( text | un: blink. )

[viatorius]

whichever asshole has been moving the buildings around, can you not do that? you're making my job really freaking hard.

( No one is moving any buildings. Clarice has just pretending she hasn't got the weird sickness everyone else has. But maybe right now she's definitely heading into delirious category. Thankfully, she knows enough not to try portalling right now. Sitting down, catching her breath, not panicking. Those are good ideas.

She needs to be distracted. )

and i'm pretty sure the body mod parlour people are trying to induct me into a cult. i don't even have pierced ears!

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un: skyenet

[evite]

pretty sure buildings don't move
do you need a map?

[viatorius]

no.
i know where the buildings are! they're just not where they're supposed to be right now.

( Give her a second, the moon's spinning. )

[evite]

is that how you found the cult?

( she's not totally convinced this girl isn't high off her rocker right now. but she'll go with it. )

do they want to pierce your ears?

[viatorius]

maybe?
they probably think i'm one of them. my face is weird enough.

[evite]

i'm gonna put fifty down on "it's probably not that weird"
but you realize this means you have to send over a selfie now so i can find out if i'm right

( she's seen some shit. as long as blink doesn't sprout quills like raina the human hedgehog, it'll probably be okay. )

[viatorius]

i don't think i've ever taken a selfie in my life.

[evite]

how is that possible?
i mean, i'd get it if you were like "what is a selfie and how do i take it"
but you obviously know what it is

so

???????????????

[viatorius]

i'm gonna shock you now.
i don't even have any social media accounts.

[evite]

is it weird that that's LESS weird to me?
because i don't either

( well, except friendr. but she'd been really bored that first day, and she was pretty sure no one even used it. )

but we have to get you caught up on the selfie situation

[viatorius]

i guess it doesn't help that i was mostly on the run so, selfies were probably a bad idea.

i'll add it to 'be a real person' list.

[evite]

that's true
running from the man isn't the best time to check your eyeliner

luckily that's an easy one to fix
what else is on your list?

[viatorius]

well, i have an apartment now.
and more than three shirts. that's great.

( This is weird, she feels weird. But she's always been a little flippant with her life. )

films? music? why are the kardashians everywhere? how many of them are there? why are they famous?
also netflix. i need a laptop, right? what's the music one? spotify?

[evite]

( she's not going to comment on the shirts thing, mostly because she could probably live in the same three comfortable black shirts if she had to. she probably did, at some point. beggars and crooks can't be too choosy. )

the kardashians are human garbage and nobody knows where they came from
i think they might be part alien

netflix and chill is a solid choice
spotify's good if you already know what you like
you might like pandora if you're still trying to figure out what's what
i have no idea if they have any of that here

i did find a random tv channel that plays only classic nineties movies if that's your vibe

[viatorius]

that's probably the last time i saw a movie, so sure.

( All Clarice wants is to make herself a life. One that has John and Zingo and a little apartment, the kind of things neither of them have ever been allowed. )

honestly, i'm just picking up stuff as i go along.

[evite]

i know the feeling
let me know if you figure out the buildings moving thing, we can have a movie night

[viatorius]

that'd be cool.
you're new, right?
what's your name?

[evite]

is it that obvious?

( yes, the fact that your username has not been seen on the network before is probably a good indication that you just showed up, skye. use your brain. )

it's skye
i'd make a terminator joke but i honestly don't know if you'll get the reference

[viatorius]

oh, that i do get.
mostly because of other terrifying robotic experiences and quipping in the face of danger.

[evite]

huh
that sounds totally normal and not at all like something you should seek therapy for

how do you feel about cheap beer?

[viatorius]

i feel positive about cheap beer.

[evite]

great, there's a place i found that does bogo buckets

feel like getting wasted and swapping sad stories?
it's a hell of a lot cheaper than therapy and it tastes better too

[viatorius]

( SKYE WHAT IF YOU CATCH THE LURGY? )

that sounds amazing.
do they do food too? bc if so i am down.

[evite]

( EARTHQUAKES FOR EVERYBODY? )

if they don't, we'll order a pizza
i ran into a really fast dude who delivers earlier today

[viatorius]

( Well ... fuck. )

tommy?
blonde?
i work with him.

( She is definitely not doing any more deliveries today. )

send me the address.

[evite]

( have an address. it's a little out of the way sort of place, a bit dingy and a bit dimly lit, but it works for skye. the beer is cheap, there's a free booth, and surprisingly enough, they have free wifi. okay, so maybe technically the business nearby has free wifi with surprisingly good range and the bar is just handing out the password like somebody else's credit card numbers, but she can work with that. it's not a crime.

when or if blinky decides to leave the pacman game and show up, she'll find skye with a bucket ready to go, her own first beer half-drunk as she aimlessly scrolls through her phone. she's on a friendr spree at the moment, feel free to interrupt. )