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@amy.

[begot]

hi everyone! i'm amy, i'm excited to meet you all.

would anyone be interested in being gym buddies? i used to go to classes with friends back in new york [ this is a lie, but what does it matter ] and i thought it might be a nice thing to do again to keep each other accountable and motivated during sessions. 🙂

@HYSSOP

[knelt]

hi amy 👋 i'm isolde
we should buddy up! i went to columbia. recent graduate.

[begot]

hi isolde! congrats on your graduation — columbia's wonderful.
should i ask what you majored in or when you want to train, first? 🤗

[knelt]

art history with a double major in business finance.

( i wanted to study theology, but i got sold off to the owner of a kink club does not, in fact, roll off the tongue. )

i promise that despite the finance degree, i'm a great conversationalist. i wont bring up a ponzi scheme even once.

[begot]

one for you, one for them?

we can exchange promises, then. no finance talk, and i'll take the psych talk off the table, too.

[knelt]

ha! nail on the head.

you've got yourself a deal. but — ah, what topics are left?

[begot]

politics?

i kid. i think there are too many timelines for that to work too long, anyway.

@oa

[resurrected]

Hi, Amy. I'm OA.

I used to exercise with my — [ hm, soulmate might sound a little much... ] — boyfriend. I think it would be nice to buddy up too.

[begot]

hi oa! it's really lovely to meet you. (do i pronounce that as the two letters separately or together?)

that sounds nice.

[ A pause — the temptation is to turn a little bit of information into a lot (or at least a little more), but she can save that for later. Or at least for a less public forum. ]

have you been here long?

[resurrected]

The two letters separately. They're initials.

I've only been in the house for a few weeks, but I've been in this dimension for almost three months. Everyone I arrived with woke up in the woods near the commune.

[begot]

okay!
do you mind if i ask what they stand for?

i heard about the commune. or i read about it, i guess.
i have to say i'm not sad to have missed it.

[resurrected]

They stand for Original Angel.

You shouldn't be. There was a lot lost. I'm not sure if anything was gained.

[begot]

[ Huh. ]

oh, wow. that's beautiful.

i'm sorry to hear that. i hope you didn't lose too much.

[ Both a statement and a question, though she's careful with her punctuation in presenting it as the former. ]

1/2

[scathe]

@ alphabet_soup liked a reply.

[scathe]

ignore that

1/2

[begot]

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[begot]

[ After a little deliberation over text etiquette: ]

👍🏻

[scathe]

Message read.

[three minutes later:]

👍

[begot]

[ Again: consideration. Ignore that, yes, but — he's responding. ]

👋🏻?

[scathe]

[what is this.]

hey Amy

[begot]

[ hell if she knows!!! ]

hi! elias, right?

@stacy

[internship]

Hey, Amy! I'm Gwen.

Where in New York? I lived in Manhattan until the, um. Interdimensional kidnapping

[begot]

hi, gwen. manhattan, too, though i'm coming here from missouri.
can't tell you how much i miss the city.

[internship]

I bet! How long've you been away?

I guess the bright side is we won't be paying $16 for an açai smoothie here.

[begot]

about two years?

true — i can't complain about everything being free, though i think that's the least we could ask for after being kidnapped.