nonscriptum: am I taking crazy pills?! (oh. my god.)
π™½πšŠπšπš‘πšŠπš— π™³πš›πšŠπš”πšŽ ([personal profile] nonscriptum) wrote in [community profile] networkinthenight2019-07-05 11:24 am

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[ Recent events are enough of a push to get him to do what he was waffling about, but that doesn't mean he likes having to be the bearer of any news, let alone the kind where he gives mildly hypocritical advice. ]

i know it hasn't even been a week but apparently people are already biting the dust again, so

hi, i'm nate, and enough people have asked me about this crap that i should probably have made this sooner. i've been to another world like this before, the whole "kidnapped population of different people, different places" thing, got the t-shirt, so i might be able to answer some questions people have

death probably isn't gonna stick here, but that doesn't mean you should be testing your luck since there's always some kind of price with these things.

seriously, don't be stupid.
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-05 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm sorry what

you know what now?
Edited 2019-07-05 21:52 (UTC)
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-05 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There is such a long delay before the next reply that maybe Nate thinks Rafe has just hung up and decided to ignore him. Then again, if Nate knows anything about Rafe, he should also know how incredibly impossible that is. ]

bullshit
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-09 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
are you seriously offering to put on a magic show for me
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-10 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
hilarious houdini
either put up or shut up
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-11 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ He almost suggests a roof given that's likely where either of them are at any given moment but... Nah. Probably too soon. ]

the docks
whenever you get the rabbit stuffed in your top hat pal
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-11 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
oh then please relay my sincere apologies or i won't be able to sleep tonight

[ Wait. That wasn't supposed to be friendly banter back. What. Stop that. ]

don't keep me waiting
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-13 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ The same thought flashes through Rafe's mind as soon as he stows the tablet and several times along the way. Not that it's a long way, not from the beach he'd been wandering along β€” looking for anything of interest past the lighthouse flashing its beam on the far spit of land.

They arrive at almost the same time, with Rafe squinting in the dark to see if the blink of light is Nate and his lantern or just some other idiot out for a midnight stroll at noon. The wood creaks under their feet and the water is calmer than anything in the North Sea ever was, but Nate's not the only one flashing back to memories best left buried.
]

So.

[ He lets the word hang in the air, a single syllable packed with expectation and skepticism and...all right, yeah. A little curiosity. ]
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-21 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rafe's mouth twists into a cynical smirk, eyes rolling at the theatrics and ready for whatever it is Nate's about to pull out of his ass. It isn't as if he hasn't witnessed plenty of weird shit in Beacon already the past couple weeks, but... This is still just Nate.

Until it's not.
]

Jesus Christ.

[ His eyes go wide as he backs up a step to try and get away from...that. Because sure, it's like looking in a mirror β€” in a funhouse, maybe. No reflection he's ever checked has had a smile like that, crooked as either of their careers and uncomfortably familiar even now years later. Add in that likewise familiar voice coming out of his mouth... No. This is deeply freaking weird. ]
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-07-25 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
There's hearing about it and there's seeing it, which I think warrants a little bit of surprise.

[ Understatement of the year, but let Rafe have this little bit, all right. It's a struggle to regain his poise, watching Nate warily as if he'll pull the same trick again just to unnerve him. Nate has sure as hell been enough of a little shit to warrant the suspicion.

Crossing his arms, the only tell remaining is the nervous drumming of fingers against his bicepβ€” Before he stops that. Dammit. Get it together.
]

How did you even... Who taught you?
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[personal profile] chardismastic 2019-08-07 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hopefully Nate enjoyed it while it lasted because Rafe is quick to repair said poise, plastering up the cracks until the facade is smooth and even again. Christ. This is the last place, the last person who needs to catch him in a slip like that. He can't won't let it happen again. ]

It sounds about on par with everything else in this place since we got here. [ "We" in the loosest possible... Whatever. You know what he means. ] I'm sure their sister Enchilada Enchilada was also just a peach.