At least I remember what I did last night. With the mysterious amnesia thing, isn't it also a risk to try to deal with whatever this is without backup?
k You should keep texting me so I know I still have cell service
I'm subterranean and want a textual handhold until we turn around bc there are literal like stalactites (sp??) and stalagmites here. It's very echoey in an unnerving sort of way. and also I haven't seen you in a few days ...
[ not something in neal's skillset, surely. he is however very amenable to the thought of making more time in his schedule for larus.
but there's a delay here, because he needs time to scramble over himself and squeal like he's never even heard the word dignity. then to flip the park ranger off for laughing at him. ]
HOLY FUCK I THINK I JUST HEARD A BAT OR ONE OF THOSE CREATURES FROM THE DESCENT
[ it's very strange, getting a text like that from someone and knowing they actually mean it. one part disturbing, one part ironically comforting, two parts weirdly intimate, one part deeply touching, and another part strangely ... arousing??
he's not sure any of those are the right way to feel about it. but he knows it probably shouldn't make his pulse flutter like a damned infatuated schoolgirl. nope. not apropes.
and yet. ]
Dude that's like the creepiest sweetest thing anybody's ever said to me
It's actually not creepy at all. I don't know why I said that. I appreciate the sentiment, for real.
But slow your damn roll hunty I need to stop thinking about The Descent rn Also I'm hoping there aren't bats bc the idea of flying rodents freaks me out and I'm really not feeling a round of rabies shots
Rabies is horrifying as are shots to a lesser degree but still
[ larus is learning so much from this. probably too much? but it's keeping him entertained at least, and he can't help giving neal a hard time either. ]
is there anything you don't have an opinion on?
besides, i'm sure the bats take offense to being called that. you have to remember you're the one invading where they live, after all.
lmao It's so cute that you're empathizing with the bats.
Whatever I bet they'd look at me and like chitter derisively to one another: Dude look at that giant hairless primate. He doesn't even have a snout and his teeth are square. Look at his stumpy little ears; I bet he can't even echolocate, fuckin loser.
i think you should consider another point of view. that's all.
[ anyway, maybe it's the fact he's already suffered some sort of head trauma, but he finds himself compelled to slowly type out the following before sending it. ]
is that really all they'd talk about? maybe they'd call you beautiful instead and want me jealous. but i'd rather not have competition, and it's good for me that you don't like bats.
[ he wants to ask: you're not feeling dizzy or sleepy, are you? because being texted adorable cheese from larus is such a novelty, it almost worries him that larus is actually concussed.
but he decides he'll just monitor proceeding texts for typos and unusual flirtation levels. ]
If it makes you feel any better, this park ranger's got nothing on you either. His manbun has no volume and he's got a porn stache.
[ there's practically a stream-of-consciouness connection between his fingers and his thoughts, so, ]
Do you ever wonder if animals think of us like we think of aliens? Like people freak out about purported abductions and unexplained cattle mutilations, but people abduct cows and mutilate them every day. Maybe I'd be like a bat alien. An alien to bats.
i don't know why that should make me feel anything.
[ how is that? is he normal enough to him now? larus only sighs as the texts roll in. ]
is that really what you want to be known for? you should stop thinking so hard about bats. i doubt they actually care that much about you and whether or not you're an alien.
No, the undead thing. No heartbeat. How does that work? Cave-dwelling creatures could be, like, remnants of some ancient species that adapted to living underground.
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if you don't hear from me by morning, something happened.
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know where you'll be
u know since u never said
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... he guesses ... ]
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You should keep texting me so I know I still have cell service
I'm subterranean and want a textual handhold until we turn around bc there are literal like stalactites (sp??) and stalagmites here.
It's very echoey in an unnerving sort of way.
and also I haven't seen you in a few days ...
[ winkyface. ]
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[ honestly though? larus has plenty of time to spare, so it's not like he's in a hurry to ditch the conversation. ]
talking to me and seeing me are very different things.
does that mean you miss me?
[ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]
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Anyway how tf should I know what's in a cave??? You're not exactly talking to Indiana Jones here
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it's common sense.
[ is he talking about that or what should be in a cave? who knows. ]
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[ not something in neal's skillset, surely. he is however very amenable to the thought of making more time in his schedule for larus.
but there's a delay here, because he needs time to scramble over himself and squeal like he's never even heard the word dignity. then to flip the park ranger off for laughing at him. ]
HOLY FUCK I THINK I JUST HEARD A BAT
OR ONE OF THOSE CREATURES FROM THE DESCENT
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unfortunately for neal, he will never know. ]
i'm sure you're safe enough that nothing will get you.
though i'd be annoyed if something did try. i'd rather not kill anything unnecessarily.
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he's not sure any of those are the right way to feel about it. but he knows it probably shouldn't make his pulse flutter like a damned infatuated schoolgirl. nope. not apropes.
and yet. ]
Dude that's like the creepiest sweetest thing anybody's ever said to me
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i won't let anything happen to you.
[ as often as he gets annoyed with some of the things neal does, larus would do whatever it took to keep him safe. ]
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I don't know why I said that. I appreciate the sentiment, for real.
But slow your damn roll hunty I need to stop thinking about The Descent rn
Also I'm hoping there aren't bats bc the idea of flying rodents freaks me out and I'm really not feeling a round of rabies shots
Rabies is horrifying as are shots
to a lesser degree but still
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is there anything you don't have an opinion on?
besides, i'm sure the bats take offense to being called that.
you have to remember you're the one invading where they live, after all.
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lmao
It's so cute that you're empathizing with the bats.
Whatever I bet they'd look at me and like chitter derisively to one another:
Dude look at that giant hairless primate. He doesn't even have a snout and his teeth are square. Look at his stumpy little ears; I bet he can't even echolocate, fuckin loser.
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[ anyway, maybe it's the fact he's already suffered some sort of head trauma, but he finds himself compelled to slowly type out the following before sending it. ]
is that really all they'd talk about?
maybe they'd call you beautiful instead and want me jealous.
but i'd rather not have competition, and it's good for me that you don't like bats.
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but he decides he'll just monitor proceeding texts for typos and unusual flirtation levels. ]
If it makes you feel any better, this park ranger's got nothing on you either. His manbun has no volume and he's got a porn stache.
[ there's practically a stream-of-consciouness connection between his fingers and his thoughts, so, ]
Do you ever wonder if animals think of us like we think of aliens? Like people freak out about purported abductions and unexplained cattle mutilations, but people abduct cows and mutilate them every day. Maybe I'd be like a bat alien. An alien to bats.
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[ how is that? is he normal enough to him now? larus only sighs as the texts roll in. ]
is that really what you want to be known for?
you should stop thinking so hard about bats.
i doubt they actually care that much about you and whether or not you're an alien.
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Hope you're right. Though I'd rather think about bats than mutated cave-dwelling creatures with a thing for kidnapping campers.
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[ because he wants to be reassuring??? ]
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Stranger things have existed. Vampires, for instance.
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Cave-dwelling creatures could be, like, remnants of some ancient species that adapted to living underground.
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