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Maryle Bone ([personal profile] chemveil) wrote2025-01-18 02:34 pm
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
24 HOURS AFTER THIS.

Can I be done fucking off now?
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[…] I wouldn’t say it’s stupid to feel responsible for maintaining functionality in the brains of those I’m responsible for.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Are y If that had been an option, I would have. […] The way it was being discussed by leadership, it was clear that it wouldn’t have been allowed. Something about having to let people choose to be stupid if they want to be.
Edited 2026-02-04 16:22 (UTC)
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. […] I’ll figure something out.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I’m starting to think you’d miss me too much to go through with the murder, actually.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The punishment for being sad that I’m hurt certainly makes sense to be my execution.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell me more about how it would inconvenience you.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
In other words, you would miss me. […] Surely someone can get you access, even if Aldana is pissed at you.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you’re Maryle. You can’t be stopped. For better or worse.

Please. It’s not shriveled, just well hidden.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Almost always.

Lying is one of your best defenses.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I would have made things worse if I’d tried to talk to him. You’re welcome for not.

I don’t know if I can attest to that.

I thought maybe you’d forget about that part.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I think just about everyone was in a mood.

I think they’d say whatever you wanted them to say, but are we saying straightforward honesty is what you’re known for…?

I’m sorry I scared you by saying there was a possibility that you might not have me around in peak condition anymore.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If you think I couldn’t tell… Most people were, though.

They’d say that you’re charming, beautiful, and absolutely ridiculous.

Uh-huh.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I don’t think anyone can hold it against you if you still weren’t feeling well.

They might also say you’re emotionally avoidant and that you like pulling pigtails.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I can tell. That’s one way to knock out a cold, I suppose.

M I don’t think anyone has any complaints about it.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure it does. Who has the pleasure of keeping you company?

[…] Sorry, what part are we saying they’ll be complaining about?
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Because you can’t stand up anymore. Presumably.

I doubt anyone is complaining about you pulling their pigtails in earnest.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Should I be concerned that you’re drunk in the middle of the day, by the way?

I’d argue it’s a large part of your charm.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I’m jealous.

I can’t pretend that I don’t get it.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
First of all, I have things to do today. Secondly, I have no interest in drinking terrible liquor alone.

Lucky for you, if we’re honest.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Try not to slur too much as you tell them you’re sick.

You would have to learn how to be nice to people.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Can he manage it without slurring his words? He’s been drinking with a fish.

It’s hard to imagine you as Veiled Maryle.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I’ll have to remember not to trust anything he says.

Like you, but if you were boring.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. Not really like you, that is. […] Veiled Nishad has very little in common with me, but there is commonality there.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-04 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
You guess?

I […] was just a background character, really.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
You’re welcome to say more. If the mood strikes.

Yeah. I just meant […] I don’t know what I meant. Nevermind.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[…] There may have been commonalities, but I would have been unrecognizable to anyone who knew me. That’s all.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
She was and she wasn't, though. You still lived her life.

About?
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[...] Does it feel true?

I am, but it's just hard to figure out how to put it into words. It's usually easiest not to think about how things were. B
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[...] You can't hold anything I say against me later.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Are we pretending I don't know you, Maryle?
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[…] You can sleep, then.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Funny, I thought I did.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I’m sorry I worried you, Maryle.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[…] My I’ve had to agree to celebrate Az’s kill count with him to finally have reprieve from him throwing the phrase Pilot King around.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I’ll suck up to him for you if you give me three compliments. Otherwise, I’m not sure it’s worth it.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
He’s too busy striking out with Griffin to have other ideas.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It is, but you would be bored if it weren’t.
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Does anyone get chart immunity?
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
What does the chart say about me?
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[personal profile] nishad 2026-02-05 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[…] Don’t think I won’t ask again later. Sweet dreams, Maryle.
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[personal profile] loculus 2026-02-05 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm cleaning house and located a few items that were missed when I promised that I would tell you everything. I'm here to set matters straight in the name of friendship, honesty, and you not killing me in my sleep. I will only discuss one of these topics at a time.

