lol BRO. c'mon i don't move THAT fast. we only got engaged. and that was after YEARS of dating her in the illusion. so i was doing it right. 😋
it's null and void now, tho. she's my gf IRL and i'm not asking your permission to bang her 😘😘😘
did you get out with that first group?
[ Since Tech got shifted into a new family after his old one got out, he kind of lost track of Daryl and Carol -- didn't really remember them and didn't remember how much of a second family they'd become when he was dating Ava. ]
[ He would have made some kind of stupid joke about his relationship with Monika, but nothing seems funny right now about that situation. It's all just depressing. What could have been for them if they met like they had in Hellburbia? ]
ava's not always sad. she's just lonely. life didn't treat her right.
i think she was incredibly happy to have the family she never got to have growing up. and she shined so bright when she was with you and carol. so maybe keep in touch with her. take her out for a hot chocolate or something sometime. it's hell so the hot chocolate is prob cold chocolate, but she'd appreciate the gesture all the same.
it's good to hear you didn't ride it out to the end tho.
[ And he doesn't answer that last question, which is maybe telling in and of itself. ]
was there something you needed? no offense meant and none taken on my end. you're just not usually the type to text for funsies
[ Daryl can't help but wonder if the girl he'd met after escaping the 'burbs would appreciate Tech telling him all this, but he isn't about to repeat any of it. Always trust the private types to respect that sort of shit. ]
I'll keep that in mind.
But nah. I'll take it that means you did get stuck til it ended.
[ He hadn't liked sitting idly by after getting out but there was nothing to be done about it. He couldn't risk getting pulled back inside, not after knowing how utterly he lost himself the first time. ]
I'm that obvious, huh. Can you meet?
[ Because the whole problem is that Daryl doesn't trust the network, isn't it? ]
i was happy there. i've never been happy like that before. so i didn't mind seeing it through to the end. if i had a choice in the matter, i might have never left.
[ A truth he might have wallowed in if he wasn't riding a glorious high right now. ]
sure can. i got a good stash too. i even found some of that blue shit from back in mammon's. want me to bring some over?
[ Daryl knows almost exactly what Tech means, far more than he's comfortable admitting, at least as it pertains to the feeling of happiness. The happiness Daryl had felt in the suburbs had been pure. Untainted by a lifetime of bitterness and struggle or unceasing fear about the future.
The difference was that Daryl finds that horrifying in retrospect. He never wants to go back to that blindness. To be anyone other than himself. ]
But they could have had you do anythin in there. Tricked you into anythin. I'd rather know myself an get dark days in the trade.
[ But an invitation to get high? Fuck, he could stand to unwind after all he's been through recently. Unwise, sure, but Hell sure as fuck doesn't play fair. ]
I could smoke one. Dunno about the meth. Bring it anyway.
[ Because he's had a different thought about that. ]
but what if all your days are dark days? what if you've never had a single good day?
idk. you don't have to answer that until you catch up to how high i am, old man 😛
[ That's a conversation maybe best had when neither of them can remember it afterward. Either way, he starts collecting his things and packing them into a bag -- meth included. ]
where you wanna meet up? the rooms? or someplace else?
i think i remember the garden got transplanted? maybe??
[ That garden was where Daryl had ended up after being dosed for the first time, but he doesn't much want to dwell on that night, either. That garden had been the site of a couple of firsts for him. ]
[ Yes. He is 100% drama queen all the time. Your god of technology, ladies and gents. ]
ha ha fuck you. not doing a great job buttering me up if you want a favor JSYK!!!
c ya soon
[ And off he heads regardless because he's always gonna have a fondness for Daryl since they were trapped on that island together and Daryl kept him fed. It's only punctuated more by the fact that he was Ava's father and he made her so very happy. ]
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[ He realizes after starting that he doesn't know how to go about casually making this ask when he hasn't spoken to Tech since Hellburbia. ]
So did you end up marrying my fake kid
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it's null and void now, tho. she's my gf IRL and i'm not asking your permission to bang her 😘😘😘
did you get out with that first group?
[ Since Tech got shifted into a new family after his old one got out, he kind of lost track of Daryl and Carol -- didn't really remember them and didn't remember how much of a second family they'd become when he was dating Ava. ]
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[ Way back when. Also, if only he knew... ]
Good. She seems like a sad kid.
Make her laugh or somethin.
Nah. A little after, though.
You alright now?
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ava's not always sad. she's just lonely. life didn't treat her right.
i think she was incredibly happy to have the family she never got to have growing up. and she shined so bright when she was with you and carol. so maybe keep in touch with her. take her out for a hot chocolate or something sometime. it's hell so the hot chocolate is prob cold chocolate, but she'd appreciate the gesture all the same.
it's good to hear you didn't ride it out to the end tho.
[ And he doesn't answer that last question, which is maybe telling in and of itself. ]
was there something you needed? no offense meant and none taken on my end. you're just not usually the type to text for funsies
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I'll keep that in mind.
But nah. I'll take it that means you did get stuck til it ended.
[ He hadn't liked sitting idly by after getting out but there was nothing to be done about it. He couldn't risk getting pulled back inside, not after knowing how utterly he lost himself the first time. ]
I'm that obvious, huh.
Can you meet?
[ Because the whole problem is that Daryl doesn't trust the network, isn't it? ]
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[ A truth he might have wallowed in if he wasn't riding a glorious high right now. ]
sure can. i got a good stash too. i even found some of that blue shit from back in mammon's. want me to bring some over?
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The difference was that Daryl finds that horrifying in retrospect. He never wants to go back to that blindness. To be anyone other than himself. ]
But they could have had you do anythin in there. Tricked you into anythin.
I'd rather know myself an get dark days in the trade.
[ But an invitation to get high? Fuck, he could stand to unwind after all he's been through recently. Unwise, sure, but Hell sure as fuck doesn't play fair. ]
I could smoke one. Dunno about the meth.
Bring it anyway.
[ Because he's had a different thought about that. ]
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idk. you don't have to answer that until you catch up to how high i am, old man 😛
[ That's a conversation maybe best had when neither of them can remember it afterward. Either way, he starts collecting his things and packing them into a bag -- meth included. ]
where you wanna meet up? the rooms? or someplace else?
i think i remember the garden got transplanted? maybe??
[ He bypasses the old man dig. Not even going to go there. ]
They brought that garden back from Mammon's, didn't they?
How bout there.
I didn't remember that until you said it hahaha.
that garden was where i proposed to my first gf btw
so like
let's piss on a tree or something to desecrate it
whelp it's happening now~~
You're a drama queen, ain't you
[ Like he's really one to talk, in his own way. ]
Be there soon
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ha ha fuck you. not doing a great job buttering me up if you want a favor JSYK!!!
c ya soon
[ And off he heads regardless because he's always gonna have a fondness for Daryl since they were trapped on that island together and Daryl kept him fed. It's only punctuated more by the fact that he was Ava's father and he made her so very happy. ]
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[ continued in his catchall ]