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Hikage

C A L L 🦋 T E X T 🦋 ? ? ?

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[noneforall]

I’d say I’m holding you to that, but that’s one thing I don’t need to say today.



[It’s been a date almost since the moment they really woke up, after all. His amused tone probably carries across the whole way, but the dog sticker is there also doing its shibest just in case...! It takes a few more moments for him to respond to the bird picture, he’s probably laughing again.

Sometimes their text exchanges really are something.]

Hmm. I wonder how Marona feels, losing focus to a bird.

[That’s probably a joke about Marona and leaves tbh.]

[kaliedoscopes]

You don't. But that doesn't mean you can't say other things.

She's not. And if I'm going by those stickers, you're a dog. [ He totally missed that because his photography skills are impeccable. ]

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[noneforall]

Oh, am I tiding us over for later?



[That is definitely a dumb pun in the midst of everything, and there's also an even more tongue-in-cheek picture of way too many geese, how is he still alive at this point, that's so many geese.

It looks like they're both spending most of their day outdoors at this rate, but after the past 20 years and change indoors maybe that's no surprise.]

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[noneforall]

[There's a bit of a pause before the next message, but he's probably just moving around, judging by the changing scenery in the bird background. Most of it is just lakes, but it is probably different lakes; unlike Hikage's impeckable skills, his tend to take in more of the scenery!]

Someone told me the stickers worked for me, so I decided to use them when I found them here, that's all. Not sure they're all THAT fitting.

[There should probably be one here somewhere, but he leaves it off.]

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[kaliedoscopes]

What do you think?

...besides the fact that there are too many geese where you are.

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Change of scenery likely noted; Hikage sends along a blurry image of his hand and a particularly flourishing ivy. It's probably not the poisonous kind. Probably. ]

Hm. If you asked me, I might still have to go with a green flower. That's what nostalgia is for, right?

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[noneforall]

There’s a lack of windmills, but I thought you enjoyed watching geese fly into things. Come with me next time, I’m sure there’ll be even more.



[He’s certainly not trying to hide his teasing, or perhaps that’s just a layer over the real invite—it’s not as though he minds traveling on his own, but if he’s going to be text-chronicling anyway... Company wouldn’t go amiss. And...]

2/3 oops

[noneforall]

[He probably spent long enough staring at that reply and picture to be ridiculous given the (hopefully) mundane ivy, but can he help it, really?

There are no further pictures at this time, just a little more text.]

Ah, but flowers don’t have faces, do they? ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ Given our age, though, nostalgia might be our biggest weapon.

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[noneforall]

[Maybe it’s to make up for the pause, but after a little while he sends two pictures.]

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[kaliedoscopes]

[ He reads the text first, waiting for the images to download because nature vs signal wars. ]

Mostly the beautiful ones. But the company counts too, so sure .

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[kaliedoscopes]

[ ...oh. Poor Marona because once the images do load he just stares at his phone for a while, a blush coloring his cheeks. Alas texting gives no indication of this, but his reply might be telling all the same. ]

...this one, actually.

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[noneforall]

Are geese beautiful? It's hard to tell from here.



Maybe I'll have to find out, too.

[With all the joking and flirting around he isn't really watching where he's going literally or metaphorically, and he totally probably has a coffee on him just for hilarity's sake because then the next messages come through and like:]

2/??

[noneforall]

kjkjfkkkkkkkkｄぇえぃｋｋｇ

案d県gケ江

[Please help he probably almost walked into the lake??]

3/???

[noneforall]

[Also you totally got him to break his nice picture streak!!!!!]

4/????

[noneforall]

[...]

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There goes my coffee...

[He's totally red because that was a whole scene and RIP coffee. And also everything else. Mostly everything else.]

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[noneforall]

[...............]

6/6 F

[noneforall]

[....... did he mean to send that one or was he just texting with his face in his hands, we will never know. Anyway, after a bit more fumbling because there is so much fumbling on this end:]

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[kaliedoscopes]

Occasionally. We can look together.

[ Cause his range of interest has narrowed and it's important to get that across, even here. ]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ It's a good thing Hikage is sitting and resting at this point in their hike or he might have walked into a waterfall at this deluge. He laughs at this of course, but the intricacy of using "lol" is a bit beyond him. Besides, he has a more fitting sticker for this. ]



I'll buy you another one later.

[noneforall]

[It takes a little while for him to reply after this because he was busy dunking his head into the next lake getting chased by geese probably trying to absorb everything at once, stop using new stickers on him he didn't ask for this!! Stickers are dangerous to his phone's structural integrity!!

On the bright side, at least LINE backs up conversations because that's important too.]

... OK. I'll remember that.



[It's fine they're always deep in some kind of cups anyways. There is 100% more fumbling here. He really should have spent more time going over sticker packs...]

2/2 is dumb

[noneforall]

[The next reply will probably take a while because this is embarrassing!!! Maybe after lunch.]

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[kaliedoscopes]

[ And Hikage is quiet for a while too because he is supposed to be having sibling bonding time. ]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Eventually though he does send along a picture of Marona surrounded by forest. It's probably different from before though it might be hard to tell given his suspect photography skills. ]

[noneforall]

[Sibling bonding time, nature communing time, same difference these days apparently! Subete takes a moment to tap out a message when the picture first arrives--]

Oh, there she is. I was wondering when I'd see a picture.

[--since Marona being recognizable is worthy of note, obviously. He's changed locales, himself, following both food and a rough itinerary for the day. For once he isn't really bothering to attend to business and is just wandering. It's so strange to have so much free time, this really is what retirement is like. In the meantime...]



Supposedly they're only open in the summer here.

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[kaliedoscopes]

I had to wait because she blends in with the leaves.



That's a lot of...what is that, exactly? [ He's still a picky eater, though he has been trying a lot more food lately. Even if by trying its more like sampling whatever Subete is having but it's progress. ]