WHO: Zoe & Greed WHEN: February 9 [Backdated] WHERE: Zoe and Morgan's apartment WHAT: Greed Steals a fake baby WARNING: None Note: The log reads backwards
Zoe didn't want him to go but she was too far down her sulking rabbit hole that she just said, "Good. Fine! Go!" and she stormed off into the kitchen. It didn't mean she wanted to watch him leave.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:18 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: She was giving him the cold shoulder and that always put Greed in a bad mood. He didn't like when she chose to ignore him. He needed a breather whenever she slammed him with reality, it wasn't exactly something he was comfortable with. "Be that way. I'm taking Ava with me!" And he'd find out real quickly just how tedious and time consuming that was going to be.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:54 PM Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Yes I am." her voice was a little testy. "And since you won't answer me about the food, Im going to put it away because I ate." and he was a big boy, he could feed himself. She wasn't his mother no matter how much he might want her to be at times. She picked up a couple of the cartosn to put in the bag.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "No you're not. You were beaming at me a minute ago." He started to sway again back and forth, because that seemed to work the last time he'd held Ava.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:39 PM Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "I'm tired." she said with more snap than she intended. "Are you going to eat or should I put all this in the fridge?" she didn't feel like telling him what the problem was, just thinking about it made her worked up and she didn't want to deal with it. So like he defaulted to child mode, she defaulted to running and hiding.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: The selfish bastard had yet to even issue her an apology. It would be a bigger start than talking about Ava as a she instead of an "it". His brows heavily narrowed over his eyes as he looked at her tantrum. "What has you so pissed off?" Just moments ago they were talking about baby names and having their own little cyborg family---and now she was so mad she wouldn't even look at him. He didn't know there was more, more that she wouldn't tell him. How much of a stab his childishness had been right now.
On Monday, February 8, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "I'm sure there's a button on it somewhere, flip it off. It's your ideal toy, Greed. It'll only perform when you're in the mood." she closed up the carton she was poking at. When he tried to get close to her, she still ignored him. His pitiful voice just annoying her even more. She was tired of dealing with him as a child.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Zoe, she's not stopping." He didn't want to leave, but he'd already done the damage. Zoe was mad and he wasn't sure how to get her to listen to him. He got up and walked over to her. "Zoe...." He might have sounded pitiful but it wouldn't make a difference when she didn't look at him.
On Monday, February 8, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "I don't know what it's doing, figure it out." she said and poked her chopstick through a piece of crab, "And since IT is noisy, can you get the hell out."
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Zoe what is she doing?" The baby started to really kick up a fuss, but Greed hadn't realized it was because of Sammy. It was also the first time he'd called "it" a her.
On Monday, February 8, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe was annoyed that of course he'd want her only when he needed her for something. She just said, "Weren't you leaving?" and didn't even look at him, poking around in another carton.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Greed was ignoring Her long enougho try and figure out this crazed baby. And when it started to cry again because Sammy was licking in the face, he acknowledged that she was still there. "Zooooooeeeee!"
On Sunday, February 7, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe ate slowly, not very much, but she ate, listening to Greed and kinda feeling left out but still not willing to go crawling to him after he hurt her feelings. First with the whole two girlfriends thing and the way he talked about her with his brother, but then not listening to her when she tried to tell him what was important to her.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Eventuality Greed had baby In a cocoon. Sammy had even hopped up on the couch, putting his nose right in her face. He wanted to see why his dad was paying It more attention than him. He started to whimper and whine as Greed talked to cyborg Ava.
On Sunday, February 7, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe took another peek at him, he was such a hopeless mess but she loved him. It was sweet he was trying.. but she still wouldn't go to him. Her feelings had been hurt and she didn't feel like being the one to try so she picked up a shrimp and ate it.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: When Zoe didn't come help him he sat there with it in his lap. He held the baby away from him and it cried and he moved it back towards him and it continued to gurgle and make noises. He started to pet it's head, not really sure what to do. He momentarily honed in on her while Zoe ignored him. He wasn't sure what to do so he took the blanket beside him (Sammy's) and wrapped it around the baby in a bundle. She looked cold.
On Sunday, February 7, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe kinda peeked over her shoulder at Greed with the baby's cries but then went back to the food. Nope, she was not gonna cave. He was being a prick and she deserved better. She sat at the table and opened the box of shrimp.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Again with the guilt. About then the baby started making some kind of god awful noises. It might not have perfect facial expressions (Greed thought it looked constipated) as it made what he guessed was baby farts. That wasn't good right?
