unevoke | ic inbox, duplicity

hey, how are you holding up?

fine

[ that's a lie but it's fine ]

you?
your roommate being nice to you?

[ the answer better be yes or he is beating someone up ]

he's a perfect gentleman, i like him a lot. he let me have the bed because he doesn't really need to sleep, anyways.

[Okay, how does she word the real question here without it being awkward...]

have you managed to get solid again?

[ ...................how does he avoid this question so she doesn't worry about him ]

i'll figure it out

[ anyway he's just gonna move on quickly so there's no time to linger on the very obvious 'no' in his answer ]

you find someone to give you a hand yet?

someone i met was kind enough to pass it on to me so i didn't have to handle it myself.

if you don't have a plan yet, i can hand it off to you. i can find another person to pass theirs on to me, there's been plenty of people willing to help.

[ HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM nope ]

i'll find someone
don't worry about it

you sure? you're not gonna just ignore it? i don't want you to end up disappearing or something :(

i'm sure
i'll tell you if i don't figure something out

[ which definitely means he has to figure something out now ]

you doing okay otherwise?

everyone around here is really nice so far, so i haven't really wanted for company or good conversation or anything. the food is also much better here than the down, which is a big plus! it's also really nice to watch the water from the side of the boat, and hear the waves crashing at night. relaxing <3

how about you? everything treating you well?

[ her good cheer is palpable even though text, and he finds his mood lightening just a smidge. ]

yeah the food down there is pretty shitty

[ sorry-not-sorry about language ]

is there something you miss from home?
if we get off this stupid boat i'll make it for you

[shinjiro.... even when you don't remember her, you're the same as ever.]

ramen from hagakure!!

that might be a lot of work though

not much else to do

[ except bang, and he's not into that ]

there's a couple burger places i the up too
dunno if they're any good though

obviously we need to test them out, then! we can be the up's closest thing to secret michelin star raters

once we get off the boat, anyways

[ how does a single person have so much energy ]

as long as we don't have to write any articles to go along with it

i dunno, the network might appreciate some reviews :P

i'm not talking on there

aww, it's not so bad! everyone's pretty nice so far as i've chatted

you sure you don't just think everyone is nice?

nnnoooooo...?

i'm still leaving all the talking to you

i promise i won't gossip about you since you're not looking

much

[ he should be annoyed (and he is, a little) but mostly he feels a strange sense of comfort, a faint relaxation of the tension that's held steady between his shoulder blades for the better part of two years.

he doesn't know that he likes it. ]

whatever
there's not much to say anyway

this is random and i do know you are at work but

i would really like it if you could

[ there is a good minute pause between the last text and the incoming one. ]

eat me out.