IC CONTACT | Mask or Menace

[animated]

"Hey, you've reached Charlie Maxwell. Leave me a message. Or just text me. I might get back to you faster that way."

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[animated]

[ He grins and bats his eyes ]

You think I'm pretty?

[stealwithit]

[ She shakes her head and rolls her eyes. ]

Uh, yeah. Prettier than Cap, even.

[animated]

Speaking of, I am very disappointed that you didn't introduce me to your extremely attractive friend.

[stealwithit]

Well, maybe I wanted to keep him to myself, Charlie.

[animated]

How rude. Don't you know that friends are supposed to share?

[stealwithit]

Okay, but now that you've seen him in person, you kinda get why I wanted to keep him a little secret, right?

[animated]

Oh yeah, I totally get it.

[stealwithit]

I mean. You should see him when he's training... hmm.

[animated]

Go on.

[stealwithit]

The way his back muscles just ripple through when he goes all out on the punching bag...

And his shoulder-to-waist ratio is insane. He's like one of those triangular chip things--nachos. He's like a nacho.

[animated]

A nach-- I think you mean a Dorito.

[stealwithit]

Oh. Right, that!

That's what he is now.

[animated]

I swear to god, if I call him Captain Dorito by accident one day, I'm telling him it's your fault.

[stealwithit]

Go ahead. He probably won't even be surprised.

Just, "Oh. Another Kasumi thing."

[animated]

Already cranked the flirting up to eleven, have you?

[stealwithit]

[ She shrugs. ] I mean, can you blame a girl?

Besides, it's not like I'm actually going to do anything about all the flirting.

[animated]

No? No one you genuinely have your eye on in the endless sea of attractive people we find ourselves in the middle of?

[stealwithit]

I have my eye on a lot of people, darling, but genuinely?

... I don't know.

[ She may not actually know. The first person to come to mind is Peter, on account of him being the one she's been friends with outside of the Normandy crew for longest, buuuuut... ]

[animated]

Fair enough. There's a lot to choose from, after all.

[stealwithit]

Mhm. And you know, I...

It feels too soon for anything genuine.

[animated]

I'm sorry. You know I'm just giving you a hard time, right?

[stealwithit]

I know, just--you know me, Charlie. I get sentimental.

Now, something a little more casual--I could probably swing that.

[animated]

Does that mean there's someone you casually have your eye on?

[stealwithit]

I mean, Cap, obviously, but he's a little old-fashioned. Casual would never work with him. I think.

[ She is doing this all so round-about, Charlie, I am sorry. ]

[animated]

Sweetheart, if you don't want to gossip about cute boys, all you have to do is tell me to drop it.

I've got a pile of movies that I still need help watching, if you'd rather.