[Some minutes go by before Devin replies after staring at the yimo for a while and then glancing around his apartment with the clear effort of someone fighting off the haze of drunkenness. An unfocused alarm bell is going off in his head.]
USER ID: oldenglish (Parker, Devin)
at my apartment. it's a mess
[There are at least two bottles of whiskey empty and he's working on a third. He's also a mess.]
USER ID: oldenglish (Parker, Devin)
i don't think i'm in a fit state for company
i don't have a good answer. i'm rusty with people, but it's nice of you to ask
In that case I shall not look for you right now. But please treat yourself gently, Devin, and don't impose isolation on yourself as though it is something that you deserve. It is not.
[Guess who walked in, saw Devin with the empty whiskey bottles and the yimo in his hand, and gently cut him off like a friendly bartender who's about to call their customer a cab.
X can predict exactly who got drunk texted too, because as much as Devin likes to pretend he can't feel anything, X knows. In deference to privacy, though, he doesn't read back up to see what was said -- just sends a message from Devin's yimo.]
USER ID: oldenglish (Parker, Devin)
X here. Whatever he said, I'm sure he doesn't mean it.
[Unless he does. But that's a whole other conversation.]
I'm taking care of him now, and I'll make sure he talks to you tomorrow.
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afoolsgold) wrote2018-01-16 10:28 am
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USER ID: oldenglish (Parker, Devin)
[There are at least two bottles of whiskey empty and he's working on a third. He's also a mess.]
USER ID: oldenglish (Parker, Devin)
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X can predict exactly who got drunk texted too, because as much as Devin likes to pretend he can't feel anything, X knows. In deference to privacy, though, he doesn't read back up to see what was said -- just sends a message from Devin's yimo.]
USER ID: oldenglish (Parker, Devin)
[Unless he does. But that's a whole other conversation.]
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