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[ceasetoexist]

"Yeah yeah blah blah this is Pokey leave me a message I guess."

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>implying im not lazy

[echidna]

[ dude ur phone is ringing. ]

>judges you

[ceasetoexist]

[Picking up the phone.]

Hey this is Bob's Snake Emporium. We-

....

Okay I did have a joke for this then I forgot. Anyway, yeah what?

yeah well im juding YOU for your busted tinypic

[echidna]

Uh... [ wow ok this is already awkward. ] hi.

It's Jade.

Whatever I do what I want

[ceasetoexist]

....

Hey.

....How's it going?

[echidna]

Um... pretty okay, I guess.

You?

[ceasetoexist]

Oh I'm great! Just great. I'm friggin' tapdancing over here.

So did you have something to say, or what?

[echidna]

Yes I have something to say! [ Jerk. ] So, uh, remember Valentine's Day?

[ceasetoexist]

[Well. That just gets a pause out of him.]

Oh, come on.

It was the town screwing with us. Because, might I add, you brought one of those stupid flowers in with you. Like, it sucks it does crap like that, and I'm sorry, but it was a crappy time for everyone.

And I don't wanna talk about it.

[lovepowered]

[Your phone is ringing, Pokey!]

[ceasetoexist]

Sam's Stake and Shake. If it's shaking, we'll put a stake through it.

...Eh. That one could've been better.

[lovepowered]

[Laughs!]

It wasn't bad! Is this Pokey Minch?

[ceasetoexist]

Yeah. Who's this?

...How'd you get my number?

[lovepowered]

[A drone gave it to her, but she's not going to tell him that.

Instead she just hangs up.

The phone rings again five minutes later, though.]

[ceasetoexist]

[Pokey just looks at the phone for a moment. It's pretty rare for it to ring this much in a day for a personal call. Uncalled for, in fact.

Still. He'll pick it up again.]

Hello?

[lovepowered]

[Again the person on the other end hangs up. Only to call back again 5 minutes later.]

[ceasetoexist]

[And Pokey answers it, bellowing in fear.]

OH MY GOD GET OFF THE LINE! I NEED TO CALL THE POLICE!

[echidna]

[ ringa linga dinga ]

[ceasetoexist]

So I was going to think of something clever to say but I can't think of gold all the time. I may be a treasure trove but there's still only so much there.

So yeah who is this?

[echidna]

[ you can practically hear her rolling her eyes. ]

Oh, just Jade.

[ceasetoexist]

Oh good nothing important then. What's up with you, nerd?

1/2

[echidna]

Yeah well hello to you too, jerkass!

[echidna]

I saw your- Frances, right? Is back. I talked to her! She seems interesting.

[ceasetoexist]

She isn't mine. She isn't anybody but her own, hopefully.

And she is. She's great.

I don't know if I'm happy she's back or not this is a filtered conversation between just us right?

[echidna]

I didn't mean.... [ frustrated little huff, and quietly grumbled: ] Nevermind.

Yeah, just between us.

[ceasetoexist]

Sorry.

It's just really. Really really weird, okay? I know you didn't mean anything by it. I just.

[His voice cracks a little bit, but he takes a short sucking breath to steady it again.]

It's just weird.

[Because there's a lot of other things he wants to say on it. But won't allow himself to.]