( t e x t | seelie & unseelie. backdated to the 3rd. )

[tensed]

[ the way to communicate here seems too much like something the capitol would make. if not for his need for information, he would throw the damn thing away.

( he's still considering a hole in the ground for it as he types. ) ]

I heard some people have been here a few months. I got a few questions.
are there any rules about the woods
what animals are there around here [ it might help if you specified where "here" is, gale. ]
what district are you from?

[ the third question is a last-minute addition, a sign he's not entirely convinced yet that his being here isn't a capitol trick. gale debates adding anything else, but common sense provides the more obvious answers. he's not in the mood to waste anyone's time, especially his own. ]

Comments

[artem]

you may want to consider an attitude adjustment

you know

just a friendly tip

but seriously, what do you mean by district?

[tensed]

place where people live [ infuriatingly vague answer to avoid talking about panem over the network? check. ]
what have you been doing? [ abruptly changing the subject to avoid talking about panem over the network? check.

the art of subtlety? nailed it. ]

[artem]

not in my world it's not. we call them cities. countries. states. any of these words ring a bell?

( .............. is he real. clary is reminded of early jace. she likes you gale. lucky you. )

mostly sketching the architecture, taking some notes. and waiting to see if there's an escape opportunity.

waiting for a couple of people to show up. so far no luck.

[tensed]

[ he is so thrilled.

so. thrilled. ]

second time I hear people talking about the architecture
who are you waiting for?

[artem]

well it's kind of cool. who else is that invested? i'm an artist so it's a thing for me, but...

jace. my boyfriend, for one. my mother. my friends... you haven't seen a really unfairly pretty brunette girl named isabelle around have you? or a guy who is about as grouchy as you with dark hair and blue eyes named alec...

okay. there are lots of them. but jace is the most important.

[tensed]

another girl. weird name.
you here alone?

[ and on that day his heart grew three sizes he remembered other people have problems too. ]

[artem]

i know someone named *magnus* okay? weird is relative.

yeah. i'm here alone.

( and it hurts. she wants her friends. she wants her mother. she wants jace. )

[tensed]

sorry to hear that

[ the fact that he said it at all points to his sincerity. as weird and annoying as she may be, being here is terrible enough without having to do it alone. gale misses his mother, his brothers and his sister — but he has katniss and even peeta as awkward as their relationship is. he's not alone.

he can't imagine what it must be like being without a single familiar face. ]

[artem]

( Wow Gale when did you grow feelings? )

i'll survive. but if you run into someone named jace with blonde hair and golden eyes, let me know?

[tensed]

i'll keep an eye on him if i find him
you can take him of my hands

[artem]

no argument here. generally taking my boyfriend off of anyone's hands isn't something i'd complain about.

1.2

[tensed]

long as you dont have more reason to yell

[ the taming of the clary. ]

[tensed]

[ and abruptly changing the subject: ] what are you doing?

1.2

[artem]

note to self, yell for no reason

[artem]

diddlysquat. why?

[tensed]

im hungry and i need you to check the food

[ never. letting. it go. ]

1/2

[artem]

or maybe how about you can just bite me

( she really doesn't mean instead of the food but she didn't think about how that would sound )

lolol

[artem]

oh god not literally

[tensed]

[ a pity this is text because he just lost his shit ]

you dont have enough meat on you
so. where do you want to meet?

[artem]

you'd think i wouldn't be with as much pizza as i ate back home. and the latte.

wait you're serious?

[tensed]

wouldnt ask if i wasnt

[artem]

i thought maybe somewhere in there a sense of humor was hiding and you were making a joke.

courtyard?

[tensed]

i have a sense of humor. [ maybe somewhere in there. ]
ill meet you there

[ and he's up and walking look how much he cares. ]

pls 2 action ok

[artem]

yeah sure and i have green hair

ok.

( it's cool she's dropping everything for you too you big stupid ape )

denied

[tensed]

[ he's back in the clothes he wore when he was stolen: a button-down shirt worn soft, pants, jacket and fingerless gloves. clean, but discolored by soot and coal dust. after a year in the mines, he doubts the coal will ever wash out entirely. the clothes may not look like much, but they're comfortable. they remind him of home.

gale left the bows and quivers behind this time. the hunting knife remains inside his jacket, however, within easy reach. not because he doesn't trust clary — because he doesn't trust the unseelie. he doesn't go anywhere unarmed now if he can help it.

but despite his worries, his face is more open than it had been that first night. his countenance is still serious, but it's not as severe. and when he spots clary, something like a smile softens his mouth. gale tips his chin up in silent greeting before jumping right into the main thing troubling him: ] What's a pizza?