[Nailed it. Charlie will hear the front door of their little cottage open and close. Neil closes his phone and puts it in his pocket until he's made it all the way to the end of the street. Hell! He'll even round the corner and go all the way to that end too.
[He takes his phone out once again, navigating to Charlie's message with no help.]
[Alright. He's got this. He took a test picture earlier today while he was walking through the Greenery. Just give him a few minutes - a few minutes, and then...
[Voila! A picture of a true, genuine Stellari squirrel. He sends it to Charlie. It works!]
[Neil's just reaching the front door of their little cottage by the time the message goes through. He stands outside the door to send a message back. It takes about as long.]
We'll practice as much as possible, then. The punctuation is particularly challenging.
I am outside. Should I come in?
[They may be tempted to talk in person! This is intensive studying! They know they're no good for that when they're alone!]
[ It takes a while for Charlie to type the message, but even longer for him to consider the answer. They really won't get anything done if they're together, so... ]
Yeah. Come in. Don't stand around outside. But let's stay in different rooms and keep practicing.
[He considers only sending that, but decides to add a "quick":]
I'll come in right now.
[Alright. He opens the door and passes through. He does poke his head into Charlie's bedroom real quick, but only to give him a quick wink. Then, he goes to his own, even going so far as to shut the door.]
[ Neil ducks in for a wink before heading to the room across the hall, and for a moment it's so Welton that Charlie's stomach turns over on itself.
He manages to give a thumbs up before Neil shuts the door, and then that hand covers his eyes, pulls down his face. He needs to get his shit together. ]
Alright.
[ He sends... the blurry photo of Kazuya that he took when he first learned how to use his phone. ]
This is the guy who showed me how the camera works.
when ur dead roommate keeps acting like everything is normal
[ The messages come through, one after the other, and the benefit to still typing slowly is that Charlie has time to rethink asking you don't even have your glasses?
Of course Neil doesn't have them. He clearly wasn't wearing them when he died. ]
[Neil may not know exactly what's on Charlie's mind, but he knows what's on his own at all times, and he knows that his death didn't only affect him. That became brutally clear in the Enchanted Garden.
[He tries not to think about it. He spent his entire life trying not to think about it. It's merely habit by now; practiced.
[Charlie knew him better than anyone else in the world did. He still didn't know everything.]
I suppose we should start wishing, then.
I'm not sure how many of those "shards" I'll need, though.
Look at that. Quotation marks. Am I good, or what?
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[Alas. Charlie is gone. Ah! But! Neil's phone makes a ding!]
is it working?
[Finding the question mark took ages...]
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[ Why the hell was the exclamation point there? ]
Try going outside
Walk down the block
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[Nailed it. Charlie will hear the front door of their little cottage open and close. Neil closes his phone and puts it in his pocket until he's made it all the way to the end of the street. Hell! He'll even round the corner and go all the way to that end too.
[He takes his phone out once again, navigating to Charlie's message with no help.]
testing
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These things really work.
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It's incredible. I can't believe it.
[TWO sentences!]
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Try taking a picture while you're out there. I think we can send them too?
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[Alright. He's got this. He took a test picture earlier today while he was walking through the Greenery. Just give him a few minutes - a few minutes, and then...
[Voila! A picture of a true, genuine Stellari squirrel. He sends it to Charlie. It works!]
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Looks great, slick. Now come back.
[ And while Neil's walking back, Charlie will take the entire duration to type out one message: ]
We should keep practicing so we don't look like dumbasses with all the future people here.
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We'll practice as much as possible, then. The punctuation is particularly challenging.
I am outside. Should I come in?
[They may be tempted to talk in person! This is intensive studying! They know they're no good for that when they're alone!]
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Yeah. Come in. Don't stand around outside. But let's stay in different rooms and keep practicing.
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[He considers only sending that, but decides to add a "quick":]
I'll come in right now.
[Alright. He opens the door and passes through. He does poke his head into Charlie's bedroom real quick, but only to give him a quick wink. Then, he goes to his own, even going so far as to shut the door.]
Alright. I'm ready.
Why don't you try taking a picture this time?
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He manages to give a thumbs up before Neil shuts the door, and then that hand covers his eyes, pulls down his face. He needs to get his shit together. ]
Alright.
[ He sends... the blurry photo of Kazuya that he took when he first learned how to use his phone. ]
This is the guy who showed me how the camera works.
when ur dead roommate keeps acting like everything is normal
Spectacular. What's his name?
Was he born with hair like that, do you think?
he's doing great thanks for asking
Charlie has to check how to spell it... ]
Kazuya.
No clue.
He can make fire appear in his hand. Lit my cigarette with it. It was pretty slick.
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Oh. That reminds me. I still haven't tried that transformation ability yet...
["transformation" was tricky. He's getting pretty good at this, though.]
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What animal do you think you'll be?
[ WHY IS THE PUNCTUATION SO DIFFICULT. ]
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[The commas...]
I should be asking what you think.
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Dog
Scottish terrier
A miniature one
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Not a little yapping dog like that. How long have you had that in mind?
[He answered so quickly (only three minutes of typing!)!]
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Hey. Look at this. 😛
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Not nearly as dorky as Neil. Jesus Christ.
Charlie looks through every single tiny picture before sending one. ]
Is that supposed to be you?
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[He is pretty dorky, yeah.]
I hope that's not what I look like.
Maybe more like this. 🤓 At least when I'm reading.
I need to ask for those back. 👓👓👓
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Of course Neil doesn't have them. He clearly wasn't wearing them when he died. ]
Better start making wishes, slick.
A guy in a bar told me I can ask for my sax.
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[He tries not to think about it. He spent his entire life trying not to think about it. It's merely habit by now; practiced.
[Charlie knew him better than anyone else in the world did. He still didn't know everything.]
I suppose we should start wishing, then.
I'm not sure how many of those "shards" I'll need, though.
Look at that. Quotation marks. Am I good, or what?
hehe do u wanna wrap......
hehe here's a lil wrap from me in that case
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NOW IT'S WRAPPED