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[detectiveofthewest]

"Hey there! I ain't here right now, so leave a message and I'll get back to ya when I can."

TEXT / VOICEMAIL / OLD-FASHIONED LETTERS WHAT ARE THOSE...

♫ Dragon Palace - Okami
♫ Wind's Direction - Bravely Default
♫ World Map - Ni no Kuni
♫ Kiseki no Umi - Record of Lodoss War
♫ Time after Time - Mai Kuraki

Comments

[same day as the newspaper posting came out - from will's phone]

[megidoomed]

[ So. Aradia's had to deal with Mystery Dude being a humongous butt about a phone number he decoded over two hours ago. Sure, she tried asking him about it, but that ended with dead silence and obvious sulking.

So, naturally, she's taken things into her own hands. Ghost-hands. Whatever. Either way, Will's about to learn a painful lesson about letting Aradia anywhere near his phone when she's gotten Ideas.

Sorry in advance for your poor inbox there, Heiji. ]

Why yes hello I'm a complete tool who needs to stop staring at his phone like it just ate a small child in front of an old lady.

[megidoomed]

Something something mystery number in the paper, I don't know.

[megidoomed]

[ She drops the attempts at proper grammar a second later, because that feels so unnatural why ]

i really dont understand he sat there nerding out over it for ages and then suddenly freaked out like it had the plague

[megidoomed]

so yeah hi mystery number this is mystery dudes phone now you too can see him be a butt in person 0u0

[ she has no regrets. ]

[detectiveofthewest]

ohh, my 'missed connection'

our eyes met on the train

[alethiological]

[what

why is his phone going off

he didn't send these texts this-]

oh my god

[GHOST GIRL]

[alethiological]

[And immediately after the last one-]

Ignore those last texts. Now, if you'll excuse me for a moment, I need to educate my housemate on manners and the extent of how impolite it is to manipulate someone's possessions and likeness without their permission.

[detectiveofthewest]

I was wondering why you didn't reply

I thought I was too mean with my hints

who's your housemate

[alethiological]

An asshole. Just ignore her.

[alethiological]

However, your code was fine. The language switching might be a bit unfair to some, but it was a good challenge nonetheless.

I still can't quite understand why you wish to continue our conversations. When you get caught, it's gonna go badly.

[detectiveofthewest]

is that what happened to you?

[alethiological]

Yes. Even if you're ignorant of the other's status, or ignorant of the Rules in general, it's still considered grounds for termination of any and all status. And worse.

If my specific situation warranted the absolute average of punishments, that would make your fate completely screwed.

[detectiveofthewest]

well? are you gonna turn me in?

[alethiological]

As if I'd get anything out of it.

['No'.]

[detectiveofthewest]

is your housemate?

[alethiological]

She doesn't know. She also possesses phones.

['High chance of yes'.]

[detectiveofthewest]

alright, alright fine, I get the picture. sheesh.

[The last message he sends from his current number is a piece of ASCII art which appears to be a giraffe sticking its tongue out at the recipient of the message. In point of fact, it is actually a ridiculously complicated code, even moreso than the last. He seriously doubted any fae could crack it, as it required not only the ability to crack ciphers, but knowledge about the old human TV mystery dramas from the twentieth century. And a vanishingly small amount of fae gave an adequate fuck about one or the other, let alone both. What it said was:]

I'm sorry about what happened to you.

[megidoomed]

[ The minute Will dives off to be a nerd code break, Aradia casually hijacks the conversation again because she's an idiot who rises to bait. ]

ok first of all that made me sound like some sort of spooky ghost cop and thats hurtful

[megidoomed]

even if i knew where to turn people in i still only do it if it's funny it's too much hassle otherwise

[megidoomed]

also thats a cute giraffe! but for some reason it made him go full screechmode again so i hope thats what you were intending

[ How. ]

[detectiveofthewest]

well I can still talk to you, right? you're not an incurable dweeb

some people just can't handle giraffes. it might be acacia nerves.

1/x, await ghosts

[alethiological]

[why is his phone still going off- god dammit]

I didn't screech. She's making false claims from biased evidence and I wish it stricken from the record on the grounds of slander and her being an asshole.

2/?

[megidoomed]

wow rude how am i the asshole here im just giving this cool mysterious stranger an accurate portrayal of how you dived across the room like a doofus

[megidoomed]

[ brb working out how to change his phone password to 'yolo' ]

see this is what i have to deal with here

4/4

[megidoomed]

some people are clearly allergic to fun and good taste unlike yourself mystery phone buddy