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[givesyouaboner]

Roxy gave me the most orange kitten ever. She's really cute and fluffy.
I named her Orangina.
Last night she slept on my pillow by Lil' Cal. When school starts, she's coming with me too.

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something fabled and hard to reach?

[spangledplan]

Was the other fish even pretty? A lot of kids tend to name their pets after things they see. Or, well, I think they do. I don't have much experience of my own with pets.

What year is your bro? And his name? I might know him.

Dirk's almost got the appropriated usage down and doesn't know it

[givesyouaboner]

They were both really pretty. I had a fish tank in my room and I kept the light on at night because it looked like they were in the ocean.

Dave, fourth year. You might know him? He's the one who just threw a rad party at our flat while Uncle Dirk was gone.

He will perfect and Steve will not know what happen

[spangledplan]

Aren't you supposed to turn the light off, though?

I might, considering we've roomed together for the last three years. Name's Steve Rogers. I don't know if Dave would talk about me.

yesss

[givesyouaboner]

I turned the light off in the day time. Natural light could get in that way.

_{[It has nothing to do with being afraid of the dark. Nope. That's at least not an issue anymore. Usually.]}

Oh, well then. Nice to meet you.
I'm not sure, actually. He's mentioned a lot of people to me but it's hard to get everything clear when I can't put names to faces.

sob steve can't handle striders

[spangledplan]

Makes sense.

Nice to meet you, too.

I'm sure we'll get to know each other when classes start. I'll see you in the common room.

too bad he's stuck with two of them

[givesyouaboner]

Yeah, probably.
Especially since you share a dorm room with Dave.

_{[Is he planning on being in there a lot to hang out with Dave? You bet your sweet ass he is.]}

Are you going to that Diagon Alley place before school starts?
Maybe we'll be there at the same time.

His life.

[spangledplan]

Maybe we can draw together, if you come visit Dave.

I might, if I can get to London. I do need to get my new books, after all.

poor kid

[givesyouaboner]

That'd be really sweet. I can share my markers with you too.
The orange one is my favourite.

Where do you live?
You can totally bunk at our place for a night or two if you need to.
I know Uncle Dirk and Dave really won't care.

he'll get used to it

[spangledplan]

I think I could tell.

I live in Belfast, with my grandparents. I wouldn't want to impose on your family.

eventually

[givesyouaboner]

Are you sure? Because I can always do this.
Though I don't know; Dave might get mad if I use all his ink.

Ireland? I can see how that'd be a bit inconvenient. Clearly that means you should come visit for a few days to make your trip to London worth it.

[spangledplan]

He's capable of losing his cool?

Yeah, and my grandparents aren't really fond of magic things. I might take you up on the offer, if your uncle says it's okay.

[givesyouaboner]

Probably.
To be honest I don't think he'd care, because it's not like it's irreplaceable, and I'd share my markers if he wanted to use them.

I'll ask him later, but go ahead and plan on being able to stay here, broski.

[spangledplan]

He seems to want everyone to believe otherwise. But I suppose that's Dave for you.

Thank you, Dirk.

[givesyouaboner]

I don't know how he tries to come off as to others, but I can assure you that he's always been the coolest person I've known.

No problem.

[spangledplan]

I guess he can be pretty cool. Sometimes he seems more like a huge nerd.

You're a good kid.

[givesyouaboner]

Whaaat?
Like when?
Who says being a nerd is bad, anyway? It just connotates that you like learning.

_{[Have some ink splatter.}
I'm just me.

[spangledplan]

Like pretty much all the time. And it's not a bad thing, but when you call yourself an ironic cool kid don't you think a nerd is the opposite?


You happen to be a good kid, from what I've seen.

[givesyouaboner]

Dave is definitely more coolkid than nerd. It's statistically impossible for it to be any other thing.

I'm at a loss of words.

[spangledplan]

Your statistics might not be true.

Is that a bad thing?

[givesyouaboner]

My statistics are flawless.


I'm not sure.

[spangledplan]

How many tests have you run?

Oh. I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable.

[givesyouaboner]

Enough to know that my research is conclusive. Even factoring in a margin for error, statistics show with 98% accuracy that there is no one cooler than Dave Strider.

It's fine. I'm simply not accustomed to compliments from people outside of family.

[spangledplan]

Not even yourself? You could be cooler than him.

Well you are pretty young. I don't think you get out much, do you?

[givesyouaboner]

No, I don't think so.

I haven't had much of a reason to.

[spangledplan]

You never know that.

Well now you'll be at school and have plenty of reason.