All right. I trust your judgement. Is there a dress code? A rave is a party? I’ve never heard of one before. But a week sounds like a long time. You must have been exhausted. Yes, that makes sense. You wouldn’t do a kidnapping so obviously.
yeah its like a party a really bright wild energetic one with lights and music everywhere couldve slept another week after it hows settling in? meet anyone else friendly?
[He could let the conversation lapse until they're meant to meet, but he's enjoying the chitchat, in the meanwhile.]
It sounds very exciting. Although I don’t dance so I would probably have to sit it out. Yes. People have been very friendly and kind I’m a little shocked at the generosity here. Do you usually buy clothing and things for.... new displaced?
nope, youre my first usually the safehouse has got enough shit for everyone like clothes and whatever but i really wanted clothes when i first got here too tough to go from point a to point b without an outfit change
Two left feet? I’m more of a... I like to watch. Yes, I can see why. The costume wasn’t the best for blending in. But maybe it wouldn’t have mattered. Was your rave outfit just as bad?
nah we just had on hospital gowns real fuckin sexy thats how they used to dress us up before they started gettin creative with costumes and shit for disguise who knows what itll be next time
Oh. That's good. It's better to feel confident in your clothes. I'm sorry for being nosey, it was just curiosity.
[ and for a moment that seems like her only response but something spurs her on to write more ]
Everyone had lives and clothing that suited them and looked a certain way. Before they came here. I was just wondering if you've changed significantly then maybe I have too. My hair was...
[ important to her. but it's way too vain to say. ]
[A response to the first one, and then the second message:]
was it longer? itll grow out it probably sucks right now but you can work on buying the clothes you want again. or get completely new ones, thats what i did dont really get to pick your outfits in the military and theyve got tons of different shit here in the city
It was long. It’s strange how that sort of thing can be comforting, isn’t it? I didn’t think I was the type of person to get attached to something like that.
[ seems like Cain isn’t the only one that can’t help spilling some private thoughts ]
I’m sorry, we should change the subject. This isn’t the best topic to start a fun evening.
A few times, yes. It’s almost purple around the bursts of light. People say it’s dark and stormy but it’s actually pretty. I use to sit outside on a stoop and watch it for hours.
[ nicely omitting the fact that she didn’t really have a choice at the time, but it came to be a comfort. ]
between the lightning and thunder? sometimes it was usually really far away though still better than a dust storm what do you miss most about where you came from?
[ his question causes her much more difficulty than she was expecting. The answer is: the people, there’s nothing else worth spit in that terrible city. But he won’t be so interested in hearing the names with no faces to put to them. What did she like? ]
I There were these bottles of carbonated water in green glass that we always had. Everyday we’d lay those out next to a brewing coffee pot while I made a meal for the evening. I miss that.
not really just gotta stay indoors or cover up dust gets fuckin everywhere
[Her description of the green-glass bottles has a nostalgic familiarity, even if he can't relate to that specific element.]
that sounds pretty nice we used candles sometimes at dinner even though we didnt need to, most of the time, or the meal wasnt even that nice cause it came out of a can or whatever still felt comfortable they were these waxy red candles you had to shape yourself mine always looked more like big ugly pieces of rock than a candle
[ It's a shame that he can't see her. It's the first genuine laugh she's had in months. Reshaping her first impression of him as a flashy neon bad boy. ]
Small things like that are important, aren't they? It makes something so simple feel special.
[ Maybe the canned food should be a telling comment, but that was often her reality as well, for weeks at a time. ]
Do you make them here? I feel like it would be
[ She is so embarrassed to say this ]
A good thing for protection. Or to keep those feelings with you. Comfortable, I mean.
here? i dont even know if this place has wax... guess i could look
[It's a thought. Something he hasn't considered, just as he'd pushed those wax candles down into the back of his mind. A forgotten compartment.]
what about you? found any carbonated water that compares? they finally lifted the rationing shit was a pain but i get the reason, this world was even worse off than the earth i know
Oh, I thought since bugs still exist so would bees... I’m sorry, I gave off the wrong impression, I didn’t drink the water. I usually had tea. The water was for a friend. [ never mind the fact she still feels so uneasy about calling the handymen that. Their relationship was a complicated one. ]
I am looking forward to longer showers, although I feel bad about that. I wonder if we should still do our part to help the city and be frugal. Since we’re going to live here
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A rave is a party? I’ve never heard of one before. But a week sounds like a long time. You must have been exhausted.
Yes, that makes sense. You wouldn’t do a kidnapping so obviously.
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yeah its like a party
a really bright wild energetic one with lights and music everywhere
couldve slept another week after it
hows settling in? meet anyone else friendly?
