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[brandishes]

Hey, you've got Beth.

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voice. the day after the sarah-beth meeting and sarah bender...

[magnitudes]

Beth, I got a whole lot of words for you and not a lot of 'em are good ones.

[brandishes]

( oh. good. )

Shocker. What've you got for me, Australia? Another ticket?

( just casually pouring herself another drink because seriously how the fuck is this her life. )

[magnitudes]

( There's a strangled sound of frustration, the sound of Sarissa struggling against her temper. )

I... don't know you. I've heard fucked up shit from Sarah about bad things what happened to you, and I know that in the grand scheme of fucked-uppery that is the clone life, you got a pretty shitty slice of it. I ain't chargin' in here thinkin' you're the bad guy.

( BUT. The BUT is palpable. ) What did you say to Sarah?

[brandishes]

She stole my life. ( It's all she can do not to spit the words out, honestly. Just because Beth had to throw that life away didn't mean some random grifter was allowed to just scrape it up off the tracks. All that sacrifice - did it even mean anything, if Sarah had just picked up where Beth left off? Am I supposed to be cool with that?

[magnitudes]

Of course not! Do you think I'm a bloody sociopath? ( GEEZ >:C )

But she ain't cool with it either. She tore— she was ripping herself into bloody ribbons over it before you ever turned up. She ain't a monster, Robocop, she was desperate. She would have done anything to try protect her daughter and build a good life for her.

[magnitudes]

Cooking tips with Sarissa:

Not a fan of cured meats?

How dare you. They've worked hard to get through their pain. You appreciate that salami.

[brandishes]

( Oh my God Sarissa what even is this message. )

Is there an unsubscribe button?

[magnitudes]

only for people who aren't rude

[brandishes]

So I should say please then?

[magnitudes]

Cooking tips with Sarissa:

Trouble with trout? Try sweet talking it. They're always fishing for compliments.

:)

[ewenique]

( BANNERS! BRIGHT COLOURS! THE CHEERIEST PROMO EMAIL YOU EVER DID SEE. There's a rain of pink and yellow hearts in the background.

From an untraceable source, but whatever. )

CONGRATULATIONS!

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Download now to enjoy the new mobile game sensation!

[magnitudes]

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that took a fucking long time
anyway i'm making moussaka
hense all the eggplant
if you want I can put box some up for you
cause I do that for Tiger since she's a danger in the kitchen, but not moussaka obviously because meat and stuff
but I can put moussaka aside for you
if you want

[magnitudes]

aw fuck that it was meant to say HI BETH

fucking eggplant

never trust something in the nightshade family

[brandishes]

( eggplants are in the nightshade family???

she'd question this but honestly beth isn't confident enough in her vegetable lore to call it into question, so she'll just have to...deal with the rest of the message instead.

and what a message. )

Well, you were certainly close.
I appreciate the effort but I'm not seeing a beautiful representation of my name in veggies, it just looks like you're bombarding me with dicks.

( swiftly followed by: )

But moussaka sounds great.

[magnitudes]

oi don't be cunty
I'm trying to feed you nourishing greek food, not dicks

( ah )

granted i could have worded that better
and there was that one time i put a jumbo star spangled dildo in my cousin's car as revenge

[brandishes]

I don't think i've even heard someone say "cunty" before, let alone been called it. .

( australians. jesus.

and she should probably already be realising that she shouldn't ask for an elaboration from sarissa, but how the hell is she supposed to just let go of something like that?? it'll probably plague her for the rest of her life if she doesn't find out more. )

That is...extreme. As revenge for what, exactly?

after update; SURPRISE.

[ewenique]

I told you I needed you. You left me.

[brandishes]

( despite the fact that MK revolves almost exclusively around non-direct contact, their communication is surprisingly lacking in texts, which is the first point to strike her as bizarre. she doesn't click right away though -- and maybe it should, maybe that should be some kind of a cause for concern for beth who is normally painfully astute, but for now at least she's mostly just confused. )

I haven't gone anywhere, Mika. ( she's not been all that social the last week or so, admittedly. could this be what she's referring to? it wouldn't be the first time MK has screened her phone activity out of concern. ) It's just been a weird couple of weeks, that's all.

[ewenique]

( Beth doesn't realise.

Of course not. She has not given her enough information. She doesn't know if she never gave Beth enough information, or if she gave her too much. She shouldn't have interfered with Beth's life. She shouldn't have told her. )

i went. my things here are all the same & it was only 1 day. 24 hrs. 2 hrs per year, almost.

you left me. but i told you things that killed you.

[brandishes]

Twelve years? ( her maths isn't great, but Beth is pretty sure she isn't miscounting that, or misinterpreting, and if she's right....

well, if she's right it means MK is here. Her MK. And if she's talking about things that killed Beth, that means she knows everything. It's at once an overwhelming relief and sickening discomfort. )

It wasn't you, god. I swear, you didn't kill me. Don't even think that for a second,
please.

Snail mail.

[magnitudes]

( A gift with no note, from whatever this worlds equivalent of amazon dot com might be.

Inside, a cookbook: THE ESSENTIAL EGGPLANT: international eating with purple perfection


It's a signed copy and everything )

text.

[ewenique]

A person called Barry is trying to make me listen to Beyoncé.

[brandishes]

( well this certainly is a text message )

Do you want to listen to Beyonce? ( beth's certainly no stranger to Top 40 jams, honestly, but she'd be lying if she said that it seemed like the kind of thing MK would listen to....ever. ) She's very upbeat.

[ewenique]

Pop music is garbage. Metal is the only music worth listening to.

( But Barry was nice to her when she was sad and seventeen, even though the memory is very distant. )

[brandishes]

Well I mean...you're not wrong on that really. Can't say I'm much of a metal fan,
but there's not much substance to pop, certainly.

Sometimes mindless drivel is good though.