Repose

[Derek]
[She just got home from closing up, in her pajamas but still with her hair done and makeup on. Texted, even though she's pretty sure Derek is in the other room:]
Hi

On the forums:

[Holly]
i know i'm late to the not-party and i'm sorry i didn't say anything sooner. i heard you got hurt.

[Jamie]
i apologize for our last conversation. i know that one started out as an apology, but it went off the rails and i didn't react right and said some messed up stuff. i don't want you to feel like you have to reply, but i did want to say that i'm sorry.

[Si]
how goes it?

[Hannah]
how are things going? i saw something about you apartment hunting?

[Against her better judgement, Lear]
congrats on the new house.

[And, finally, Seven]
six months and one day.

[Hannah S. & Si M.]

The agent Hugh got me in contact with has a place. It's a three bedroom, in the neighborhood and very much in our budget. The place has been empty for a while so they want to get renters in as soon as possible. By the end of the week if we can.

Here is a link if you want to look.

[...]

I have some friends who may help us with moving and I need to still get stuff from my paren.

[Added later, Hugh M.!]

We found a place, thank you so much.

[Alex W.]

[Deep breath.]

Hey, I was kicked out. I have some stuff and Noah has a place for me at the B&B until my roommates and I find a place. [...] Would you mind helping me get more of my stuff? I don't want to go alone. [...] Please don't tell anyone.

[Hannah S., Si M.]

[Deeper breath.]

Hey, so. My dad flipped a little when I told him I am moving and he decided to start the process early by making me leave lol?. So, I am at the B&B temporarily. I was hoping we can start looking soon, it would help me figure things out.

Hi. I am looking for an apartment, well, Hannah and I are. If there are any openings or someone looking for roommates I'd really appreciate any leads or suggestions. Thank you.

[Locked to Mars M]
hey.

[Locked to Amy M]
ames.

[Holly NW]

Hey so like, what do I get the guy whose music taste can beat mine out the room? How you doing?

[Si M]

Hey, man. I don't know when you'll get this, but I think we're all proud of you. Love you.

[Sage B]

Okay Sagester, I have a mission for you. Super secret Floridan business.

[Alex W]

Hey. How Christmassed out are you?

[Lock: Si]

Do you know about the rumors?

[Lock: Claire]

have you been sharing too?

[Group: Mars M, David N, Jamie M, Si M]
[She almost doesn't ask, given how things went for Thanksgiving. But...:]

Hi. It doesn't look like Si is going to be back for Christmas, and I was wondering if you guys had anything planned? Someone invited me for food, but I wanted to know if anyone wanted to come, or if you guys were doing something different?

[It takes a few days for her to get back to the forums after the night of the train.]

[Hannah and Si]
hi. sorry it took so long for me toget back to you.

[Noah]
hey. i'm way late in replying but everythings ok. you and holly good?

[Travis]
hi.

[Derek]
[A little after the other messages.]
i might need some time off. and maybe help figuring out the bank thing your person got for me?

Happy White People Have Fucked Over the Whole World (but are Still Awful Lovers) Day

Happy dead bird day, Repose.

So
I am
I have decided

I am making a list of books a person should read at least once in their lifetime. […] I am considering hanging it up at work once it's done.

Would I'd love suggestions of books that left an impact on you.

[…]

If you were The Soldier, hi. I'm the Fortune Teller.

[Group lock: Amy M+Mars M+Jamie M+David N]
sound off.

[Group lock: Amy M+Marta F]
all good?

[Locked to Billy K]
[Someone has to check on him, so...] hey.

[Locked to Si M]
[Late. Late, late, late. After returning from New York. Around 2 am, and all the lights in her trailer are dark.]

Hi.

[Locked to Jamie M]
so, are we talking?

[Hannah and Si]
hi. i'm back during the days for work but not really for breakfast yet. i just wanted to let you know.

[Holly]
hi

[Aedan]
how are you? okay?

[Time-fuzz, because they were actually only gone a couple days.]

[Locked to the Mayers]
we're back.

[Locked to Hugh M]
we're back.

[Locked to Mara F+Am Hannah S]
we're back in town.

Who: Anyone who wants to come/group log thing.
What: A dark, free-night.
Where: The Neon Retro Arcade.
When: Fridayish, after this.
Warnings/Rating: Anything goes in here. Feel free to start individual threads within.

The arcade, as a rule, was open later than most anything downtown. The owner wasn't local, and he really didn't care how the thing was run, not as long as it was making money. The place didn't open until after noon most days, and it closed late, making it a regular haunt of the town's younger adults. But tonight was special. Tonight it was 10 pm, and all the lights inside were turned off. The games still operated, neon casting the otherwise dark space in a bright-bubblegum glow that still maintained clusters of shadows and utter darkness.

The games were all free for the evening, and the PlayStation and X-Box, situated against the back wall and across from a pair of couches, were also free to use. There was a cooler in the back hall, next to the bathroom, with drinks, and the music that played through the arcade speakers was loud and fun, adding more conversational privacy to the already dark space.

And it went without saying that no one was policing anything happening within. Even the local sheriff was understood to be looking away for the night, thanks to anonymously greased palms.

[Locked to Hugh M]
thanks for the room.

[As Hannah S. The morning after Boise, from the hotel bathtub.]

[Group: Mars, Si, Jamie, David, Hugh, Marta, Caspar.]
Hi. Sorry. I don't know what happened, but I'm okay now.

[Caspar A]
I'll still pay, so that you won't tell your dad. Okay?