Inbox for Duplicity

[terrariums]

INBOX text / audio / video || un: jetsam "I am truly sorry I missed you, please leave a detailed message and I will reach out to you at my earliest convenience." code credit

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text; un: daddy

[varnish]

So how long were you planning on hiding from me? ♥

[terrariums]

Ah, Belial. I would never dream of such a thing. I suppose the past few months have treated you well?

Text; un: smokinbomb

[bakudan_bambino]

YOU'VE BEEN BLASTED BY THE

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ONCE YOU'VE BEEN BOMBED, YOU HAVE TO BOMB 8 OTHER PEOPLE! IF YOU GET BOMBED AGAIN YOULL KNOW YOUR REALLY SEXY!!1 IF YOU DIFFUSE THE SEX BOMB CHAIN, YOULL SUFFER A VERY UNSEXY BRAIN INJURY! BOMB WHOEVER YOU THINK IS SEXY!!

Text; UN; Gloomurai

[flameinthedarkness]

[Jade is NOT the person Idia had been planning to text originally, having gone looking for a certain someone else to make sure they were ready for the cafe event start tomorrow. Only to find their name gone. And their Dual-Cam gone.

Ah...]

do u need time off?

un: jetsam

[terrariums]

Not at all.

Have I been behaving in a way for you to believe I do?

[ Some are far less savvy and used to others not messaging them for days on end. ]

Winter holiday gift

[flameinthedarkness]

[Jade’s gift is… well… something they had talked about before but had been originally turned down. Inside a wrapped box is a couple of sets of rather nice rope. A more rugged one that seems more fitted for actual adventuring and hiking (if Jade ever gets the chance), the other is more sleek and soft to the touch, clearly meant for… other activities. There is also a note in Idia’s writing, clearly recalling their last talk on this,] We’ll see.

Text; UN; Gloomurai

[flameinthedarkness]

WTF IS THIS?!?1!?!?

[terrariums]

Good evening, Idia-san. Have I made an error with Catsanova's paperwork?

🍄 Truth meme overflow w/ beauman

[terrariums]

(ooc: continued from truth meme )

There was a commotion in Mostro Lounge between Grimm, Yuu-san and some students from Scarabia. Floyd, Azul and I chose to investigate Kalim-san's strange behavior, but when we stepped through the mirror I arrived here instead.

[ That in and of itself wasn't so bad at first... when it was just he and Floyd here. It was when Jamil, Azul, and Riddle arrived that things began to become complicated. Their absence now only leads to a different sort of confusion and the city's influence over himself certainly isn't helping the way he feels.

Like it is intentionally pulling him deeper into insecurities that he'd thought didn't exist before, but were always bubbling beneath the surface. ]

I have heard a little about the near future from some of the others now, but it is impossible not to feel useless when presented with it. Both within Duplicity and back 'home'.

[beauman]

[Oh, Trickster had mentioned that whole wretched affair, hadn't they? Their abduction, Kalim's seeming madness, the whole ordeal of escaping and enlisting Octavinelle's help..... It sounded as though it had all been absolutely unbearable. Hadn't all that been months ago, long before SDC?]

What would you have used the information for, even assuming you had been present?

[The question feels a bit strange--but then again, so does the situation promoting it. How does not being present for something make you useless? By that reckoning, shouldn't he theoretically feel useless for not being present to help calm down any of the first four overblots, let alone any number of less deadly problems?]

[shoelicking]

[ continued from here ]

i'm not great at friendship either
i mean i have friends
or had them when i was home i guess

you're still young though aren't you
you have plenty of time for more intimate relationships
although i think they're kind of pointless here sometimes

[terrariums]

I admit I see little point in pursuing such things here or at home.

[ Why put in so much effort when he plans to return home once his education is over? And here... why put himself into such an easy chance at heartbreak with how fickle the city can be? It doesn't change that here he wants some level of closeness, but a relationship seems... messy, at best. ]

With how often partners come and go here, I cannot imagine attempting to keep someone quite so close.

audio; un: flotsam

[eelusive]

[15 days. 15 whole days of misery and stillness and silence. It’s the longest running fight for the twins… and Floyd isn’t sure he can stand it for much longer.

Food tastes like sand. Sheets scratch his skin. Even water feels like shards of glass hooking deep into his gills. Nothing’s been right ever since he left Jade all alone in that cold, dark alley… and now, for the first time in his life, Floyd thinks he knows the meaning of regret. After all, they might as well be gone to each other; little more than painful memories of bitter words and a dance they never finished.

