yet. he has one more crucial detail to add]
Trouble was, the only variable I didn't consider was how much energy time travel took as opposed to just blinking. When I tried again, I wasn't able to even cross the street. I was stuck.
Re: prepare for a novel
Date: 2021-02-06 05:04 am (UTC)[ She smiles slightly but settles herself in to listen. She takes in the story imagining him fighting with a man. The argument seems simple enough.
If you have powers why wouldn't you want to test them? Why limit yourself? ]
That makes sense. I mean why wouldn't you test your limits.... but I can also see why your Dad might want to squash too much testing. You had no idea if it was time traveling on like, your personal time line or whatever.
[ The rest hits her quickly and Annie frowns. ]
You tapped all your energy it sounds like. Totally tapped yourself. That's totes the kind of thing you wouldn't have known to account for.
Re: prepare for a novel
Date: 2021-02-10 05:12 am (UTC)Yeah, that's exactly what happened. So I was the only human being left alive in the world.
[he tells this next bit slowly, but not in any sort of tone that begs for pity. he made his bed, he slept in it, and now it's just fact... especially since he isn't trying to convince anyone it actually happened and needs to be prevented, here]
I wandered back and forth across America for years. Decades, even. I lost track for a little while. When you survive on bugs and ground water, the days kinda blur together. I'd go into buildings of all kinds and raid whatever was still intact... My first big find was a Gimbels department store that still had a decent amount of its camping section left. I'd just loaded up a Red Flyer wagon with a tent and tarps and rope and stuff, and I was pulling it toward the back of the store to see what else was there ... and that's when I found Dolores, fending for herself in the women's clothing section. She was in rough shape, but she was still smiling, which ... I think might have been why I fell for her in an instant.
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Date: 2021-02-10 07:47 am (UTC)I would have gone crazy. I like being the center of attention or at least someone to like, bounce ideas and stuff with.
[ She wonders if maybe Five went a bit mad. It would be far too easy to snap under the stress of survival with no human contact. People need people.
It would have taken a week for her to break. Annie knows she's a bit weak when it comes to needing people. It's honestly because until she started going to school it was as if her parents were afraid to let her be around other kids. What was the worst thing that could have happened?
Oh right, her first boyfriend turned out to be a power obsessed serial killer. ]
We don't have a Gimbels? [ She frowns as she thinks about it. ]
Maybe. Semi-rural Maine after all. But I'm glad you found her. She breathed fresh life into the situation.
[ Annie isn't going to call him crazy. How can she? She has spent so many nights this past year trying to not scream into the void or the days when just getting up is a Herculean effort. Annie gets this. ]
It's why I have Gomez now. I think without him I'd have more low days.