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GT: Well, i know the answer is probably yes because i see you texting Jane right now but… are you still there, Roxy?
TG: yeap
TG: not like im goin anywhere 4 a good while
TG: dirk hasnt decided to assacsins creed my ass w/ his sword yet
TG: aassasnin
TG: assadst
TG: fuckin
TG: whatever
TG: you get th point
GT: I’m… not too fond of that happening.
TG: well if u have ny better ideas jakey then u can come over here and relay it 2 distris spiky posterior
GT: Wha- No!
TG: c
TG: this is a shit sandwich no matter how we eatin it
TG: everythings just kind of a bummer rn
GT: A bummer is not the exact wording i’d call it but i do agree.
TG: well what wld u call it then
GT: It’s…
GT: …
GT: It’s horrifying, Roxy.
TG: elaborbate a lot of thangs are horrifyingn these days
GT: It hardly feels real. Or more like, i feel so powerless that it feels like it makes no difference before the end.
GT: And i don’t feel like i’ve made any difference before
my
end.
TG: oh, jakey……………
TG: we’re gonna be comin back man!! u aint gonna be kickin th bucket for realsies
TG: callie told me n all
GT: Roxy i’d trust you with a gun to my head but i hope you realize that doesn’t really comfort me at all!!
GT: It’s,
GT: I just,
GT: I
TG: plz just spit it out homeboy i wanna hear
GT: It’s… i.
GT: I don’t want to die, roxy.
TG:
TG: oh
TG: oh jakey :(
TG: ive died b4 man i promise u its as painless as it can b
TG: you dont need to worry abt that
GT: Yes, yes. You died before. All fine and dandy for you. Just peachy keen. Cream gravy.
GT: I hate to sound like some selfish cock, but roxy i have never done any of that before!!!
GT: Yet you all are just ready to lie down and die because some ghost told you what to do, leaving ol english in the dust yet again!!!
TG: jakey cmn its nott like that
GT: Then what is it about lalonde???
GT: Because from what i’ve seen its all just me out of the codswalloping loop!!
GT: I’ve been in spitting distance of my best friends - and ONLY friends - in the world for 10 darn months, and i’ve barely seen any of you in person!!!
GT: Not only that, but jane is angry at me for a reason i don’t really understand, and my whole dealie with strider!!
GT: The only time i saw someone in that long of a time was jane hopped up on alien lsd to kick me in the scoongelies!!!
GT: And now i’ve got to sit on some stupid dumb little slab because my dream version choked on a peanut and died!!!!
GT: Cheese and fucking crackers i’m supposed to be an adventurer and i die like that!!
GT: Even when it’s not even conscious i’m hurting all of you!!
GT: You know what, no. I answered my own question. You all don’t talk to me because i’m just like this all the time-
TG: jake english stop thinkin those thoughts right now or im gonna come over there and slap u silly
TG: none of the shit you just said is your fault, okay
TG: this isn’t like
TG: youre secerectly evil and just plotting to kill us
TG: youre jusy
TG: defergent
TG: *different
TG: jane doesnt kno how to do the whole emotiongs thing uet and she got mad at you
TG: and dirk is dirk
TG: lord knos you arnt the only one whos been denied by his cold and spiky bosom
GT: Bosom?
TG: yea it means tity
TG: ey dont fuckin do that youre getting me off track
TG: but just
TG: jake
TG: this is entirely platonical and beyond any romance bullshit but just
TG: i fuckn love you man
TG: we all do
TG: im sory if i havent been showing that enough for u and ill try to do better
TG: gonna make sure jane does but strider is a myth to me sry
TG: we dont just like
TG: hang out w/ u because yore lonely or whatever
TG: we hang out with you because youre jake goddamn english
TG: ojne of the coolest peeps in the goddamn world
TG: and im sorry you never felt comfortable enough to talk abt this until now
TG: when we do come back
TG: we need to talk more man
TG: dont want u to feel cahghed when youre free
TG: *cageb
TG: *xaged
TG: fuck it were goin with xaged
TG: but yeah man
TG: its okay to be scared and i probly should have asked abt ur feelins in this first
TG: if it makes u feel better i can come over n do it myself
GT: …No, it’s fine. I’ll be okay.
TG: u sure
GT: Just need a moment, is all.
The messages go quiet for a little while. Roxy gets a little worried.
TG: u still there man
GT: Yes, i’m here.
TG: okay good
TG: jus wanted to let you kno youre a dork b4 you kick it
GT: Roxy!!!!!!!!!!!!
TG: >:3c
GT: But uh… I do actually have something more serious to ask, now that you’re here?
TG: oh hang on i gonna untransform from a cat rq
TG: yea whats up
GT: First of all, thank you. I really needed that. I’m glad to be real and known by you, chum.
TG: awww :’]
GT: Secondly… the god thing.
GT: What did callie say it was like?
TG: oh it was like
TG: hm
TG: it was
TG:
TG: it was nice.
GT: …Yeah?
TG: yeah.
TG: I’m glad.
TG: i am too.
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