He can’t live without him anymore. He can’t.

It’s late when Floyd finally concedes, calling Jade from beneath the darkness of his bedsheets. He doesn’t know if he’ll answer, but… he has to try.]

[terrariums]

[ It's been officially over two weeks since they've spoken and Jade is tired of not seeing him. He tried to keep things careful despite his pain, tried to make this transition easier in whatever way he could... To give Floyd space by arranging others around his absence at the cafe, pouring himself into his own work to prevent giving his thoughts a place to go.

He's moved into the Up now for some days and Jade sits alone in his room. Even Fishcake having abandoned him by going to sleep by Rook's side tonight instead... Jade is working on a still mostly empty terrarium when he notices his brother's call and he only stares for a moment before answering and holding it up to his ear. He isn't sure what to say, but just the sound of Floyd's breath feels like a wave of water crashing over him. ]

Floyd...

ATTN: JADE LEECH

[duplicitymods]

❝

DUPLICITY CITATION No. 19695 Violation: Disrespect and Mistreatment of a SIN Guard Fine: 2 days in the People Zoo + 1 day of Realignment. Payments must be received within 30 calendar days, or debts will be handed over to the Remittance Facility.

❞

Forward dated to BIRFDAY

[beauman]

[Jade will find his gifts waiting for him in his room once he gets home, given Rook is liable to be fast asleep by the time he gets back. Hopefully he isn't too tired of Rook's homemade snacks by now; not only does he get some tough gnawing jerky of his own, but also an experimental batch made with octopus, with a spicy glaze made from some of the leftover spices Jade had seemed to like from his Sunset Savanna dishes.

Food aside? He'll find a hobbyist's guide to spelunking, alongside two sets of gear. Guess who's going to both provide Enrichment and a companion to indulge accompany him on a new potential hyperfixation hobby?]

💜

[varnish]

[The day following Jade’s birthday, he’ll find a box outside his front door—matte black and tied together with a velvet ribbon. A single dark plume sticks out from between the loops, deep amethyst fading into ashen lavender.

Within, coiled upon a cushion of burgundy, is a pure, golden bracelet, gleaming and resplendent with a curious variety of charms. A ballerina, a key, a pumpkin on wheels, a circus clown, a castle, a mermaid with jeweled eyes… It isn’t for wearing, necessarily, so much as it is for admiring. After all, merfolk do have a penchant for collecting shiny trinkets, do they not?

A piece of parchment sits tucked beside, the handwriting sharp and slanted.

‘For my precious treasure.’ it reads.

There is no signature to be found.]

un: flotsam 1/? (no reply necessary btw lmao)

[eelusive]

hey jade hey hey

i taught ballsack a new trick

com ovr ok?

2/?

[eelusive]

y didnt u com ovr

anyway omg y is ballsack so GROSS

3/?

[eelusive]

srsly his ears n nails r G R O S S jade

Holiday Delivery

[caycay]

[Happy Non-Descript Winter Holiday! Cater's dropping off a wrapped gift containing two items: a collapsible pouch for foraging that can be attached to a belt, and a funky lil scarf featuring some neato guys.

Truly, he cannot wait to see Jade wear it.]

Merry Christmas Jeado

[wantingmore]

[Because Claudia's normal and doesn't care at all, she's just going to casually drop off gift at Catsanova one evening on her way to Fangtasy. It's a book she discovered that details the local flora and fauna that can be found within and around Duplicity, Veracity, and Insincerity. She doesn't need a thank you. Ok bye.]

Christmas(?) gift!

[goldencharms]

[ He managed to find a book on mountains throughout the world-- good luck getting to them though, but it's something aspirational, right? leaving duplicity?

There's a small card that says "Merry Kuri! Ruby told me about this holiday, so I thought it'd be fun to celebrate!" ]

critmus

[eelusive]

[It's not necessarily a tradition for the twins (and by all accounts Jade shouldn't even get a present from Floyd this year, hmph!!), but it's fun nonetheless to gift each other new shoes. Always different, never something the other expects... and this holiday season, Floyd hopes his choice doesn't disappoint. Scalloped edges, red bottoms.

They both have experience with heels, yes. But somehow he thinks his brother's wardrobe is lacking here.

A note reads simply,]

xoxo

audio; un: flotsam

[eelusive]

Did that daddy of yours ever tell you why humans piss on each other?

audio; un: jetsam

[terrariums]

Floyd, we have the same father. This is not something about humans we ever discussed.