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very tangential, but me and @space-baegel vs John and Penny and Texting

[1:34:14 AM] prelude: I think this is a story that needs emoticons [1:34:42 AM] prelude: I think they both text like fiends [1:34:52 AM] baegel: You have just unlocked a whole world of spies versus casual emoticon usage [1:35:00 AM] prelude: It's the 2060 version of writing letters [1:35:16 AM] prelude: "so quaint, lmao" [1:35:33 AM] baegel: oh my god they’re hipsters [1:35:59 AM] prelude: They collect vintage cellphones [1:36:07 AM] prelude: John has an iPhone 4 [1:36:16 AM] baegel: god bless [1:36:18 AM] prelude: Penny has a Nokia from Sotheby’s [1:36:35 AM] prelude: Both very jealous of each other [1:36:51 AM] baegel: consider: Penelope with a flip phone [1:37:05 AM] prelude: A razr [1:37:29 AM] baegel: “You have THE motorola razr?” [1:37:33 AM] baegel: “The pink one." [1:37:38 AM] baegel: “oh my GOD” [1:38:04 AM] prelude: "don't ply me with vintage cellular tech, you she-devil" [1:38:22 AM] baegel: I love it [1:38:31 AM] baegel: has there ever been anything more beautiful [1:38:36 AM] baegel: answer: no [1:38:46 AM] prelude: They snipe each other in online auctions [1:39:07 AM] prelude: John builds replicas in his spare time [1:39:14 AM] baegel: “Don’t you do it, Penelope don’t y—GAH” [1:39:25 AM] baegel: muttering quietly to himself as he eyes the countdown clock [1:39:48 AM] prelude: Too nerdy for brains [1:39:56 AM] prelude: Can't get his head around it [1:41:49 AM] prelude: "my grandma dug out her old Droid, you want it?" [1:42:16 AM] prelude: "what, they go for like 60k! Why?" [1:42:28 AM] prelude: "it's been rooted and bedazzled" [1:42:38 AM] baegel: lovely [1:42:42 AM] baegel: oh my god of course it has [1:42:51 AM] prelude: This is getting tangential [1:43:01 AM] baegel: but what a beautiful tangent it is [1:43:08 AM] prelude: Oh it's perfect [1:43:16 AM] prelude: I will come back to it [1:43:20 AM] baegel: definitely [2:22:24 AM] prelude: I can't tell if this is a 2AM idea that doesn't belong in what I want to be a 10PM fic [2:22:45 AM] baegel: It is maybe a 2AM idea [2:23:01 AM] baegel: it maybe needs its own fic where it can be explained more expansively [2:23:11 AM] prelude: oh, I'm not gonna go whole hog on the cellphone thing [2:23:15 AM] prelude: BUT I do like the texting

#tbh I doubt I'll ever write it #too esoteric #headcanon though #it can stay in the domain of the headcanon