ic contact (mask or menace)

[hackitude]

"Hey! You've reached Skye. Leave a message. I mean, if you want to. Or uh, don't. Whatever."

Comments

[vaccination]

How obvious is the difference?

[hackitude]

In... time spent baking, or in quality of cake?

Because I can say the answer to both is "depends."

I mean. Do you even know how many different kinds of cake there are??

[vaccination]

As many kinds as there are ice cream, I'm guessing? Which is a ton. Buuuuut I think this person would be worth the extra hassle to make a cake from scratch.

[hackitude]

Is this hypothetical person that we're talking about Jesse, by any chance?

[vaccination]

Yep! Please tell me that you at least knew about his freakin' birthday.

[hackitude]

I actually only found out yesterday. And only because I asked him. I'm so mad.

[She says that, but she sounds like she's grinning.]

[vaccination]

He only told me because Joel's is the day before and I asked him to help with that. Weird coincidence.

Anyway, I'm also mad. [Not even a little.] I think he should... have to suffer. With a big cake.

[hackitude]

What, really? That is a weird coincidence.

Hmmm. Yeah, I agree.

What kind of cake, do you think?

[vaccination]

I know, right? Joel didn't say anything about his, either.

[This is a tough question. Isn't this a thing a girlfriend should know?] Um. Chocolate...? That's easy, right?

[hackitude]

Yeah, it's a classic. And at the very least, I know he doesn't dislike chocolate...?

[They ate that box of alcohol-flavored chocolates together, so...]

Hang on. I'll look up some recipes online.

[vaccination]

I've never seen him dislike anything he's eaten, but then again I don't think he'd go out of his way to eat something he didn't like. And, uh, I think even if he wasn't a fan of the flavor he'd at least be a good sport about it.

[... of course you could look up recipes online. Holy shit. Ellie mumbles a "huh" and makes a mental note to look up... everything ever online later.]

So I'm taking this as you never having done a cake before?

[hackitude]

I'm not exactly Martha Stewart, here. But how hard can it be to follow a recipe?

[vaccination]

I don't know who that is, but I'm not her, either.

You're in, then?

[hackitude]

Oh. Right. Uh, never mind, she's not important.

Totally in. One second.

Okay, here's some to choose from: 1, 2, 3. Bonus.

[vaccination]

Oh my god what the fuck is that last one.

[hackitude]

[Also I totally forget this was audio so just pretend Skye sent those links across as a text message WHOOPS.]

Sweet, sweet, diabetes-inducing goodness.

[vaccination]

We gotta do that one. He'll freak.

[hackitude]

It's pretty out there, huh?

Okay, let's do it. I'm psyched.

[vaccination]

You're welcome for the extra girlfriend points.

[hackitude]

Excuse you. I am totally already maxed out on girlfriend points. I'm the best girlfriend.

... No that's a lie I'm totally not.

[vaccination]

I bet he'd argue that. [She'd love to tell Skye how Jesse is helping her pay for Joel's birthday present (meaning he will probably pay for all of it), but she's not sure how Jesse is doing the whoa-I'm-super-rich thing with her.

Anyway, Jesse is too nice.]

Were you planning anything?

[hackitude]

I don't know... I asked him if he wanted to do anything, and he just said he's happy so long as he's spending time with me. Doesn't really narrow down the field a whole lot, you know? I want to get him a present, but I don't even know what he'd like...

I'm officially the worst.

[vaccination]

I asked him and he said parties, cake, and hanging out with friends. [She's reading her texts.] Oh! And to "keep it simple" because it doesn't take a lot to make him happy.

And hey, you've known him for like... what, three, four months? I've known Joel for a year and... I didn't know what to do. I had to ask Jesse.

[hackitude]

Maybe just an old fashioned party at someone's house? You know. Cake. Drinks. Presents. Streamers. We can borrow a game console and play Mario Party, that kind of thing. It's not exactly original, but if he wants low-key...

[vaccination]

That can be all on you. I don't really, uh. Have a clue about that stuff. Orphan and all. But I have a console we could use.