maskormenace | 05 ▸ VIDEO. ( forward-dated to tues )

[ The feed turns on, and some people may recognize the familiar face of Reggie Mantle that graces the screen-- albeit, looking slightly differently than the last time he was here. His hair is a little bit longer, and he's rocking a very classy, tasteful black-shirt-black-vest ensemble, topped off with a pair of dark, dark sunglasses and a toothpick idly perched in his mouth. ]

Yo. Don't call it a comeback or anything, but you can all relax now and stop missing me so much. It's me, Reggie-- or "Mantle the Magnificent", as some of you may know me better. Here I am. [ Whether he likes it or not, babey...! ] And apparently some of you wasted no freaking time before robbing me. You know who you are: give me my shit back. Give me my car and my dog back.

[ He's pretty sure he knows who you are, too, and so is being extremely generous by not making this a naming-names sort of call-out. But his much-emptier-than-usual apartment is probably somewhat visible behind him anyway.

Reggie's not interested in dealing with that right now, though, not after everything else he's just been through. Investigating the looting and the other messes made in his apartment can... wait, at least one night. ]

Has it really only been like, a week since I left, though? Cuz for me it was almost a year. I mean, at least I didn't miss Christmas, but suddenly I'm like, five months away from turning 18.

[ N B D. On either count; Christmas is still a few months away back home, so that would have sucked, but he's not nearly as close to his 18th birthday there as he is now. He reaches up as if to adjust his sunglasses, then catches himself, dropping his hand before he touches them and focusing instead on just opening his bedroom door. ]

The age of lap dances. Just in case anyone wants to start planning the surprise party now.

[ He sets his communicator down, moving off-screen to change into something a little more comfortable, but he doesn't switch the feed off yet-- it isn't long before he appears on-screen again, still wearing his sunglasses, but now also wearing a blue hoodie instead of (or possibly over) his other clothes, and has swapped his toothpick out for a candy cane (since of course he picked some up). Wasting no time trying to settle back in, apparently. ]

But y'know, it feels weird as hell going home and then ending up back here... and I don't mean just cuz some people will break into your place and either rob you or bleed all over it. [ He's not dealing with that right now. Moving on: ] More like how it feels like having whiplash and a hangover at the same time-- like, that can't be that good for our brains.

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it was a cross-country couples roadtrip they took on a motorcycle
im not gonna tag along for that

y not?! i would!!

cuz i guess unlike u i have no interest in being a 3rd wheel
how is that not obvious

if there ur m8s u wont be the 3rd wheel. theyll want u around duh

thats not how it works crackula
if they wanted me around they would of invited me
& its fine i had other things to do this summer anyway

just invite ursef theyll appreciate it even if they dont show it

thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard
im telling u i didnt even WANT to go w/ them
theres more to life than just following ur friends around all the time like a stray dog

its not follwng them round all the time! its hangin out w good m8s

no
its not
maybe a good way to drive off all but 2 of them

i only have 2 friends back home so yeh that checks out

see
i rest my case
neediness is kind of a huge turnoff for most ppl

ok but countr point who tf needs more than 2 friends???

uh
well me, for one
cuz not only does having only 2 friends sound p pathetic, itd also get totally boring
like what do u do when theyre both busy

if theyre busy u just go out and enjoy urself. meet new folk wats pathetic is thinkg 2 friends aint enough. and ur callin me teh clingy 1 lol

so basically go out w/ ur other friends
and/or make new ones
like ive been saying

how is that pathetic anyway
its just called having social skills

u rly that close to that many folk? rly? i just aint seein it

what the hells that supposed to mean
how would u know who im close to or not

forget it. it dont mattr. u got lots of frends well done u

see now was that rly so hard to admit

lol ur such a littl shite

most ppl find that charming

o im sure they do. might do u well in ur life either that or itll bite u in the arse or mayb both

05 ▸ VIDEO. ( forward-dated to tues )

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