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@gingerailed

[dead_tongue]

hihihi

uhhh so
how you doing?

[buio]

(where to begin)

Have a feeling I won't be sleeping tonight
How about you, you good?

[dead_tongue]

not great.
this is even worse than last time.

i got here like right before this shit went down last year. i hid in my room with a knife most days cos i didn't know many people.

[buio]

Yeah. That's what I'm doing.

Why did nobody tell me about this?

[dead_tongue]

well for me, i was hoping it wasn't gonna happen again.

i can try to answer any questions?

[buio]

✔️ Read.

(It makes sense — and Ptolemais can't assume they all knew it was going to happen again. This place is so fucking unpredictable; why would they? But not knowing anything makes her panic, makes her ugly. She puts her phone down, steps away for about an hour, until she can answer him nicely.)

Somebody told I should be making quick friendships if I want to stay alive. Is that true?

[dead_tongue]

[He doesn't take offense. It's a stressful time.]

i don't think you have to. honestly, last year the people who got murdered were the people getting messy, or too close to the truth.

but from personal experience i can say it's so much worse being scared when you're alone.

uhm
do you like marshmallows? Finch and i have some we saved from camp.

@finch

[bloodflows]

Hey

Shit's really going down but how are you doing?

[buio]

It seems like the only safe place to be rn is in jail (In a way she envies the guys who got voted in there...

Anyway, this is — really nice. Really needed.)

Yeah
Are you roasting them on a fire?

[buio]

Honestly? Freaking the fuck out

How are you

[dead_tongue]

last year they had mario kart in the dungeon so it legit was! not so sure this year.

we can! mostly i try to throw them in his mouth. you wanna come hang out? you get a free throw!

[bloodflows]

I'd be worried if you weren't

Doing about the same. This round's given me an idea of how little I want to be in the spotlight.

[buio]

I don't think the Shepherd knows what a Nintendo Switch is

Okay. Where are you?

[buio]

Same here. Maybe if I stay quiet in the corner everybody will forget about me and I'll make it through

[bloodflows]

I think it'll only work so far until they need someone (us) to take the next fall

Brings me to my next point: you wanna be buddies in this?

[dead_tongue]

i really don't like him.

the lil building that looks identical to every other one but it's the one by the big tree that looks like it got hit by lightning once. i'll stand in the doorway.

[buio]

Ugh you're right

And yeah I do wanna. chur
Are you working with anybody else?

[buio]

I hate him (But thinking about him brings her closer to what she did in service of him and she can't start to go down that track right now so—)

Yeah I know the one. I'll be there in ten
Thx Ignatius

(She's being dumb about it sure but she means it sincerely.)

[bloodflows]

Well, Iggy (pretty obvious I know) but my circle also bumps up with Cellar
You know her?

[buio]

Um yep

(She does, but Cellar is — connected to so many other people too.)

I went to her birthday

[bloodflows]

I trust them, and they're pretty smart

[OK, so Iggy's personable but that's not the point.]

I'm trying to find people who don't want bullshit but also defend their own
Mostly just don't want any bullshit. I haven't read 99% of the shit going on lately

[buio]

Neither. So much of it is in talk (And about people she doesn't know at all let alone well enough to weigh in.)

I think I fall into that parameter

[bloodflows]

cool, i'll add you to the group chat
when i figure out how to add people to a group chat

(these phones are old okay)

[buio]

(She doesn't believe that for a second — she's gotta get vetted first, surely — but it costs nothing to play along.)

Yeah no wuckas
Talk to you in a bit

[bloodflows]

[too far into the conversational relationship to ask what wuckas is

but an appropriate time later:]

You've been added to a group chat called GROUP CHAT.