- IC CONTACT POST FOR MASKORMENACE -

[slightlyoffchilt]

"Hello.

You've reached the direct line of Doctor Frederick Chilton. As I am not available at the moment, you might assume I'm quite busy with something pressing. State your name and business, and I will return your call."

Comments

[slightlyoffchilt]

Oh I highly doubt you need reassurance on much of anything, Kate.

[selfequipped]

Then why ask? Did you want to know more about the nature of my relationship with Billy?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Billy Kaplan, over your other friend? Interesting choice, do continue.

[selfequipped]

[There's a pause before she pants a disbelieving laugh.]

This conversation began with Billy. What other friend do you mean? My new partner in crime? Loki? Some history of friendship you aren't familiar with?

[slightlyoffchilt]

As far as I know, you have only two friends.

[selfequipped]

No, Loki doesn't call me cute. But what's the point of that exercise? To see what level of flirtatiousness I carry on with my friends? To see how early twenty-somethings behave in the wild? To connect with a youthful time that you've since forgotten when you threw away your Dungeons and Dragons ... cards? [Do they have cards? The hesitance is apparent that she knows nothing about it beyond the bits she's picked up from Billy and Teddy.]

Why don't you tell me?

[slightlyoffchilt]

It's a tabletop game. There are no cards involved.

[He corrects. PEDANTICALLY!!]

I'm just forming a picture of your cohorts, Kate.

[selfequipped]

I thought there were cards ...

[There are cards, aren't there? In one of those things. She'll have to ask Billy.]

And what an odd picture that paints. I can tell you that Loki and I intend to marry Ryan Gosling. You know of him, right?

[slightlyoffchilt]

What, are you going to share him? [What is a Ryan Gosling.] Loki doesn't seem the type to share -- at least, not nicely.

[He says, based on no evidence.]

[voice message]

[heartstings]

Hey, it's Kenzi. I'm kind of doing the host thing at The Red Branch on the sixteenth, Cu's pub up in Maurtia Falls, and I just wanted to let you know in case you wanted to drop in and get a drink. Totes on me, but only for you.

Lemme know, 'kay?

[slightlyoffchilt]

[His return call is fairly immediate.]

That's a kind offer, Kenzi. Consider me attending -- I'll make a note of the date.

[heartstings]

[That's a bit surprising.]

Everyone could use a free drink every now and again. And awesome.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I might subscribe to that wholeheartedly. It hasn't been the easiest of weeks.

[heartstings]

Sounds like you could do with some venting. I'm good for that, y'know, listening to people vent. [As long as it's not boring she'll actually listen.]

[selfequipped]

He's a god, Frederick. What do you think they get up to in their spare time?

[Actually, Kate hasn't discussed this with Loki, but she is curious about what Chilton will say in response.]

[slightlyoffchilt]

The swift answer is mortals, which as far as I can tell, you are categorized as.

[selfequipped]

I was hoping for a little more creativity.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Surely you wonder why I delivered the swift answer? I doubt you'd appreciate the more creative ones.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I'll be sure to capture your ear, then, in whatever moments you might spare.

[heartstings]

You could vent now if you have the time. Not like I got much to do, I'm mostly packed up now.

[slightlyoffchilt]

And spoil the surprise? I'd rather gossip out of earshot, anyway. My patients can be rather stealthy.

[A beat.]

But we could always discuss your own on-goings?

[heartstings]

I think in a busy pub with some of your patients potentially being there wouldn't qualify as out of earshot.

Not much to discuss there. [There's actually plenty, stuff that happened back home, her powers being stronger since her return and, thus, being harder to control. What happened on their date. So many things that could be discussed.]

[slightlyoffchilt]

Most of them aren't supposed to drink. I'd be doing them a favor, minding that loophole for them.

[He lets that sit, the implication of his control issues notwithstanding.]

But maybe the atmosphere will suit our heart to heart.

[Maybe drinking will help loosen tongues. Or lips.[

[heartstings]

So glad to not be a patient then.

[Because getting her to stop drinking would be like getting her to stop stealing, near impossible.]

Pubs aren't really all that great for heart to hearts.

[Too bad she's not supposed to drink while working, not that Cu would probably care all that much as long as she didn't get wasted.]

[selfequipped]

Why the swift answer, then, Fred? [She only shortens his name this time to be ... swifter.]