Code - 005 [Text] (Dated to the 10th)

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

 I've got an important question for you, Hadriel:
Can a Kangaroo Jump Higher than a House? 

[99% of you will not realize that this is Whistler's announcement that he is no longer well...dead. But thats the point, isn't it? The people who need to know will know. The rest of you can enjoy a quality joke.]

[Private to Julie]

How you holding up, Jules? 

 

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text; private

[redwinekindofgirl]

Ooooh, I get it. Now I feel special.

[You tell a girl your real name just because you're dying and then she can't use it?]

Are you okay? All in one piece?

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

All my bits and pieces are present and accounted for.

Wiring's a bit faulty though. But I can't complain.

[redwinekindofgirl]

[A few minutes pass before her next message.]

Thank you, for letting me know you're alright... I know you never intended for me to find you.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Hey. I'm the one who should be thanking you.

All jokes aside [A rare thing for Whistler] It was nice not to go alone.

But sorry you got the shit end of the stick on that one.

[redwinekindofgirl]

It's okay. I just wish I could have done something more.

1/2

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Don't beat yourself up. That sort of thinking will only wear you down, Julie.

You did one of the hardest things a person can do. It's a nice feeling to get to save the day, be the hero. There's no glory in just making sure someone's not alone.

But there should be. It takes more guts than most people have.

2/2

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

[He adds a second text after a minute]

Sorry. That was pretty preachy wasn't it?

You die once and you are ready for discipleship, haha.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Hah.. it was kind of nice. Unexpected, though, but I guess you can't really get a good idea of what a person is like while they're lying on the ground bleeding out.

I told Atem, like you asked me to.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Thanks.

Can I ask you something?

[redwinekindofgirl]

Sure, go for it.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Why did you come? It's a war zone out there and I'm just a random blind man.

[redwinekindofgirl]

You sounded afraid. It didn't matter that I didn't know who you were.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Well. I owe you a very big one, Julie.

Don't know if you noticed but there's not exactly a long list of people who'd notice if I went missing.

[It's not really meant as self pity. He's a hermit, after all. But facing the prospect of dying alone definitely puts the consequences of being a hermit into sharp focus.

It's maybe the first time Whistler's ever been bothered by his general isolation.]

[redwinekindofgirl]

What about Atem?

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Well yeah. He'd notice.

Or I think so.

Things are sort of complicated on that end.

[redwinekindofgirl]

You don't have to tell me about it.
I mean, it sounds personal.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

I think maybe more personal on his end than mine
So. Did I miss anything exciting while I was away?
What about you? You all in one piece yourself?

[redwinekindofgirl]

Sorrow was killed.
It was pretty awful. We all felt it. Even the Null did, I think.

I still have all of me attached. I guess I'm doing okay.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Shit. I'm not even sure what to say to that.

You're probably tired of talking about it, aren't you?

[redwinekindofgirl]

Which part?

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

The God getting KO'd part.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Oh.
I haven't really talked about it.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Really? It just sort of seems like the type of thing a person would talk about.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Why?

I wouldn't have even known, if I hadn't felt it.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

People here always talk a lot when anything happens with the gods.

[Too much if you ask Whistler.

Then as a random afterthought]

You aren't hungry are you? Making pasta.