𝚊𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚖, 𝚒𝚗-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚡.

[coherer]

sadwhore04:

if a demon possessed me i'd just b like ok take it from here good luck man

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text; network name: "Stiles"; dated during the Dragon Tree quest part 1

[mensrea]

[ The further they travel from the Norther Outpost, the less reliable the connection to the network becomes. To avoid waking up Jonas prematurely, Stiles waits until about 7:30 a.m. to send a selfie of himself and Zelda in front of the Northern Outpost. ]

Hi from the Wildes, sleeping beauty. Wish you were here XOXO

1/2 two hours later—

[coherer]

(—because he stayed up too late FRETTING and is paying the price by sleeping through his alarm.)

Dude what time is it

2/2

[coherer]

(rockets upright.)

omg hey!😭😭😭

Sorry about that, I was on another planet. What's going on, man? How's the trip so far??

[mensrea]

[ It takes a few attempts to text back – they’re on the move through the Wildes now. ]

All good. Don’t worry if I don’t respond for a while. Connection is bad and we’re hiking. Things are fine here. Did you sleep through your first class, dude?

[coherer]

ofc I'm gonna worry if you don't respond for a while. That's the whole point of worrying. Filling in info gaps with quiet panic!

Anyway, I think it's cool you went. It's a good way to meet people.

(jonas it's not a summer camp)

[mensrea]

No panic. Zelda is here to babysit me. And her knight is here to babysit her. Everything’s going to be fine.

Hey, I forgot to ask before I left. Can you water the garden on the roof while I’m gone? If it rains, you don’t need to.

[coherer]

Well, thank god for that lol. Wouldn't want you guys getting into too much trouble. I'll have to get Nier smth for when you guys get back.

(oof, the plants. rolling around in bed will have to wait, because those things are no doubt desiccating up there.)

Glad you reminded me, everything would've straight up died. I'll head up now. (P.S. I DID miss my first class and I'm using YOU as an excuse to miss the whole day. Don't tell Sasuke.)

[mensrea]

Your secret’s safe with me, dude. I’ll catch you later. Kinda hard to text right now.

[coherer]

Just like that??

Okay. Well, text when you can ig. I'll ttyl.

[mensrea]

Sorry dude, there are Shades out here and the group really didn't want to bring me with them in the first place. I don't want to give them reason to think I'm not taking this seriously :(

[coherer]

ofc you're taking it seriously, who the hell are they to say otherwise?

(that makes me ANGWY)

[mensrea]

[ The response doesn't come until late – well after 1 a.m., though Stiles wishes he could have texted sooner. ]

As Sasuke very kindly put it, I'm a "non-combatant." Doesn't make me really useful in situations like this. Hope this doesn't wake you up, dude.

[coherer]

(one in the morning isn't all that late for jonas. he's ready for bed, but still up. texting, looking through photos, and reading.)

That I get bc you're not a fighter and you're really defensive about that fact, but you have the brain for it.

I wish I'd had the foresight to do up some magic shit for you lol.

[mensrea]

Wait, am I really that defensive about it?

Never mind. Dumb question. Yeah, I am.

Dude, don’t sweat it. I waited until the last minute to let anyone know about it so they wouldn’t try to talk me out of it. For the above reason lol.

[coherer]

Don't tell me not to sweat it.

Sometimes it just feels like you're actively trying to put yourself in danger. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.

[mensrea]

[ The first message is…unexpectedly snappish for someone of Jonas’ temperament. ]

I don’t do it for the thrill. I’m hoping we can learn something useful during this mission. Something that’ll help us figure out what’s going on in this world.

How are you doing, btw?

[coherer]

You don't trust anyone to like..... relay that info to you instead?

I'm fine, I'm just confused. You're always telling me not to do anything dangerous, then you go off on some crazy mission by yourself. Dodging shades and infection and whatever other horrible thing is out there.

[mensrea]

No, I don’t.

[ It’s honestly as simple as that. ]

I see what you’re saying. I guess I got desensitized to putting myself in danger with all the bullshit back home. Sorry. I don’t mean to be a hypocrite.

[ But he’s also okay with being one, so long as Jonas remains safe. ]

[coherer]

Apologizing isn't gonna make this go away. ig we should talk about it in a way better way later. If that's alright? I just have some things I wanna ask you and doing it over text would be crappy.

Come back safe.

[mensrea]

[ Damn. This must have been bothering Jonas for a while. Cringing, Stiles tries to ignore the way his insides squirm uncomfortably at the thought of talking. ]

Will do, buddy. See you in a few days.