second; voice (i hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record.)

[bekommen]

[Nick's voice is raspier than usual, the way voices get when their owners have been screaming, or crying, or possibly both.]

You know what, you motherfucker? I'm coming back to haunt your ass after I'm dead. See how you like it.

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Considering how much time Chris spends on his computer and, beyond that, how much time he spends texting, he's pretty good at reading tone even through a few letters. He's also not nearly so confident in his--albeit good, but not incredible--ability to keep other people calm that he doesn't realize it's probably going to take more than a few lines of text to reassure her.

Distraction's probably the best way to go about it, for now.]

I would've said pizza first, but yeah music's a close second.

[He actually hasn't thought about music much, which surprises him a little to realize, but considering how thoroughly his life had been turned upside-down maybe it's not that weird that a few thing he would've considered essential before is now relatively unimportant.]

I wonder if there's anyone here that can play instruments or sing or something.

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[bekommen]

i used 2 sing in a band back in chicago. havent seen instruments in stores here tho. what kind of pizza?

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[thechoiceisyours]

Maybe after all this is over you should record something, instruments or not.

Any kind of pizza. Except the whole pineapple thing.

[Not that he wouldn't eat pineapple pizza anyway, especially now, but still.]

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[bekommen]

yea pineapples gross on pizza. who thought that was agood idea.

[Nick hasn't thought about singing in a long while, at least since Kennedy left, and that was well before Nick herself left Chicago. It was her band, really - Nick was the last to join, the only one who didn't play an instrument, the only one who didn't know how to write songs, until Kennedy showed her.

And Kennedy is ... not what Nick wants to be thinking about, at this moment.]

maybe. could work a 4track tape recorder if u find 1.

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[thechoiceisyours]

I don't know but they committed a crime against humanity

We'll have to see if we can find one later. I think you could record on your phone too, though.

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[bekommen]

they shld b the 1s buried ailive here.

[Oh. She hadn't actually thought of that. It's not a bad idea, actually.]

shitty sound quality tho i bet.

[Still ... it's better than nothing. Maybe it's worth trying.]

u think i could record it & send 2 u?

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[thechoiceisyours]

You totally should later, after all this is over. If you have any trouble getting it to work I think I can help.

[It'll be a fun project, and something to look forward to. For both of them.]

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[bekommen]

yea sure. later. probly bad acoustics undrground.

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[thechoiceisyours]

Probably. I mean you might get a cool echo effect, but I think the satin would fuck that up anyway.

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[bekommen]

maybe try it in the caves sometime 4 echo effect

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[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, we should try it. Assuming we can find a part of the caves not totally full of monsters anyway.

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[bekommen]

yea

[Though now that she's thinking about it, she wonders what kind of effect a cave echo might have on amplifying her Morphus scream. She files that thought away to think on more when and if she doesn't die here under the ground.]

what kinda music do u like?

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[thechoiceisyours]

Going with the standard boring answer of anything but country. Electronica's extra cool though.

[He really likes the unusual effects that can be added with computer, and the different types of processing.]

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[bekommen]

u got a fave band? fave song?

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[thechoiceisyours]

I'm not sure I could just pick one, though I guess I've got awhile to think about it and get back to you.

How about you?

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[bekommen]

lots of fave songs. fave band the stones. was my dad's fave 2.

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[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah? My dad's favorite is Pink Floyd so I've heard like, everything of theirs but not much of the Stones.

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[bekommen]

we gotta fix that if we ever get back 2 civilization

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[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, definitely. It's a deal.

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[bekommen]

maybe i can sing something 4 u

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[thechoiceisyours]

That'd be awesome. I'd say I'd return the offer, but I sound like someone's dumped water on a cat that has the voice of a preteen girl.

[He's not nearly that bad--he's actually somewhat decent and can at least carry a tune--but considering the situation they're in anything to lighten the mood is the way to go.]

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[bekommen]

[Good job, Chris - Nick actually does laugh over that, even if it's not audible from underground.]

so ur sayin ur beyonce basicly

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Mission accomplished, even if he's not aware of it.]

I'm pretty sure I'd get a one way ticket to hell for blasphemy if I agreed with that.

[But the silliness of this conversation is making him feel a bit better too.]

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[bekommen]

hell might b a nice vacation frm this place

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[thechoiceisyours]

Maybe but since I can think of worse than this I don't want to tempt fate too much