sunday texting

[meeem]

texting meme You’ve got your TFLN, you’ve got your sexting, now here’s the meme for all those gen texts, phone calls, voicemails, pictures of your cats, and whatever else your little heart can come up with, because who doesn't like a little old-fashioned friendly texting. (Or enemy texting, if that's more your bag.) instructions: What it says on the tin! Leave a comment with your character, include preferences, a start, absolutely nothing or whatever you want. Run around and reply to others. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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it's time

[wingflip]

Are you free next week, by any chance?

bakerstreet aint ready

[hipshot]

hmmmm... cant say that i have a particularly busy schedule by any means, no

[ read: yes. ]

yeehaw

[wingflip]

Oh, I'm glad to hear that. How would you feel about accompanying me to a party?

1/2

[hipshot]

well shirt why not?

[hipshot]

unless it's the kinda fancy place where they still make you pay for your drinks

cuz in that case i know a place that might be better

[ its called "the local gas station parking lot" and theyve got cigarettes there too ]

[wingflip]

Well, I can't lie. It will be a fancy place, but I don't believe we'll have to pay for our drinks.

[ Truthfully she's never really had to pay for any drink - let alone much else - in her life. ]

We will have to dress up however. And mingle with some not very fun people. I understand if you don't want to come. I should have been up front about that first.

[hipshot]

[ hmmmmm. hes sniffin. and what he's smelling smells an AWFUL lot like a lady who wants her space and doesn't usually get it. ]

i said i was down for it, didnt i? typically i'm what's considered the "unfun" part of people's trips. might be real interesting to get to stare down the barrel from the other direction. i can make nice for a little while, promise.

[ BUT IF PEOPLE START MESSING WITH YOU, BABY, ITS ON SIGHT ]

[wingflip]

[ That's her cowboy. She'd be lying if she said that she wasn't at least a little bit pleased by his reassurance. ]

For what it's worth, I think you're fun. I wouldn't have asked you to come with me as my date if I didn't.

[ Date could mean anything though so don't read too much into it!! ]

Do you need help acquiring something to wear? How you dress suits you but this occasion calls for something else than what you usually wear.

[hipshot]

sheesh, you sure its not just my winning smile, ya smooth talker?

[ ^w^ ]

no hats? dang. what youve seen me in is pretty much about all ive got

[ he's not BALKING per se, but... he knows robin's smart. she wouldnt ask if she didn't really want him to go, even just to loom and get to eat all those silly little whores de orbs or whatever theyre called. she must have a solution in mind. ]

[wingflip]

I'm not sure that I stand a candle next to you in that department.

[ For the record though his smile is something she associates with fun. It's right up there with how he calls hor d'oeuvres 'whore de orbs'. ]

The dress code on the invitation doesn't say anything about no hats. I think we can make it work, as long as you don't mind my tailor stepping in to help make something for you.

[hipshot]

oh yeah? bet

so long as they dont go stickin their fingers in any places willy-nilly without permission, i dont give a fork. its your party. [ he's TALKING about the power intake on his back, not his bootyhill, thanks. anyone who sticks their finger that (the intake, mind you) in it gets a mild shock, but somehow that goes right up to where his nerves used to be, and it's. something. ] good news is, you're only ever gonna have to get my measurements once. i sure as shirt ain't growing any taller AND i already have the boots.

[ isn't that convenient? hes had that stupidly long inseam and that stupidly tiny waist for ages, and he will forever or until his legs fall off. ]

[wingflip]

I'll see to it myself that they keep any curious fingers away from any and all holes.

[ Joking aside, she understands. The only reason she doesn't worry about it as much (aside from not being a cyborg) is that she's just grown used to it after all this time. ]

That is good news. I'd love to have more of your company at future events - your schedule permitting of course.

[ There is one thing though - ]

Did you have your feet specifically made into boots with spurs?

[hipshot]

maybe you oughta be the one in the galaxy rangers, eh? miss robin, paragon of justice and protector of holes. it'd free up my schedule a fair bit too.

[ they both know by now, he's a free range cowboy. sometimes they're in the same system, sometimes they're not. its good to catch time with friends when you can. ]

yep! you know how much wear and tear i'd be putting on these puppies if they were shoes? would probly have to buy a new pair every month or knowing my luck i'd kick some muddlefudger too hard and the whole thing would go flying and now im the ashvole without a boot in a firefight

[wingflip]

That would be quite the career change, but you might be able to convince me yet. Especially if it means it would help you in some way.

