bursts into tears

[oversea]

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[oversea]

[ imagine if thorns said he wants to become an influencer when he barely knows how to take a selfie. they're going to start running an instagram on his behalf because he is so bad at it. ]

What's variety

[transmit]

[ the way i have considered this as one of the plot points. pr manager ely. ]

Do you want to pretend to date other attractive people?
They're going to look like squids compared to me.

[oversea]

Even if I wanted to, I don't think I could be convincing.

[ thorns would either be seen as an asshole or someone who is dark and mysterious... ]

[transmit]

That doesn't matter. They're going to put you on something where there are ten people trying to win you over.

Are you actually interested?

[ snaps his phone in half



just kidding he just stares very intensely at his phone waiting for thorns to answer. work? what work. ]

[oversea]

[ fucking help ]

I have a boyfriend

And even if I didn't that sounds like a nightmare.

[transmit]

You do.
That's why no variety

[ i get so much mileage out of these icons ]

Did you want more work, though…? Are they not paying you enough?

[oversea]

The pay's fine
I need to save up more though and my paid internship ended this semester.

[ elysium can watch thorns type something out for what feels like a minute, but then the message that is actually sent does not match the time he was typing. ]

I guess I can look for another job.

[transmit]

Have you tried talking to Dr. Kal'tsit? She's always looking for help but doesn't keep an open listing. Supposedly, it filters out the more annoying applicants.

Whatever she'd offer you would be in the realm of what you're actually interested in, yeah?

[oversea]

[ thorns is still wondering how the hell elysium got close enough to her that he knew to go to her for help. ]

Thanks
I'll look into it.
Even if she doesn't she might know people who do, I guess

[transmit]

[ please stop questioning things you don't actually want to know the answer to

he takes an extra few seconds to get back to him because he's shooting kal'tsit a message on the side… ]

No problem
But I should probably get back to work

Send me more pictures when you have the chance!!
I can make myself a new collage soon

[oversea]

Good luck

[ HE JUST

DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PICTURE THING ]

[transmit]

[ world cold… boyfriend colder…

for what purpose does he live………………




the next chance he gets he sends thorns a picture of an ice cube. ]

It was winter after all.

[oversea]

Elysium
It's melting

[transmit]

No it's not.
It's below zero.

[oversea]

[ elysium receives a picture of thorns' hand. his nails are painted. ]

[transmit]

[ thorns receives a picture of a dimly-lit room back. the only light source is the screen of a laptop. ]

[oversea]

[ this feels like the kind of thing you send to someone when you're about to murder them.

a few minutes later he sends a second picture. it's of a set... there's a water tank. ]

[transmit]

[ he is a gremlin in his gremlin cave.

he zooms in to try and make more sense of this. ]

?

[oversea]

[ his next update is in ten minutes

there is now a picture of what appears to be a large mermaid tail ]

[transmit]

Halloween was two months ago.

…




Are they trying to make you cosplay as that one guy from the one game?

[oversea]

I thought you told me you weren't playing that...

[transmit]

[ IMG_043.webp ]

The ads for it are everywhere. You're the only one ignoring giant billboards at a mall and video ads every ten seconds wherever you go.

[oversea]

I have stuff I have to do when I'm out.

[ but elysium can finally get a selfie... it's still not a good one.

the makeup and accessories are definitely trying to get the mermaid vibe across, with decorative shells in his hair and as jewelry. ]

[transmit]

[ i hope this means if this leads into office au raf is the one they modeled lads raf out of ]

You not paying attention to your surroundings is how you keep getting into accidents.





h

[ ? this is more skin than he's gotten to see personally? ]

[oversea]

?
H?