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[tothebetterend]

SIFFRIN

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[un: nolastname.siffrin]

(note: siffrin is unfamiliar with this level of technology, and icly takes a bit of time to respond.)

(for action, he lives in a stellari cottage with mirabelle and isabeau.)

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text; un: melancholic.gentleman (mid event)

[detective_xiaobao]

Yo. I thought I'd check in, what with this strange illness going around...

How are you doing? Are things okay where you're at?

[tothebetterend]

[It takes two days to get a response. Even after they're back home, Siffrin has to get settled, comfort Mirabelle, and have another of their own mini-breakdowns. Getting around to looking at their phone takes time, but when they do, it's...nice.

He didn't expect anyone else to care. Hopefully Fang Duobing didn't waste too much time worrying.]

All good. 👍🏻

[Absolutely ignore the silence!!]

[detective_xiaobao]

[...Two days. Two days, Siffrin. If Fang Duobing knew where that little guy actually lived, he would have paid him a visit to make sure he wasn't dead. Unfortunately, he's forced to wait for a response back. SO no, he will not ignore the silence.]

Is that why it took you two days to answer back?

[tothebetterend]

[Oh. He's...mad? It's hard to tell. Probably, though, even if it's such a waste on someone like Siffrin.]

I'm fine really!
How about you? Are you okay? And the others?

[detective_xiaobao]

[There's only so far that respectable to push his concern. If he says he's been fine the past two days, can Fang Duobing really claim that he's lying? He doesn't know the other very well outside of a few interactions.]

... We're fine. Mostly. Li Lianhua has been laid up in bed, but improving slowly. Di Feisheng and I are well.

Do you have someone to keep an eye on you? It's not easy to manage this illness on your own. If you need someone to talk to, consider me an option. I won't make any judgments.

[tothebetterend]

That's good.

[It would have been nice to distract himself by listening to someone else's problems, but not nice enough that he'd wish them anything but good health.]

I do! I'm doing my best to keep mine on her, too.

[They can't imagine imposing like that, but also couldn't fault someone for judging what they had to say if they did. Anyway. Time to deflect.]

Are you the keeper of secrets for a lot of people?

[detective_xiaobao]

Not really?

And even if I was, wouldn't that be missing the point if I told you I was keeping a lot of secrets? A secret is best kept by no one knowing it exists, save for the people who know it. Once someone knows where to dig, it's only a matter of time before they find something.

[tothebetterend]

[Thinking that way... It's kind of scary... He can't say he disagrees, though.]

As expected of someone that Crafts traps...

[detective_xiaobao]

[???]

What's that supposed to mean?

[tothebetterend]

It's a lot like a secret isn't it?
A trap isn't effective if everyone knows it's there.
(Except for that one we don't need to talk about anymore.)

[detective_xiaobao]

Huh. Yeah, I suppose you're right. In that way, secrets and traps are a lot alike. I guess it's not very surprising after all that I'm good at both.

text; un:SIGNORVESPA

[prontissimo]

Hey.
What do you call a fake noodle?

[tothebetterend]

[What a weird question. Unless...

He almost starts thinking up an answer, but there was no worse feeling than someone taking your joke out from under you.]

What?

[prontissimo]

an imPASTA

[tothebetterend]

Molto PENNE

How are you feeling?

[prontissimo]

HA! Good one.
I thought you’d like that. 😏

I’m OK! I’ve been building a boat. Trying to build one that floats.

How are you you feeling?

[tothebetterend]

I did.

[They're always down to hear a joke! Not...as down to talk about how he's feeling, that's a very complicated topic in his household right now, with him dying in a way Mirabelle remembers, and all. Aren't teenagers supposed to be too self-absorbed to ask about adults in turn?]

I'm fine!
A boat huh? Is floating the only requirement?
How's it going so far?

[prontissimo]

Well so far it doesn’t float… 😬 but it pretty much LOOKS like a boat so that’s great.

[tothebetterend]

Do you think I could take a look at it?

[prontissimo]

really? You know about building boats?

[tothebetterend]

[Hmm... Do they... They've been on boats before!]

Maybe 😉

[prontissimo]

👀

Well then sure. You can help.