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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[bulwank]

[At some point in the last week, your character received a letter in the mail. Feel free to open and read it, throw it away, or respond to it in whatever way you see fit.]

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[stealwithit]

Houdini. Did you get out of Friday night's mess alright?

[animated]

"houdini"?


and aside from being exhausted, i'm fine. you?

[stealwithit]

Famous magician/illusionist from the 20th century?

Good. Just wanted to check in. I'm a little pissed that I pretty much slept all through Valentine's Day, but I'm doing fine too.

[animated]

i know who he is. i was wondering how i earned that nickname.

hey, on the bright side now you can go buy chocolate for stupid cheap.

[stealwithit]

Because you're a magician, Charlie! Or a wizard. You're a wizard, Charlie!

But it's not the same...

[animated]

it works better if you type it in the hagrid accent. YER A WIZARD.

do you want ME to go buy you some chocolate for stupid cheap?

[stealwithit]

Ha! Anyway, Houdini it is. Or Merlin?

You would do that for sweet old me? You're so sweet.

[animated]

i don't mind either way. peter's called me merlin once or twice already.

sure, why not? if i'm gonna go out and buy stupidly cheap chocolate, i might as well buy it for someone other than myself.

[stealwithit]

Has he? I guess you seem more like a Merlin than a Houdini.

You're too nice. I actually bought some for a friend on Sunday, but I left them all at his place. Seems like he and his roommate could've used them. Like, badly.

[animated]

eh, like i said, i'm not bothered by either. it actually wouldn't surprise me if houdini had been an animator.

where do you live? i could see what's left at the store and bring some by later.

[stealwithit]

[ welp, it's going to be a while before Kasumi lets anyone into her ~secret lair~. ]

Actually, how about I make my way over to you wherever you're at? You pick up chocolate, I get the flowers. Just to brighten up your place.

[animated]

if you don't mind making the trek to nonah, then that's fine by me.

[stealwithit]

Nothing the porters can't handle, for sure. You got any roommates? They won't mind flower smells, will they?

[animated]

i don't think they will.

you don't mind dogs, do you?

[stealwithit]

You mean do I mind adorable balls of fur?

Not at all. I'm more of a cat person, but I'm cool with dogs.

[animated]

one of my roommates has a dog, that's why i ask. (his name is koro and he's adorable btw.)

[stealwithit]

(koro is an adorable name for a dog!)

Sounds good, as long as you have a lint roller or whatever people use in the 21st century to get dog hair off of black clothes.

[animated]

lint roller is correct

unless they have like a hover-lint roller in this place idk

[stealwithit]

if they haven't invented that here yet they really should.

[animated]

quick patent it we could be rich

[stealwithit]

you mean we could quit our jobs and live the rest of our lives in this place with the fortune we made from our lint removal empire?

[animated]

that's exactly what i mean

[stealwithit]

and I can get that private yacht I've always wanted?

after the hornet mind clone event

[nostalgiabomb]

[ Eventually, the weird shit that messed with Peter's brain is taken care of, and when his mind finally clears--

He's fucking horrified.

There's a weird cocktail of nausea and disbelief and complete and utter mortification filling his gut. He had attacked his friends, what few he had actually made, and he has no idea how to deal with this. He-- can at least try for the basics.

Not that he can manage to actually talk to the guy, so a message by text it is. ]

i'm sorry

i'm really fucking sorry