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[Sent at 2:23 AM on the night of the feast:]
haaaaaaay homie
how's that wild goose chase goin
[he means ur search for a man]
quack quack 👅💦
haaaaaaay homie
how's that wild goose chase goin
[he means ur search for a man]
quack quack 👅💦
Edited 2017-08-20 20:46 (UTC)
wait rly
[asher you are never graduating law school at this rate]
[asher you are never graduating law school at this rate]
dayuuum, c-dawg
[plz don't talk anymore]
did u n some other dude manage 2 hit it off after shakin ur tailfeathers down on the dance floor?
[if ur reading this it's 2 late]
[plz don't talk anymore]
did u n some other dude manage 2 hit it off after shakin ur tailfeathers down on the dance floor?
[if ur reading this it's 2 late]
[once all of the feasting is done and definitely not at 2:23 AM because kung jin is not a mess]
So
we had those friends in common, I guess.
[do it for asher... do it for asher]
So
we had those friends in common, I guess.
[do it for asher... do it for asher]
[ 
He has to look up the username, but once he realizes who this is he can't help but roll his eyes.]
well if it isn't the future Mr. Millstone. don't worry, your boyfriend is one of the few guys in Philly whose penis I haven't touched.
so what do you want?
He has to look up the username, but once he realizes who this is he can't help but roll his eyes.]
well if it isn't the future Mr. Millstone. don't worry, your boyfriend is one of the few guys in Philly whose penis I haven't touched.
so what do you want?
Edited (oh my god html) 2017-08-20 21:20 (UTC)
[And now he remembers why he and Connor Walsh don't mesh.]
Was i asking if you slept with my boyfriend? [Because he knows for real true confirmable facts that it's untrue, dont play w him dont b dishonest]
I know neither of us want this, but
I need your help. It's for him.
Was i asking if you slept with my boyfriend? [Because he knows for real true confirmable facts that it's untrue, dont play w him dont b dishonest]
I know neither of us want this, but
I need your help. It's for him.
...I appreciate it, i think.
[at least they've reached a bitch consensus.]
And it's not that something happened, it's more that something DIDN'T happen. His birthday passed while we were in that damn maze and he spent it dirty and half-starved and tripping over plants.
And
I guess since you're his friend he'd want you to be there or something [Boundless enthusiasm.....]
[at least they've reached a bitch consensus.]
And it's not that something happened, it's more that something DIDN'T happen. His birthday passed while we were in that damn maze and he spent it dirty and half-starved and tripping over plants.
And
I guess since you're his friend he'd want you to be there or something [Boundless enthusiasm.....]
Well, the timing's probably off a little bit but he definitely got dragged into space a couple weeks before I did. So it's about time.
and it's.... August, I think? [God, realm crossing is like jetlag but worse.] I think my world's time was off from Oska's. it was earlier in the year than that when I arrived, but definitely nearly fall here.
I want to. He deserves it. Your world's not like all of this, and that maze crap took a lot out of him.
and it's.... August, I think? [God, realm crossing is like jetlag but worse.] I think my world's time was off from Oska's. it was earlier in the year than that when I arrived, but definitely nearly fall here.
I want to. He deserves it. Your world's not like all of this, and that maze crap took a lot out of him.
I can't believe he's put up with this bullshit for a year now. and I can't believe I'm putting myself in the same category as Asher but guys like us just aren't cut out for this, you know?
[Yet Asher has somehow managed to stay afloat. Connor wonders if he'll ever stop feeling as if he is drowning.]
I'll help with a party. he deserves it big time.
[Look at them, being civil for a change...]
[Yet Asher has somehow managed to stay afloat. Connor wonders if he'll ever stop feeling as if he is drowning.]
I'll help with a party. he deserves it big time.
[Look at them, being civil for a change...]
gotcha
[does this mean that asher millstone is, in some way, a lil freakier than coner walsh
maybe he's just had more time to adjust]
sooooo, since u were out n about sluttin it up at the partaaay, i'm guessin ur single now?
weren't u seein that hacker guy a lil while ago? what happened, he 👻 on ya, or wut? lol
[does this mean that asher millstone is, in some way, a lil freakier than coner walsh
maybe he's just had more time to adjust]
sooooo, since u were out n about sluttin it up at the partaaay, i'm guessin ur single now?
weren't u seein that hacker guy a lil while ago? what happened, he 👻 on ya, or wut? lol
Edited 2017-08-21 02:53 (UTC)
[And suddenly, the emptiness that had struck and cratered him once he was done distracting himself with the stranger he had picked up seems only to widen. He stares down at the message and for a long moment debates how to answer. It is easy to forget that the Asher he is speaking to is in some respects months behind him. This Asher never met Oliver in Philadelphia, and so must have only met him in his adventures out here, a stranger from the same world. A stranger who should be a friend.
