friends across the dark

[enigmaster]

Inter-dimensional Pen Pals

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[agoodname]

About....[the fact that you hurt me--our fight--]...a business venture. [WELP]

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[enigmaster]

[...] ...Oh. [Of course. What else, right?]

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[enigmaster]

[There's a bit of a pause, but.]

Very well.

[agoodname]

[He's messed it up. A few words in and he's completely thrown it all off the rails--in fact he's diverted the topic entirely. Oswald presses his free hand over his eyes, frustrated with himself. This isn't what he meant to do.] Ah...right. Well. [...now he has to think of something .....] There's, ah, a few things that...that I was considering.... [...yep totally stalling good job oswald]

[enigmaster]

[.......what.] Oh, really, now?

[agoodname]

Yes. [No.] Considering the...the network of criminal activity across Gotham, and...and taking into consideration my mayoral responsibilities, I was thinking about, ah-- [whatever you were thinking about oswald it certainly wasn't this but boy it is now] --aaaaaaaa observation! Of said parties! Just to, you know, be aware of their movements. Both politically and criminally, of course. [yep he sure has been thinking about this a lot. yep. a whole bunch.]

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[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

3/4 i lied

[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

Hm. I see. Yes. ...I'm sorry, do you want to hang up, call back, and try this again?

[agoodname]

Wh--[and Oswald's irritation immediately spikes, bristling, his hackles going up] I beg your pardon? What is that supposed to mean?!

[enigmaster]

I figured I'd give you an out, let you rehearse... whatever this is a little more, and you can have a do-over. Because that was - and I will try to put this gently for you - the worst lie I've heard in my life.

[agoodname]

[yep, that sure is going to send him sputtering] I-it was not! [---wait shit he just admitted it was a lie] It's a...a perfectly reasonable thing to think about!

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[enigmaster]

Mhm-hm. Of course. Which is why the quality of the lie was even more terrible. That should have been an easy one.

Especially about a question that... I'm rather certain you'd just handle over text.

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[enigmaster]

The offer for a do-over still stands.

[agoodname]

[for a moment, there, he's sputtering again, because Edward is right and damn him for being right]

--oh, well, of course it is! How generous of you! [practically spit] I should've known you'd make fun of me--I don't know why I bothered calling!

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[enigmaster]

Well-- [And Edward has about a million comments ready to go, at that, several at the forefront of his mind, ready to attack Oswald.]

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[enigmaster]

Well. Why did you? [And instead... that.]

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[agoodname]

Because I--! [and he starts to shout it--but then it strangles in his throat, and he's mad, yes, and hurt, yes, but also just--]

[agoodname]

[sad upset still heartbroken, some, but]

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[agoodname]

[there's a silence, for a moment, and then, almost defeated as he just...gives up and tells the truth.] ...because I missed you.

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[enigmaster]

Because you--

[enigmaster]

[enigmaster]

[wait]

[enigmaster]

[wait, what?]