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It seems that Neopolitan still isn't managing to master the fine art of caring to be properly sociable. Still, the inbox does work, and she's known to respond fast enough, if she likes someone. So, at least there's that?

(OOC Note: 99% of all replies will come in the form of Text Messages unless Neo has a strong reason to send video messages. She might send pictures, but she prefers text.)

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text; late october (i asked josh about this and he said i should invite neo, blame him!!)

[entreats]

You have been invited for Ruby Rose's birthday party!

The party will be held at the house Ruby lives in over in the Gaze district. [ There's an address included, or just general directions, along with the time the party starts. ] Feel free to dress up or not - you know Ruby won't mind either way. You're also free to bring a present if you want to. If you want to bring one, but you're having trouble thinking of what to get her, you can ask me, I guess.

.. Or Oscar. Actually, ask Oscar.

[ Please don't make her talk to people. ]

Let's do our best to make it fun for Ruby. She's had a really crappy time around this time last year, and I know she would love to be surrounded by her friends.

( ooc: the log for the party can be found over here! )

hahaha she's legit shocked

[threelayers]

So
This is the infamous Ange?

I'll ask Oscar, don't worry.
But it's seriously ok for me to come?
I'll be there, promise.

And I'll behave.

[entreats]

[ Oh god, this is entirely what she was afraid of while sending out invites - meeting new people. Nothing is worse.

Though she can't really blame this particular message for arriving. Ange did look through Ruby's texts to figure out who to invite, after all, and.. well, despite Ange not knowing the details behind everything surrounding these two, it did seem like Ruby was trying to patch things up.

And if Ange knows Ruby well enough, it'd mean she would want this person to be at her party too. ]

I don't think she will mind. And I'm planning on personally kicking out anyone who doesn't behave. [ Growing more into her witch powers has its perks, after all. ]

.. aside from that, I'm not sure how to feel about being thought of as 'infamous'.

[threelayers]

You, Qrow, Oscar, any of a number of people will.

Hahaha I'm teasing you.
I just know she's mentioned you as the girl she's dating.
I always thought she'd be too busy saving the world to do that.
So it surprised me.

[entreats]

Thanks for teasing me right away. Really appreciate it.

[ At least that's meant in a way that's mostly more embarrassed than annoyed..

.. mostly. ]

And I'm kind of in the middle of the process of trying to get her to think a little less about the world and a little bit more about herself for once.

.. anyway, I guess I'll see you there.

[threelayers]

It's a gift.
Good luck with that, since little miss hero is definitely a hard nut to crack when it comes to saving people. But the rest can wait. See you there.

You're looking for the one with pink hair btw.

Christmas Delivery

[onebadapple]

[Early Christmas morning wrapped up in a towel and nuzzled in a basket with sprigs of evergreen pines and dried orange slices will be a blackberry pie.

Attached is a card with elegant writing:]

Merry Christmas, Neo!
I hope you stay warm and safe!
Love,
Snow White

Re: Christmas Delivery

[threelayers]

[She eventually gets a small pendant with a crystal of darkblood in it, and a letter attached. Mostly because she appreciated the gesture, and what didn't get donated for her stay at the lumenarium she kept for herself and Anna. The basket ends up being re-delivered over to the Lumenarium as she's recovering.]

Hope this helps keep you safe.
Don't quite know how they use these crystals so maybe find an artisan?
Either way, you stay out of trouble for now, ok?

-Neo

[hauntedsavior]

Hey, NP.
Thanks for talking me down. Back to normal now.

I think I turned into the same thing Rose was turning into.
More soul magic.

But if you thought I was hot, imagine how fucking bad I had it for her.

1/2

[threelayers]

Good to hear.
No eye damage, I hope.
The flower was pretty, but...

So, yeah, uh.
I could definitely see what got in under your skin with her physically.
Of course, you don't strike me as the sort who's just in it for looks.
So there's more to it than that.

2/2

[threelayers]

Just, uh, so that we're clear.
I might flirt a little bit, but I think you know I'll be waiting for mine forever, right?
I don't want to give the wrong idea exactly.

And I can admit sometimes waiting gets lonely.

[Though in truth, she was a little used to being lonely. The people she cared about had been gone from her life as often as they'd been part of it, really. Years apart at a time. There were just days that were easier than others.]

[hauntedsavior]

I am definitely not gonna get the wrong idea.
A lot of that was the flower talking.
It wanted...
God. Hey, this is gonna sound fucking gross?
It wanted to breed.

I'm glad it's gone. I don't do that to people who have other people.
I'm no homewrecker and nobody who's challenged me on that has ever won.
No human, no alien sex flower.

[threelayers]

I kind of figured, about the flower doing the talking.
You don't seem to be the kind of person who flirts with someone in quite that sort of way.
And maybe it's a little gross, but I sort of get it. Plant a seed. Make more of its kind.

