♬ not gonna reach my telephone

[looting]

art: MU- @drawr


『 Hey! Looks like you managed to miss me somehow... Way to go.
You can make it up to me by leaving a message, though. Until then... au revoir! 』

[ beeeeeep — ]

[ Action: Apt. 25(.2) | Voice | Video ]

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[memlost]

[ He parks himself on a couch arm. ]

Sort of. Ada got one for surviving the maze. My violin friend disappeared before I ever got him to play for you, but I'm sure Ada would be glad to do it instead!

[looting]

No way! What, it just showed up?

[ ...He looks really excited, though he really would have loved to hear the violin while he had the chance. It feels like it's been ages. ]

I'll have to ask her. Though I did tell her before that I'd love to hear her play.

[memlost]

Yup! When I go back to the house yesterday, it was sitting there all spick and span. It looked like it'd barely been touched.

[ Which was, in fact, true. Morgan doesn't know it, but Ada's been too guilty to play the thing. ]

I didn't know you knew Ada too! She and I are roommates, y'know.

[looting]

[ How unusual. Nothing in Haven ever feels spick and span, and even the "new" and "nicer" luxuries are nothing to write home about. He's trying to imagine this piano, though is content to leave it at that when Morgan continues. ]

Oh, yeah! We're pretty good friends. [ He brightens a bit as he says so. ] She's really shy, so I've been trying to get her to come out of her shell a little...

Without stepping on any toes, that is.

[ She did mention she was seeing someone... though it might be a bit too forward, even for him, to ask Morgan about that. ]

[memlost]

......

Oh. Ohhh.

[ Toes... being stepped on... HE GETS YOUR CODE, BRO. ]

You know about that too, huh? But boy, Raphael, that possibility didn't even occur to me. You're a genuine ladykiller, huh?

[looting]

[ ??? EXCEPT HE MEANT IT PLATONICALLY because he's too stupid to think about that stuff?!?! He's also pretty dense so it's going to take a bit longer for him to understand what Morgan was getting at. ]

Huh?

[ HE DOESN'T... KILL LADIES...

okay no he actually knows what that means, which is why his voice is laced with a light chuckle.

But still... ]

[memlost]

[ Too much time with Inigo has apparently intensified his playboy-seeking sensibilities... about one step too far. ]

Then again, I was your first kiss, so maybe not...

[looting]

[ ...Raphael's just going to laugh at that. It's a nervous laughter, very light, very forced, but it's the closest he's gotten in a long while.

He remembers the party again. It seems so long ago now, and he'd spoken to Ada there, too. ]

Hey now. The bottle forced my hand.

[ Which is a flimsy excuse for the boy who insisted Morgan had a choice.

Which he did. ]

[memlost]

[ there was no choice

honor demanded it ]

Ha ha. I should thank you for that spin, I think. It worked out for the best! That game was a little fun, in retrospect.