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[abandonware]

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[opheliac]

someone u dont know, but u *can* know. i saw u on the broadcast and im interested!

[abandonware]

why would i need to know you?

[opheliac]

the answer is easy! ure getting to know someone who i know personally. soooooooo i just want to make sure ure a good egg. this place gets pretty whacked.

safety first.

[abandonware]

[A very long pause.

Finally:]

i'm not going to hurt anyone here.

[opheliac]

of course u wont! because i wont let u.
buut thats not what we're talking about here.

[abandonware]

[She's accustomed to threats, but this one falls outside of her lived experience. Machines would threaten death, and there had been 9S and a string of other androids. All of those fights had been dead serious. She doesn't know what to do with... whatever this is.]

who is this.
what the hell are you talking about then?

[opheliac]

iiiiimmm talking about someone u chatted with recently, silly!!
i told u. i saw u chatting with someone who i know personally.

anyway, lets cut to the chase! ✂ 🏃‍♀️

what are ur thoughts about a boy named ekko?

[abandonware]

my thoughts
OK.
he's alright. are you his friend or something?

[opheliac]

just "alright", huh? how did u two meet exactly?
because on the broadcast, it looked like this was ur 2nd chitty-chat-chat with him.

[abandonware]

we met fighting the dumb snowmen that were wandering around here.

[math lady squinting...]

and yeah.
he's alright.

[opheliac]

yep, thats him! hes a hero, u know. the boy savior is what i call him. always buzzing around to fight and save people.

good kid, good kid. AND WELL! if he is just alright and not theres nothing more than that, then i guess u passed the inspection. for now.

[abandonware]

great. i'm so excited to pass whatever this was.
are you done?

[opheliac]

yyyep! looks like everything seems to be in order. u may carry on befriending my ekko. and dont do things to him that, well, i *WOULD* do but thats because he belongs to me so i can, BUUUUUTTT hes NOT urs so u shouldnt do.

get it? got it? good. see u later, a2. try not to use that pretty face for evil or someone will get ya! 🙊

[abandonware]

["My Ekko?" Hm. This was some sort of......

Relationship-thing.]

understood.


does he know you're doing this?

[opheliac]

huh? why does that matter?

[abandonware]

[a pause.]


nevermind.

[opheliac]

if u got something to say to me, spill it, snowflake.

[abandonware]

don't push it. i don't have a problem with you. but i can, if you want to keep talking big.

it's a privacy invasion. i don't give a shit that you asked me. i can keep it to myself. but he might. seems like that kind of person.

[opheliac]

oooh hooooo. lookie, lookie. spoke to him for a grand total of, what, 2xs and now u know what kind of guy he is? arent u observant?

u dont push me, and i dont shove u. sounds like a deal, dont u think?

[abandonware]

what's to observe? you're the one who called him a "boy savior."

doubt you can shove me. like i said, i don't care. but it's stupid to threaten someone you don't know.

[opheliac]

"doubt you can shove me"
is that a dare or a double dare? 🐵

OR its a genius idea and u just cant crack it because of the intelligence isnt there. its ok, it happens to the best of us. nothing to be ashamed of.


ANYWAY!!! its been great touching bases with u, snowflake, be nice to ekko, ok??

[abandonware]

whatever.