un: maine | @everyone (ota)

[bloodbathing]

Technology's archaic.

[ Well, that's one way to introduce oneself. Insult the technology. Like an asshole. ]

Year you're from? [ Then, as an afterthought: ] Mine's 2547.


[ private @ wash ]

[ Guess what, buddy? Maine's got the Best News Ever: ]

Found soap.

[ BEST. NEWS. EVER. ]

Comments

[notyourrookie]

[At least he can rely on Maine not to get overly demonstrative about it, although that one word is pretty freaked out for him.]

Yeah.

[bloodbathing]

[ Pretty freaked out, indeed. At least Maine already suspected that Wash might be from the future. He just didn't think it would be seven years.

But he doesn't ask what's happened. Not to Wash; not to anyone else. His best friend has seen seven more years of the war. Why would Maine press for details?

(It doesn't cross Maine's mind that the war might be over.)

So when he responds, it's not with a question. It's an observation: ]

Old.

[ ... A rude observation, but hey. Could be worse. ]

[notyourrookie]

[Out of everything Maine could have said, that's probably the nicest. Or at least the easiest thing he could say. Anyone else would have a million questions, demand answers that he isn't sure how to give. ]

Wow, rude. Asshole.

[bloodbathing]

True!

[ No, he's not demanding answers. And he's also not apologizing for being an ass. Wash is old! This is a Fact. ]

[notyourrookie]

You don't have to say it! I'm not that fucking old.

1/4 i'm sorry

[bloodbathing]

O

2/4

[bloodbathing]

L

3/4

[bloodbathing]

D

done

[bloodbathing]

:)

Re: done

[notyourrookie]

I'm not even 30!

[bloodbathing]

Close?

[notyourrookie]

Not too far off.

[bloodbathing]

Pretty old.

[notyourrookie]

Not that old! You're older than me!

I mean, you should be older than me.

[bloodbathing]

[ Right. In seven years, he'll be thirty-one. It's weird to think about. Weird for many reasons, some of which he refuses to touch.

Instead: ]

Too bad. Young and awesome. :)

[notyourrookie]

Big baby.

[bloodbathing]

[ Hey! ]

Not baby.

[notyourrookie]

I've seen how you act around needles.

[bloodbathing]

[ WOW, WASH. RUDE. ]

Justified.

[ They're SCARY, dammit!! ]

[notyourrookie]

They're just needles!

[bloodbathing]

Horrible!