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Why did you want my number so badly?

[So he really did make good on reaching out. Giving it some thought, Cater decides not to go full emojispam/hardcore flirtation mode.]

Why not? You seem like someone worth knowing.

[Wow no emoji!!!!]

hmmm

Because I'm the one who gives free stuff?

even I'm not that scummy LOL
Do I really need a concrete reason? maybe I just have a thing for tech savants

only maybe?

okay I definitely for sure have a thing for tech savants
I'm a filthy casual but I know what I like
What about you? What're you into, Nekura?
and I mean like hobbies, etc.
I'm only slightly fishing for ur more intimate preferences

then I'll probably bore you
I used to be a gamer and was working on a huge game project

nowadays this is all I do
monitor you guys
grant requests
watch videos
listen to music

why would that bore me???

[Oh. That sounded...incredibly lonely.]

so what I'm hearing is we gotta get you some more things to do
unless ur like chill only doing those four things
maybe my vibe detector is off but I'm getting the impression you're tired

keywords: used to
gave up a lot of the fun kinds of tech
to stay here

[ . . . ]

guess that's a good word for it
for a while I wasn't
cant remember all of it
but used to be three of us working here
after losing one of us
[Instead of finishing where he's going with that, there's a pause and then just:]

sorry

just confusing you atp

you don't need to apologize
I don't mind if you wanna vent even if I don't get all of it

[Kind of sounds like some of these thoughts and feelings had been building up for some time. It's probably easier, in some ways, to talk to a stranger about it all.]

How long have you been here?

Edited 2025-02-08 08:56 (UTC)

dunno
at least a year

[To Cater, that sounded miserable. He'd been here for, like, a day and he was beyond sick of it. But based on what Nekura had said...]

but you'd rather be here, stuck doing what you're doing, than where you were before?

not entirely about
that

can't leave
not til I find them
the missing third

Is us helping you find them an option?

you'd have to ask Kele about that

he's the only one who remembers

Oh.

[Well, shit.]

idk I kind of get the impression he wouldn't appreciate that I'm even talking to you lmao

yeah that's
just how he is

Zaen is the one he likes most

[Sounds incredibly smothering! But Cater's not here to try and unpack that relationship so for now he won't question how Nekura even feels about that.]

I'm still meeting everyone, but I'll see about bringing it up w/ them.
Unless you want me to keep this all a secret. No judgement either way.

Zaen's like
idk looks 12 or 13
lives in a treehouse

he ate the blot during Vil's OB fight

gotcha LOL

[Though, Cater pauses. The way he said that so matter-of-fact was like he knew the ins-and-outs of how magic worked in Twisted Wonderland. Was just just cause Azul and Jamil had been here long enough and Nekura was watching?]

how much do you know about us even???

a little

["""a little"""]

[Ominous. And Cater's not so sure he believes that. Doesn't feel like pressing or arguing would really get him anywhere, though.]

Well I don't want you to think I'm just trying to farm for lore here
Is there anything you just wanna chat about?
Break up the monotony of only interacting via item requests????

what do people usually just chat about?

[They didn't know? Were they just that unused to talking to people these days or was it something they'd always struggled with?]

idk just like whatever
funny things u saw on the internet lately
random gossip u heard
crying sobbing whining screaming abt the cruel mistress we call fate

hmm

link

omg

[Someday he's gotta figure out how to get access to videos and memes. But in any case, this did give Cater an idea of something they could talk about.]

u like cats? 😺😺😺