[network] Event: Long & Lost [NIGHT 217]

[snowblindmods]

it's been so long between the words we spoke
will you be there up on the shore, I hope

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Comments

[rubikscomplex]

if you're a loner who doesn't give a crap about most people?
no
if that boytoy and his merry band of misfits actually mean anything to you?
maybe find someone who isn't me to talk to

[rattlingthestars]

Can't I be both? They're not most people.

And you started talking to me, chatty.

[rubikscomplex]

you started talking first

and you care about literally no one else here?
that's actually impressive for a kid your age

[rattlingthestars]

you keep replying.

not literally no one, but it's a pretty short list these days. the people on it keep dying.

[rubikscomplex]

so do you

maybe think about casting a wider net, jimbo
you're a cute, brooding teen
who pretends to be a hardass
but really isn't
people will fall over themselves to like you and be friedns if you let them

[rattlingthestars]

You stop first. Though... that sounded almost encouraging, if I ignore the part where you just called me cute.

P.S., someone's never getting car magazine pictures again. I thought we had a deal about the nicknames, Doc.

[rubikscomplex]

you're in love with a guy who's the human equivalent of an overactive puppy
you're cute by association

deal's off, i guess
not like you've had any mags to show me since we made it, jimbo

[rattlingthestars]

Look, you're not wrong but stop calling me cute, it's weird.

It was a one-time deal. I show you the mag, you knock it off with the nicknames. welcher.

[rubikscomplex]

whatever you want, jimmy

of course i welch
have you even met me?
this is on you, kid

[rattlingthestars]

Ugh, not Jimmy. I'll put up with the nicknames but pick something else.

You're not wrong though.

[rubikscomplex]

did daddy call you jimmy or something?

[Trying to parse why that one is the one that sticks particularly in the craw.]

[rattlingthestars]

Yep. Absolutely. Every day after school.

[rubikscomplex]

and here i thought he ran away on you

[rattlingthestars]

Not until I was nine.

[ Holy crap is this working?

It almost makes the twinge in his chest that comes with talking about it worth it. ]

[rubikscomplex]

sorry, jimmy
it's either this or jimbo
pick your poison

[rattlingthestars]

[ Damn it. ]

When you put it like that...

[rubikscomplex]

unless you wanna bribe me with something else...

[rattlingthestars]

Like what?

[rubikscomplex]

dunno
impress me
or surprise me

[rattlingthestars]

Other than unflattering pictures of Zack and Kunsel and a Morph that used to be able to do impressions, I got nothing.

[rubikscomplex]

draw a dick on helmethead's helmet and snap a pic
i will accept this as payment
or the other one
the squats guy
his forehead'll work

[rattlingthestars]

You've known his name for six months, you're not fooling anybody.

Give me a second.

[rubikscomplex]

real names are for squares

[He's waiting.]

[rattlingthestars]

Got it.

Use mine for three months or we all die, whichever comes first.

[ Jim didn't actually miss that House hadn't made an agreement yet. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[Clever brat.]

you get me a dick forehead pic for the sparklepup
or one on the helmet
we got a deal, kid