Texts: dumpster fire

Texts: dumpster fire
Date of Scene:	05 September 2023
Location:	Texts
Synopsis:	Mamoru texts Takashi about fries and wasps and relationships.
Cast of Characters:	Mamoru Chiba, Takashi Agera

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(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: btw

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: <dusk zone coordinates>

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: happy birthday

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Did you send that last one by mistake?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: maybe

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: no lol but it seemed like a better idea than merry christmas

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: anyway it's a present

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Like a good present or go in expecting a fight present.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: a good present. i cleared it out for you and stabilized it the way my division does it, which means you'll need to re-do that part, but it should hold until you get it where you want it

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: I don't quite understand but that might be the after effects of the concussion I got from a dwarf planet. I guess I'll go and have a look and then it'll make more sense. Probably.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: hopefully you'll make sense when you get over the concussion you got from a dwarf planet. anyway have fun! i hope you find it useful.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: I really can't promise I'll ever make sense to anybody else.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: I can usually translate. <3

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Anyways. I'll deal with that in a bit. how are you holding up? generally.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: I am anxious literally all the time, but I think that's endemic in our mundane culture anyway. Also don't yell at me I like Usagi AND this guy Kazuo, I am a dumpster fire

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: you say that like it's news to me

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: i think it's the concentration of combustibles lately

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: but like are you less surprised by the dumpster fire now that you know about the wasps

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: I would advise you as your Dark Energy Doctor, or the closest thing anybody has to one, to not make life or relationship decisions right now? Your energy is... well, a dumpster fire. it's going to be affecting your decision making.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: do you think that taking it out and then you re-seating with me willing would make it work better?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: i mean like less wasps

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Maybe? on the one hand I'm tempted to say it's unlikely to make anything worse. on the other hand I'm not really on board with the idea of using you as a guinea pig for something I haven't done before. it leaves a lot of unknowns.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Ah I understand. thanks. don't... do it on someone else first unless you get informed consent though :V not for something for me

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: no promises. but I'm unlikely to find someone in the same shoes as you, at least enough that it'd make me feel comfortable. I'm really becoming aware of just how much I don't know, sad to admit, about Dark Energy.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: would you still like me if i didn't have dark energy anymore?

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: I mean that depends on if you start joining team SparkleSkirt and getting in my way. that's a hard thing to tolerate.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: what about if i did but didnt get in your way?

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Probably. you didn't have Dark Energy at first, after all. to me this is a relatively new development. I've got history with you that you don't have access to.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: about that

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: you remember when i texted you about having gotten in a fight and needing to lie low a little while

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Yeah. I don't think I've seen you since.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: there's been a lot of shit to sort out in my head. i didn't just remember that the dark energy wasn't willing on my part

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: i remembered most of what i forgot

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Then you know we've been cool for longer than you've been accessing this power anyways. right?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: i've been keeping my head down until i can finish sorting it out and putting the memories where they'll be safe

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: yeah but i thought you might change your mind

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: always better to ask than to stew in doubt, right?

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: It doesn't affect me like that. I've had it forever.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: i know that intellectually! but brain weasels

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: I've got a winning personality still. Yeah you should but it's hard keeping track of what you know on any given day.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: sorry. lol, but sorry

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: anyway i'm going to the mall with zoi after school

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: if you want to come. we're literally going in henshin just to eat fries and see what happens

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: it's tempting. I'm not going in henshin if I go though. the mask thing kind of kills the cosplay energy. then we have to explain how we know each other so maybe it's not a good idea

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Maybe I won't come with you but I might keep an eye on your in case some planetary object or combat concept decides to start a food fight.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: OK!

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Also, fair warning. things are still heating up. I went to get some salvage last night and it ended up a 6v5 fight thing. Total chaos. Things are gonna get loud before they get quiet. watch yourself.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: OK, thanks <3