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the misfire text; un: dorsay

[takeroot]

1

[That's it. That's the text. And then, after a minute, equally cryptically:]

1 1 1 1 1
2
is this working even one minuscule bit

[culero]

Coming through loud and clear, but who the hell is this?

[takeroot]

oh!
hello!
my name is constantin
i have a sudden suspicion you are not the "help line" i was directed to

[culero]

Help line?
No, I'm Jackie.

What were you looking for help with, though? I'm curious now.

[takeroot]

as briefly as i can manage: everything
i am as out of my element as i can be
which is novel in brief bursts, i will admit!

so i suppose i am on a desperate quest to find out anything at all!
by pressing 1 for assistance

text; un: nomad - pre-6am bc V can't wait any longer XD

[disrupts]

Probably sleeping but... you still here choom?

un: yackie

[culero]

Nah.
Can't fuckin sleep.
You?

[disrupts]

Nope. Moved to the couch cuz tired Ker ain't a fun Ker when morning rolls round

Fuck I'm happy that message didn't just disappear into the fuckin void though

No idea how any of this is possible but I don't care long as you're still here

[culero]

I'd be more thankful to be here if I didn't feel the start of a headache knockin on my door, hermano.

I'm glad to be here, though. Gladder it ain't all a dream. Not so happy to hear I'm not the only one who can't get a good night's rest. I keep thinking about what happened. The parts I remember, and the parts I tried to forget. Don't really make for easy sleep.

What's keeping you up though?

[disrupts]

Same as you. Thinking bout everything and trying to fit it in my head. Like a round peg in a square hole though

Missed talking like this. Whatever happens I'm gonna be there for ya

action; 3am feelings session - cw alcohol

[bodyoftheseus]

Moving in with Jackie was definitely a really good idea - it kept some amount of order in V's life, even if that order was simply he didn't make a mess of the apartment.

Today, however, some of that dysfunction slipped through and he was nursing a bottle of tequila on the couch. He thought he could hear Jackie moving so he spoke out, quietly enough not to bother if he was wrong, loud enough to be heard if he was right.

"Can't sleep choom?"

[culero]

His mother instilled pretty strict rules in him about how to keep a place tidy, and even when she wasn't around and he wasn't living with her, he can hear her nagging in the depths of his memories and so meals got cooked and dishes washed. Which was good because it looks like V is more interested in drinking through his shit than eating right.

Done with the dishes for the night, Jackie tried to have a shower to wind down, but as usual--it wasn't happening. He has too much on his mind for sleep to come easily anymore. So when he sees that V's also awake, he takes a seat on the floor beside his friend and reaches for that bottle.

"No, but maybe some of this might help. What about you? You good, hermano?"

[bodyoftheseus]

Truly V's hit a new level of rock bottom at the point he's not eating. The man loved food almost as much as he loved sex, though if that was the case for Jackie's V from home or not was an unknown. Admittedly, him being a shit roommate was just adding into it all because he knew that Jackie deserved better, but he'd truly reached his limit after Kerry'd denied him.

V didn't expect Jackie to sit down to join in the drinking. Not that the bar to appear functional was high right now, but Jackie was definitely the more functional between the two of them right now. V offered the bottle over to Jackie. He tried to hand it over but he was already pretty deep into it. He didn't let the bottle go until Jackie actually took the bottle, at least.

"If I could I'd be in bed." He sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I'm really not. You good?" The answer was very likely no since he wasn't sleeping either, but he'd give Jackie the opportunity to tell him to shove off.

[culero]

Jackie takes the bottle and has a good swing followed by another like maybe it would be the only way for him to fall asleep. Rather than handing it back, he sets it down nearby in some neutral ground between them. He wants to have a conversation but he's not even sure where to start or what to say, so he just sighs.

"Yeah, I'm not so good either, hermano." He admits it easily. There's no point in beating around the bush. Clearly they both had shit on the brain, and V never makes Jackie feel bad for the way he feels. "What's bothering you, though? You haven't been eating much, and I donno. You just seem..off."

[bodyoftheseus]

V isn't watching Jackie, but he can hear. There's a concern that wells up in his chest for his choom. V personally felt that Jackie was the one who was more stable between the two of them, more grounded and stable. V was the one with the vices and the one that was unstable. He hated to hear that Jackie wasn't doing well either, but he was not surprised by the news.

"What isn't botherin' me?" He pushed his fingers through his hair, then let his hands fall back to his lap.

"There's some other version've me from some other version've Night City, the fuck that was killin' me's here 'cause bein' in my head wasn't enough, my boyfriend's here but he's datin' the other version've me, somehow I'm here even though that should be fuckin' impossible..." He trailed off. There was another thing that bothered him, but he wasn't going to bring up that Jackie was dead where he was from again. That was some salt in a wound he didn't wish to rub in.

text; un: notanetrunner; we can adopt pets now ovo

[bodyoftheseus]

Hey, got some good news and some better news - let you decide which is which

Red's opened shop - for the right price can order some interesting things, including a summoning horn. Which I got. Which supposedly will let me summon Nibbles, if Red's not lyin'. Which means the name Manny's still up for grabs.

Also heard rumor the commerce house handles pet adoptions. You mentioned wantin' to get a scaly friend - maybe they could help with that?

[culero]

A summoning horn?
Sounds like something that was ripped out of some BD fantasy game.

Hmm.
Seems too good to be true. A relatively safe, clean, and stable place like this where we can live for free AND also summon pets from home? Why can't we summon people? Don't know if I buy it, but I'm curious.

I think you should go for it, mano. Worst case scenario is it doesn't work, right? And if that's the case, we can check out that pet adoption place together.

[bodyoftheseus]

Hah, that's what I thought too. Don't think Red's the kind to knowingly sell phony shit, though. Bad for business.

Being honest I'm waiting for something to fuck this all up, but if I'm gonna try to make the best of what we been given? May as well give it a shot, right? Way I see it can't be worse'n where we came from.

Really hoping for best case because fuck all knows what Johnny did with Nibbles once I was gone, but you're right. Be happy to go down with you regardless if you want. Sure they do more than pet adoptions.

[culero]

Kinda curious about how he'd be with animals. Hopefully better than he is with people.

Sounds good. Even if it doesn't work out, I want to know what kind of pets are common here. Something tells me that it won't just be cats and dogs.

[bodyoftheseus]

Gonna give him the benefit of the doubt and say he's better with animals. Even if it's only 'cause they don't talk back.

You think the animals here got gems too? Or weird gem animals?

Text; UN: MikhailCaustic; In reference to the “texts from last night” post

[thetoxictitan]

I would like to issue and apology for those messages awhile back. I was quite inebriated and as such, a sense of critical thinking was lost with it.

un: Yackie

[culero]

No need to apologize. I wasn’t 100% sober either, if I’m remembering right.

So you’re a critical thinker the rest of the time?

[thetoxictitan]

Indeed, unlike some others I am acquainted with…

Are you questioning the validity of my claim?

[culero]

Hell yeah I'm questioning it!
Can you blame me??

[thetoxictitan]

I am a man of science, calculations are a frequent occurrence in nearly every aspect of my study and testing. A critical mind is needed for the work I pursue.

If that is not an adequate amount of evidence, I encourage you to put my results to the test.