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[guardiandevil]

[For once in his life, Matt doesn't sound gloomy at all. Nope. There's no trace of depression in his voice. In fact, he sounds downright optimistic.]

It's been awhile, City. About a month on this end, and far, far longer on mine. A lot has happened to me, but I'd like to hear from you first. What's the good word, my friends?

[There's a lull in his speaking, a short pause before he launches forward again.]

And before you rehash what the papers have been saying, I know all about what happened at NOHoPE. Sounds like I got out of there just in the nick of time.

[No talk of surrender to authorities this time? Hmm. Curious.]

Comments

voice;

[incywincyhero]

Someone found a lucky prize in his cheerios today. Welcome back, buddy.

voice;

[guardiandevil]

Hello, stranger. It's nice to hear your voice again.

voice;

[incywincyhero]

What, did future me take a vow of silence or something? You gotta share all the gossip.

voice;

[guardiandevil]

We didn't exactly part on the best terms, pal. I sort of made a mess of the Kitchen and last I checked, you were still peeved. [Here's hoping talking vaguely like that doesn't catch anyone's attention.]

voice;

[incywincyhero]

That's very Gordon Ramsay of you. [Matt, what did you do?!]

... How peeved was I exactly? Scale of one to ten, where one is "you keep stealing my kung pao chicken" and ten is "you just sent me on a wild goose chase to Verrazano Bridge at midnight, in the rain."

[[Ref in case that's too vague.]]

voice;

[guardiandevil]

[Matt is an innocent angel!!]

More like... a gigantic ninja prison erected on the charred remains of a bombed out tenement. There were demons involved. And a lot of blood.

Does any of that ring a bell?

voice;

[incywincyhero]

Matty, what the flying--

[Deep breath.]... Okay. You're buying dinner, and then we're sitting down at a plastic-wrapped table with misspelled menus for placemats and you're going to explain all this.

voice;

[guardiandevil]

I guess we could make this happen.

I sort of told Jess I'd meet her tonight though. You free tomorrow instead?

voice;

[incywincyhero]

Oh, I see how it is. Trading me in for a younger model, are you?

voice;

[guardiandevil]

What can I say? She's got all the benefits of you plus she smells like Herbal Essences.

voice;

[incywincyhero]

Well, I guess I can't argue with that.

The next time she accuses me of stealing her shampoo, though, I'm telling her I did it to win you back.

voice;

[guardiandevil]

I'm sure she'll forgive you. She's a surprisingly understanding young woman.

voice;

[incywincyhero]

It's true. The way to her good side is paved with chinese takeout boxes and styrofoam coffee cups. It's very eco-friendly in a "reduce, reuse, recycle" way, but man, the real estate prices sure took a hit...

voice;

[guardiandevil]

And you don't even want to imagine the smell.

voice;

[incywincyhero]

Wait, wasn't smell the whole reason we wandered down this conversational detour?

voice;

[guardiandevil]

What can I say? It's an important sense.

voice;

[incywincyhero]

... She's totally going to punch both of us if she finds out about this conversation.

voice;

[guardiandevil]

She can try.

voice;

[incywincyhero]

She's getting a lot better at the whole punching-people thing.