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

[corviform]

I don't know whether that's useful or frightening.

[hackitude]

Why not both?

[corviform]

Are you going to look up my address?

[hackitude]

I might do. If you don't hurry up and spill re: what's bothering you.

[corviform]

I said it wasn't anything important!
I wasn't thinking straight.

[hackitude]

Well if it's not important then it doesn't matter if you tell me.

[corviform]

[ After wrestling with himself for a few minutes: ]

I didn't know who else to ask about this.

[hackitude]

Geez. Okay, go on. I'm listening.

[corviform]

I missed a friend's birthday, but I'm not sure how to make it up to them.

[ Because Kenzi is acting weird and he doesn't know what to do. ]</small.

[hackitude]

... Wait, that's it? And you don't know anyone else who knows how to make it up to people? I don't know if your friendship group is just bad or if you need more friends.

Anyway.

Just do something nice for them-- something you have to put effort into, rather than money. Make them a home-cooked meal and bake a big birthday cake or something.

Okay I just threw that one out because I love food so that's what I'd want. But seriously-- just brainstorm stuff they like, make an effort, say you're sorry.

1/2

[corviform]

Well, this person is also a woman.

2/2

[corviform]

And I believe she's upset with me.

[hackitude]

Okay. So? Duh she's upset with you. You missed her birthday. Anyone would be upset about that.

Why does her being a woman make it any different? Just treat the situation exactly the same way you would if she were a man. Unless...

Wait. Do you like her? I mean. In the dating sense.

1/2 i'm sorry combo everywhere

[corviform]

Maybe, but she's been acting strange since even before that.

[ Of course, he was keeping some secrets from her. ]

2/2

[corviform]

What does that have to do with anything?

NO WORRIES 8D

[hackitude]

What? Obviously if you guys have some like, I don't know, weird sexual tension going on between you then the situation's totally different. It's a valid question, if I'm giving you advice here. I need to know these things!

[corviform]

[ His palms are sweaty enough now the communicator might slip from his hod. ]

There's nothing of the sort!

[hackitude]

Are you sure??

Because you need to be sure.

[corviform]

[ Typing quickly: ]

I'm very sure
she's engaged to someone

[ Who is dead.

She is also dead.

It's complicated. ]

[hackitude]

Okay. Good. Just checking.

[corviform]

[ There may or may not be something there, but he's got hang ups anyway.

[muffled kiss the girl in the distance] ]

So baking her something, even belatedly, would be alright?

[hackitude]

[Skye figures she's pried enough for one conversation. Without being in the same room as Gil to actually get a read on him, or seeing him and the girl in question in the same room together, she has no way of knowing what's really going on there. He may be telling the truth. Still, she keeps it in mind for future reference.]

Sure. Why not? Show your effort and apologize. Just be like, "Yo, I'm sorry I missed your b'day. I know this can't make up for it, but I hope it helps. Are we cool?"

[corviform]

I can do that.
What if she's still angry?

[hackitude]

Uh. Then I'd guess she's probably ticked off about something else. Because otherwise that's an unreasonable amount of anger re: a missed birthday.

[corviform]

I don't know what it is.
But thank you for your advice. I'm sorry to bother you over something like this.