002 ★ video

[nextlineis]

Who: jojo & you
Broadcast: video
Action: optional, but on the caprine
When: rite meow!!!

So, it's September already, which means my birthday is coming up!

I mean, it's technically February back home, but I'm not gonna complain about celebrating my birthday early. Besides, that seems like way too complicated math to try and figure out what it should be.

[It actually is not that complicated. It's the 28th of February where he's from. C'mon Jojo...]

[But then again, this is the guy who struggled at determining the age of someone who was a baby 50 years ago...]

Anyway, I'm gonna be nineteen on the 27th. Just to give you guys the heads up. You know. [He grins.] In case you wanna get me something.

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[mylegacy]

[Oh my god, this is the worst thing that's ever happened.]

Someone should tell him.

[experiencepoints]

Fine, I'll do it. It's about me, after all.

[mylegacy]

Fine.

. . . Thank you.

[experiencepoints]

[And then Joseph hung up.]

... Whoops?

[mylegacy]

I have a headache.

[experiencepoints]

I'll go talk to him, we're on the same ship.

[mylegacy]

Thanks.

[Although he's honestly starting to regret all of this.]

[experiencepoints]

Yeah.

... Don't worry. I won't say anything about you.

[mylegacy]

[A frustrated "argh"-ish noise.]

I'm hanging up now.

[experiencepoints]

Okay.

[nextlineis]

[He just makes a frustrated noise.]

You know what? I don't even care anymore. I'm done.

[He hangs up.]

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[experiencepoints]

[except now, there's a nerd knocking on your door.

i sure hope i don't walk in on ino scaring the shit out of you.]

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[nextlineis]

[Nah, that happened earlier when he was in a better mood and feeling a lot less pissy and sulky. He doesn't open the door though. He is hardcore in his sulk right now.]

What?

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[experiencepoints]

For fuck's sake, open the door so this stops being so damn awkward.

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[nextlineis]

[There is a very loud sigh on the side of the door before Joseph gets up and crosses the room with heavy steps to open the door.]

What do you want?

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[experiencepoints]

The thing we were talking about on the communicators is that I'm gay. I am only interested in dating girls. Okay? So you can stop sulking.

[who needs leadup when we can just get it over with.]

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[nextlineis]

[He blinks once. Twice. Three times. And...]

[Okay, he gets it. Not that he's ever heard the word "gay" used that way before, but he understands the words she's strung together just fine. It's a little...out there for him, but whatever. If it makes Nightingale happy, what the hell does he care who she dates? That doesn't mean he isn't also still a little confused, however.]

What? Why didn't either of you just say that then?

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[experiencepoints]

... I did say I have no interest in men...

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[nextlineis]

[He frowns.]

How was I supposed to know what that meant? Some people just aren't all that interested in dating. And it still doesn't explain why you two couldn't just say that.

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[experiencepoints]

We both thought it was clear enough, I guess?

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[nextlineis]

Then why say he'd just explain it to me in private? [He folds his arms and leans on the doorframe.] If you already more or less said it, he could have.

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[experiencepoints]

Some people keep that sort of thing private. He was being considerate to me.

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[nextlineis]

But you're the one who said it...

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[experiencepoints]

[she is a terrible liar, joseph]

He doesn't know how open I am about it. Better to be cautious about something like that, you know?

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[nextlineis]

[He's pretty sure she's full of shit. He's giving her a look that says as much. But he doesn't know what other explanation there is, so he's silent for a very long moment as he tries to come up with some kind of alternative. Or at least some way that would be getting her to come clean without forcing it out of her.]

[He's coming up empty-handed though, so he looks down the hallway, letting the breath he was holding go.]

So what? You thought Caesar and I are like that earlier?