[ ic: daemon ]

[novelizes]

DAEMON INBOX ▌ TEXT, AUDIO, VIDEO, ACTION

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text; daemon: murderd (https://xistentiaooc.dreamwidth.org/14801.html)

[succy]

Hello.

[It's not a familiar daemon, no one Jughead has met before. When he clicks in, he finds that their Inbox image is an indifferent picture of landscape, and their Synchr isn't set up at all.]

Word is you have worked in investigative journalism.

text; daemon: crowned

[novelizes]

Yeah, a bit.
With my girlfriend, Betty.

Who told you?

[succy]

I don't recall.

Who have you discussed it with? One of them, no doubt. In any case, people have the impression you're quite good. Something about your collected demeanour perhaps.

Any chance you're looking for work?

[novelizes]

[ he hasn't told anyone, however there's always whoever watches the through the daemons, making sure they're actually fulfilling the intimacy aspect of saving their worlds. he'll have to discuss this with betty, possibly after he's done a bit of digging into who this person is. no synchr, not much on the daemon. there's just not enough information. ]

If I say yes?

whispers hayhay how do you feel about contacting zeke to find out more info about sex demons? :3

[succy]

Then Mora and her friends could use your help to track down these thieves. You look like an ordinary human, so if you have the ordinary preconceptions about demons, I'd say -- let go of those.

They'll do you no good with us.

i can definitely do that

[novelizes]

I have no preconceived notions.
This place kind of wiped me clean of those.


I'll look into it. Mind if I pull in Betty too?

[succy]

That one I haven't heard of.

What's she like? Describe her.

[novelizes]

She's intelligent and a large part
of how my friends and I solved a murder.
She's a regular Nancy Drew.
She's also my girlfriend.

text » post event.

[perfectible]

Can you talk?

text »

[novelizes]

of course. there's something I need to tell you anyway.

text »

[perfectible]

Should we meet?

text »

[novelizes]

Sure. I'm in the living room. Want me to make some coffee?

text » action;

[perfectible]

Yes.

[ She emerges from the bedroom and goes to find him..]

Sorry, I thought I was the only one home.

action;

[novelizes]

[ he's sitting there, fingers poised above his keyboard, but no words are coming to him. he doesn't know what to say or do, a rarity for him given words are his refuge. but since having kissed archie, it's like his brain is all twisted up. it hadn't even been a good kiss, just one to save them from suspicion. but he still feels the obligation to tell her. after all, he loves her more than he can say and even if the kiss had been a near necessity, he feels as though he's betrayed her. ]

Hey. Wanna sit?

[perfectible]

[ something has been off. it's why she wanted to talk, to make sure he was okay with everything. her marriage to v hadn't meant anything to her. he knew that, right? when he invites her to sit, she does so, sitting down next to him on the couch.]

Out with it, Jug. [ she reaches for one his hands.] Something's been off with you. What's going on?

ᴛᴇxᴛ

[overarches]

just a heads-up. i told veronica about what happened between us.

[ no, he's not going to write it out. no, they're not going to talk about it. just in case she tells betty, he's throwing it out there. ]

ᴛᴇxᴛ

[novelizes]

[ jughead figured he would. archie's not the type to lie and when he does it either blows up in his face or fails to work. now he knows he has to tell betty. because whatever veronica know will almost certainly be shared with betty. ]

that's fine. I'll be telling Betty.
I mean, it wasn't really anything other than us trying to save our asses.

ᴛᴇxᴛ

[overarches]

i know that,
and you know that.
i hope betty takes it as well as veronica did.

[ "well" being relative. he thinks she's shocked more than anything with it coming in right on top of archie's admission about betty. ...that kiss he's not telling betty about. it's totally up to jughead. ]

text; daemon: diamond

[ronnied]

So.

[novelizes]

if this is about me and Archie
I don't plan on it happening again.

[ronnied]

Most people don’t plan spontanteous kisses with their best friend.

But you don’t have to be on the defense, I was actually just texting to tease you about the whole thing. It’s how I’m choosing to process the fact that Archie’s kissed every party in our little squad.

[novelizes]

You have an interesting way of dealing.
I'm still a little freaked out.

[ronnied]

Depends on what you’re freaked out about. As far as I see things, I have nothing to be freaked out about. And you really don’t either. We’re all friends, it was only a kiss. There’s nothing threatening about a spur of the moment decision.

Unless you mean you’re freaked out that you had to kiss Archie?

[novelizes]

That pretty much nails it.
I mean, he's my best friend. We're bros.
It's just not something that's done.
And to be honest, it was a terrible kiss.

[ronnied]

Pardon my sounding like a jaded city girl, but even if it seems like a big deal, you haven’t really broken any boundaries here. A sloppy kiss between straight best friends? Please.

And you know deep down it’s going to take a lot more than an awkward kiss to put a bump in your friendship with Archie Andrews.