misfired audio;

[hollowly]

( you would think, with all of the glitching happening across the network, he would have the sense to not try in the first place. but as far as he's seen, all of those glitches have been confined to text posts, and with all of the intermittent voice chats he's been having with kate –

he should be safe. right?

( sure, we'll go with that, sammy. )

they never do video – whether due to no real reason, or the fact that most of their conversations take place in the small hours of the morning is anyone's guess – so it's only audio, though there is the sound of a smile in his voice like there always is. )

So, you're missing a notebook, right? You left it on the kitchen counter. ( a beat. ) It's got something added to it, but you're gonna have to come get it to find out what it is.

( this – sadly – is how this idiot flirts. or thinks he's flirting. s i g h. )

Oh, and how do you feel about another movie night? If I promise not to burn the popcorn this time.

( that promise will probably be broken. s i g h.

and kate is probably going to flip her shit when she sees this. )

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[hollowly]

( he's had just about e n o u g h of this disaster of a conversation.

but.

even the spitting of rainbows isn't going to mask the flicker in his expression, turning into something deadpan. )

You're kidding.

[corundum]

[She doesn't know what's prompting that reaction, but it's even better than the last one. Still, obviously speaking isn't going to work, so Ruby glances offscreen and rummages around a bit before holding a piece of paper up to the screen.

Presumably she's tried writing on it, but in actuality it just looks like a picture of a pony. It's pretty cute, actually.]