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[frigidaire]

Hey, this is Isaac. Leave a message, I guess.

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[feathery]

ghost ninjas
really

[frigidaire]

yeah. i mean they had samurai swords and
could appear in smoke out of nowhere.
ghost ninjas.

[feathery]

id say that sounds pretty cool but i guess not if they held the same kind of status as a psychopathic fish queen
and the whole ninja deal is pretty overdone at this point

[frigidaire]

i mean probably worse than the fish queen.
these guys just show up, give you a weird tattoo and run away.
they don't speak or anything.
creepy masks, though. overkill.

[feathery]

ok whats the story with the tattoos
do you have one
because yeah that sounds pretty fucking weird and i come from a set of universes that are in constant competition to see who can jerk off the other first in a nasty mobius double reacharound

[frigidaire]

so these spirit ghost ninjas were looking for an evil spirit.
the spirit lived inside someone.
so to tell if they werent infested with evil you were marked.
i got jumped in a hot girls bedroom by these things.
kind of looks like a backwards five, behind my ear.
dont ask.

[feathery]

yeah im not gonna
im sure it makes sense in context but if we start delving too deeply into context were gonna be here all fucking night
though uh
you probably shouldnt bring up the me dying thing with anyone alright
especially since youre gonna be switching ships

[frigidaire]

yeah because im gonna meet people and say
hey this is my friend dave hes part ghost bird dude
and he's dead. no big deal.
whats switching ships have to do with it

[feathery]

man
this is so fucking awkward
i was hoping wed be spared the awkward but that was obviously a fleeting fucking dream so here we go bumrushing that sucker when it comes slinking back home with its tail between its legs
we are chasing this shithead back off the premises
its exiled dude
welcome no more
but alright so like i said i omitted the occurrence of my death
but i got friends around who might give more of a shit than they should
and also maybe kind of have their own traumatic experiences to cope with so im not really interested in heaping my own horseshit on top of that
especially when it happened over a year ago
so
thats whats up

[frigidaire]

yeah you're right this is awkward as hell.
sounds like you have friend issues dude if you cant tell them
i mean dude you died. thats a big deal.
death and all. the whole not living thing. but whatever, you dont have to tell anyone.
and pretty sure id give more shits if my friend died to
so mr horseshit pity party of one
sorry you died. that fucking sucks.
but it's cool you didn't stay dead. i mean i think so.
you can think what you want bird brains but
yeah.

[feathery]

[And...Davesprite doesn't really know what to say to that. Partly because he's too used to people blowing off death, treating it like a nonissue when they come back; it's easier to pretend everything is ok rather than face your own mortality, after all. And, yeah, it's partly because he didn't expect Isaac to care, at least this much. Classic mistake on his part, but it's hard to shake that kind of thinking.

So his end of the line is silent for a few minutes.]

its because shes dead dude
back where were from for real
or at least shes convinced she is its hard to tell sometimes
like sure thats not the only reason
its not even the original reason
and i promise i have a laundry list of reasons each one stupider than the last so you can give me shit about those if you really want
but i dont want her to find out now when she doesnt even seem to be dealing with that

[frigidaire]

shit.

[ that's a game changer, definitely, and he does feel a little bit like an asshole for bringing it up now, for pushing the point, but whatever. the damage is done. ]

there's an original reason?
i don't care how many reasons there are, i'm not gonna tell.
you tell me not to and its a secret. well the furry thing wasn't
but that was just funny. this isn't.
dont go and get yourself killed again.
i'd be seriously bored here then.

[feathery]

yeah the original reason is i was an even bigger asshole then than i am now
which as you can probably tell is a feat
but
thanks
like this probably sounds fucked up but i forgot she didnt know
with the kind of shit foot in mouth shenanigans i get myself into i would have accidentally dropped that bombshell at the most inconvenient time possible
but you dont got to worry dude i dont have a death wish
ill be around to provide chips for shitty movies

[frigidaire]

it doesnt sound fucked up.
sounds like you had a hell of a lot more to worry about.
and maybe she did too.
its not like i told anyone about my dad.
sometimes talking about shit is harder than just getting through it.
big picture and all of that.
but yeah chips and shitty movies.
better than nothing.

[feathery]

yeah
i guess so
but youre welcome
at least i got chip production going for me
i expect you to bring the popcorn next time

[frigidaire]

yeah whatever i'll bring the popcorn.
but it'll probably taste like ass.
you've been warned.

[feathery]

how bad do you have to be with a microwave to make popcorn taste like ass

[frigidaire]

it's all the weird space food its not my fault.
everything tastes bad here.
i want a burger or a steak so bad.

[feathery]

dude
yeah
im not even sure the meat on the marsiva was legit
its kind of hard to tell sometimes

[Mostly because Davesprite is used to food from a can.]

[frigidaire]

yeah it wasn't good.
i mean it was better than gel and powder.
next time i hope atroma gives me a burrito instead of a shitty movie.