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he's (misterenigma) wrote in rooms,
@ 2015-09-14 23:07:00

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*voice, death, eddie nigma

emily/ed
[Emily]
[After this. He calls from Wayne Manor, where he's currently hiding out with Bruce. Ring, ring!]

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Re: Phone: Emily/Ed

soundofwings
2015-09-15 06:31 pm UTC (link)

Destin isn't a ghost. [That, at least, she sounds very sure of. Everything else? Everything else she doesn't comment on. They don't feel right, but they also don't feel wrong. Not the way he says them. She can't even reply to his comment about a kiss. It's all wrapped up in her head into something that's... confusing.

Her voice is soft, almost distracted now:] It felt right. To say. [But she sounds like her thoughts are a million miles away.]

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	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-15 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	[He drops the whole ghost thing. It's mostly a tease and if his theory is right, he really doesn't want to prove it to her over the phone. Actually, he's not crazy about proving it to himself, either. Ed goes quiet, thinking about her calling him Eddie and then, almost whispered:] Emily doesn't fit right in my head. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Phone: Emily/Ed

soundofwings
2015-09-15 06:39 pm UTC (link)

[Dropped, but still there. Still twisting her thoughts around. She curls up tighter in the angle of the walls, tugging one of her pillows closer, like she's building a wall between herself and his theories.] Doesn't fit right? [She doesn't want to ask - doesn't want something else that will make her feel stranger. She was supposed to be at college to be normal.]

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Re: Phone: Emily/Ed

misterenigma
2015-09-15 06:46 pm UTC (link)

I don't know. [Pause and he's really quiet, like he's trying to remember the name of a song. Like it's on the tip of his tongue.] There's something else I want to call you, I suppose? When I try to think about it, I feel like I want to see you. And, it sounds crazy. [He sighs.] But, we just met. Sorry, that's creep level 9000. I'm usually very charming with girls. Nonthreatening.

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	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-15 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	I want to see you too. [It comes in a rush, half talking over what Ed's saying so that she misses the last part. Maybe he thinks that he sounds creepy, but she jumps on the thought of seeing him like there's nothing she wants to do more. Not even go back to her coursework.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-15 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	[A little stunned. Ed's been popular with girls before, but it's never felt like this. The shared, sudden attraction. He gives it about a second to think about and then rolls the dice:] How about now? [He inhales.] I could drive over to campus? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-15 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	[She takes a second when she realizes how desperate she'd just sounded, closing her eyes and tipping her face down to rest her forehead against her knees. It made her voice close and muffled on the phone.] You're spending time with Bruce... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-16 03:06 am UTC (link)
	[Hurt.] Oh. [And then his voice changes. Flippant, confident. Like a wall was built around him.] Actually, I really ought to be going. This party isn't going to plan itself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Phone: Emily/Ed

soundofwings
2015-09-16 03:11 am UTC (link)

No! [The word is sudden, louder than she has been, and she forces herself quiet again, unfolding just enough to curl toward the phone.] I meant... aren't you? Aren't you with... [She trails off, attention split for just a moment as she writes in her journal, a wounded, soft sound from her after her brother's first reply. Whispering, almost to herself.] ...We're something else?

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	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-16 04:13 am UTC (link)
	[Snark.] I think you're confusing me with his butler. [Sigh.] If I leave for a few hours to see a girl, he'll understand. I don't even know where he's at right now, this place is huge. [Playing video games.] But, said girl doesn't want to- [Pause at her whisper. His tone softens.] What do you mean? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-16 04:26 am UTC (link)
	[Staring at her journal, blinking, waiting for another reply from her brother, but none immediately comes.] Destin... He says... [She trails off, quiet.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-16 04:33 am UTC (link)
	[A pause, because he still wants to be a rude asshole. But, she's making it difficult.] Looking at his conversation with you and Steph [...] he's kind of a weird guy. The zombie comment makes no sense and his creeping on Steph is m'lady status. Is he always like that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-16 04:40 am UTC (link)
	He's fine... [She's distant at first, her attention still elsewhere, trying to figure out what's going on still. After a second, she focuses again, her voice sharpening just a bit.] He's weird, but that's normal weird. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-16 04:42 am UTC (link)
	[The distance in her voice is a good indicator for him to skeedaddle.] I'm going to hang up? So you can talk to him about [...] whatever is going on with you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-16 04:46 am UTC (link)
	[She's quiet again - she doesn't want to agree to him hanging up, but she doesn't know how to say that. There are nearly silent sounds over the phone, her opening her mouth to say something, and then closing it again. Finally, in a whisper:] What if it's worse than a ghost? [And then, without waiting for a reply.] I'm sorry, you wanted to go... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-16 04:47 am UTC (link)
	[Simply:] Do you want to keep talking to me? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-16 04:50 am UTC (link)
	Yes. [It's not quite sudden, but there's no hesitation.] You make sense. It feels right to talk to you. [She winces a little, because she does realize that might be a little too forward.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-16 04:53 am UTC (link)
	[He exhales and then:] I barely even know you, and you're already driving me nuts. [The amount of people that get under his skin for long? Almost zero. He's clearly not used to it.] If you're not a ghost- there's a lot of other things you could be. Vampire? I think I'd be okay with that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-16 04:59 am UTC (link)
	[She's close enough to the phone that the slight falter in her breath can be heard.] Bad nuts? [She's trying to stay calm. With the zombie talk from earlier, maybe Destin is just continuing to be annoying at her. Even though it feels like something's off, she'll just ignore it.] I went outside the other day. I didn't burst into flames. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Phone: Emily/Ed

misterenigma
2015-09-16 05:03 am UTC (link)

[He goes quiet, still, like he's trying not to scare her off. He likes the way her breath falters and the affection is there in his voice, whether he wants it to be or not.] Good. I think. [He decides the best course of action is to try and take her mind off the unknown. Make her laugh?] Well, I could run some tests on you. It'd require some [Eyebrow waggle.] hands on inspections.

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Re: Phone: Emily/Ed

soundofwings
2015-09-16 05:12 am UTC (link)

I could try... something else if it's bad nuts... [It's a weird offer, but she's sincere enough about it. But it's lost in the next moment in a laugh that sounds startled out of her, not expecting his tactic to be quite so... forward.] Oh really? Hands on? [She's obviously smiling now, though she still sounds a bit uncertain.] You know, I do understand what that means, right?

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	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-16 05:14 am UTC (link)
	[Smirk.] It's purely scientific, I assure you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-16 05:17 am UTC (link)
	[Still smiling, even though the worry stays close and heavy in her mind.] Oh, of course. All for the science. Should I expect full and proper scientific method? Hypothesis to conclusion? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed misterenigma 2015-09-16 05:19 am UTC (link)
	[Very clearly a programmer and not a real scientist:] I think I'm going to take the space biologist approach to this and just poke at you until something happens. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Phone: Emily/Ed soundofwings 2015-09-16 05:21 am UTC (link)
	I think that what happens will be me poking back. Also, that's the worst idea. What if I grow tentacles or something when you poke me? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)