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[molloys]

[text faster??? 😠]

demoted, you mean?
jesus.

[a long pause, smoothing things over --]

leave a fwding address next time
almost put some guy thru a wall

[sensive]

yeah
that

[ feeling both guilty and not, when there was no world where he could maintain his status. where he could stomach it, not for the going rate. ]

you
just because i wasn’t there?

[ because he was missing. isn’t that something, when he’d slipped away so easily before. ]

[molloys]

huh.
much worse there or what

[lowercase, limited punctuation, not corry’s usual m.o., but.]

in the house where people just fucking up and vanish forever?
yeah, bob.
showing up and finding people cleaning out your room is gonna freak me out a little.

[sensive]

right
no yeah
sorry i just
i’m not used to people paying attention or uh giving a shit
i guess

[ even after adrian’s panic in december. that’s just — adrian, y’know? ]

it’s not bad
jobs are more my wheelhouse down here
aka jobs i have had and been fired from before instead of jobs more for people who do the firing y’know

[molloys]

[the pause is longer this time, someone's either practicing deep breaths or pacing out the adrenaline.]

You don't owe me anything.
Just like knowing where people [you] are at.

Guess that tracks, yeah. You'd thrive in middle management.
Good to know.

[sensive]

[ he drafts several messages while waiting for an answer. all variants on further apologies.

ultimately deleted in favour of something a touch more balanced. ]

i guess i don’t owe you but
i’m sorry i didn’t tell you first anyway
think you’re the only reason i stayed gold as long as i did
thanks for trying to help me

[molloys]

Not really something to be thankful for, if you ask me.
Everywhere's shitty.
It's just a matter of how much physical labor's involved in the shittiness.

[a pause.]

Wish I coulda done more.

[sensive]

it’s not your fault
my powers go kind of haywire when i’m stressed or uh emotional so i screwed up every time i even tried to do stuff for other people

[ 😔 ]

if you want to
you can
you could request me so other people don’t on the off hours
i want you to request me, i mean

[molloys]

Yeah?
They still doing that now?

[oh. 🥺]

I could do that, yeah.
Crash the whole damn app.
Hundred thousand requests.
Surprise, me again.

[sensive]

not exactly
mostly cause they’re um
cut off, as punishment

[ bad doggy ]

way better than the old u up text followed by question mark text
keep em coming

[molloys]

[kill bill sirens]

Hm.
Who're you rooming with, again?

What about "wyd"?
Is that still casual sexy charming or do I deserve federal prison for that?

How bout me complaining about bad dreams? Sentient teddy bear duties?

[sensive]

so far i’ve only seen josias
which has to be on purpose cause he pisses me off

[ and that’s beautiful 💖 ]

maybe community service
come on you don’t need an excuse to get me over
i mean you technically do for the request to go through
but i just like being around you

[molloys]

Oh, yeah, him.
Guy didn't know what sounding was.

[smh this generation.]

You're being cute, which is making me less irritated, which if that's your cunning plan, it worked.
I'll make up mundane things.
I wanna marathon Jersey Shore and nobody agreed to watch it with me.
I got sciatica and need to be fussed over.
Got a hangnail. Something. No powers necessary.

You good about that? Them being gone?

[sensive]

pretty sure he’s old timey
and you don’t get into sounding every day, even here

[ signed, guy who is now thinking about sounding 😵‍💫 ]

my plan was mostly to get you to invite me over 😌

[ … ]

i don’t know
half of what i can do sucks, right
which is also why i didn’t really wanna touch strangers and make them remember every awful thing that’s ever happened to them on tv

but it feels like somebody changed me without asking all over again

[molloys]

Speak for yourself, sweetheart.
Call me surround sound the way I get into it.

[somewhere, a chuckle.] Coulda just sent ME the u up question mark text.



The fact that you're thinking about that first says something, y'know.
The comfort of people taking advantage of you.

But yeah.
Sounds like a shit deal.
One more way your body ain't yours, huh?

[sensive]

duuuude

[ very stupid very horny ]

we’re all being taken advantage of
but yeah
yeah

[molloys]

You laughed and it was funny, don't deny it.
You ever try that? Sounding?

Not talking to everyone, am I.
Talking to you, so what I care about's you.
And I'm sorry, Bob. Shouldn't happen this way.

[sensive]

[ beaming an eyeroll through the floor, ]

i haven’t but um
i would

[ whew. ]

well thanks for caring
that helps

[molloys]

Oh? Good to know.
Important to have a sexy bucket list, I feel.

[bemused:]

I start by chewing you out and now you're thanking me for being caring.
Enough to make a guy feel invincible, y'know.

[sensive]

you are not even close to winning “maddest at me for dropping” man
bucky’s gonna death stare right into my soul when he finds out

[ 😮‍💨 ]

can you keep the powers part a secret? it was kind of a big deal, back in october, and i don’t want anybody with something to prove thinking now’s the time to do it

[molloys]

That's boyfriend responsibilities, from what I hear.
Godspeed, babe.

I'll be the soul of discretion and if anyone fucks with you I'll put them through the wall. 🙂

[sensive]

”from what you hear”
this a i’m too old for boyfriends or too cool and casual situation?
bucky says he’s too old but he’s going on a hundred

[ you guys r soooooo funny about this. ]

very subtle
appreciate it ☺️

[molloys]

It's an "I've never been one" situation. Completely outside my scope.
He's not a wizard, right? No shame if he is, I'm not magicshaming, just. One thing at a time.

[is he a vampire. a mummy?? are there sexy mummies now??]

I mean it, though.
I ain't telling nobody, but if shit goes sideways
You know where I am.

[sensive]

huh
kinda thought i was the only one here who didn’t know what i was doing

[ teasing, just a little. ]

he’s the older model of what i am
no scary experimental stuff, classic formula

[ all the good hero crap. ]

thanks corry
that means a lot to me
i’m with you too, for the record, whether or not shit goes sideways

[molloys]

I can be inept in ways you've never even thought of, baby.
At least the stuff I CAN do, I can do well.

[right 👀👀👀 tell him he's good 👀👀👀]

Jesus, it's that common?
Still human experimentation, isn't it? Don't think you can call that not scary in any contexts, Bobby.

[a beat, thumbing over i'm with you like pressing at a new bruise.]

Sideways seems to be the main direction shit goes. Especially around here.
Won't blame you if something comes out and you gotta bail, hear me?