[ After all, she wants to try and repay him in any way that she can after everything he's done. And the ethos of a Galaxy Ranger certainly holds some appeal. ]

It would make for a memorable fight though, don't you think? I'd imagine losing your boot - or foot in this case - in the middle of a fight would cause quite a scene.

[hipshot]

[ We're gonna pretend he was using voice to text this entire time, thank you kindly. ]

First things first, we're gonna get you a gun. You'll have to 'scuse me for keeping mine.

[ He will. don't test him. He'll even buy it mostly honestly. ]

Like heck it would! I can run without a boot, but there's no forkin' way this side of hell I can run down those little sonsabenches without my whole foot! And if the foot comes off, then dancin's fully off the table for that party. It's a whole flippin ordeal to get it back on.

[wingflip]

I wouldn't dream of separating you from your gun. Although, I will have to learn how to use it if I'm going to be an effective Galaxy Ranger. Would you mind teaching me? The only one I've ever shot is for a commercial and that wasn't real.

[ Is she playing along? Or is she serious? Hard to say. ]

If anyone could do it, you could. But you wouldn't have to put it back on alone. I'll be there to help. Putting your foot back on sounds like a very small price to pay for asking you to attend this party with me.

[hipshot]

Psh, ya just point and pull the trigger. Bet you'll be aces in no time. Maybe just to start, you can practice on mine.

[ it's hard to say, but when the phone reads out her words to him... sure it's not her voice talking straight at him, but it may as well be. robin accidentally used RIZZ. its SUPER EFFECTIVE. ]

Ah — well, yanno, it's not like it's fallen off right now... but if it do, I'll know who to come to. So a party ain't no trouble at all for you, missy.

[wingflip]

I'm sure there's more to it than that. I can tell from watching you that there's skill in what you do. And like any art, those skills take time to build. So I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I'd be incredibly lucky to learn from someone like you

[ Even if she intentionally used rizz, she doesn't seem any wiser to the fact that it's been SUPER EFFECTIVE. Just like how Boothill won't know that calling her 'missy' earns a pleased little flutter of her wings. ]

I hope that you'll still feel that way by the end of it

[ She knows that they're meant to be fun, but it's a Family-hosted party under the guise of a gala fundraiser. Well-intentioned as it may be she's seen enough to view it in a truly altruistic light. ]

Shall I send the car to collect you for the tailor?

[hipshot]

Hah! Smooth talker, at it again. Dunno how good of a teacher I'll be, but shirt, there's never any harm in tryin'.

[ are they still talking about making her a galaxy ranger at this point, or just giving her a gun to chase off people who are bothering her when he's not around? don't worry about it.

robin's repeated insistence that maybe this party won't be fun at all is starting to give him pause... but not about whether or not he'll still go with her. just how soon he'll have to start looking for things to set on fire so they can skedaddle early. ]

Don't worry 'bout it. Takes a heck of a lot more than a stuffy party for me to have a bad time, hahaha!

[ oh, man! maybe he'll "kidnap" her and she can skip the next party too! hostage situations are so much easier when the hostage is in on it too. ]

You ain't comin' with me? Who's gonna defend my holes, without ya?

[wingflip]

[ Both. Why not both? ]

It must be all the time that I've spent around you

[ Maybe mentioning it is a subtle way of giving him an out. Or maybe the weight of everything that had happened along with discovering her brother's true intentions was beginning to weigh on her causing her practiced smile to slip.

Good thing this is all text! ]

Of course I'll be there. I assumed that I'd be starting my new job effective immediately. Was I wrong to assume? Should I have the car turn around?

[hipshot]

No, no, I getcha now. I'm still game—just misunderstood, is all. Sounded like you weren't gonna be with it, you know, like sending the dogs out to bring the herd in.

[ Because he'd have rather just come find her himself. ]

Tell you what... pick a corner, and I'll run down and meetcha there. Dunno if you can get a car up here anyway.

[ On the roof. of a tall building. don't ask. ]

[wingflip]

[ Fingers poise above her phone, an impulsive question ready to quickly be written out and sent. Instead she sends him some coordinates and - ]



[ Eventually when she does arrive she sends: ]

We're waiting around the corner

[ But when he does arrive, instead of finding her waiting in the car, she's stepped outside, shielded by the vehicle from prying eyes as she stares up at the sky. ]

[hipshot]

[ here! ]