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[bossyboiler]

Texts from the City
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Kate

[bossyboiler]

1. I get so lonely sometimes I set my phone's alarm to go off every 5 minutes or so and imagine people are texting me.

2. We could put on there: "Drink jager bombs and do stupid shit faster, with more energy!"

3. Nice just gets you lonely or dead. I don't like those options.

4. Dude, the cops never think it's as funny as you do.

5. I need a drink and a shade of lipstick that will put the fear of God in a man's heart.

Leon Kennedy

[needsabreak]

1. how did you get vomit on both your shoulders?? i mean think about it

2. only thing worse than going to work with a hangover is going to work with a hangover then realizing that you don't have work that day

3. i know i called you dude but i'm trying to flirt with you

4. she says i'm cute and i remind her of her brother. these are red flags right?

5. [text him]

[assumed misfires are very much a go]

1

[needsabreak]

oh

that's legitimately one of the saddest things i've ever heard

[bossyboiler]

Every 5 minutes is a bit of an exaggeration! >_

[needsabreak]

i'm going to be a little brutally honest right now and i mean this in a concerned way... the amount of time isn't the sad part

[bossyboiler]

Then which is the sad part?

[needsabreak]

the sad part is that you're pretending your phone alarm is texts at all

c'mon you were here before. don't you know people or whatever?

3

[bloodalwaystells]

I'm not sure this was meant for me, but if it was, you're not my type, I'm afraid.

I'm flattered, though?

Andrew Jaeger

[bloodalwaystells]

1. Coworker just walked in thirty minutes late reeking like weed and clutching a handful of scratch-off tickets. Also, there’s a stripper pole in my office.

2. I don't suppose you have a recipe for a cocktail made of bitter resignation, regretting everything, poor life descisions and deep-seated self-loathing?

3. For 15 minutes straight, he literally did every accent there was, from Russian to Bostonian. The issue: no one could determine whether he was sober, wasted, or anywhere in between

4. In general, you're not going to get by security covered in blood and wearing only a robe.

5. He smells like the inside of a fake leg.

6. Wildcard- Text him!

Damien Brenks

[abeautifulgame]

1. It's like I have a sixth sense for a lack of morality.

2. Vodka-infused whipped cream. Shit just got real.

3. Do they mail horrible human being awards or do I have to pick it up? What's the protocol on that?

4. There's a man looking for his pants in my room. Is he yours?

5. [text him]

Harley Quinn

[revmeup]

1. My life is a video game called get the drunk princess back to her castle, thank you to all that participated

2. There's tequila in my general area. Please pray for me.

3. I think I'm on the verge of a really slutty period in my life

4. This is a mass text. Does anyone know where I am?

5. (Text her!)

4

[needsabreak]

i misread this and thought you asked if anyone knew WHO you were. i was about to be really concerned

[Two seconds later.]

wait, you don't know where you are?? ok. concerned again. describe some buildings

[needsabreak]

[Oops.]

oh no it's a joke. [Sure it was, Leon.] just a joke. but notoed. veery noted.

[bossyboiler]

I know plenty of people!

[ Connections to people though? That's what she's missing. ]

[bloodalwaystells]

No harm done, it just confused me for a minute.

I can't decide if dating in the city should be very easy, or very difficult, honestly. It hasn't even really occurred to me.

[needsabreak]

why not just text them then? usually when you text people, they text you back. then it'd be real texts and not your alarm

[bossyboiler]

Because I don't want to seem desperate.

[needsabreak]

i don't know about dating but something casual wouldn't be terrible

[He says as if he's ever been able to avoid getting too attached.]

[revmeup]

buildings

yes

5

[revmeup]

You've come to the right person. Does the drink need to cause fear too?

4

[revmeup]

cute like she'd sit on your face or cute like she's trying to let you down easy?

1

[revmeup]

You guys hiring?

3

[revmeup]

Steal it

[bossyboiler]

[ She hadn't thought about that. Why hadn't she thought about that? It's a great idea! ]

IDEALLY! Now that you've mentioned it, yes.

[revmeup]

Ok ok ok give me some basics.
Are you a summer or a winter? Do you like cocktails or straight liquor? Are you scaring men in general or one man in particular?

[abeautifulgame]

That would certainly solidify the whole 'horrible human being' thing.

[needsabreak]

i don't think you'd seem desperate. that's just what people do, yknow? text each other

[needsabreak]

shitty buildings? shiny buildings? sexy buildings?

[He realizes this isn't really going to be helpful.]

[needsabreak]

i don't know. i feel mentioning that i remind her of her brother in the same breath is a bad sign, right? like that's gonna be the letting me down easy kind of cute, right?

[bossyboiler]

I know they do but

[bossyboiler]

I guess I'm a summer? Cocktails. In general. I want to try something new. It's hard having resting nice face.

[bloodalwaystells]

Well, I suppose it depends what kind of work you're looking for, I just got this job myself so im still learning. It's one of the nicer hotels in Leisurebrook but it seems to be exciting at times, at least?

[revmeup]

It's a nice hotel but there's a stripper pole?

[bloodalwaystells]

Well, it's in my office right now so I can only assume that it's an employee perk.

And people get up to all sorts of things behind closed doors, especially when they aren't their own doors, so I wouldn't be terribly surprised?

[bloodalwaystells]

[Sad fistbump, bro.]

I can see that. This place seems to emphasize impulses and indulgence, and sometimes it's easier not to think too much about it.

I'm sorry, that was sort of cynical, wasn't it?

[needsabreak]

but?

[needsabreak]

was it? i think you're right actually

[bossyboiler]

IDK

[needsabreak]

what's that mean?

[bossyboiler]

I don't know.

[needsabreak]

huh?

ohhh i get it

but you do know. what's the 'but'?

[bossyboiler]

Sometimes it's hard for me to connect with people.

[needsabreak]

you know you're kind of going in circles, right?

anyway, i think almost everyone would be happy with at least a daily 'hi how's your day going' text, yknow?

maybe you should try it for a week and see how it goes

also not telling people they're shitty cause of their job is a good start too ;-) I'm kidding about that if it wasn't super obvious

[bloodalwaystells]

It's a slightly depressing thing to be right about, but I'll take it.

I've been away from the scene for a while now, I don't think I'd even know where to start. So it might be just as well.