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[pale_blue_arrow]

This is Brendan Frye. If it's urgent, you might have a better chance o' tracking me down on foot. If I'm not answering, chances are I've gotten in over my head with something, not that I'm refusin' to give you the time of day. So leave me some words and I'll get back to you as soon as I don't have a fire to put out.

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[pale_blue_arrow]

when they go high tech, we go low. old fashioned tape recorders, the bulky kind, are made of enough plastic they don't ping most metal detectors. something to think about when you've gone over this more, when we're sure if that'd be plausible or not. we need to build a mountain of evidence, and making mountains takes time.

then you and futaba need to get to work unearthing a name you don't know. otherwise this'll become a horrorshow very quickly.

[lempereur]

She's working on it. They have people as good as what she does as she is, it's taking a while. But she will.

[pale_blue_arrow]

i'll see what i can do in the meantime. but it's honestly not going to be much. this is a big op, we're gonna spend weeks just in the planning stage, yusuke. i'm sorry. i want you outta this jam ASAP but there's no miracles in life.

but if shit goes south, tell me? not just because i'm helping you on this but because i wanna know you're okay.

[lempereur]

I have no delusion that this will happen overnight. I am in a good position now within the organization, I can wait, as long as I get things handled outside of it.

Making amends, fixing my mistakes.

....I don't know if this counts. I just wanted to say hello.

I will keep you informed.

[pale_blue_arrow]

i managed to wreck the drug rings back home in three weeks but they'd already had a previous inside betrayal and also, i didn't have people nagging me not to die. this is trickier.

i suggest cuddling your boyfriends a lot. you need emotional support. shove two mattresses together if you have to in order to make it work. cuddles, art movie, snacks. a night of normal.

none of our conversations go the way either of us planned. it's unmazing and no, that's not a typo

you better. or else i'll ask futaba and get her to nag you. she seems nice, nice girls nag.

[lempereur]

Did that drug ring include violent telepaths and shapeshifters? Everything is trickier here. It was much more simple for our team when we were the only ones with otherworldly powers.

I'm sorry. I don't mean to drag you into this.

Futaba is the kindest person I know. She's incredible, but persistent. Be assured that she will push me if I need it.

And I will start on the snuggling right away.

[pale_blue_arrow]

no, but that doesn't change the fact i want you out of it and want it uprooted and burned and the ground beneath it salted.

if you hadn't i'd've found my own way in, let's not kid ourselves. besides, you need the emotional support. well, more emotional support, i assume your boyfriends are also supportive. and futaba. futaba seems supportive in her own way, i just don't want to cross her.

good. go forth and snuggle them long and hard and no, that's not a sex joke. i'm sure you're going to get enough remarks about your sex life from dumbasses to last you a lifetime, though. people always have their minds in the gutter when it comes to poly relationships. apparently i'm the only one who ever mentally mapped out the kind of pillow forts that could be made with three people working on it.

that is also a suggestion. make a pillow fort with your boyfriends. it's what i'd do if i were you.

oh and tell your boyfriends that if they hurt you i know how to make hallucinatory drinks, hotwire cars and break into houses and i have demonstrably no chill so they'd better treat you like their siren prince or else. :)

[lempereur]

Even so, I did not contact you to make your life more difficult, or to enlist your help. Although, I think I will need all that I can get. So, thank you. Sincerely.

You are the first of what I am sure will be many to bring up our sex lives. I may as well start getting comfortable with it now.

They treat me better than I deserve, don't you worry.

[pale_blue_arrow]

i'd volunteer my help for anybody in your situation. this just isn't right. you deserve better than this. i'm just sorry i was an asshole before. if i'd been helping you out sooner maybe we could've avoided some of this.

i'm not gonna bring it up on a regular basis or anything. you're smart enough to know communication is key - everybody talk it out and it works out, blah blah blah. it's the same as a normal relationship except cuddling involves more limbs. but yeah, expect people to act like this is somehow scandalous. people are prudes sometimes. just remember you don't owe anybody an explanation. if you're happy, that's all that counts.

they had better, with what you're going through. you need all the support they can give plus a therapy animal of some kind. maybe a shiba inu. although that's what couples do when they get really serious, they either move in together or they get a pet. and you might not wanna send that 'i am very serious' vibe just yet. still, it's an option to consider.

[lempereur]

It started before we met. I would say we are more than even. If anything, I will be in your debt, assuming we both don't get ourselves killed.

We know. We have done plenty of talking about it. I am prepared for questions, but whatever most people think of me is of no concern.

I can hardly remember to feed myself, most days. I do not need a dog.

[pale_blue_arrow]

oh, we're gonna get grievously injured and drink heartily when this is over. but you're not gonna get dead. futaba would kill you if you did. and then i would. and then your boyfriends would, too.

you're luck you're thin enough you guys can all fit on one bed. that whole twink artist look is very 2004 but it has its' advantages. well played.

it'd instill a sense of responsibility in you. plus animals raise serotonin levels in the brain. i'm not even fucking kidding, scientific studies were done. they literally produce joy.

maybe get a low-maintenance pet. a cat. kitsuke.

[lempereur]

That sounds pleasant. The drinking heartily bit.

I have no idea what that means.

My roommate has two dogs already.

[pale_blue_arrow]

we should all get drinks and make fun of a bad movie together. unwind. act our actual age for once.

sorry. i grew up near LA and i absorbed a lot of their terminology. i need to work on that, don't i?

then maybe try hanging out with the dogs. it helps your mental health and you're stressed, so. worth a shot.

[lempereur]

So many awful ones to choose from...

I like the way you talk. When you are not angry. It's eclectic.

[pale_blue_arrow]

we should watch a bad american movie remake of an anime. that way both our cultures are done horribly onscreen for our viewing pleasure.

eclectic is a lovely way of saying hot mess. thank you.

[lempereur]

That sounds terrible. I'd love to.

[pale_blue_arrow]

ever seen the butchered american version of sailor moon? it's a trainwreck. they added psas onto the end of each episode. we could make a drinking game and marathon that shit.

[lempereur]

A drinking game? Is it really that bad?

[pale_blue_arrow]

oh sweet summer child. if anything, i am honestly underselling it because i watched it as a kid, but even as a child i knew it was atrocious. even the theme song falls flat. google it.

[lempereur]

I was born in February.

This tag makes me wanna go reread Wintergirls.

[pale_blue_arrow]

it's a midwesterner thing. see, in indiana, kansas and minnesota, innocent or naive people are 'summer children'. assholes and self-centered people are 'wintergirls' or 'wintermen'. or at least they were until that book called wintergirls came out and now wintergirl/winterman means anorexic or bulimic.

my mom isn't even from the usa but my dad was born in kansas, did college in indiana, and lived in minnesota for three years. my vocabulary is a fucking disaster, and i blame him.

[lempereur]

Do you think I'm niave?

[pale_blue_arrow]

not on all subjects. but despite being an ace at a lot of subjects, you totally lack knowledge in others. it's more like you're intelligent without being worldly on some levels.

[lempereur]

To spend so much time sorting through humanity's subconscious, and still be so unaware. An astounding feat.

I have much to learn.

[pale_blue_arrow]

that's because some things come from interacting with people and you don't come across as someone who's done a lot of that. the subconscious is one half the equation, the conscious is the other.

everyone always has more to learn. what matters is how you decide to act, knowing that.