Recent lies of omission in chronological order:
  • I withheld ROM chocolate bars from you.
  • I've been [...] tentatively cleared for the field. A recon mission only, and with a Medical handler. Yes, I'm afraid and no, I'm not worried.
  • I slept with Nikola the night before we reconciled.
  • The Mess gave us each an extra brownie when I retrieved dinner, which I ate on my way back to you.
  • I believe my midlife crisis is having developed a sweet tooth.
  • Edited (this is so stupid) 2026-02-05 20:56 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-05 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
    We may have to. And thank you for not polishing off the entire bottle, you thief.

    A nurse named Nadine Weber who is, according to Singh, non-negotiable.
    Edited 2026-02-05 21:30 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-05 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
    I'm investing the entirety fake stratosphere resistance salary into purchasing a safe and you will not have the combination.

    I doubt they'll allow me to disembark if I'm experiencing an off-week.

    [...] Hardly, but I had a moment of weakness when it became even more complicated, temporarily, and he understood that I'm not [...] keen to form a habit.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-05 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
    That's fine.

    Not a full week but days, yes.

    As do I.
    loculus: (🧭 83 += talk)

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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
    Maryle. I cannot handle four conversations at once while also wrestling a hangover. Since when do you own an entire carton.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
    I stopped attending Mass for good reason and yet here I am, in a conversation with eerily similar undertones...
    Edited 2026-02-06 00:56 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
    You would set it alight. And no thank you, I need those from my last 24 hours to keep me warm on cold winter nights in space.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
    You're invincible.

    The brownie was my fee for playing courier. I hold neither shame nor regret in my heart.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
    In a fearsome sort of way.

    They're rum-flavoured.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
    My response to both your statement and your inquiry is: Yes.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
    I love you and I happen to be indisposed.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
    What if I'm relieving stress? Or worse, what if I'm not there at all?
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    I'll have you know I am both out and about and, yes, feeling sorry for myself.
    Edited 2026-02-06 16:39 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
    I may or may not leave something in your top left desk drawer after lunch. If this occurs, kindly remember how precious such luxuries are in space and try to savour it.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
    [...] Please do not ever leave me.
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    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-06 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
    I've never been so grateful to be the victim of an unbreakable curse.
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    dm, early 2/18.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-18 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
    Dear diary,

    [...] I may have flown too close to the sun, so to speak. [...] Romantically. [...] While there are plenty of better ways to phrase this without the use of tired idioms, unfortunately all cylinders are dedicated to Kamchatka even though (— If I'm honest. May I be honest? I'll be honest: —) I may prefer to expend them on [...] this. Right now. As I can't decide how to proceed and I'd very much like to.

    Such is life.

    From Russia (shortly) with love (forever),
    Domingo

    P.S. Don't tell Maryle.
    Edited (the last thing he sends before leaving for russia ✌️ byeeee) 2026-02-18 21:24 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
    Have you figured out the best way to be like "hey, so, I know you haven't seen your family member in a long time, but surprise, they're actually an undercover agent and they'll be on board the Mnemo soon!" yet?
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
    Not for me. "I'm here to collect you. Why am I so depressed? Well, this woman I'm quite fond of just took herself and your brother out via airlock. Was that not the update you wanted on your way to the stronghold...?"
    Edited 2026-02-20 04:07 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
    I thought you might be, but I didn't think I'd live up to your creativity when it comes to murder anyway, so I settled for airlock.

    I'm not really in the know for who has weed on board, unfortunately. [...] There's another thing that I want to tell you, but I think it's more that selfishly I want to talk to you about it, rather than I'm certain that I should. It's not about Dom.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
    I have plenty of uses, just fewer that you'll take me up on.

    Dom's not the only one with incoming undercover agent family.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
    Be realistic. You would miss me too much.

    No. I w [...] Sloane's father. I'm telling her when they get back.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
    Yeah. [...] Try not to let on you know before she tells you?
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
    Yeah, I know. [...] I don't know her well enough yet to know how she'll take it.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
    [...] She talks or you talk?
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
    I think there's a difference between not having much to talk about and not being willing to talk about it.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
    An open book, really.