This Asher doesn't know any better, but his question stings all the same.]
Oliver and I broke up a few weeks before I ended up here
he dumped me actually
This Asher doesn't know any better, but his question stings all the same.]
Oliver and I broke up a few weeks before I ended up here
he dumped me actually
wait so HE'S the it boi whose ass you've been tappin this whole time?
[The shock hits him all at once like an unwanted surge of electricity, the missing links to some of the mystery surrounding Oliver's oddly familiar behavior suddenly uncovered. Asher's memory flits back to a vague conversation he once had with the other, older man over the network, something that had made him suspect this.
Still, somehow between now and then, he had forgotten all about it.]
you cheated on him, you
[But that was a year ago.
Connor says Oliver and I, and then three weeks ago, so somehow their relationship had survived those rather rocky beginnings. What, then, could possibly be even worse?]
are you two still talking?
[The shock hits him all at once like an unwanted surge of electricity, the missing links to some of the mystery surrounding Oliver's oddly familiar behavior suddenly uncovered. Asher's memory flits back to a vague conversation he once had with the other, older man over the network, something that had made him suspect this.
Still, somehow between now and then, he had forgotten all about it.]
you cheated on him, you
[But that was a year ago.
Connor says Oliver and I, and then three weeks ago, so somehow their relationship had survived those rather rocky beginnings. What, then, could possibly be even worse?]
are you two still talking?
[The memories of the year gone by seem to speed past behind Jin's eyes, a recording on fast-forward, skipping by scene by scene and day by week by month. Asher's done so much. For himself, for others. For him.]
He's stronger than he thinks he is. [And Connor, by extension.] You'd be surprised.
[At the agreement, Jin smiles faintly, turning the jewel over in his palm.]
Thanks. We're gonna need to go all out for this.
You were [uhhhhh] classmates??? For a while? anything you know about what he'd want in a birthday party that i wouldnt?
He's stronger than he thinks he is. [And Connor, by extension.] You'd be surprised.
[At the agreement, Jin smiles faintly, turning the jewel over in his palm.]
Thanks. We're gonna need to go all out for this.
You were [uhhhhh] classmates??? For a while? anything you know about what he'd want in a birthday party that i wouldnt?
I didn't cheat on him this time. and we weren't even officially together that other time.
whatever, it doesn't matter anymore. it sucks and it's totally stupid but we're done.
[Nothing between them feels done. It is raw and messy and frayed around the edges, and seeing him reopens every wound he inflicted.]
we're talking but pretty much all our conversations that don't end in an argument just feel awkward.
whatever, it doesn't matter anymore. it sucks and it's totally stupid but we're done.
[Nothing between them feels done. It is raw and messy and frayed around the edges, and seeing him reopens every wound he inflicted.]
we're talking but pretty much all our conversations that don't end in an argument just feel awkward.
Edited 2017-08-21 03:47 (UTC)
[What Connor receives, surprisingly, is a response devoid of all the bullshit.
For once.]
well, if you're still talkin, then
it's not over yet, right?
[If he were to say those words out loud, they'd come off quieter.
Gentler than the ones that had come before.]
For once.]
well, if you're still talkin, then
it's not over yet, right?
[If he were to say those words out loud, they'd come off quieter.
Gentler than the ones that had come before.]
maybe. I dunno. he seems PRETTY set in his decision to just be friends. said he needs space so he can figure out some stuff on his own. or whatever.
but you don't want to hear about all my boy drama.
[Which he adds out of some sense of self-preservation, recoiling from opening himself too widely. Although he considers him a friend now, he is not in the habit of having heart-to-heart talks with Asher.]
but you don't want to hear about all my boy drama.
[Which he adds out of some sense of self-preservation, recoiling from opening himself too widely. Although he considers him a friend now, he is not in the habit of having heart-to-heart talks with Asher.]
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