[Entranceway IC Inbox]

[mypartnerintime]

[Her voice is light and cheerful on the pre-recorded message.]

Do the thing!

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[mypartnerincrime]

not that easy, my ass
you totally grabbed the chance to make out with me
hardcore much?

[mypartnerincrime]

or did you rewind and didnt kiss me after you already did?
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you are sooooo busted!!!

[mypartnerintime]

wtf chloe

[mypartnerincrime]

what

[mypartnerintime]

are you just fooling around?

Like seriously what do you actually remember happening that morning?

[mypartnerincrime]

chill out max
nothing wrong with being hardcore
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which you totally were when you kissed me

[mypartnerintime]

[Except she didn't, because Max is pretty far from being hardcore.

But... but she had regretted it, later on. It was one of the first times she had felt so frustrated that her rewind couldn't bring her back farther.

So maybe in a way this is a good thing? Her response comes after a small delay.]

I couldn't be all lame and pass up a dare

[This feels a little bit like messing around with time again, but she doesn't know what else to say.]

[mypartnerincrime]

[Chloe doesn't notice Max's delayed response. She's too busy asking the magic closet in her room for a pack of cigarettes (and a lighter, of course).

The closet finally gives her what she wants and she lights one cigarette before checking her phone again. Finally, there's good ol' nicotine in her system again. Chloe even feels almost normal at that moment, as if she was just back in Arcadia Bay, texting with Max through her worn-out cellphone.

She grins. It's nice to feel normal again, fooling around with her best friend. Chloe teases Max a little more, just because Chloe knows Max gets so adorably awkward.]

who knows
...
i might dare you again
just to check if you're still hardcore

[mypartnerintime]

Still a dork, Chloe

Do you wanna watch a movie?

[Changing the topic? Of course not!]

[mypartnerincrime]

what did you have in mind?

[Please, not some hipster artsy flick.]

[mypartnerintime]

Surprise! Time travel.

Like back to the future eg. the original Maxfly.

But there's this new one too, About Time. It wasn't out yet back home but it's out here already. Weird huh?

Oh it's kinda mushy I think

[mypartnerincrime]

[Chloe groans.]

is there nothing else on?

[mypartnerintime]

[Max almost suggests Blade Runner. She wonders how that would feel: pretty bad, she bets, though Chloe wouldn't know why.]

Let's give it thirty minutes, then dump it if it's way too cheesy

It'll give us something to laugh at!

[mypartnerincrime]

i'm giving it 10 minutes
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where do we watch it? is there like a cinema in this fucking mansion too?

[mypartnerintime]

I think there's a theater. But I already have a TV in here so..?

Can I squeeze this into your super busy schedule?

[mypartnerincrime]

you'd be keeping me away from more medicating time but sure
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will be there in 5

[mypartnerintime]

Oh no wait!

wait 20 mins!!

After the mutant event; action pls

[mypartnerincrime]

[Chloe knocks loudly at Max's door.]

Knock, knock Max! I know you're in there.

Action because you asked nicely ;)

[mypartnerintime]

[She's messing around with her guitar when she hears the knock. She cuts the song short and sets the guitar away quietly, before standing to open the door to her room.

She looks particularly abashed.]

[mypartnerincrime]

[Chloe storms inside Max's room.]

Where the fuck were you, Max Caulfield? How could you do that? Just up and leave?

[mypartnerintime]

[Max steps aside to let Chloe in- almost shrinks slightly against a wall.]

I tried to call...

[mypartnerincrime]

[Chloe folds her arms.]

What, so you think trying to call is going to make leaving me better? Yeah, maybe 5 years ago when you left for Seattle. But God Max! Why would you even fucking think of doing this to me again?

[mypartnerintime]

I- [This is a lot harder than she thought it would be. She turns to shut the door slowly, buying herself time to respond. When it does her voice sounds hesitant and small, and she hates it.] It was an event... I didn't know what I was doing.

[mypartnerincrime]

[It doesn't immediately register to Chloe what Max said.]

What do you mean you didn't know what you were doing? Did you really just get up one day and decide to leave your best friend all over again? Is that really the story you wanna go with?

[Chloe is pretty much beyond reasoni by now... even more than usual.]

[mypartnerintime]

No. [She knows how much this stuff upsets her best friend... