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[bastardofipswich]

[ BEHOLD... a teen witch sitting on his bed. He seems way too energetic, considering he's indoors and doing nothing. (lbr he's nursing a magic-high right now, and it's got him feeling both restless and aimless at the same time.) ]

Hey, show of hands, who here's got too much free time right now? [ HE'LL START. Look at that hand go up. ] Come on, at least one of you watching raised your hand, too. So let's do something about it. Get drunk in public, find a corner to loiter on, a shop to vandalize, you know, normal kids' stuff.

[ He grins. ]

Kidding! [ With a shrug and a careless wave of his hand. ] I'd get up to way worse than that if I wanted to be a public menace. [ Still kidding? EH. ]

Anyway, I can't be the only one here with nothing better to do, so who wants to play a game of Would You Rather? Look, I can even start:

[ He claps his hands together and makes a show of thinking. ]

Would you rather... Have superpowers, but die young. Or be perfectly average, and live a long, painfully uneventful life?

Comments

[bastardofipswich]

[ He debates not responding at all, BUUUUT... WHATEVER, IT'S JUST A HARMLESS TEXT CONVO. ]

i'd take the internship. can you imagine how awesome it'd be??

would you rather watch nothing but brad pitt movies for the rest of your life OR listen to nothing but ABBA for the rest of your life

[bechdelpls]

[ Right. Right!! It's not like it matters. ]

right?? Good choice.

Oh god okay.

Ugh Brad Pitt I guess, at least he'd probably be opposite pretty women.

[ She stares at her communicator for a long while, trying to think of something stupid to ask. ]

Would you rather go back and tell us the truth, or have things go just the way they did?

[bastardofipswich]

pretty women? you minx! i didn't know you swung both ways

[ Oh...

Damn it.

This question has him backed into a corner. Sure, he could just NOT RESPOND AT ALL, but whatever, he'll do it after long stretch of silence: ]

the truth. surprise

[ BUT NOT BECAUSE HE FEELS BAD. Because he'd be an idiot to go with a failed plan twice. ]

[bechdelpls]

A girl needs options.

[ She's actually starting to think he's not going to say anything when he replies.

Sarah smiles a little, but it's not a happy expression. ]

I guess the truth is better than how it ended for you.

[bastardofipswich]

what are you talking about? it ended in our lovely cohabiting situation here!

[bechdelpls]

[ A laugh that isn't really one this time. ]

I know Caleb is glad.

I'm still working on it I guess.

ACTION

[bastardofipswich]

[ OKAY FINE, that laugh gets him to toss his phone aside and just TALK LIKE A PERSON INSTEAD OF TEXT SOME MORE. ]

You know your boyfriend's nuts, right?

UGH CHASE Y U GOTTA RUIN IT

[bechdelpls]

[ Sarah stays staring at her phone for several seconds, debating whether or not to engage Chase.

She finally drops it on the bed and rolls over to face him. ]

Why do you think that?

BECAUSE IT'S HIS PURPOSE IN LIFE

[bastardofipswich]

[ He gives her a Look, like. Come on. ]

For being glad or... whatever about this [ He holds his hands up, thumb and index fingers up, as if framing a marquee. ] second chance.

[bechdelpls]

[ She snorts, feeling weird. She agrees with Chase. She agrees with Chase, and the way he did that was funny. There's something wrong with her. ]

Yeah. He is.

[ She shifts to pillow her forearms underneath her ear. ] What am I supposed to do about it? It's not like I don't get it, even if I think it's crazy.