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[sommer]

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audio, a few days after the dungeon

[sediments]

[ An incoming call from your friendly neighbourhood WHAT. ]

Hey, Anna! It's Bolin. I thought I'd see how you were doing. Did you go into that weird carnival like some of the others?

audio,

[sommer]

BOLIN!!

[ omg, Anna's first audio call experience! Give her a moment to take all the excitement in before she answers any questions... ]

THIS IS SO WEIRD, HAHAH! WAIT, CAN YOU EVEN HEAR ME? HELLO?

[sediments]

[ HE CAN DEFINITELY HEAR.

It actually startles him enough that he falls backwards. ]

ANNA. Yeah! Hi! I can hear you!

[sommer]

GREAT-- oops, sorry.

[ She heard that fall... ]

This is so convenient! Now I can tell you things without having to see you. N-Not that I don't wanna see you! I do! That's not, that's... that came out out wrong, heh. Hi!

[sediments]

[ He doesn't even know if he should be offended or not. ]

Uh, that's okay? [ ... ] So... how are you doing?

audio

[redsea]

[ There is silence, but Anna's Carrier clearly indicates that there's someone on the line.

This goes on for a minute. ]

Hello, Anna.

notifications pls

[sommer]

Really good!

[ Please don't be offended by Princess Foot In Mouth...! ]

What about you? That sounded like a nasty fall. I think I scared my carrier, too.

audio

[sommer]

[ Another half minute passes as Anna remains frozen in place. No pun intended. ]

.....


Hello, voice.

[ what the fuck ]

[sediments]

Me? I'm fine.

[ Just startled... ]

I guess you don't have stuff like this where you're from, huh? Me either.

audio

[redsea]

It's Kougyoku! Have you forgotten my name already!?

audio

[sommer]

Not this time! [ ??? ]

I know your name-- Kougyoku! Hi! How long has your voice been here in my room? I'm sorry I didn't notice...

[sommer]

Heh, yeah, you could say this place has a lot of things that I didn't have home...

[ She's still in awe of the smallest things here. ]

You wanted to know about the "carnival"?

...
I-I said that with airquotes, by the way. [ It wasn't much of a carnival!! ]

audio

[redsea]

[ !? ]

It hasn't been very long, so don't worry. [ clears throat ] A-anyway, Anna! As you know, it is summer. [ ??? ]

audio

[sommer]

Oh, you bet! If there's one thing I do know, it's that it's most certainly summer. Indeed, birds are chirping, the sun is shining, the water is wet...

[ ???? ]

--G-Go on.

[sediments]

Why? [ ??? ] Is it different from the carnivals you're used to?

[sommer]

... I've never actually been to any. But I'm pretty sure they're not meant to have man-eating spiders, even if they are trying to be polite!

Also we didn't get to explore the tunnel of love....

[ By far the biggest disappointment. ]

[sediments]

[ ohoho? ]

You wanted to explore the tunnel of love? Because I can tell you that it wasn't that romantic.

[sommer]

[ Clearly Bolin doesn't know anything about romance. ]

Wha-- hello? It's called the tunnel of love. It doesn't get any more romantic than that!

[ But neither does Anna. ]

[sediments]

There's nothing romantic about being attacked by carnival props while on a boat with two other guys?!

[ Anna???

But. ]

Do you want a date that badly?

[sommer]

What? Bolin?! That's not what I said at all!! How desperate do you think I am?!

[ That moment when you pretend you never got engaged on the same day you met someone. ]

[sediments]

Why else would you want to explore the tunnel of love? Look if you need a date, I can recommend places better than a creepy carnival.

[ Real talk tho, Anna. ]

[sommer]

Oho! Really! Am I supposed to take dating advice from someone who went through the tunnel of love with two other guys?

And didn't find it romantic?

[ ??? ]

[sediments]

Wh- [ what exactly is she getting at?? ] Why would I find it romantic?!

[sommer]

It's the tunnel of love!! It's in the name! Not one of you talked about your crush? Your dream wedding? How's that even possible?

[ Gosh, even trolls and snowmen know about love!! ]

[sediments]

OH.

[ And this is something he should filter out before it reaches his mouth but ]

I thought you were saying that I should think it's romantic to be with two guys, even though that would be a really weird threesome.