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[lifetothefullest]

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[evocation]

he's the leader
here
he's dead though
so that sucks

[lifetothefullest]

[He's reading through this, but it's a lot even for him, so he'll ask while still reading--]

Do you know who the leader is now?

[evocation]

i have no idea
i don't even know if they picked a new one
do cults pick leaders like the pope or is it line of succession?
who knows

[lifetothefullest]

Depends on the cult and their ideology, structure, that sort of thing.

[evocation]

i was kidding, dork

[lifetothefullest]

Obviously, I shouldn't assume you actually meant it when you ask a good question.

[He really hopes it comes across in text that he's joking.]

[evocation]

wow
are you saying i can't be serious?

[lifetothefullest]

I'm sure you can; you looked pretty serious when I found those cargo pants.

[evocation]

that's because cargo pants are a nightmare

[lifetothefullest]

They were totally in fashion when I was a teenager.

[evocation]

ugh
my condolences

[lifetothefullest]

Thanks. The 90s were a frightening time.

[evocation]

i'm gen z, so i was safe

[lifetothefullest]

Yeah, but you had crocs.

[evocation]

i don't know what you're talking about
must be a your world thing

[lifetothefullest]

I don't know enough to dispute that but they're really ugly shoes.

[And okay, ugly fashion aside--]

Are you at work?

[He presumes not since she's been texting so much, but who knows.]

[evocation]

i just got off
why?

[lifetothefullest]

I want to get out of the safehouse for awhile so I was going to go find something to eat, if you want to come.

[Mostly true, but also he wants to talk to her in person. It's about time to tell her about Hadriel, even if he's not exactly planning to talk about her alternate self just yet; if they're going to be roommates and around each other all the time he doesn't want to keep being careful not to mention his last stay in another world.]

[evocation]

I always want to eat. I'm in.

[lifetothefullest]

Okay, great. I can meet you by the bar?

[It's like the only landmark he knows other than the safehouse.]

[evocation]

okay

[So once she's done changing, she pops outside to wait.]

[lifetothefullest]

[Lance is getting better at navigating the short distance from the safehouse hatch to the door of the abandoned garage, not that that's any feat of skill spatially; it's basically a straight line. But mentally it's a bit of a struggle, and he's mostly just taken to the strategy of walking really quickly and ignoring everything but the door. A+, psychologist approved strategy, totally the way to handle this issue.

But he really doesn't have time which is a complete lie or desire which is the actual truth to deal with it at the moment, so interim strategy it is. It works well enough that, combined with the distance to get to the bar, he's at ease again by the time he sees Kyna.]

Hey. Any place you'd suggest? If not I was thinking of just wandering around until we saw a cool sign.

[evocation]

[If only Kyna knew, because she would absolutely yell at him about that. But she's in blissful ignorance, so she just shrugs.]

Wandering is more fun.

[lifetothefullest]

[Good let him be a hypocrite in peace!!!]

Agreed. Let's see what we can find.

[Wandering adds the benefit of learning more about the city, too. And while they're walking they blend in, so as long as they avoid anywhere too crowded, he can get right into the topic he'd wanted to bring up.]

Um, there's something I should mention, and it's not that I'm a serial killer or anything. It's not even anything bad, and possibly not even that weird depending on who you've talked to, but uh... Yeah.

[He should stop rambling.]

[evocation]

[That is definitely some rambling, but she can relate. That's exactly how she gets when she's trying to figure out how to tell someone something awkward. Or bad. And unfortunately for Lance, this version of Kyna doesn't try to coax it out of him—apparently she's not there yet. Instead, she makes a joke.]

You have a huge crush on me?