On Sunday, February 7, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She wasn't going to beg him to stay, she knew he was in his little kid mode. She didn't turn to look at him, just busied herself with utensils and stuff, "What does it matter what I want, do what you want." which is what he always did and all he was thinking about.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I guess you don't want me here..." He waited for a response as if it was a sentence to life in prison. He stood up, but stood there awkwardly with Ava and Sammy at his feet.
On Sunday, February 7, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: When he didn't argue she knew she hit home. He wasn't treating her like his girlfriend, he was showing one toy another toy. And you know what, she lost her appetite, unable to eat one bite of the food she'd taken out. So she stood there at the table cause that way she didn't have to look at him because if she did she'd cry and there'd be no one to comfort her.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 9:10 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe managed to bring out reality when Greed just wanted to play. It completely switched his selfish mentality to that of needing to be a man. Whenever things were thrown his way it was a lot for him to accept and it was going to blow up in his face.
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Yes,you did... you're on your high of me me me. And I get it... you get ADD cause your brother blew into town and you can't juggle all these balls in the air. I get it. I really do." her throat burned as she said, "But this isn't.. it isn't a game for me. And I don't think you're being my boyfriend right now. Right now... I'm just like that baby to you." a doll whose feelings didn't matter because she wasn't real.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: She was scolding him. He looked down at his feet, watching as Samson finally found his way out of the corner to lay there. "I didn't mean to," he said with a pout, moving his foot from under Samson's nose.
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "You're treating it like one." he hadn't listened to her when she repeatedly tried to tell him. It was like talking to a brick wall. A selfish forgetting they were in a relationship half the time brick wall. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand quickly and took out napkins and chopsticks.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I didn't say it was a joke..." He took a seat on the couch, bouncing the burpy Ava on his knee. He had thought at one time Soe was wrapped around his finger and he'd learned quickly that she was not going to be just a toy for him to play with. That meant as fake as their family was with this Ava, the sentiment was not.
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She paused and she wanted to tell him to figure it out but she knew he never would. So her hands stilled on the cartons and then she said, "You don't listen. And it makes me feel like you don't care." she couldn't look at him as tears pricked her eyes because this wasn't a game to her, this was a very real thing she would never have. "I love you and I always thought when I meet the guy that I'm gonna be with forever I was going to marry him and have kids with him and that changed with you and I'm okay with it.... But part of me still wants that, I want to marry you and have kids one day even tho we can't. So when you bring this home and I agree to it as long as you won't treat it as a COMPLETE joke and you do, it crushes me...."
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: He hadn't meant to say the incorrect word again, it was habit for him. "What did I do?" By that tone she was shoving him out the door. He looked crushed. He'd picked up something that he thought was fun, but by the look on Zoe's face he'd picked up a disaster.
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She gave him a hard look as he said 'it' again. He wasn't taking it seriously and this was going to end up hurting her. Yes, it'd be fun but this is something that meant something to her and he was being a kid about it when she needed him to show he understood and all he was doing was showing he wasn't listening to a damn word. She pushed off the couch and said, "Go play with your toy somewhere else." and she busied herself unpacking the takeout he got.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Little Ava burped and he looked down at the giggly mobile baby. "Oh... That was a good one." He snorted a laugh and looked at Zoe. He was a teenage boy who knew nothing about keeping a baby, so he needed a little guidence."I wanna do this..." He held the baby out to her. "It looks like you! "
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She looked at him and sighed cause he looked like a happy dork, "Then I don't want to do this with you if you're gonna keep saying 'it' and 'I' instead of 'her' and 'we'." they had to be a team to co-parent a fake baby and she really really wanted to do this but she didn't want Greed to crush her dreams that this was a possibility someday for them.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Then what?" She kept putting up road blocks. He just wanted to see what happened with this little mechanical bundle of joy. The baby was happy with him as if it had been their real Ava. It made Greed grin like a loon.
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe looked put out, "HER. Greeeed... if you're just going to treat this like another toy then...." she frowned and looked at the floor as she sat down on the sofa. This was important to her and she felt like this was just a new game to him. Tho the sight of him swaying the baby did melt her heart a little.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 7:22 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "You mean I'd have to take it to work?" He wasn't sure his office was any better. Maybe her dad could babysit. He hated his job anyway right. Greed started swaying side to side and it kept cyborg Ava calm.
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She gave him a look, "It's a fact. You didn't want to change Ava and do the messy stuff last time... and we both work full time jobs so we have to find a sitter or you're gonna have to somehow sneak her to work with you. I'm running around the building the whole day."
