[He's still dead asleep when he gets the text. He doesn't recognize the number, he'd never looked too closely at that card. But he sits up and squints down at it.]
Who...
[Wait no hold on, texting back.] I think you have a wrong number.
Something people at my previous employment were convinced I was.
As a real answer, it was a very specific generation of people born in my world. The full term was originally 'baby boomer', but the most recent two generations have shorted it to 'boomer' as a catchall sort of insult when someone of an older generation is being particularly ornery about
Did you want me to also send flowers for your funeral, or
[IT'S SO RARE SOMEONE ELSE GETS DUNKED ON AND NOT HIM. Is this how Tim feels? Is this how Tim and Sasha felt ALL THE TIME in research? Wild. Unreal. He is riding this wave.]
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hi. early morning. you pick the date.
Date: 2022-08-23 05:34 am (UTC)rise and shine, wakey-wakey! i'm going to be picking you up!
mid august then
Date: 2022-08-26 10:38 am (UTC)Who...
[Wait no hold on, texting back.] I think you have a wrong number.
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Date: 2022-08-27 04:14 am (UTC)are you sure? i'm trying to contact a friend of mine named jonathan sims.
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Date: 2022-08-27 09:28 am (UTC)You do have the right number. What did you want
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Date: 2022-08-28 02:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-01 08:39 am (UTC)That's a song, and what are you talking about?
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Date: 2022-09-01 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-02 08:57 am (UTC)I don't think that's entirely necessary.
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Date: 2022-09-02 06:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-03 03:51 am (UTC)[THAT SAID... He's just getting dressed whether he's consciously aware of what he's doing or not.]
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Date: 2022-09-03 04:25 am (UTC)Then I suppose I should rely on your assistance again.
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Date: 2022-09-03 05:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-05 10:04 am (UTC)[Also like. His heart is not in great condition. He might die again. He won't. But maybe.]
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Date: 2022-09-07 07:39 pm (UTC)[ There it is. ]
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Date: 2022-09-08 10:28 am (UTC)text, un: gohan
Date: 2022-09-12 04:00 pm (UTC)how do you say meme
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:02 pm (UTC)A hard 'e' sound. Like saying 'me' but with an 'm' sound at the end. The 'e' at the end is silent.
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:11 pm (UTC)Like scream.
(why was that the first word he picked to rhyme with meme)
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:12 pm (UTC)Yes, you've got it exactly.
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:14 pm (UTC)One more question.
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-12 04:16 pm (UTC)What's a boomer.
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:20 pm (UTC)Something people at my previous employment were convinced I was.
As a real answer, it was a very specific generation of people born in my world. The full term was originally 'baby boomer', but the most recent two generations have shorted it to 'boomer' as a catchall sort of insult when someone of an older generation is being particularly ornery about
anything
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:26 pm (UTC)Whatever.
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:27 pm (UTC)Thanks.
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:29 pm (UTC)Did you want me to also send flowers for your funeral, or
[IT'S SO RARE SOMEONE ELSE GETS DUNKED ON AND NOT HIM. Is this how Tim feels? Is this how Tim and Sasha felt ALL THE TIME in research? Wild. Unreal. He is riding this wave.]
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-12 04:31 pm (UTC)Just you seemed to have been insulted quite grievously, I thought it may have killed you in spirit.
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:33 pm (UTC)I'm not some weakass cotton ball spirit!
(HE IS A SWORD)
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:36 pm (UTC)Of course, of course. My apologies. It was a joke.
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Date: 2022-09-12 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-12 04:43 pm (UTC)Just someone who's never been very good at jokes.
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Date: 2022-09-12 05:08 pm (UTC)Good.
What are you really? Some sort of scholar?
(He's smart, ok.)
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Date: 2022-09-13 01:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-13 04:20 pm (UTC)Well, I don't got any other questions so I'll let you read a dictionary or whatever.