Falling for a thrill

[TXT] I’d take you but I know I could never win you over. 8D just accept that my watered-down American tastebuds can’t appreciate the real stuff!

[TXT]  🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝

[TXT] of course I can go swimming by myself, I’m just brainstorming ideas to keep your thrill-seeking going in cheaper and more convenient ways than only relying on skydiving

[TXT] the LARPing idea was for you!!!  what am I even brainstorming with you for.  you’re flipping all my suggestions into what I should be doing. pah. forget it, you’re hopeless!  you’ll just have to deal with being hopelessly bored.

[TXT] Sure, as long as you’re admitting it :p

[TXT] bees?

[TXT] Oh don’t worry about me, I’ve got other hobbies you know. And it’s not cash that’s stopping me going diving, idk I stopped a while back 

[TXT] I’m one dive away from my licence.Guess I didn’t realize I don’t want the grind for that to be over

[TXT] no probably not, I was literally only in Inverness and Culloden, and London.  But good because the best place for fish n chips is Arlo’s in Portland.  That’s in Oregon, USA, pal

[TXT] choo choo!  

[TXT] dammit!  I love swimming. why is everyone I know traumatized by swimming and we live on the goddamn coast

[TXT] only if I got to record the whole thing in action.  captured humans need entertainment!

[TXT] LIES, ABSOLUTE FABRICATIONS LOON

[TXT] 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

[TXT] you can’t go swimming by yourself? Take Finn. He’ll swim for around a meter and then demand to be carried to shore. I’ve seen it happen.

[TXT] jajaja!  you know when I was in Inverness I got fish and chips.  And when I was in London too.  I can’t tell you which tasted better. You’ll never forgive me

[TXT] oh good so that means as I’m the baby between us then you’ll take full responsibility for my care and welfare when we’re hanging out?

[TXT] talk about who? 

[TXT] c’mon what’s holding you back from learning how to swim? is it some sort of childhood trauma.  you can just say yes I won’t need an explanation

[TXT] token human is only good for playing capture the flag, except replace ‘flag’ with ‘human’.

[TXT] It’s not inverness that has the best fish and chips anyway so no worries of offending me. You’ve probably never been to the place.

[TXT] god no, you’re a trAIN WRECK :P

[TXT] that’s the spirit.

[TXT] yes

Vi locked the door behind her after leaving her apartment. She took the stairwell down to Essies apartment, skipping the last two steps and landing with a thud on the ground level. Vi knocked her knuckles on the dore as she leaned against the frame, waiting for Essie to open the door. Essies move was bittersweet, on one hand Vi was glad that her friend was going to find a fresh new space for herself, she knew that it would be good for Essie - on the other hand, she was going to miss not being able to just pop down one floor to see her and Finn. 

The nights of impromptu sleepovers and late night milkshakes at the diner down on the corner were not over, they would just take a little more extra effort - and Vi was a-ok with that.  Vi clenched a Margarita in a Bottle in her fist, bringing something sweet for them to share. She also had a housewarming present waiting for Essie in her own apartment, but she would wait to give it to her until she was moved into her new place.

“Ess, it’s me.” She called, knowing Finn was probably running in circles to get Essies attention.  

@alessafalling 

Finn was -as predicted- being a nuisance as the fairy flitted and fluttered around the place trying to figure out what to pack first, but also being far too distracted to truly start in any one spot. So every spot had one quarter filled box that the fairy was moving things between. Essie considered herself organised, but she was also a typical fairy, as soon as her emotions took hold she got flighty and scatterbrained. 

It took her familiar biting her finger to actually catch her attnetion enough to open the door. Newly dyed blue hair in disarray Essie smiles sheepishly at Vi and takes her free hand to tug her inside.

[TXT] because it’s bad for the environment?  newspaper is so useful though.  for wrapping up deep fried fish and lining hamster cages

[TXT] ….yes? all young people look like hackers to me.

[TXT] I’ll text Steve and say my goodbyes then.  dang

[TXT] what about deep-sea diving?

[TXT]  I read a treatise in the online town records about how supernatural LARPing is speciesist because it relies on all the stereotypes of the species jajajaja.  God, I love supernaturals.

[TXT] Do you have a hamster? and fish and chips here aren’t worth the paper they’re served in.

[TXT] Wow ok you’re not that old. Even for a human. you’re just a baby like me in fairy terms

[TXT]  oh god please lets not talk about them please.

[TXT] I can’t swim.

[TXT] wait the Bugle has a website too?  I only ever see their trash paper rag in the coffee shops.  

A few seconds later….

[TXT] holy shit, the Bugle has a website.  quick, how can I hack it?

[TXT] fair enough but if you do change your mind on cheese or dirty glares, I’m your guy.

[TXT] yeah good call.  altho does this mean you’re looking for a new X-TREME sport to get into? or are you just spending all your $$$ on 5 skydives aday?

[TXT] OK but haven’t you ever wanted to yell out ‘to arms!’ and have a bunch of people with swords rally around you? oh there you go: you can LARP.  8D  supernatural style LARP 8DDD

[TXT] No one gets the paper anymore! 

