august midnight texts

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The Midnight Texting Meme It's the middle of the night and you're trying to catch some z's — or brooding alone in the alleys, as one does — when your phone dings and suddenly a stranger or a friend is texting you. What could they possibly want at this hour? Is it important? Stupid? Are they drunk or maybe just needy? Do they need help hiding a body??? Pick up your phone and find out! Rules: ● Post with your character's name and canon on the subject line, indicate preferences as needed ● Tag others ● Have fun!

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[waged]

Oh, that's not a bad guess at all. Something like, 'I bet the good Doctor won't let me pay for anything I ask no matter how much I insist'?

Or maybe, 'Ratio is so good-natured that he prefers to pay whenever we eat or drink together than let me do it, and won't accept that I pay him back in the least'?

Which is it?

[mundant]

Interesting.

I would've thought it was more around the lines of betting that at one point you'll find something in my words that will hurt your feelings so you can act like you're fine with it but instead you gained one more thing to be insecure about.

[waged]

( oof. well... )

Do you really take me so much for a masochist? Or is it that you don't believe I would want to talk to you without trying to sabotage myself?

[mundant]

They're not mutually exclusive.

[waged]

Well, then I'm happy to tell you you're wrong in both cases.

You may be blunt and curt, but I know you like me at least a little more than most people. I rarely get to see that handsome bust of yours, which means you think I'm worthy looking or at least listening to.

Don't you think it'd be a disservice to you if I sought out to make myself miserable from your words?

[mundant]

[ ... Touché. ]

Very well.

However that only negates the second part of it; I've yet to hear a denial over you being a masochist.

[waged]

From the perspective that you brought it up, being a masochist would imply I enjoy both seeking out hurt, and enjoy it when people have unpleasant opinions of me, which is untrue.

Though if you mean it in the more typical sense of the word, well... Maybe you could research into it, if you're ever curious.

[mundant]

Are you asking me to physically hurt you just to find out if you enjoy it or not?

Just by asking me that, I feel like I got the answer.

[waged]

Haha! Was that your first assumption?

You know well what a lot of the employees in the IPC still think of me. You don't think a couple of them have tried to hurt me in some way? I'm sure you're capable enough to find out who has actually done it before, and get an answer out of them.

Though if you want to do it yourself, be my guest!

[mundant]

And despite their violence, you still work there?

[ No he will not respond to that other thing. ]

[waged]

( the invitation is always open 🙂 )

Are you going to call me a masochist for that? It's not like I had anywhere else to go.

Besides, they never managed to get promotions, while I made it all the way to P46. Watching them be forced to be respectful to me is punishment enough.

( he has also gone through far worse pain but 👍 nothing that needs saying. )

[mundant]

I believe you have the means and the knowledge to leave the IPC if you so desired. Your shackles are self-imposed at this point. It could also be that you're hoping for someone to rescue you, but you'd rather kill yourself than admit you need help, so that wish of yours might not be fully conscious.

[ Aventurine can't deny that, Ratio's seen it firsthand. ]

[waged]

( ough. he wasn't aware he subscribed for a therapy session...... )

Alright, Doc. Indulge me, then. If I just left the IPC, where would I go?
Whether my shackles are self-imposed or not, as you suggest, at least I have a roof to sleep under and a warm bed. I don't have to worry about food, and I come back home to three loud little critters that are happy to see me.

( he's... not gonna mention the part of wanting someone to rescue him, though. maybe it's true. maybe it's not. mostly hopeless. )

No place is going to be perfect. I get the Preservation's blessing here, and it's good enough.

[mundant]

[ Huh. His answer was much more infuriating than he was expecting. ]

So conformity's what you value the most. Even though you're flashy and gaudy, you're actually humble, is what you're saying.

“Good enough” is good enough for you, as it were. You have neither the means nor the imagination to think of a life outside the IPC, or you're so noble you wish to dedicate your entire life to them since you feel indebted to them. Which one is it?

[waged]

Are those the only options?
Tell me instead, Doctor, before I answer you. If someone like me has the means and the knowledge to leave the IPC, then what does it say about you? Aren't you the same? The Intelligentsia Guild might be its own thing, but you're still funded by the company, and we've worked together multiple times.

It's nothing so black and white. Topaz and Jade are here. You are too. Doesn't it make sense that I would want to stay, despite everything else?
There's more to surviving than just finding somewhere safe.