Some conversations shouldn't be held over the phone, true, but you occasionally can't help it. The receiver's your lifeline. You have to say these words.
RULES ○ Comment with your character and info. ○ Other characters dial yours up and use one of the starters below to spin up a line of dicussion. ○ NOTE TO REMEMBER: All threads should be dialogue, since you're on the phone...buuuut I won't stop you if things eventually move to action-space!
[ 📞 ] say something.
[ 📞 ] its good to hear your voice.
[ 📞 ] are you still there?
[ 📞 ] you're lying.
[ 📞 ] wait, dont hang up.
[ 📞 ] i need your help.
[ 📞 ]are you crying?
[ 📞 ] i love you.
[ 📞 ] i'm scared.
[ 📞 ] i worry about you.
[ 📞 ] where are you? are you okay?
[📞 ] don't beat yourself up about it.
[ 📞 ]hang on, i'm coming to get you.
[ 📞 ] are you in trouble?
[ 📞 ] something happened.
[ 📞 ] it's me. can we talk?
[ 📞 ] i'll stay on the phone until you fall asleep.
[ 📞 ]i'm glad you called.
[ 📞 ] i'm sorry about earlier.
[ 📞 ] tell me you're not planning on doing anything stupid.
Not actively, no. I’m too caught up in—other stuff. [ not that he would ever admit to wanting a partner. ] I don’t know that it’d work out anyway. And you? Are you looking for someone?
[His voice warms up a little more.] Some of us give better chase than others.
And what place is that? [A small pause.] Honestly, I don't know. A part of me thinks it would be nice, while the other half thinks it's best I remain alone as to not get distracted or used again.
[ they're different sides to the same coin. Dick realized a while ago that the earlier he understand that, the better of a crime fighter he'd be. ]
Mm. Not with that attitude, you won't. [ though this conversation is getting away from him and he's not sure why he's encouraging the riddler to use a dating app? ]
Falling for someone is rarely logical, though. How was she using you?
I'm just being realistic. I know that I'm not exactly the most attractive person and those apps seem to reward the conventionally good looking types.
[A small sigh.]
She was using me for my intellect, and I suppose companionship. But she was still in love with another and in the end she stabbed me not in the back but in the guts and then left me for him.
Right. But that's why you like me, right? 'Cus I challenge you? Tricked you?
Alright, good. I'm just making sure, 'cus there's no use in getting caught up with people who've hurt you so bad. [ but--who's side is he on here? he's not so sure anymore. ]
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bakerstreet2024-02-05 11:49 am
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Yes.
Do you actively look for partners?
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Not actively, no. I’m too caught up in—other stuff. [ not that he would ever admit to wanting a partner. ] I don’t know that it’d work out anyway. And you? Are you looking for someone?
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[He's going to guess work, it is Dick after all.]
No. I prefer to find someone organically and through circumstance.
Dating apps don't appeal to me.
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Dating apps have their place, but yeah, meeting someone organically is nice. Is that something you want right now?
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And what place is that? [A small pause.]
Honestly, I don't know. A part of me thinks it would be nice, while the other half thinks it's best I remain alone as to not get distracted or used again.
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The apps help you get out of your network. Have you ever tried? But yeah, I get that. It is distracting. What do you mean about getting used again?
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No, I haven't ever tried it. It seems very impersonal and I also suspect I wouldn't do very well on it so why bother.
[Another pause.]
The last woman I was with, she was using me. I knew she was but it didn't stop me from falling in love with her.
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Mm. Not with that attitude, you won't. [ though this conversation is getting away from him and he's not sure why he's encouraging the riddler to use a dating app? ]
Falling for someone is rarely logical, though. How was she using you?
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[A small sigh.]
She was using me for my intellect, and I suppose companionship. But she was still in love with another and in the end she stabbed me not in the back but in the guts and then left me for him.
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[ Edward's admission makes him frown. ]
That's--brutal. Being hurt like that. Physically and emotionally. What did you do after?
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[Ed says with a little snort.]
I stabbed her back.
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Eye for an eye. [ a quiet sigh, dreading the answer to his next question. ] Where is she now?
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Still in Gotham, we both survived one another.
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Do I know her?
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Perhaps.
Dr. Lee Thompkins, she is the medical examiner at the GCPD.
wiking my way thru Gotham go me
As in Jim Gordon's wife?
haha we can ignore chunks of it since it makes things tricky vs Titans XD
Yes.
[ooc: which we can change since isn't Gordon dead in Titans?? *starts handwaving like a motherfucker....]
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Ah. Alright. Probably smart you steer clear of each other then.
(( ooc: uh--jim gordon's WIDOW THEN?? ))
It's a fun show, obviously different vibe than Titans but man Oswald and Ed are so good in it <3
It's a shame, she was an amazing woman. Queen of the Narrows for a while.
[ooc: haha his much younger than him widow since Ed and Lee were about the same age? XD Hahahaa whatever, not that important.]
oops forgot this was a call lolol
Just feels good to trick the trickster once in a while.
You're not over her?
((ooc: lmfao ok all good))
haha ;)
I'm no mere trickster.
She stabbed me and picked another man over me. One who would deny her true nature. Of course I'm over her.
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Alright, good. I'm just making sure, 'cus there's no use in getting caught up with people who've hurt you so bad. [ but--who's side is he on here? he's not so sure anymore. ]
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It sounds like you care about my emotional and romantic well being.