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 6:09 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "So is this no or is it a warning? We took care of the Ava before...?" More like she had. Greed had deemed this an accessory at the time, not a living breathing human. And while this new Ava was mechanical, it was going to be a realistic responsibility.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "It means we have to change her and feed her and burp her and take care of her when she cries and all that... being parents is hard work, Greed..." but she was smiling as she moved the squishy baby in his arms so he'd be holding her to his chest and could rub her back.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: He nodded agreeing not with her. Ava started moving again with a few hiccups. Sammy still hid in the corner not sure what this new plastic tiny human meant.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She gave him a look and said, "WE." he was falling back into old habits of not including her and she wanted to break him out of it.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I can do it!" He didn't know how crazy he was when most guys didn't even want the responsibility of a child fake or not and here he was willingly taking it on.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Her. And yes." the baby had feminine features but she'd check to make sure it was a girl but even if it wasnt, they'd still name her that. It was their baby. She looked at him warily, "You know that we'd have to take care of her like a real baby tho.. and this will be a test to see if one day we can have a real one. I know it's impossible... but you and me were impossible and we happened."
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Can we name it Ava." He wanted one so bad with her, and this one seemed more real than anything they would get unless at some point Zoe wanted him to steal another baby. It wouldn't be the same tho and they both knew that.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She was trying not to get sucked into how sweet he was being because this was a road that would end in such heartbreak but he was so sincere and her heart just burst. She put her arms around his neck and hugged tightly, finally kissing him on the lips, a silent yes... they could play house with this baby.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "You said you wanted to." In truth Greed remembered some things in his own way. "I miss Ava..." The one they'd had for a moment and then the almost would have been preganacy. Those were things that were worth remembering for Greed. "It's a family with you." As haphazardly made up as it was.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "I don't know... I guess we'll find out. It kinda.. it kinda almost feels real." the baby wasn't hard plastic, it had a squishy body and even the hands and face were made out of a softer material. She looked at him hesitatingly, "You... you want us to be.. parents...? Like real parents to this fake baby?"
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "This doesn't require me to put down money for a rental fee." What they did with it after would be a task in itself. The baby cooed and bubbled almost as it were about to explode. "Does it poop too?" Cause that was already a task with Sammy. Greed had boundaries.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She gave him a look but was trying not to smile, "I said if you found a place we could RENT a baby and see how we'd be as parents then we could try..." it had been to prove they'd be terrible at it, "This is...." she looked at the fake baby and stroked its cheek, leave it to Greed to find a loophole in what she said and bring home this.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: As soon as she sat the baby upright it stopped crying. It's little chubby arms moved again, and it started to coo. "You said we could have a fake baby. Opportunity came at me and I took it."
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Use it?" she was so confused, "Greed... when we had Ava it was partly so you could pass me off as the nanny. What are we going to use this for now?" but she was already moving his hands so he was holding the baby instead of dangling it by a leg.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "We use it?" Isn't that what you did with babies? Had she forgotten the time when they were first together the baby he'd taken from church? "This one doesn't have real parents after it!" And the kid was probably grateful to get rid of it.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "It's a... okay yeah technically it's a baby." she pursed her lips and cocked her head to the side, "Right. Found.." she didn't take the baby but just put her hands on her hips, "And what exactly is your plan for it?"
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com>wrote: "It's a baby!" He pulled it out by its leg, handing it to her. "I didn't have to rent it. I found it on the subway." Which in Greed lingo meant he stole it from someone on the subway.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe's eyes were wide and she pointed at the creepy thing that was flailing around, "What is that?" and she pointed at it moving closer hesitantly. It looked like a robot caramel baby..
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: He looked dejected, not really ever able to remember that when he needed to the most. Glutt had done some damage to his psyche.
He looked down in his bag where those muffled cries were followed by robotic movements, trying to punch through his bag. He got a ridiculous grin on his face and opened it up. Sammy whimpered and hid when Greed pulled out the mechanical baby.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Remember we're a team." she pleaded, he was always running off half cocked, "You--" she stopped when she heard the cry and was startled. She looked at him strangely, "What was that?" cause to her it sounded almost like a baby... and she remembered in the back of her mind a conversation they'd had where she'd promised him they could practice having a child if he could find a place to rent a baby...
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: She put him in a very uncomfortable position about not knowing what to do. Yes, he'd reverted to old ways because even when he stood up to Glutt, his brother was persistent. Maybe Envy could tempt him elsewhere until he got his bearings straight. "What am I gonna do?" Because he didn't know what other option they he right now.
