slay ya later groupchat.

[bronze]

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Comments

[scathe]

ignore that

1/2

[begot]

[ ]

[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?

[scathe]

that's me

someone signed me up for this shit

[1. annoyed. 2. begrudgingly engaging in conversation. 3. refusing to rat out roza.]

[begot]

not usually a gym rat?

[scathe]

I spend plenty of time at the gym

I did some fighting to make money on the side

[some meaning a lot.]

[begot]

oh! like mma?

[ amy ]

1/2

[scathe]

[scathe]

wtf no not like MMA

on the side.

[elias doesn't understand that no matter how many times he types 'on the side' she probably won't make the connection to 'underground' and that's on privilege.]

[begot]

[ ]

quite the side gig.
what was your main line of work?

[scathe]

it was fast and easy cash

[ugh he has to put on his 'talk to rich people suit'.]

contracting nothing special.
What did you do?

[begot]

i used to write for magazines, but i'm in between jobs right now.
though, technically, i guess we all are.

[scathe]

[what is he supposed to do with this information he doesn't care about and can't use later!]

whatever this is counts as a job but we'll get to see if it's thankless or not won't we?

[begot]

[ sometimes you come from a totally normal-ass world and have only done a teeeeny tiny bit of murder 😔 ]

and what would make it fulfilling, for you?

[scathe]

if it's a challenge

are you going to ask me to train you?

[begot]

[ well, ]

are you offering?

[scathe]

[]

are you accepting?

[begot]

[ ]

i think i am.

[scathe]

okay then

tomorrow morning
8AM

eat good before you come in

[begot]

[ She considers forcing a few more texts out of him — asking him to recommend a breakfast, to be specific as to how much protein versus how many carbs — but ultimately settles on: ]

🫡