IC Contact Post for Mask or Menace

[crapbearer]

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[orions_shadow]

tomorrow is something called devil's night where people do pranks and stuff.

Wanna do a haunting at your school?

[the morning of 12/25]

[timecapture]

[Name-twin gets a red scarf that matches his cap! And cookies. Lots of cookies. There's also a card, with a sweet message that wishes him all the best during Christmas and a happy New Year.]

[orions_shadow]

MAX!

Lets go to disney land!

[crapbearer]

FUCK YES BEST IDEA

[orions_shadow]

omg did not know you swear wtf

[crapbearer]

smth i picked up from my roomie

[orions_shadow]

watch your fuckin mouth

j/k >=3

delivery! (2/14)

[glitterateur]

[On this, the most important romance-related holiday of the year, Max receives a card delivered by a flying pig. The pig was probably supposed to look sort of like cupid, as is appropriate for the day, but Mabel made the wings way more bat-like than cherubic. Oops!

There’s a small chocolate heart taped to the back, and a little note: Happy Valentine’s Day! Have the best day EVER!!]

Delivery! 2/14

[timecapture]

[Hello, small name twin, and happy Valentine's Day! Max gets a watercolor painting of a western-style dragon (because hey, she figures he'd like that), a batch of cookies, and a note - hey, mini-Max, want to catch a movie sometime soon?]

2/16

[inchesofevil]

[via phone text, not network]

Did you get out?

Re: 2/16

[crapbearer]

no but so far so good

they shuffled us into a room to show us what i assume must have been a parody of propaganda, it was so ridiculously over-the-top

russia's not exactly subtle.

[inchesofevil]

Yeah well neither is the US.

And I'm pretty sure it's not going to stop at just showing you propaganda videos. You should get out of there, Max.

[crapbearer]

[ there's a long wait before max replies, with intermittent messages of Max is typing....

Finally he sends a response. ]

i cant leave anyone behind.

[inchesofevil]

[omg max no he's anxious enough without staring at his phone waiting on you to finish typing]

You can't save the world Max

[crapbearer]

its not that

Max is typing...

Max has stopped typing.

Max is typing...

Max has stopped typing.

Max is typing...

people have forced me to leave them behind before. i cant do it again.

[inchesofevil]

What the hell are you expecting to be able to do for everyone?

[crapbearer]

u know what duncan i dont have to justify shit to you. im not telling you my fucking life story just to get you off my back

two seconds later

im sorry im just dealing with a lot of stuff right now but i dont need nightmares about leaving my friends behind on top of it all ok?

[inchesofevil]

[w o w ok uh. that was unexpected. he's not even sure how to respond to that. even after he gets the follow-up he's not quite sure what to say.]

Jesus, Max.

Are you sure you're okay?

[crapbearer]

just bad memories. stuff back home.

if things get heavy ill leave. im not expecting to save the world but if we stick together here we should be okay.

[inchesofevil]

[sounds like they're already pretty heavy but uhhh... gentle hand here, Duncan.]

Alright well

Keep in touch, okay? I'm worried about you.

[crapbearer]

i will. im sorry to worry you.

i promise i'll be okay.

2/17

[inchesofevil]

[he's going to chill and back off for a bit, give Max some space because he seems like he needs it. Even so, it's hard not to worry about a 13-year-old stuck in what essentially amounts to an extended hostage situation, so his text the next morning comes early.]

You still okay over there?

2/17

[crapbearer]

[ Max doesn't respond until hour 6. ]

doing ok. brianna and i made up a kickball game we played for a while during training hour.

i dont know what i was expecting, but so far theyve just fed us, showed us that same video, and then let us get some exercise for a couple hours.

[inchesofevil]

Yeah well something tells me that's not going to last. Don't let them lure you into false security.

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[resipiscent]

[Riku thought hard about this before sending it. He doesn't want to sound suspicious -- but he also doesn't want to sound like it's just a social call, either.]

Hey, I was wondering if you could give me a hand.