That's right. We're not homewreckers.
We're just a pair of sexy badasses, one of whom is currently recovering from flower-eye.
If I ever see that thing again, I'll make a note of it to get you trapped and under control.

[hauntedsavior]

You would fucking keel over if you saw my pathetic attempts at flirting.
I've never been good at it.
The flower might have been an improvement.

Thanks. Hopefully you don't run into it again.
It may not be so easy to take down next time.
We got lucky.

[threelayers]

You should have seen Emerald and I at first.
One moment we'd do these brilliant little games that were like out of some cheesy novel.
The next it was all awkward fumbling because we didn't have a clue.

Trust me, I sort of expect you to be awkward as hell about it. The flower's not better.
Such a thing as way too smooth if you ask me.

I'll take your word for it.
You were anything but easy in that form.
Power going everywhere like that.

[hauntedsavior]

Ha. Reminds me of me and Rose.
Except, well, she was always better at it than me.

That flower was just ready to feed on every last drop of blood it spilled.
And it was fucking good at spilling blood.
Was it actually smooth? I just thought it was trying to tempt you.
Felt weird having a body made out of flesh again that could actually do that kind of thing.
Man, no, I'm gonna stop. That way lies madness or whatever.

[threelayers]

I am probably the better one of the two of us.
But I was also always a little better at bullshit, which doesn't hurt when you're flirting.
Confidence goes a long way, and I was the confident one at first.

Yep, madness and insanity.
You're better off not thinking like a creepy space posy that infected your eye.
Yep yep. You are totally just good as is.

And this whole conversation is totally not awkward for us both.
Hah, we're both idiots, aren't we?

[hauntedsavior]

Yeah, well. If Trench has therapists then it's something to add to the list, I guess.
Once that stuff gets shoved into my brain it's pretty hard to forget.
Cool side effect of soul resonance. Don't recommend it.

You're pining for your wife. I'm pining for someone I never have a chance with again.
Sounds like only one of us is the idiot here, dude.

[threelayers]

They've got Night Walkers, but there's not many actual head-shrinkers.
I would bet you almost anyone who was actually trained in that sort of thing would make bank here.
And be completely bogged down.

Hey, let me call myself an idiot too!
I don't thinking pining for the impossible is a stupid thing anyway.
It's just kind of lonely.

[hauntedsavior]

Ha.
I mean, I used to do host cafe work. You'd be surprised the kind of people who just wanna talk it out.
That's basically therapy. Didn't even have to bang anyone.

Yeah, well. Lonely's my middle name, far as anyone knows.
Getting better at it, don't get me wrong. Not gonna have anything desperate happen again.
But, you know.
Doesn't change fast.

[threelayers]

Yeah, I could never really do that kind of thing.
I'm just not that good with people when it comes down to it.

It doesn't, but you'll figure it out.
And if you ever need to talk stuff out, I can make an exception on being a good listener for you.
You're already helping me out at the same time, after all.

[hauntedsavior]

Pff. Please.
You don't gotta listen to my bullshit just 'cause I saved your ass from freezing to death.

Appreciate it, though.
Really trying to get better at it.
No reason to stay alone all the fucking time.
I might have a roommate now, for example.

text; un: lookingforshinsengumi

[tealeafs]

hello
please forgive me if i have reached the wrong person i am still not entirely sure how to work these things but i think this is who i was looking for
i am not sure if you remember but you talked to me on my first day here and i really appreciated that
so i was wondering if maybe you would like to come over and have a meal with me
i think it is only proper for me to cook for you at least once to show my appreciation
if coming over is too inconvenient for you i do not mind coming over to where you live instead with a meal

(ooc: i know this is around the same time neo is dealing with the whole winter thing and the.. let's say aftermath of that.. so feel free to have her reply be belated or whatever!)

Early March

[threelayers]

[It took until the beginning of March to get back to this. Neopolitan had come down with a bad case of "not being alive." But, when she did wake up, after a day of being weakened and in terrible shape, she was checking her messages and noticed this one.]

Sorry for the late reply there.
I was a little occupied so I didn't see your message at first.
Everything's fine now, and I think I might know who this is?
But yeah, we can grab something to eat if you want.

[tealeafs]

[ It's definitely a little worrisome that there's no answer at first. But after a few days pass, Chizuru just starts to figure that maybe the other just wanted to say no, but is too polite to do so.. So she's really trying to do her best to forget she ever sent the message in the first place.

Until a message suddenly arrives for her, that is. It flusters Chizuru a little, and even more when she realises she didn't even sign it on her own end, leaving the other to have to figure out who it was-- ]

yes this is chizuru i am so sorry

[ It's hard to tell the fluster is there because of the way Chizuru types, unused to writing messages like this, but. Trust me, it's there. ]

i am very glad to hear that everything is fine though
you deserve to have things be fine for you
and the offer definitely still stands even though it is a little later now
if you have any food you enjoy in particular i could definitely try making that for you