[He could let the conversation lapse until they're meant to meet, but he's enjoying the chitchat, in the meanwhile.]
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Yes. People have been very friendly and kind I’m a little shocked at the generosity here.
Do you usually buy clothing and things for.... new displaced?
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nope, youre my first
usually the safehouse has got enough shit for everyone like clothes and whatever
but i really wanted clothes when i first got here too
tough to go from point a to point b without an outfit change
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Yes, I can see why. The costume wasn’t the best for blending in.
But maybe it wouldn’t have mattered.
Was your rave outfit just as bad?
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real fuckin sexy
thats how they used to dress us up before they started gettin creative with costumes and shit for disguise
who knows what itll be next time
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[ and pretty embarrassing. She has to meet up with this guy and try her best not to imagine his bare butt ]
Hopefully you found warmer clothes.
Can I ask how long your hair was before?
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uh
it had pants. and yeah i did. at the party
[Trying to save face when talking to a cute girl... he won't tell her that he stole clothes off drunk people with Heine, though.]
it was a little longer than it is now
like a couple inches
longer over my ears and in the back
why?
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I'm sorry for being nosey, it was just curiosity.
[ and for a moment that seems like her only response but something spurs her on to write more ]
Everyone had lives and clothing that suited them and looked a certain way. Before they came here.
I was just wondering if you've changed significantly then maybe I have too. My hair was...
[ important to her. but it's way too vain to say. ]
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[A response to the first one, and then the second message:]
was it longer?
itll grow out
it probably sucks right now but you can work on buying the clothes you want again. or get completely new ones, thats what i did
dont really get to pick your outfits in the military
and theyve got tons of different shit here in the city
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[ seems like Cain isn’t the only one that can’t help spilling some private thoughts ]
I’m sorry, we should change the subject. This isn’t the best topic to start a fun evening.
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youre not the only one
did you know i used to have blue in my hair?
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no no
just a few strands in the front
fuck id look so bad with all blue hair
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If you dye it again I’d like to see it.
It’s such a nice colour, like a clear sky.
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more like the color of a lightning storm
you ever seen one of those?
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It’s almost purple around the bursts of light.
People say it’s dark and stormy but it’s actually pretty. I use to sit outside on a stoop and watch it for hours.
[ nicely omitting the fact that she didn’t really have a choice at the time, but it came to be a comfort. ]
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always felt kinda dangerous, you know? even if it was far away and couldnt hurt you
really wild and out of control
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It’s quiet and then builds and slowly fades.
Have you ever counted down between?
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sometimes
it was usually really far away though
still better than a dust storm
what do you miss most about where you came from?
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[ his question causes her much more difficulty than she was expecting. The answer is: the people, there’s nothing else worth spit in that terrible city. But he won’t be so interested in hearing the names with no faces to put to them. What did she like? ]
I
There were these bottles of carbonated water in green glass that we always had. Everyday we’d lay those out next to a brewing coffee pot while I made a meal for the evening. I miss that.
Do you have something similar?
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just gotta stay indoors or cover up
dust gets fuckin everywhere
[Her description of the green-glass bottles has a nostalgic familiarity, even if he can't relate to that specific element.]
that sounds pretty nice
we used candles sometimes at dinner
even though we didnt need to, most of the time, or the meal wasnt even that nice cause it came out of a can or whatever
still felt comfortable
they were these waxy red candles you had to shape yourself
mine always looked more like big ugly pieces of rock than a candle
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[ It's a shame that he can't see her. It's the first genuine laugh she's had in months. Reshaping her first impression of him as a flashy neon bad boy. ]
Small things like that are important, aren't they?
It makes something so simple feel special.
[ Maybe the canned food should be a telling comment, but that was often her reality as well, for weeks at a time. ]
Do you make them here? I feel like it would be
[ She is so embarrassed to say this ]
A good thing for protection. Or to keep those feelings with you. Comfortable, I mean.
[ she's such a sentimental sap at heart ]
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here? i dont even know if this place has wax...
guess i could look
[It's a thought. Something he hasn't considered, just as he'd pushed those wax candles down into the back of his mind. A forgotten compartment.]
what about you? found any carbonated water that compares?
they finally lifted the rationing
shit was a pain
but i get the reason, this world was even worse off than the earth i know
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Oh, I thought since bugs still exist so would bees...
I’m sorry, I gave off the wrong impression, I didn’t drink the water. I usually had tea. The water was for a friend. [ never mind the fact she still feels so uneasy about calling the handymen that. Their relationship was a complicated one. ]
I am looking forward to longer showers, although I feel bad about that.
I wonder if we should still do our part to help the city and be frugal.
Since we’re going to live here
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