#timaeuse

[golgathae]

@timaeuse asked : “what? it’s totally platonic.”  dirk isnt even good

pesterchum's voice call function is flawed at the best of times. when combined with the island's often touchy internet connection, the call is practically holding on for dear life.     “ oh, hold on, dirk--grandma ? the internet is on the fritz ! ”      he could fix it himself, if he really put himself to it, but he'd hate to leave dirk for that long ( and not just because he knows dirk could fix it in a matter of seconds, just as his nan is about to do ).

he clears his throat.      “ i'm back, lad. what were we saying ? something something platonic. ”     he wants to make a wink-wink nudge-nudge kind of joke, but he can never get the tone quite right on those, especially when he’s talking to dirk. and also, it feels kind of cruel, maybe ? or something like that. but dirk’s started it, and if jake doesn’t respond in kind, well, that might be noticeably weird, and nothing would be good from dirk noticing jake being weird. it isn’t until the silence is obvious that he finally does speak.     “ oh, right. you know, dirk, you say an awful lot of things that could be read as non-platonic. that might get you into trouble one of these days. ”

[wouldhope]

timaeuse replied to your post:       John is…            HUNGRY FOR...

STOP IT

[adalovd]

@timaeuse

So, he may have figured a way to contact others without necessarily having their handle information. Likely the closest thing to chatroulette, which he’s never even heard of, but he's absolutely here for the sensation that he’s doing something that’s both fun and incredibly stupid. He may or may not regret this, but the beauty of uncertainty is that he won’t be able to cross that bridge until he’s gotten to it. The cerulean stretches in his chair for a moment whilst waiting for it to connect to whatever unfortunate soul was reached first.

And as soon as a connection was established, the troll’s fingers glided across the keyboard in order to type out an explanation to the lucky winner.

-- snakeBytes [SB] began trolling ??? --

SB: before you close the conversation; hear me out here; SB: this != a hostile takeover of your husktop; SB: just running a little experiment; sorry for the invasiveness of it all; SB: im mallek; SB: wanted to make sure it connected right; unless im speaking to myself like some tool; SB: a disappointing outcome; but fair too; SB: technology = a cruel mistress after all;

[timeknght]

         “no, dirk, i don’t know where ---” ( funnily enough, you trail off just as you spot the building. ) “okay, scratch that, i know where it is, so just hold your horses, ‘k? i’ll be there in like, five.” god, why’s calling you away from whatever you’d rather be doing ( read: mixing a track ) at THIS hour? not that you care, ‘cause hey, it’s dirk. it’s your ectodad-bro-whatever.

         it’s probably something weird, like a horsebot. or a davebot, that'd be sick. maybe he’s gotten tired of jake ( again ) and made a jakebot to tend to his every need? who the hell knows. maybe it’s something cool. “just give me like, five minutes, my shoe’s untied.” and you hang up, shoving your phone in your pocket and, yes, fixing your shoe, before heading inside, shrugging off your coat and tying it around your waist like a schoolkid.  /  @timaeuse​

[windheir]

John's scribbles of the wire gc

[golgathae]

@timaeuse i love you :/

he’s had to brush off a couple different offers to dance on his way over, all lovely young ladies being held at the shoulders by their parents. it isn’t that he doesn’t want to dance, but  --  he’s never been too good at the social niceties. there is some benefit to marrying him, yes, but he couldn’t tell you what it is. and therefore, it must not be much of a benefit ! he’s left jane to speak to their hosts. what he lacks in subtlety is more than made up by confidence ; he says what he thinks, much to his family’s chagrin, and what he thinks is the prince looks bored to tears.  “ you strike me as someone who has never been satisfied. ”

[wouldhope]

timaeuse replied to your post: martin but he uses british phrases like “sket”...

i see absolutely no issue w this post

things that shouldve been canon

[golgathae]

@timaeuse asked  :  “  how do i look?  ”

it’s bad luck to see the dress before the wedding  --  he doesn’t exactly know how that translates to suits and all, but surely it applies. it’d just be unfair if all couples didn’t have equal access to the potential destruction of their marriage. double destruction, if jake’s suit is similarly cursed.

oh, well. he can handle the risk if it comes with seeing dirk a few minutes early  --  the suit fits him well, but of course it does, custom - tailored and then altered a dozen times. he remembers sitting through his own adjustments and whining all the while, more than happy to not wear a suit at all. he’s fine with it now.

dirk is looking at jake’s reflection in the mirror rather than at jake himself ; jake takes advantage of that by sliding up from behind him and resting his head on dirk’s shoulder. there’s a better view from here, anyways.    “    i’m a lucky chap, aren’t i ?     ”      and then, because he doesn’t want to leave anything up to interpretation,      “      you look nice enough to knock the bumps off a log ! good choice on the color, mate.      ”