Magic Box, Sunday, 04/09

[not_every_mage]

Anders was still tired. Still sorting out everything he felt about the destruction in Limbo City two days before.

So when he'd woken up the morning before and the first words out of his mouth were an aria about about his brand of toothpaste, he promptly decided to spend the day watching TV in his room. He'd rather not spill his emotions all over anyone he happened to come across, let alone in song form.

But that danger seemed to have passed, so here he was at work. He'd pulled all the books off his shelves that seemed like they might have anything to do with Nephilim and was steadily paging through them. He wanted to understand the powers he'd seen from Dante -- and more than that, he wanted to be prepared if Vergil turned up again.

[OOC: Open shop/post!]

Comments

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante'd be lying if he said he wasn't still a mess. But it was hard to brood too much when... well.

Anders'd be able to tell why by the video of Blondie and Lachlan trying to fit into the same box he'd be getting from Dante right around now.

[not_every_mage]

Anders squealed aloud at the powerful cuteness of the video, but he wouldn't type that out. Keysmash was not his native tongue.

Instead, he returned:

cute. i think blondie's getting fat

[rebelseekspizza]

nah shes just snug.

One could tell by the picture of prim, currently box-shaped Blondie taking up all the space and warding off Lachlan that Dante sent next.

[not_every_mage]

she's taking the whole box. she shld learn to share.

Because cats were so well-known for that.

[rebelseekspizza]

u wanna come back n put lachlan in w her go ahead

Dante was way too amused - and on some level, deeply relieved - by the sight of the cats making idiots of themselves. think lachlans thinkin of takin ur shorts

[not_every_mage]

to wear or to sleep in?

It was a sign of Anders' good mood that this seemed like an utterly sensible question.

[rebelseekspizza]

sleep. think hes nesting. do cats nest?

He wasn't the cat expert, here. He was just sucking up cat nerdery by proxy.

[not_every_mage]

maybe not all cats, but he does. Anders typed back wryly. it's fine. i should wash them anyhow.

[rebelseekspizza]

when u gonna be back?

So Dante could take care of that shorts problem in time, obviously.

[not_every_mage]

about 6, Anders returned. He had no intention of working late. should i get pizza? NOT for the cats.

Obviously. But it was important to establish these things.

[rebelseekspizza]

loads of pizza. think theres a new episode of that show too.

The one with the shooting and the melodrama they'd been watching lately.

[not_every_mage]

fantastic. do you think they'll finally tell us who the assassin is this week?

No, Anders. It wasn't sweeps yet.

[rebelseekspizza]

nah but well probs hear more about who the dead guy used 2 b fuckin.

So high entertainment, right here. but time 2 feed the cats

[not_every_mage]

don't let blondie steal lachlan's share, Anders put in helpfully. see you soon.

It would be, he hoped, boring and domestic and immensely therapeutic.

[spin_kick_snap]

She and Anders had agreed to talk several times on Friday. But Kathy wasn't ready yet to sit down and have A Talk. She needed a lot more emotional equanimity for that.

At the same time, she wanted to reach out and just touch base with him. Talk to him like they used to, about everything and nothing at all. So, like Dante, she was pulling out her phone to send a text.

Sadly, she didn't have cute cat pics to share. But she did have the internet and access to cat gifs.


Look, he's all ready for his long day at the office!

[not_every_mage]

Anders appreciated that Kathy hadn't tried to come Talk at him while he was at work, or in song. Neither seemed likely to have ended well.

Also appreciated: The cat gif. He snickered and wrote back, maybe one of my new colleagues at the pet store?

[spin_kick_snap]

That would suggest Kathy was in any hurry to Talk and nope!

Look at him he is in a tie. He's probably yr supervisor.

[not_every_mage]

probably will dock my pay if i don't refill the office catnip bowl, Anders agreed easily.

He attached a sad kitten gif. Obviously.

[spin_kick_snap]

But naps are always OK!

Which called for gifs of snoozing kittens. Also obviously.

[not_every_mage]

don't tempt me. it's already me, books & a patch of sunlight @ magic box.

[spin_kick_snap]

See and that just required a selfie, rather than a kitty gif. She was in the park, spending time in the sunshine, and there was a handy pile of last year's leaves right in a convenient sunbeam.

You mean like my day at the park?



Yeah I'm posing so what?

[not_every_mage]

it's unfair that you're there and i'm here.



Anders attached a picture of himself at work, some random storage room junk piled behind him.

p.s., do you like the new shirt?

[spin_kick_snap]

It looks like something I'd wear way back when, Kathy sent, amused. By the way, if Dante asks you for old pics, tell him you used to blow up your phone with magic.

Sorry, Kathy had spent part of Saturday lying to Dante about you, Anders. But for reasons.

[not_every_mage]

And why would I tell him that? Anders asked, suspicious.

[spin_kick_snap]

Because I did?

Helpful Kathy.

He wants to see pics of me from before. Cause he's a brat.

[not_every_mage]

and you couldn't say no without saying i sucked at phones?

Honestly now, Kathy.

besides, you were cute before.

[spin_kick_snap]

It was the first thing I thought of! Kathy sent, though she couldn't stop smiling at his last text. Why else wouldn't you have pics of me from way back when?

A third text a moment later. You were too.

[not_every_mage]

i never took any? i lost my phone? use your imagination, kathy.

Then, after that third text:

that's us. two cute people. even when we were tiny.

[spin_kick_snap]

I panicked! I'm not good at lying on the spot! she protested with a giggle, finally leveraging herself out of the leaf pile.

She lied more by deflecting or giving partial answers, not making things up whole cloth.

You were cuter.