Thank God she mentioned her name, he'd almost entirely forgotten and that would've been an embarrassment beyond measure.
Terribly sorry old thing I must not have put you in my contacts list stop Now as for someone blindfolded I do have to inquire as to why you're asking me stop It's a fashion statement too bold for me stop
Don't worry, I have that effect on people. Literally.
Boy, it's a shame they kinda like Ossie, because these decorum types are always real easy to mess with.
C'mon Ossie, I bumped into you leaving presents for everyone like an easter bunny for hangovers, you can't tell me you're too anti-social to have a read on half the ship, especially anyone interesting enough to wear a blindfold.
Another small blessing- he's just going to write a little note for himself as to how he ran into her so this painful embarrassment doesn't happen again.
April
Be that as it may comma anyone on the ship is the owner of their own tale stop If you've an interest in someone you ought to speak to them directly stop That courtesy extends both ways comma if someone were to ask about you I would tell them to speak to you directly stop I do hope you're not too disappointed stop
You ever see the hit animated Disney classic Fox and the Hound? Think of this as a fox wanting to know how strong the hound next door's commitment to hunting is. Don't need to know the pedigree or even really the training, just how safe you'd feel around her if you were a fox.
You know I seem to recall one of the key parts of that film being the friendship between the aforementioned fox and hound stop In fact comma that was the whole reason for the waterworks towards the end stop Any foxes and hounds in this situation is purely proverbial wot stop There are only people who really ought to talk to other people stop
April legitimately spends five minutes just lying back on their couch with their phone on their chest, staring at the ceiling. God damn it. April hates getting taken down by their own setup. There, they said it, they acknowledged it. Goddamnit.
If someone ever asks you about me could you send me a transcript or something of you giving them the same runaround? I'd love to know what this looks like from the outside.
Now now comma a gentleman never kisses and tells stop You'll just have to luxuriate in the knowledge that I'm doing it at all stop Because I will if anyone does ask stop Ones privacy in these kinds of matters is of vital importance stop It applies to everyone or nobody at all stop
By all means gripe away stop Just don't expect my answer to change stop Anyone could ostensibly be a monster or could hurt us comma that's just the risk we take with any stranger stop We are only rewarded when we choose to trust beyond concern for our own safety and self interest stop Good luck stop
There is, of course, more April wants to say, but they've been hard-blocked enough times now to almost feel embarrassed about it, so they'll finally take the hint and the L.
A final message a few minutes later, just to show there's truly no hard feelings here either:
Also let me know if/when you feel like opinionating on the big names of our respective worlds again sometime, I'm good whenever. 👍🍸
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A text, at a completely normal hour of the night, definitely.
Date: 2022-10-06 03:00 am (UTC)Follow up text five to ten minutes later
Date: 2022-10-06 12:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-11 11:52 am (UTC)April
Oh April exclamation point
Thank God she mentioned her name, he'd almost entirely forgotten and that would've been an embarrassment beyond measure.
Terribly sorry old thing I must not have put you in my contacts list stop
Now as for someone blindfolded I do have to inquire as to why you're asking me stop
It's a fashion statement too bold for me stop
Ossie
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Date: 2022-10-11 12:35 pm (UTC)Boy, it's a shame they kinda like Ossie, because these decorum types are always real easy to mess with.
C'mon Ossie, I bumped into you leaving presents for everyone like an easter bunny for hangovers, you can't tell me you're too anti-social to have a read on half the ship, especially anyone interesting enough to wear a blindfold.
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Date: 2022-10-11 12:40 pm (UTC)April
Be that as it may comma anyone on the ship is the owner of their own tale stop
If you've an interest in someone you ought to speak to them directly stop
That courtesy extends both ways comma if someone were to ask about you I would tell them to speak to you directly stop
I do hope you're not too disappointed stop
Ossie
no subject
Date: 2022-10-11 01:01 pm (UTC)I don't want her life story, I just want to know
You ever see the hit animated Disney classic Fox and the Hound? Think of this as a fox wanting to know how strong the hound next door's commitment to hunting is. Don't need to know the pedigree or even really the training, just how safe you'd feel around her if you were a fox.
no subject
Date: 2022-10-11 11:22 pm (UTC)April
You know I seem to recall one of the key parts of that film being the friendship between the aforementioned fox and hound stop
In fact comma that was the whole reason for the waterworks towards the end stop
Any foxes and hounds in this situation is purely proverbial wot stop
There are only people who really ought to talk to other people stop
Ossie
no subject
Date: 2022-10-12 01:08 am (UTC)If someone ever asks you about me could you send me a transcript or something of you giving them the same runaround? I'd love to know what this looks like from the outside.
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Date: 2022-10-12 01:15 am (UTC)April
Now now comma a gentleman never kisses and tells stop
You'll just have to luxuriate in the knowledge that I'm doing it at all stop
Because I will if anyone does ask stop
Ones privacy in these kinds of matters is of vital importance stop
It applies to everyone or nobody at all stop
Ossie
no subject
Date: 2022-10-12 03:53 am (UTC)And another two minutes before April finally concedes.
Ok fair enough. Guess this fox is going to find out how much of a prey drive the hound has. Cheers.
wait nevermind they're shit at letting things go, one more follow up:
Seriously though would a 'she's nice don't worry' or a 'look out if you're a monster' be so bad?
(I know, I know, I'm just griping here.)
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Date: 2022-10-13 10:49 pm (UTC)April
By all means gripe away stop
Just don't expect my answer to change stop
Anyone could ostensibly be a monster or could hurt us comma that's just the risk we take with any stranger stop
We are only rewarded when we choose to trust beyond concern for our own safety and self interest stop
Good luck stop
Ossie
no subject
Date: 2022-10-14 12:30 am (UTC)There is, of course, more April wants to say, but they've been hard-blocked enough times now to almost feel embarrassed about it, so they'll finally take the hint and the L.
A final message a few minutes later, just to show there's truly no hard feelings here either:
Also let me know if/when you feel like opinionating on the big names of our respective worlds again sometime, I'm good whenever. 👍🍸