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[experiencepoints]

Who: A ~mysterious anonymous poster~ and you
Broadcast: Anonymous text
Action: In her room on the Bishop, if you really want to say hello
When:

[It's taken Nightingale a while to figure out how to make the anonymous text function work, and even longer to decide it's worthwhile to post. Still, she doesn't have anything else to do, and this has been eating at her for a while...]

I realized recently it's been over a year since I was last home.
Over a year since I've ever seen anyone from my world, even.
And that year has been kind of a mess.
Now I'm two crazy worlds removed from home, and it's not looking like I'll get to go back anytime soon.
It's just now really starting to sink in.
I'm starting to get homesick, I guess.
But I know there's a bunch of people here who have been here even longer than I have.
Or have a lot more pressing things to get back to.
So... How do you cope?
How can you deal with this for so long?
After this long, my usual distractions aren't really working so well anymore.

Comments

[mikangirl]

that's because you're wallowing
if you really insist on wallowing at least do it in style
go to a bar and tell all your troubles to the bartender
that's what they're for

[experiencepoints]

Well, I have been at the bar a lot lately.

[mikangirl]

The classy one or the rough one?

[experiencepoints]

Both.
Rough one's better at getting me smashed, though.

[mikangirl]

[She's got bad news for you Nightingale.

She's the bartender at the rough one. You've just heavily narrowed down who it could be she's speaking to.]

You shouldn't drink too much
I mean I love drinking but don't drink to the point you'll feel sick the next day
You'll just get into a vicious cycle

That being said the rough one has really good food too
And the bartender's cute

[SHE CAN'T RESIST OKAY]

[experiencepoints]

Yeah, I know.
I had escaped that cycle for a while.
Which bartender? I don't really pay attention while I'm there.

[mikangirl]

[She nearly replies with WHAT BUT I'M SO CUTE HOW COULD YOU jsyk]

Either or. Depends on your preference really.

[Out of fairness to Fenris.]

[experiencepoints]

My preference is enabling me to get drunk.

[mikangirl]

In that case definitely try the redhead. She likes drinking with people.

[experiencepoints]

Is it okay for a bartender to be drinking on the job?

[mikangirl]

An excellent point!
You should ask her that sometime.

[experiencepoints]

With how much you're talking her up, it's sounding like you think there's other things I should be asking her.

[mikangirl]

[Possibly she has oversold this.]

Like what?

[experiencepoints]

Sounds like you think someone should be asking her out.

[mikangirl]

[spittAKE

Please hold, technical problems. Like choking on her drink. She'll get back to you in a moment.]

Well I suppose you could try
but I don't know if you'll get very far

[experiencepoints]

[If only she knew it got that reaction. She has no intention of actually doing it, but she mostly just wants to fuck with Nami.]

Really?
Why not?

[mikangirl]

[Yeah she has a feeling you're onto her.]

she only dates people with money

[So there.]

[experiencepoints]

You sure seem to know a lot about her tastes.

[mikangirl]

That's hardly surprising given the circumstances.

[She's not gonna hide it now. It does mean she's probably forfeited her chance to work out who this really is, but hey. At least she's distracted you for a bit.]

[experiencepoints]

You're not even going to try to pretend?
Disappointing.

[mikangirl]

I don't need to
I've already worked out who you are

[l o l liar]

[experiencepoints]

[... does she want to risk calling this bluff. what if she really has. let's try to get a better idea.]

Have you now?

[mikangirl]

You don't need to worry
I'm not about to tell anyone
that would be rude

[I give away nuthink.]

[experiencepoints]

If you really think so, why don't you send a message to my communicator?

1/2

[mikangirl]

[Oh, clever. And that means there's a pause in reply as Nami weighs her options.

See, Nightingale is on a very short list of people it could be by now. Kirito's out; he doesn't drink. Bigby isn't the type. This kind of sass is familiar to Nightingale. But on the other hand, there are other people that come into the bar regularly that she doesn't know jack about, so she can't be sure.

So she has options.

One is to casually message every person she thinks it could be, because you don't need to know any better, mystery person. It's tempting.

But that would be kind of rude and if she's outplayed, she's outplayed.

So.]