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[droptheious]

FROM: SUBJECT: FERN Ooo slang part the second FERN i think we just shared electrons, because i'm feeling a covalent bond between us LANCE Pidge, I need your help. I gotta send a meme to Chloe but ... DIPPER Hey Varian. You know those crazy alchemy bombs you used... PETER Hey Varian, this is Peter. Um, Peter Graham. USAGI Soooooooo~ How'd the date go? MAKO Varian— Checking in. SHIRO i think one of us put a chicken patty in my toaster EDDIE Hey. We need to talk. MELIUS 𝐻𝒾. 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝒾𝓇𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 EDA Hey, kid. I... owe you an apology. LUZ Valentines MAUL I have a proposition for a project I think you'll be interested in USAGI I LOVE YOU FERN DUDE you still have your bandana! BUZZ Morning. I heard from Fern you wanted to go out into the blizzard. FERN dude your profile changed USAGI Ruby told me about the breakup. GLITCH Varian, I'm gonna go live somewhere else for now MAKO A "nerd" is somebody smart... MAUL Gifts FERN heeyyyy quick question FERN Christmas is coming up!!! CHLOE god who the FUCK ever thought emojis were a good idea??? KRISTOFF Varian,It's getting colder so I thought you could use this FERN heyyyy Variable RAPUNZEL okay not to put you on the spot but... EDA Potion time NEO Dude, I can mine antidote shit here! GLITCH Got this in my basket. EDA hey smart kid TEN Hallo ADAM Hey, k-- uh, Varian. I just wanted to check in USAGI I'm sorry I worried you and fainted on you yesterday. AMARA i lived, bitch NEO Debatably good news, asshole USAGI Hey Varian! It's Usagi OSCAR I'm sorry, Varian. Tell me what you need FERN a dark past huh MAUL Varian. I am in great need of your assistance FERN Varian VARIAN I CAN EAT FOOD USAGI How much moon essence do you have? USAGI VIVI-KUN, VIVI-KUN GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT! RICHIE well I promised FERN A TOTALLY INCOMPLETE LIST OF OOO WORDS 'N SLANG GLITCH VARIAN ARE THERE BUGS IN THE WATER?! USAGI To help with restless nights and the... VIRA-LORR Little alchemist. I have a gift for you. MARTIN Hi, Varian. This is Martin. I wanted to reach out... USAGI Hi Varian, sweetie! I have a question for you. GLITCH varian I need to talk to you. it's important. USAGI I need you not to panic after what I tell you. FERN dog you have so many vests IRONHIDE HONK HONK USAGI ... I'm sorry I couldn't help you better, Varian EMERALD Hey, V. Not that I care that much or anything... FERN tell me when you're alive FERN Varian i stabbed two people AMARA hey weirdo i have something for you FERN is the Rapunzel in town your Rapunzel? PENNY Salutations!! You do not know me, but my name is Penny Polendina YANG Hey, is this Varian? I think we've met once before. FERN hey can we talk FERN you told ruby MAUL Surviving another year is always an occasion worth celebrating USAGI Hey I wanted to apologise USAGI VARIAN-KUUUUNNN!!!! FERN birth MAUL Look what just arrived for me. KATHERINE Do you want to get paid to make more purple goo things? FERN ok i know you're good with plants but what about animals FERN dog interested in means girls or guys

TO: SUBJECT: USAGI So. Maul dropped by, he's got his memories back. ADAM I'm worried about Shiro FERN Hey handsome OSCAR You've been weirdly quiet lately FERN Guess what I haven't told you lately? USAGI Hey. I'm back from the dead and I feel like trash. FERN I made meatloaf that may or may not poison us! Emerald Hey. I know you probably don't want to talk to anyone right now... BELLA Hey Bella. You've dated someone who's a different species to you right? BILL Hi, Fern mentioned you were interested in interdimensional portals... FERN Aw, your pictures are nice! KURT Hey. Are you around? RICHIE Is it just me or is Eddie acting weirder than usual? QROW Hey. Checking up on you. EDA Hi Eda. Hope Ruddiger found you okay. GLITCH Hey. What happened between you and Maul? LUNA Luna- I uh... I think I need your help EDDIE So hey, I finally worked out how to replicate the Antidote OSCAR So, I noticed Ozpin has shown up. ROGUE Hey, I managed to replicate the Antidote KURT Hey. We're back. None of us are dead. QROW Uh... hey. How are you guys holding up? PETER You gave Ruby the haunted dolls GLITCH Hey, Bud. Sorry I tried to murder you with a robot KURT I'm probably the last person you want to talk to... JON I'm sorry I attacked you JON Stay away from Fern. FERN Hey you still haven't got me those baking ingredients FERN Okay so the Betties are upping their war... USAGI Hey. So. Update. NEO You tried to bury her alive? SERIOUSLY? USAGI Emotions are really difficult FERN OH MY GOD YOU HAVE ONE TOO FERN Okay this better be to Fern this time. WYNONNA So guess who got into the fridge and ate literally everything in there.

