meteorstorm | (no subject)

... you're going to get all nostalgic on me, aren't you?

[Just teasing.]

[ might be clamming up a little now ]

No.

You were~.

You asked me a question. I answered it.

I was teasing.

Fine.

[Eyeroll is go. Gosh, you really can't take a joke.]

[ just one last look at this here photo and his phone's off and he's tucking it back in his pocket

I am not really a jokey sort of person ]

[Honestly.

... sitting up all of the sudden, after a little bit, and looking off somewhere over the water.]

Woah!

[ just leaning up slightly on one arm ]

What?

You didn't see it?

[ just looking at you skeptically ]

See what? We already know Marcy's out there, it was probably her.

[Actually sitting forward over her knees, like she's scanning the water.]

I dunno, I'm used to seeing Marcy and I don't think that was the same movement. It seemed bulkier.

You don't think we picked something else up in the move, do you?

[ . . . now he's curious, so sitting up ]

Well, we didn't have the moose before, either.

Mm. It was kind of like it was pulling on something.

[ leaning forward to peer out over the water ]

There could be whales.

You don't think Marcy would try to eat it, do you?

[Moving so she can get close and slightly behind, pointing over his shoulder so she can see from his point of view.] It was out that way and headed left. At least, I think it was headed left, it seemed like it.

[ . . . you are pretty darn close, woman

looking out in that direction, though ]

Some whales eat squid, so it's hard to say.

[Well, it's easier to show you from this angle, right?]

Frankly I think I'd cheer for the whale. But I don't know ... I don't remember, do whales have arms or anything?

[ . . . maybe ]

Whales are like giant fish, except they're mammals. They have fins and flippers.

Huh. Then maybe it wasn't a whale. It definitely had an arm.

'Cause it was doing something kind of like ...

[I'm sorry (no I'm not), I hope you didn't need to move around too much, because she's up on her knees and you're in a headlock.]

[ the thing about headlocks? is that especially if I still have my arms, if there's enough leverage I can still just topple us head over heels onto our backs ]

[Yelping because that is not the direction she thought they were going to go in, but definitely laughing anyway, probably very close to his ear.]

[ he's not really struggling, otherwise; just don't think you can get away with everything all the time ]

The magic eight ball says try again later.

You're the one who fell for it!

[A pause.]

Eight balls aren't magic.