homophonic: jonas

[camena]

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[camena]

What? No. I trust that you can get out of a tree by yourself. What are you a cartoon cat?

[westedge]

i mean i hope not no let's not let this worsen
actually i don't even know if you're a dog or cat person

[camena]

Dogs I guess. At least a dog would go on walks with me. A cat would be too lazy. Or it would just leave.

Wait were you actually asking or did you just have to say that to rhyme?

[westedge]

👋

[ it's not the right emoji, but essentially it was both. but if she's anymore close to the park by now, she can look around trees! there is probably someone's jean-clad leg barely hanging down from a branch, sneaker heel kicking the trunk. ]

[camena]

[ hello, she'll just walk up underneath that tree. ]

Hey. Dogs or cats?

[westedge]

[ the. longest amount of silence, like he's debating just not talking. ]

Dunno, never had one before. So...I guess either or?

[ the driest, most annoyed tone in the world. ]

[camena]

[ ahahahaha ]

It's out loud too!

[westedge]

[ NO. ]

This was not what I planned, so you better not laugh, and if you tell the others I'll kick your ass.

[ it's not a serious tone, but also. alex. no. ]

[camena]

I won't tell, I won't tell.

[ maybe. ]

Did you use Drift Aura to get up there? Bet that's easier than climbing.

[westedge]

No, I definitely climbed. Mostly for something to ease my mind.

[ which is to say he wanted the distraction. he was also in the tree even before this happened, but details. ]

[camena]

You're just climbing trees for fun without me?

[ well, she's going to use drift aura to get up there with him. on a different branch though. ]

[westedge]

[ now that she's up here, she'll see that there's also a half-eaten hot dog up here. ]

Like you aren't without me? I don't know...sometimes...trees. [ sometimes you jsut want a Break and a tree is a good option for not being found by people who don't know where to look. ]

[camena]

Hey, I hadn't climbed a single tree yet!

[ also she's laughing at that rhyme because it seemed like it was kind of a struggle. ]

You didn't even finish the hot dog? Come on, if you're facing the punishment for it anyway.

[westedge]

[ she's right, it was a struggle. he is struggling. i'm saying this is probably at least a While after he ate the hot dog so eventually i can stop writing rhymes but this is funny. ]

I have no way of knowing if the timer restarts. Pretty sure if it did it'd break my heart. [ gazes into the sun. ] Plus I'm saving it for the squirrels. Yesterday Shenhe gave me a referral.

[ and speaking of shenhe. ]

We kinda claimed the tree in the Japanifornia park before. I think...we both understood each other more.

[camena]

Oh yeah? You're having... friendship-affirming tree-climbing sessions now? Always worked for me in elementary school, so sure. Why not.

[ however alex is now a little distracted because she is staring longingly into the distance. where is shenhe... she could be hanging out with shenhe right now....... ]

[westedge]

[ i hope she abandons his ass for shenhe honestly. ]

I mean...maybe? It's more like...when I talk to her she's not really judging me.

[ which is part of why he likes shenhe. she's one of the rare people that he can talk to without feeling like he has to be a certain way or that someone might be judging how he presents himself. ]

[camena]

[ she probably will eventually. it's fine. ]

... Yeah, I get that. Like—everything is so weird to her that nothing is? Or, no one is?

[westedge]

[ no, that's not quite it. it's a little different than that, but he's not sure how to verbally say it while he's dr. seuss so he. shakes his head no while also shrugging like he's somehow indicating "close but not exactly." ]

[camena]

[ alex swings her legs a bit. ]

Just tell me when it's easier.

[westedge]

[ there's a nod to that. he seems to be thinking some things over. ]

Are you going to explain about Setsu, too?

[ he can get away with that because it is a rhyme. wow. ]

[camena]

I'm just messing with you because you're so into them.

[ from her perspective, he's been really unsubtle about it. two weeks of hanging out all the time and holding hands? ]

[westedge]

[ HUH???

jonas, wondering if alex has decided something he is unaware of. ]

What are you even talking about right now? [ he would love to stop there, but the annoyance on his face says he physically cannot, so. ] Alex. Wow.

[camena]

Like all the—the hand holding? For like the entire time we've been here?

[ alex, who has not perceived touch week or red string for herself or any strangers, at least noticed it for... jonas. nailed it. ]

Want me to try and see what they think? I'm good at this stuff.

[ debatable. ]

[westedge]

I'm pretty sure they're just like that? [ rolling his eyes. ] Don't be a brat. I'm not interested in them. So...there's nothing to ask about, the end.

[ he says, unaware that he has also been touchy, or that red string is a thing, or that any of this is weird. ]

[camena]

[ sorry but this all sounds like pretty typical fake denial to her!!! ]

If you say so!