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[droptheious]

[Awww, Mako. He's gonna treasure this forever. He'll send a message back on the fluid.]

Thank you for the gift. This is really useful! The future earth is a weird place, we need all the help we can get!

And yeah, I get nerd thrown at me a lot. WEIRDLY as both an insult and a term of endearment, take from that what you will.

[arclightning]

I hope it helps you master some pop culture references. I'm working on a list of the most-referenced. I'll send that your way when it's complete, too.

Chloe called me a nerd about ten minutes after she met me, and I still don't know which one it was? It's such a nonsense word. I don't think you're a nerd. Just smart.

[droptheious]

It really will, thanks! The pop-culture is the trickiest part, because it seems to be based on whatever people like themselves.

I've spoken to Chloe. She messaged me by accident but we have similar views on emojis so that's good. Have you come across those yet? The weird faces?

...Thanks. I'll take that as a compliment. I don't think you're a nerd, either. You're pretty cool.

[EVERYONE wants a teenager to think they're cool, right?]

[arclightning]

[ Mako is HIGHLY flattered, even if he doesn't particularly care if teens like him. Mostly he's flattered because he thinks Varian knows what he's talking about, and if Varian thinks he's cool, then hell yeah. Hell yeah he's cool. ]

Admittedly, my list is kind of skewed toward references Chloe makes, but she makes a lot of them so I figured it'd be a pretty good all-purpose list.

I haven't seen weird faces unless you mean weird faces that people make. Seen a lot of those.

And thanks. It was meant as a compliment. It's hard to tell someone what you really mean in text, I've noticed.

[droptheious]

[Oh, Mako. He'd be so touched to know that.]

It's a good start, all the same!

Oh no. These are weird faces people make in text. I don't like them all that much but like:

:)

See? It's apparently a smiley face.

Tone doesn't transfer all that well, I've noticed.

1 / 2

[arclightning]

It's sideways, though.

2 / 2

[arclightning]

Okay, I see it now. Guess those could help with tone, but you don't know if somebody's lying, you know? You could say

I hate you :)

And you'd have no idea what that means.

[droptheious]

Exactly! It's so dumb, but apparently, it's SUPER popular. My friend Usagi can make them do all kinds of weird things that I have no idea how to do- not that I especially want to learn. Some people REALLY like them a lot.

[arclightning]

Another thing to add to the list of weird future things I'm not looking forward to. At least someone here is a voice of reason about it. Just use words. That's literally why they were invented.

[ It's you, Varian. You're the voice of reason. ]

[droptheious]

Just use words! How hard is it?

Also, I'm almost never considered a voice of reason in anything but I'll take it.

[You've made a terrible error here, Mako.]

[arclightning]

I'm not holding the soup thing against you. The other things you've said have been pretty reasonable.

[ A grave, terrible error indeed, and yet: the trust is there. ]

[droptheious]

Wow thanks. That was like a big hug. The soup thing was a bit of a stupid move in retrospect.

[arclightning]

See, and that's why you're reasonable: you can admit that.

[droptheious]

Well, I've learned it's important to admit my mistakes. Burying them in the sand doesn't do anything.

[arclightning]

A lot of people I know could use that lesson. It's the only way to actually learn from them.

[droptheious]

Exactly! If you don't learn from them, you're just doomed to repeat them.

[arclightning]

At least then, making mistakes is worth something.

See? Sensible.

[droptheious]

I could have lived without my worst mistakes because people literally nearly died but the sentiment still works. I'm who I am now because of them.

[Which is a much more world-weary, bitter person all round but he at least has learned actions have consequences and to not be a complete psychopath. Good lesson!]

[arclightning]

[ Mako thinks about his silence in the room when they first met, his avoidance of the topic altogether, and nods to himself. ]

That's fair. There are a few mistakes I'd rather have not made, but you're right: learned from those too.

Hopefully the book helps you make fewer culture mistakes, at least.

[ Mako feels like a conversational genius for bringing it back around, honestly. Maybe there is something to this texting thing. ]

[droptheious]

If nothing else, you learn not to do that bad thing again. I guess.

Thanks, I'm sure it will! I'll get a lot of use out of it.

[At least they're both relatively awful at it. ]

[arclightning]

I guess.

I hope so, anyway.