06 | video

[oceanthief]

[the feed is set to video, but Lapis seems only nominally interested in achieving a steady recording of her face. she's turned it on for another purpose, and the quality of everything else up until that point is really unimportant to her. at least gems don't have naturally shaky hands, even if the camera keeps trailing off into nothing now and then before she rights it, almost absent-mindedly.]

How long are you supposed to wait to be sure that someone's been ported out? I've seen people say stuff like 'a while', but humans and gems don't really seem to have the same idea of what a long time actually is.

I haven't seem someone who lives in this house with me for - [shit, fuck. Lapis' expression stutters into hesitance as she realizes that she has no idea how long she's been not seeing him, nor does she remember any useful earth calendar terms beyond month and year.] - I haven't really seen him lately. But he's kind of stupid and scared of me, so I don't know if that's on purpose or not.

[she gives a lopsided shrug, as if to say 'what can you do?' humans were a crazy weird little species, and she's given up trying to fix their misconceptions on a lot of things. if Hyunsoo wanted to think she was out to kill him, let him. he was the one looking dumb, not her.]

...I've got something else to ask, too.

[this is the reason that she'd switched the video on. Lapis' nose scrunches in a cross between disgust and bafflement before she swings the camera around to zero in on - the fridge?

without further ado, a little blue hand sneaks back into frame to swing the refrigerator door open. have you ever seen food left to its own devices for a little over a month, imPorts? if not, here's your prime chance to some front row seats because that is exactly what this fridge is full of.

clearly it's been a while since Hyunsoo was last here.]

Is food supposed to look like that?

Comments

[oceanthief]

It's the truth.

[there seems to be no correlation whatsoever in Lapis' mind.]

[h2no]

Is it? You don't know me.

[oceanthief]

You haven't said anything intelligent since we started talking.

[lAPIS YOU CAN'T JUST TELL PEOPLE THAT]

[h2no]

Maybe I'm matchin' the company.

[oceanthief]

I doubt it.

[not even a whisper of rising to that bait. stone colllld.]

[h2no]

...

I am matchin' the company.

[oceanthief]

Then you're doing a really bad job at that, too.

[h2no]

I've been laid low! Probably cause my heart's not in it. How could I think you're stupid? We've barely met!

[oceanthief]

You haven't even tried to say anything that makes sense.

[like, for real. he's got an even smaller sample size to be judging against than most people talking with Lapis.]

[h2no]

I think I did okay at the start!

[oceanthief]

It was kind of the same as what everyone else had been saying.

[she sounds almost apologetic about having to point it out, like she feels kind of bad for raining on Archie's parade like that. he'd probably been trying his best in the beginning.]

[h2no]

[don't worry he'll be optimistic enough for both of them.]

Well, at least that means I wasn't giving you bad advice then, eh?

[oceanthief]

I wouldn't be so sure about that.

[jury's still out on whether or not any of this will be remotely correct or useful.]

[h2no]

What, that cleanin' something that's nasty is a good idea?

[oceanthief]

That he's actually gone for good.

[and that it's actually rotten food to begin with, but you know. petty details.]

[h2no]

I think the only thing that can give you the right answer to that is time.

[oceanthief]

It's pretty hard to tell time here.

[DAMN HUMANS AND THEIR CALENDARS]

[h2no]

Lass, he's either coming back or he ain't. It's not rocket science.

[oceanthief]

No, but it's pretty difficult to remember what humans think 'a long time' is for me to wait and be sure.

this thread is such a wonderful trainwreck

[h2no]

Start off with thirty-one days. That's not a long time, but it's a start.

i'm glad you're enjoying it hfjdk

[oceanthief]

Thirty-one days from now? Or...

[because, uh. that timeframe may or may not have already elapsed.]

👀👀

[h2no]

From when ya last saw him.

[oceanthief]

Does it have to be exact?

[h2no]

[he s l o w l y rubs his forehead.]

Within 10 days, at least?

[oceanthief]

...consecutive ones?

[DON'T JUDGE HER HYUNSOO IS SO EASY TO IGNORE]