TEXT; accidents happen

[itstheirworld]

[This was meant to be for one person (Carl), but today her hands are a little bit clumsy it seems - so, dear imPort community at large, you get this:]

hypothetically: what would be an ok gift to give someone you're cool with+getting to know? just give me your first 3 ideas.

[Only after sending this does Enid realize her mistake. But she'll roll with it. Because Father's Day is coming up and a part of her cares just enough to think about it. For, er, some people she knows. Any suggestion is cool.]

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[fayzedandconfused]

are you going on A DATE???

[itstheirworld]

[omg, no. enid's mental reaction to this girl is going to be "breeze plz" forever, isn't it?]

no...that's not the idea behind this.

[fayzedandconfused]

oooh you like someone tho, right?

[itstheirworld]

huh? i didn't say anything about liking someone.

what gave you that idea?

[deflecting this very much, because this is public. and maybe she shouldn't have asked that last thing.]

[fayzedandconfused]

why else would you want help picking out a present for someone?

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[112ounces]

it depends how close i am in the first place

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[itstheirworld]

[yes, good, the original recipient of her text appears! hi, carl. she is a little relieved since it's only him she meant to ask. and there's a simple solution to his 'it depends' answer.]

well in that case, think of alexandria as your example. what about someone from there?

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[112ounces]

Probably some cool knick knack I found in an abandoned house. Like a wood carving or a music box. But that's Alexandria so you can probably get something better here. like one of those useless box toys, those are cool.

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[itstheirworld]

cool knick knacks are a maybe. can't carve (much) though and music boxes i doubt i can use. so what else you got?

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[catalysmic]

Casual, right? Something you have extra of, something weather-appropriate like a hat with a brim, or snacks.

[itstheirworld]

maybe a hat could work. and snacks could work too. but you have any kind in mind?

[catalysmic]

[pretend this is earlier in the night]

Snacks? If you don't know what they like, you should get a few of your favorites. Then they can get to know you too, and you can see if your tastes mesh.

[itstheirworld]

yeah. i think they're more like the sort of person that'll eat anything, so i guess getting what i like will work. trail mix, or a hat of some sort.

maybe something else entirely.

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[helladoomed]

it seriously depends on how you want to get to know them

friends? family? coworkers? somebody you want to bang?

[itstheirworld]

[there's a definite delay before this response comes. notice it? because reading that text just now makes this just seem weird all of sudden. just a little.]

none of the above? maybe, friends? there will be no getting to know them more than that.

[this is just her thinking of giving people she knows (well, sort of knows) simple gifts, all in some spirit of father's day. but yeah, she's still going to be vague about it, sorry.]

[helladoomed]

So whatever you've got right this second you want it to just stay that way?

just get 'em whatever they like then. like hobbies and shit

[itstheirworld]

yes.

and it's not as easy as that. i'm not even sure they know what they like anymore.

so i guess, any general ideas you have would be cool.

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[dirtyredneck]

[Daryl does not realize at first that this went to everyone. He sees the name 'Enid' attached and assumes it's a direct text. And a strange one at that. But then again, she and Carl had seemed to be getting close in some of those pictures the 'fans' had taken of her and shown him when he first arrived. So his advice is directed in that direction.]

Carl likes comics, Big Cat bars, and video games. In that order. Could probably use a new silencer for his gun, if one of them came with him, too. Since we ain't had a lot of those to go around the armory before.

[itstheirworld]

[Not one of the many answers she was expecting, but in this case his obliviousness may be to her advantage. After she gets over her surprise to whatever conclusion Daryl's seemed to have made with this and replies to him, of course. And maybe makes mental a note of what Carl likes, too.

(Why everyone seems to assume this means dating in some way, is beyond her, though. And she's not gonna think about that right now either, help her god.)

Some delay before a reply just happens.]

that wasn't what i was really thinking of, but ok. what else? tell me what you like, maybe?

[dirtyredneck]

[So it wasn't about Carl? Had she found herself someone else to moon over? Shit. Now he felt like an ass for assuming.]

Doubt it'll help you much.

[itstheirworld]

humour me.

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[shittybirthday]

depends who it's for
gonna take a wild guess that it's carl

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[itstheirworld]

[When Enid let herself be cool with her accidental mass text rather than try to delete it, she never thought it would get a response, like this one, from someone she didn't recognize at all - so there's obvious caution in her reply.]

what makes you think that?

how do you know carl?

[shittybirthday]

known carl a long while now
he seems pretty fond of you. said you're both friends.
guess i put two and two together

[itstheirworld]

really.

he spoke about me?

so what friend of his would you be?