Learning at all is still pretty impressive. Don't sell yourself short, here. Though now I really want to play against you and see which of us will reign supreme.
I'll know I've really won when you get to flipping the chessboard. Any other hot tips? I bet you I could hide your pieces when you're not looking. That's a surfire road to victory.
Where are you going to hide those pieces, Claude? In that big mouth of yours?
[ If only Ange allowed herself to use cute emojis the way teenage girls like her were meant to, then she could have added an appropriately cheeky emoji like (o`ꇴ´o) to that statement..
Now she'll have to hope the words are enough to convey the tone. It's fond teasing, okay. ]
Ooh, good idea. Let me choose the chessboard so I can make sure the pieces are edible. I don't fancy what a knight would feel like going down my throat. Too pointy.
He's absolutely outdoing her. Even if Claude can't see it, maybe he can realize from the mere words sent his way that Ange is making a face at her tablet right now, surprised and just a little bit horrified by his answer. ]
Do you want me to start treating you like a you-know-what?
[ Yes, even over text and between the two of them she's making sure to not name the actual word. That's apparently how strongly the impression that Claude doesn't want his secret to get out came across to her - or maybe just how much actually keeping his secret means to her. ]
Because I could. And I would.
And I'm pretty sure you'd start hating that real quick.
Now, now, Ange. I think that even if you treated me as a you-know-what, you'd be treating me just the same. Don't pretend as though it would have made a difference.
Hell if I know. They'll chainsmoke tobacco and drink themselves half to death every weekend, but apparently there's some moral qualm with smoking a bit of hashish every now and then. It's very common where I'm from, I'll have you know. And it's considered to be far healthier for you than drink.
The more Ange reads this, the more she realizes she's missing quite a bit of context here. Sorry to not be as hip as you, Claude, but she can't help but ask: ]
A smokeable herb, like tobacco. It's mood-altering in much the same way that alcohol is, apt to make you a little silly and drowsy, just without the hangover.
Some call it reefer, or marijuana. Back home, we call it hashish.
How strange that people are so weird about you selling that when pretty much all adults just drink alcohol all the time, and you're saying that's the same thing.
View it as a positive thing, Claude. Maybe you're such an amazingly good person that people really can't imagine anything else to complain about when it comes to you.
No? It may well be illegal where you're from. That seems to commonly be the case. I just think it a bit odd that everyone carries arbitrary laws from their homes here, a place with none. People have been a lot more generous about murderers in our midst than someone enjoying a nice quiet smoke at the end of the day.
But I'll take the compliment! I'm most certain people are saying far worse behind my back, but all that means is that I'm doing something right.
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Date: 2024-07-22 10:49 pm (UTC)I'll know I've really won when you get to flipping the chessboard. Any other hot tips? I bet you I could hide your pieces when you're not looking. That's a surfire road to victory.
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Date: 2024-07-27 09:12 pm (UTC)[ If only Ange allowed herself to use cute emojis the way teenage girls like her were meant to, then she could have added an appropriately cheeky emoji like (o`ꇴ´o) to that statement..
Now she'll have to hope the words are enough to convey the tone. It's fond teasing, okay. ]
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Date: 2024-07-29 08:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-01 07:33 pm (UTC)He's absolutely outdoing her. Even if Claude can't see it, maybe he can realize from the mere words sent his way that Ange is making a face at her tablet right now, surprised and just a little bit horrified by his answer. ]
Did you seriously just imagine that?
Claude, gross!!!
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Date: 2024-08-05 09:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-07 12:49 pm (UTC)This is no way to be talking to a young lady from an upstanding family!!
[ Please note how she never uses this argument otherwise.
Only to try and weasel out of Claude's teasing domination. ]
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Date: 2024-08-11 02:19 am (UTC)Goddess, can you imagine the Queen? Horrifying.
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Date: 2024-08-16 05:07 pm (UTC)[ Yes, even over text and between the two of them she's making sure to not name the actual word. That's apparently how strongly the impression that Claude doesn't want his secret to get out came across to her - or maybe just how much actually keeping his secret means to her. ]
Because I could. And I would.
And I'm pretty sure you'd start hating that real quick.
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Date: 2024-08-22 09:22 pm (UTC)[ ... ]
Maybe I'd even be treated a little worse.
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Date: 2024-08-26 09:15 pm (UTC)I should be treating you a little worse.
[ Don't kid yourself, Ange. You're too fond of him to do that.
But she can't let that show, so-- ]
Maybe I should be telling everyone here you're a weirdo who eats chess pieces for fun.
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Date: 2024-08-26 11:02 pm (UTC)I'm very annoying, you know.
[ And everyone is aware. Claude could stand to sound less cheerful about it, though. ]
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Date: 2024-08-27 07:06 am (UTC)Be serious!! Don't turn this into a stupid joke!!! I really need to know this!!
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Date: 2024-08-29 08:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-01 08:11 pm (UTC)People have?
[ Apparently it's news to her. Maybe it's since she's just tuned out some parts of the network at this point.. ]
Why?
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Date: 2024-09-06 08:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-09 10:32 am (UTC)The more Ange reads this, the more she realizes she's missing quite a bit of context here. Sorry to not be as hip as you, Claude, but she can't help but ask: ]
What is hashish in the first place?
[ Too innocent for life.. ]
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Date: 2024-09-13 06:22 am (UTC)Some call it reefer, or marijuana. Back home, we call it hashish.
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Date: 2024-09-17 05:16 pm (UTC)[ Yeah, because you're a nerd, Ange. ]
How strange that people are so weird about you selling that when pretty much all adults just drink alcohol all the time, and you're saying that's the same thing.
View it as a positive thing, Claude. Maybe you're such an amazingly good person that people really can't imagine anything else to complain about when it comes to you.
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Date: 2024-09-23 09:53 pm (UTC)But I'll take the compliment! I'm most certain people are saying far worse behind my back, but all that means is that I'm doing something right.