It was about then the baby stuffed in his back cracked loose a mechanical cry.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She used his words as she stared at him, "Why? It's fake. I made it up." she wanted him to see that even an imaginary other person in their relationship stung. Because she knew him, she knew nothing was ever really fake, everything was a possibility when it meant doing a con.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I'd hate it." She managed to always pull him out of his box and make him feel what she felt. It tore him up and he hated it. He hated that she managed that kind of power out of him without lifting a finger.
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "To acknowledge how I feel." he was trying to minimize the situation but it wasn't so simple. She turned to look at him, still hugging herself, "How would you feel? How would you feel if I said I had two boyfriends? Even if one was fake? Even if there was the SLIGHTEST possibility that I'd have to produce another guy at any given moment."
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Greed thought he was playing this out just right. He might not know where it was going to end but he knew where his heart was. She didn't trust him and after the Lust fiasco he didn't trust himself either. The difference was he was a little wiser.
"What are you asking?"
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "She's fake RIGHT NOW, but she might not be if he wants a real live girl that he can see and smell. You said yourself that he might want to meet her. God...." she turned away from him, hugging herself, "And you won't answer anything.. so you don't know if you will touch her or kiss her... because then you'll say well Zoe I HAD to, it was In the moment! I had to make him believe it!" she hated this so much.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "She's fake! I made it up! It's not gonna get that far." But it could and that was the danger. She was desperate to make sure he was hers and hers alone, and that pull was a rope squeezing and dragging him from the center of his body towards her. It was painful and exciting that she had that much want for him. Nothing else would suffice. He was it and would only be it for her forever.
On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She looked at him upset that he didn't see it WAS serious, "And when he wants to see her and you do find her. If you won't fuck her, will you kiss her? Will you touch her?" her bambi eyes were filled with anguish at the thought. She'd gotten to the point where she couldn't bear to share him with anyone.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: " Why are you making this so serious? When Glutt wants her to materialize I'll figure it out. I'm not going to fuck anyone to get there..." But the fact that he even had a slight thought towards such a scheme was enough to prove her right. She knew the lines he was willing to cross, and when he got so ahead of himself it was with dangerous consequences.
On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: He didn't answer her questions and that look on her face got sterner and more worried, "And what happens when he wants to meet her? Are you going to find some random girl for it? And when he wants to watch you kiss her and fuck her?" so she was getting a tiny bit frantic but she knew how far Greed would be willing to go to sell an act and she really was not looking forward to his 'but its just an act for my brother' excuse.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I thought it would sway him..." Greed hadn't thought far enough ahead. His goal was pushing Glutt into the opposite direction! It had worked because Envy had hooked him away from Zoe, at least for now.
On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "By saying you have another girlfriend? And when he wants to meet her? And watch you have sex with her?" since Glutt had wanted to watch them too. She knew Greed was impulsive but that's why she always thought things through a few steps ahead.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com>wrote: "What? No." He sat down his bag and the food as she glared straight through. "I was just trying to lead Glutt off your trail." Glutt wasn't backing down, so if he had to throw him down a rabbit hole, he was going to do it.
On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She folded her arms across her chest not up for a kiss till she got an explanation and just said, "Two girlfriends?" she wasn't yelling and screaming cause she wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was loyal to her and this was just some game he was playing wiht his brother. But it had stung when she read the exchange he had with his brother in the journal. First talking about her being sexual with Glutt and then Greed saying he had another girlfriend.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Greed unlike her had a massive grin with the takeout in his hand. He went to give her a kiss but was quickly dismissed with her frown. "What's wrong?" Sammy was bustin at the seams for some attention, barking uncontrollably until he got it.
On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe was already dressed comfortably for a night in, just the two of them and their dog. She had on a loose long sleeved top that Greed had bedazzled the arms of before she managed to squirrel it away and PJ bottoms. When she opened the door, he didn't get a kiss or a hug or even a smile. Her eyes were very serious and she looked disturbed and worried. Sammy tho was thrilled he was home and ran circles around Greed before jumping all over him.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Greed sat on the subway, after Glutt had left a pizza in there and it he stained the seat. He was getting it cleaned and shampooed. Greed could have easily just used another car, but he wasn't about to let his brother destroy another one.
A kid sat down beside him with one of those fake babies for school. It started crying and the kid just picked it up by its foot with a shake. It only fussed more. As he cursed to try and alleviate the noise, stuffing it behind him when a crowd of people jumped on at the next stop, Greed used it as opportunity. He shoved it in his back and squeezed out of the subway car. Now the screaming baby was his. It even started to move and flail its arms robotically. So, when Greed showed up at Zoe's, he had something extra than Chinese takeout.