[ somarium ] voicemail

[selfmotivations]

Hey, it's Alvin. Just leave a message and I'll get right back to you.

[ooc: Just label any IC/OOC stuff in the subect line o/]

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[makesitbetter]

But it still wasn't because it wasn't a real kiss.

[But does Milla think that too?? Did she mean for that kiss to mean more than he thought? Or is she actually just oblivious to all the implications? He can never tell what she's really thinking when she does these kinds of things.]

[selfmotivations]

But she might not have kissed anyone in any kind of way before.

[makesitbetter]

That's...



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That's... probably true.

[selfmotivations]

You better take responsibility, Jude.

[makesitbetter]

Now you just sound like Teepo.

[selfmotivations]

[laughs.]

Hah, that's right! And I thought I was a player.

[makesitbetter]

[He's ignoring that bait, seriously Alvin.]

I don't know, Alvin. I really don't think it meant much to her beyond being an "interesting human custom." [with a bad imitation of Milla's speech patterns at the end, there.]

[selfmotivations]

What if I told you she actually blushed?

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[makesitbetter]

...She did?

[That could still mean a lot of things - Milla does still get embarrassed sometimes. An extremely rare sometimes. But Milla blushing while talking about him...]

[makesitbetter]

[...This is Alvin he's talking to, though.]

You're just trying to get me worked up, aren't you?

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[selfmotivations]

Maybe.

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[selfmotivations]

But I also promised to stop lying.

[who knew that actually telling the truth like this could be just as entertaining. well. not that a lot of his real lies were entertaining.]

[makesitbetter]

Why does not lying somehow make you even harder to deal with than before?

[This is said with all of the affection of a friend. Really.]

[selfmotivations]

[he feels it. right in the heart.]

Maybe I'm just that difficult of a person.

[makesitbetter]

Which is why I'm going to end up hearing about this for months, right?

[Or until Alvin finds something even better to tease about. Which might not take as long.]

[selfmotivations]

Possibly.

But it's all part of helping you grow.

[makesitbetter]

While I appreciate the thought, I'm not so sure I see the connection.

[selfmotivations]

You will when you're older, trust me.

[makesitbetter]

I'll just have to suffer through your help until that happens, I guess.

[But at least the topic has successfully been diverted away from Milla's feelings.]

[selfmotivations]

[see, Jude? you ARE learning! whether Alvin noticed or not is moot, though.]

Suffer? You should feel blessed.

[grins before it subdues a bit.]

Though really, if anyone should feel that way, I guess it would be me. Not sure what I would be doing here without you guys around.

[makesitbetter]

[Aw, Alvin. That's surprisingly frank coming from him, and Jude's expression softens.]

I'm sure you'd figure it out. [He has faith in you, okay? Alvin had said he was going to find his own way before, that still applies in another world.] But honestly... I feel the same way. We are pretty blessed.

[selfmotivations]

[now it's getting sappy. but. it's a good kind so he won't mind it much.]

Speaking of blessings, you've heard about this whole "Christmas" thing, right?

[makesitbetter]

[A bit of sap now and then isn't so bad. Especially when overall he's happier now than he's been... maybe ever, really.]

Yeah. Milla said it's about giving gifts? [And apparently cutting down trees and putting them in the middle of your house. Jude's not so sure he sees the point in that one.]

[selfmotivations]

Something like that. And I think I got mine from her early.

So, you going to participate in this little holiday?

[makesitbetter]

Well, it'd be pretty rude if Milla gets us gifts and we don't give her anything back.