[TXT] Do I look like a hacker to you?

[TXT] I’ll let you know, but I’m pretty sure he’s leaving town.

[TXT] Always looking for a new extreme sport to get into!! Suggestions welcome!! Cant promise I haven’t tried it though hahah I’ve been around.

[TXT] I’ve not actually been diving in a wee while, kind of put it on hold a month or so back.

[TXT] the Bugle is a pit of lies, pah

[TXT] I’ll be starving so yeah I want to. plus I need someone present to watch me consume food, so there.  totally not an altruistic offer in the slightest

[TXT] ay fuck okay no more talking about Steve or I’ll start to cry too

[TXT] not assuming you’re crying or anything

[TXT] I sure will. I can even throw extra dirty glares at Danny if he comes by. 

[TXT] here’s a tough question: what about your motorbike?

[TXT] if Danny’s bike is still in town then I happen to have 72 slices of American cheese.  they’d look great draped on his bike. ijs.

[TXT] I’m sure it is like all news sites

[TXT] omg okay, well sure!

[TXT] it’s okay, it’s an easy assumption to make

[TXT] you don’t have to do that, it’s fine, he’s still a nice guy a nice guy i never want to see again for a while

[TXT] I gave it back to him. We broke up too soon after my birthday, didn’t seem right to keep such an expensive gift.

[TXT] It wouldn’t have been a gery happy thing to keep anyway, don’t think I’d have ever used it anyway

[TXT] and then I’ll send the info anonymously to the Bugle, cause a huge scandal 8D  no jk, I hate that little nutkin editor in chief

[TXT] well, I’m still getting you dinner afterwards.  and maybe like five jugs of margarita.  or whatever you drink

[TXT] holy shit, so that’s why Steve wasn’t answering my texts.  Can you believe a wallaby can text?? amazing

[TXT] but that’s besides the point.  shit were you living together and everything too?

[TXT] I’ve seen them express the same about you lol

[TXT] I mean if you want to, it’ll be nice to go out

[TXT] I can, I used to watch him text you

[TXT] We weren’t really...it was sorta lowkey I guess

[TXT] Actually, you can do something for me after the beanstalk thing

[TXT] now I wanna know if there’s a story behind the banner.  hobgobling discrimination! 8DDd

[TXT] you know it.  hey! if you wanna get paid I can always do that as well. harvesting is like literally a job. a gig? side hustle?  whatever it is you kids call it these days

About thirty awkward seconds of silence later…

[TXT] oh shit, why?  

[TXT] am I allowed to ask why? I don’t even know.  man how long ago?

[TXT] I can text the owner for you, get the inside scoop! 

[TXT] We’re friends right? i’ll help you out no big deal. No payment needed.

-During those thirty seconds Essie tries her best to not let it get to her-

[TXT] Just changes in the life plan, things just sometimes go that way.

[TXT] it’s been a week or two?

[TXT] I got my stuff from his place yesterday

[TXT] I went to their website and there’s a banner that says ‘no hobgoblins allowed’. It’s animated.

[TXT] giant beans!  not that I’m much of a climber but I figure if you pick, I’ll store them.

[TXT] hows your glamouring been going anyway? have you been practicing? Danny give you any tips?

[TXT] With good reason I imagine lol

[TXT] ohhhh so you need me for all the hard work I see how it is! XD

[TXT] ouch

[TXT]  Ah not really. It’s no good atm

[TXT] Danny and I broke up.

[TXT] honestly one day I’d love to see a hobgoblin skydiving jajaja

[TXT] so this particular group of hobgoblins have one specific skill and that’s growing giant beanstalks

[TXT] yes, literally like the story of Jack and the giant.  this is kinda what the story’s based on

[TXT] I’m not interested in what the beanstalk goes to.  the stalk itself though has magical beans. obviously. and I have a client who’s requested magical beans

[TXT] don’t worry, totally above board!  the hobgoblins do a ‘u pick at your own risk’ this weekend where anyone can come and pick beans for a fee.  it’s a 2-person job though.  plus did I mention these are GIANT beanstalks?

[TXT] I’m not taking ne, but feel free to appeal to the staff at the hanger lol

[TXT]  Okay...

[TXT] Oh obviously. Can’t be growing a beanstalk sky high without a little magic in it

[TXT] So giant beans right? Need someone with wings, I’m your fairy. 

[TXT] do you know anything about hobgoblins? 

[TXT] they’re a little bananas tbh so you just might.  they tend to get into extreme situations mostly for fun. 

[TXT] I know...OF hobgoblins

[TXT] Are you comparing me to a hobgolbin? idk if that’s he way to win my help lol

[TXT] hey kiddo!

[TXT] in the mood for an adventure? ok I need help

[TXT] from a fairy specifically.  also might be a bit dangerous

@alessafalling

[TXT] hey

[TXT] in the mood? not really

[TXT] Need some help? With what?

[TXT] Fairy specific? You’d have to tell me what it is especially if you’re coming to me and not the sherrifs husband