Aather: Candle call post

[thinkoutsidethebox]

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Day 321, evening

[rebells]

[someone is assuredly not going to call you, especially not today

which is to say, what a wonderful time for you to call him]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[a truly wonderful time]

Hello, hello~ Are you there, Swift?

[rebells]

[ . . .

takes candle out of inventory

does not stop making this face]

What do you want, Erika?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

How rude. I'm just calling to check in on you.

[rebells]

You're calling to check in on me.

[rubs his temples. it may be noticeable that he looks rather drained]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Is it a bad time?

[rebells]

[yes]

Is it ever a good time to talk to you?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

If not, then the fact that you took my candle means you're willing to talk even at bad times.

[rebells]

[deadpan]

I was going to melt it down into something useful, but I never got around to it.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

You should learn to act more quickly, then.

[rebells]

Clearly.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

In the meantime, how about we talk?

[rebells]

You haven't said anything interesting yet.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

You look like something's happened.

[rebells]

[ . . .

reaches over to snuff this candle out]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Hey!! Swift!! You can't just hang up on me when I say something you don't like, that wasn't part of the deal!

[rebells]

[snorts--pausing, though]

I didn't realize we had a "deal."

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[mimicking his voice] "I'll talk to you if and when you can actually make it interesting."

I'm fairly confident this conversation will be "interesting." I think you know that as well. You just don't want to have it because you're afraid.

[rebells]

Do you treat everything anyone says as a binding promise?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Were you lying?

[rebells]

Do you also assume that everything everyone says is categorically and absolutely true?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

No, I assumed that you knew enough not to say something to me that was absolutely false. Though, I suppose I shouldn't have, since you did tell me I shouldn't be taking you seriously.

[rebells]

[rolls his eyes]

Strangely enough, there's a lot of distance between "I was lying to you" and "Yes, Erika, please interrogate me whenever you like."

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Then, tell me, when would be a better time? I'll call and interrogate you then.

[rebells]

. . .

Are you insane?