Second Cord; Audio, Locked from Hostiles

[sakedrinking]

Another year... I should just wait and see what happens...

What are you muttering about, Phasco? ... and why is my D-Comm on?

Well she's gotten more observant at least... [Phasco clears his throat] Don't you know what today is?

... oh! April 1st already? A year passes quickly, doesn't it?

Uhuh...

[aaaawkward silence]

... what? What is it? ... why are you staring at me like that?

Wait for it...

[another fairly long silence]

I'm forgetting something again, aren't I?

[This time there's no answer from Phasco. He's just staring at his partner.]

... April 1st. April 1st. Eto... eto eto...

... AH! WATANUKI-KUN! TETO-CHAN! THEIR BIRTHDAYS!

Right on time. This is becoming a bad habit for you, Haku.

Sh-shut up! I have to think of something! I-I'll be back later!

[There's a bit of scrambling, Haku grabbing her D-Comm as she runs out the door. Phasco can be heard sighing and speaking one last time before she gets out the door.]

It's just not an April 1st without Haku flipping her shit...

[User has disconnected]

Comments

[Audio]

[sakedrinking]

Snarky? ... I suppose so. He used to be mean... a long time ago.

Re: [Audio]

[last_lombax]

Mr. Zurkon's always been mean and he always will. At least yours is a little nicer now, right?

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

Well... it took a few beatings... on both of us, really. We had to learn to work together before one of us wound up damaged for good...

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

Yeah...

But you know, sometimes the best friendships are made that way, you know. Trust me on that one.

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

That doesn't surprise me in the least.

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

Friendships are just funny little things, really.

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

They really are...

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

I mean, you helped me escape a hospital. That's a pretty strange start to a friendship.

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

[laughs]

The first time I met my husband, he was painted green.

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

Do I even wanna know?

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

It was a Renascence Faire. He was the Drinking Ogre. Challenge him to a drinking contest and if you won he gave you a huge prize.

... yes, he was very, very wasted.

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

I'm going to take a stab in the dark here and say it probably wasn't love at first sight, was it?

Re: [audio]

[sakedrinking]

Not exactly, no.

But... he became a friend, and some one I relied on a lot. In the end it seemed... almost natural that we fell in love.

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

Well shouldn't falling in love feel natural? Seems to me that's how you know it's really love if it just feels natural like that.

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

Fiction makes it seem so much easier and fast. Before Eikichi all I really had to go on was stories and anime and movies... so it surprised me.

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

Surprised you how?

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

Well... I never expected anyone to love me in that way... ever.

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

I think most people feel that way, really.

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

... perhaps.

[She's just going to... not get in to all the things that happened to her before the Digital World.]

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

I heard once that our toughest critics are ourselves. I got to say I believe that.

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

You don't know the half of it, Ratchet...

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

You'd be surprised.

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

Mn.

[Sorry, Ratchet. She's not going to get in to it here.]

Re: [audio]

[last_lombax]

...I should be in DATS soon.

[audio]

[sakedrinking]

What division?