purl four | bbs

[thorny]

My apologies for neglecting you for so long, Garden. I'm sure that you've longed after the soothing sight of my lavender text splattered across the forums for quite some time now. I'll attempt to make amends by diligently hounding our communal online space for the next week or so, leaving no subthread untouched by my conversation. Hopefully this should prove to be balm enough to heal your emotional wounds.

The cause of my distraction was none other than a few trinkets from home dropped my way during the holiday season. Let it not be said that my opinion of Time Compression is one purely composed of blind hatred - it seems that the phenomena can be quite magnanimous when the proverbial mood strikes it. Perhaps not for you, given the nature of my gift, but I'm certainly enjoying myself to the utmost. Even if more than a few objects were martyred by fire in the name of gaining experience.

Speaking of sacrifices, I don't believe that I've ever mentioned my vested interest in the field of psychology. I bring this up solely as in the past few days I've managed to acquire my first patient here and thought that perhaps some others would benefit from similar services. I promise to keep things confidential and not trigger any waterworks during the first session, which is more than most counselors have any right to claim. We can work out the details of a schedule at your discretion.

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[tortileghostwriter]

[...oh fuck, those fucking things. he remembers those. this is far from the best sign.]

its occasional magnanimity hardly serves to redeem it by any stretch of the imagination

though it would appear a certain gap has been closed

[thorny]

[you're just jealous that your gift was so lame in comparison, ok.]

I never said that I was inclined to forgive it, did I? Merely that its actions aren't as hellbent on procuring maximum misery as hitherto believed. Unless of course I'm to be made a pawn towards that end through my new toys, but somehow I don't feel it's quite clever enough to design such machinations.

[tortileghostwriter]

to play off of an old and tired maxim spouted by dull parents the world over
artifacts of the furthest ring are not toys

[and just because he can't resist provoking her...]

though i suspect yours may as well be in regards to efficacy

[thorny]

[girl you did not just go there]

Now, now. Not all of us can be gifted with flimsy plastic theater props to wave about when the time calls for useless blustering. You can't fairly pass judgement on them anyway, having never personally seen them in action.

[tortileghostwriter]

[he did]

am i to take that statement as an invitation then

[thorny]

[oh it is on now]

Considering the tragic fact that I've just recently run out of my gilded and embossed stationery I'm afraid so. You'll forgive the casual manner in which it's issued, I'm sure.

[tortileghostwriter]

[FIGHT HIM]

im sure ill manage to muster the shreds of magnanimity necessary

where am i to meet you

[thorny]

[it's going to be less of a fight and more of her beating your face in repeatedly]

As always, you're far too kind to me. As to our scenic locale, I suppose that as per usual the quad is an acceptable choice. Unless of course you're afraid of being shown up in a public setting.

[tortileghostwriter]

[you wish]

but of course dear briar rose
im only paying whats well deserved

and very well then

[thorny]

[who needs wishing when it's going to happen in a couple minutes]

How nice that we agree on something for a change. Arguing obvious facts can become quite tiresome after a while.

Don't keep me waiting. I'm on a tight schedule and I'd hate to hold someone up because you can't keep appointments.