    I won't take it personally. I'm not that sensitive.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
    Without fail.

    Ah. Let me reread it. [...] I won't. It's not about me, anyway.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
    If you were nicer to me more often, I wouldn't be as well trained to not read nice intentions behind your words. I'd pick up on it easier.

    Far too many things. Not all of them bad, at least.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
    Let me dream, Maryle.

    Yeah?
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
    I like the dreams I have.

    I think you handle it pretty well. Not without complaint, but.

    Someone smarter than me suggested that I simply be direct with her. So. That, probably.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
    [...] Honestly, no. I have a very long list of things I want, but can't have.

    What would you be doing if you did have a choice?

    Four?
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
    Are yours achievable?

    [...] Is there anything I can do? I know you d

    Let's hope there's no collateral damage at all.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
    Various things?

    Sometimes you're not actually that good at lying.

    Ten, at least.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
    What kind of events and happenings are you hoping for...?

    It's Dom's first mission on the ground since he got benched, is it not? That's enough to set you on edge alone. When he's back, you're responsible for explaining to him that his sister isn't veiled or, based on what you've just said, dead perhaps, just in Arg [...] undercover and currently compromised. [...] You're also clearly feeling overwhelmed by everything that's happening, whether it's about those two things or if you're feeling down about the general state of the world which begins with 'end of' or 'post-apocalyptic.' All of that is understandable, but none of it lends itself to the description of 'fine.'
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
    […] Is it that impossible to imagine a world in which you admit it and I’m able to help you feel at least a little better about it? […] I’m not going to pretend like I can fix your problems, and I know you can get through anything that comes up, but I do think talking things through, or asking for a distraction, or, for those of us who like that sort of thing, a hug, can all help immensely when I’m upset about something.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
    I know. […] But it might be worth trying my way sometime.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
    This may come as a surprise, but I actually don’t think you should wait until you’re having a mental breakdown to allow […] yourself to be cared for.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
    Yeah, okay. But I’ve got more to offer than tequila if you ever feel like taking me up on it.
    Edited (embarrassing af) 2026-02-20 22:24 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
    […] Alright. I’ll stop.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
    Yeah. Well. I have the opposite problem of you.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
    I wouldn’t say it sucks.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-20 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
    I only do it with the people I trust.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-21 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
    It’s 50/50.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-21 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
    I’ll refrain from being earnest.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-21 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
    If I were as difficult as you, I’d never get anywhere talking to you.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-21 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
    Ah. It's too late for that now. I already made a deal with the devil.
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    [personal profile] nishad 2026-02-21 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
    You would have hated the first three attempts.
    loculus: (🧭 93 =?)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
    [after this]

    Paging Dr. Bone.
    loculus: (🧭 95 -= side)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
    Company: Yes or No?
    loculus: (🧭 91 = brows)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
    Nearly every one of my dances has been off. I can't even gloat. What happened, mi vida?
    loculus: (🧭 122 -=)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
    Describe it for me.
    loculus: (🧭 107 =?)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
    What if I said "Please describe it for me?" Will the manners change anything?
    loculus: (🧭 105 +=)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
    I'll inform Nishad he should treat you worse. Would you like me to send a search party if you haven't returned in twenty minutes?
    loculus: (🧭 102 - drink)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
    I'd never tell a man he's pathetic to his face unless I was trying to sleep with him.

    Of course. But if it's your Mystery Juice I'll leave again.
    loculus: (🧭 128 =?)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
    [...] You haven't done anything to me.
    loculus: (🧭 31 =)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
    Lack of a formal outlet's never stopped me before.
    loculus: (🧭 109 -?=?)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
    I'll do anything for you.
    Edited (he knows she'll hate this) 2026-02-22 23:27 (UTC)
    loculus: (🧭 112 +=)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
    Rescind the threat and I'll allow you three pointed mockeries of my diary entry while we drink. I'm offering now so you have time to prepare.
    loculus: (🧭 105 +=)

    dm, 2/21. during salsa.

    [personal profile] loculus 2026-02-22 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thank you, I'll be framing that shortly.