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[ Why is he calling her? Eh, they're kid his age dealing with an apocalypse. That's good enough, yeah? ]

Yo, Ellie, right? Wanted to ask if you could help me get rid of this shit ton of candy I got saddled with. You in?

Yo, Ellie! I'm out of town for a while, but... y'know, maybe I just wanna talk. Deal with it.

What kinda music did you know back home? I gotta catch you up.

...ah... miss Ellie? Are you there?

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eliie
ELLIE

guess wherrew i'm at youre gonan be bSuPER GJEALOUS

pssssst

Dude.

Daniela is a certified badass.

Hi Ellie!

Did you have a good time on your trip?

Stuck up any more malls lately, kid?

you know i think you were realy right about some ppl starting to not like imports i didnt notice it before but now i do. whats up with that??? i got some not import friends who wont talk to me no more.

Edited 2015-07-16 13:55 (UTC)

[About thirty minutes after this, Matthew Lin arrives at Xavier's School for imPorts.

He wanders through the halls until he finds the library, feeling terribly out of place in his all-black suit, knives tucked in his sleeves, his socks, his pockets.

He finds himself a seat once he gets there, somewhere in the corner near some potted plants, and waits, idly picking up a nearby magazine and flipping through it with disinterest.]

i've just been diagnosed as colorblind

Hey Ellie! Do you know anything about the vet department in the zoo you work in?

hey kid

you like ice cream?

[ There's a bit of an awkward pause before she says anything, because Sarah feels like an idiot for doing this, but there was no way she could just... go without checking on a kid after what happened at the swear-in. ]

Hey. Ellie, right? I hope. Uh, yeah, my name's Sarah... Manning... We kinda met before, I think? But yeah, I was one of the people going batshit at the swear-in. [ No, Sarah, no, she's a kid, dammit, watch your bloody language! ] Shit, sorry, I mean— [ Oh, fuck it. ]

Look, anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for everything and, you know, make sure you're doing okay and all. That was some pretty heavy sh... stuff, so. And, hey, if I can do anything to make it up to you, let me know, yeah? Like if you want to get something to eat or—I don't know, whatever, up to you.

[ Another, smaller pause. ]

Okay, so, yeah, thanks again. Bye.

[ #NAILEDIT. ]

hey

just wanted to check in on you
you ok?

[ Awkward silence, and then: ]

Hey. It's me. Just, uh. Just calling to... check in.

[ Another awkward pause. The words I'm sorry take form in his mouth but he swallows it back. ]

Uh. Call me. If you... y'know. If you want to.

[ Awkward silence again, like he's hoping Ellie will answer. And then, there's a soft click of Joel ending the call. ]

Just me again. Just checkin' in. I, um. Got a bunch of your laundry washed and dried if you wanna pick it up.

[ A heavy sigh and an awkward pause like he's about to say something, but then-- ]

Hope, uh. Hope everything's okay.

[ A soft click of Joel ending the call. ]

Hey. Just me again.

Um. Call me. I guess.

[ A lingering pause, then the sound of the call ending. ]

[ Long, awkward silence, and then nothing more but the soft click of Joel ending the call. ]

Hey. [ He sounds tired and sad. There's a lingering pause, and then: ] Nothin' important, I guess, just... Hoping you'll answer.

[ A quiet sigh. ]

Lucy misses you.

[ I miss you.

Hesitating silence, like there's more he wants to say, but then Joel hangs up. ]

[ A hesitant knock on Ellie's bedroom door. ]

[Euphie sounds less... bubbly than she normally does. Hell, she sounds almost upset.]

Ellie? Are you... are you around?

Do you have some time to talk?

[ When Carl calls, he's in a panic. ]

Ellie, I need your help right now.

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