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Hikage

C A L L 🦋 T E X T 🦋 ? ? ?

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3/3

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

1/2

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[ 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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[ ...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/??

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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/????

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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.]

5/6

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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:]

1/2

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Occasionally. We can look together.

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

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

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[ 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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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. ]

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[ A few minutes later he sends along two pictures. ]





Their kitchen barely had anything besides these ready-to-make pasta shells. At least I brought nori.

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[noneforall]

That she does. That's some camouflage.

[Given her fashion sense, she is pretty much blending in with the forest too -- it's not quite on the level of #findthatanimal but it certainly could be a challenge to photograph. He amuses himself with that thought while he finishes up lunch -- he has a waterfall to get to in the later afternoon.

Surely it's a completely different waterfall, and they haven't just missed each other by minutes or so.]

Fried crawfish. It's quite tasty -- I'm told they specialize in seafood here. I suppose they have to do something with all this water.

[Despite all his airs, he's a pretty good omnivore by nature. He might have started sending Hikage more pictures of food just because.]

2/2

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[He's definitely distracted by the next pictures though!! After a few moments:]

I didn't know you could make stuff like this!! Save me some?

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[ He's about to type that he wouldn't mind trying it if it's seafood, but then he in turn gets distracted by the second text. ]

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We had a functional kitchen in Psychedelica, so I know how to make some basic things. I'm not sure how well these will hold up but there was some left at the house. These are all tuna because that's all Saphir had.

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[ A slight delay and then- ]

I could make more another time if we have the ingredients and a kitchen. If you want???? [ No emotes, he's too flustered for that. ]

[noneforall]

It's nice having a functional kitchen, isn't it? Even one with just tuna. Whenever we find a base, they usually come with a kitchen, so might as well get some use out of it.

[Guess who's a nerd and calling it a base because otherwise it turns into moving in together and that's like. Confusing?? It's fine, they're just retired agents establishing a rebel base don't question him. He's more focused on upcoming snacks, anyway -- small bites like this are right up his alley so he might be forgiven for jumping on the opportunity.]

Come to think of it, it's been 20 years since I've seen a real kitchen, too.

1/3

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[ That's a mood all around so Hikage has no problem with this word choice, even if they'e been sleeping in the same bed for over a month now. And though a base has probably come up a few times before, seeing it in text is different. ]

Yeah. [ To what exactly??? Maybe everything tbh. ]

2/3

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[ He's still short circuiting so his texts come in split up because he didn't ask for...feelings(???) Over cooking??? Or a base??? Or from a sticker??? ]

I'll save you one.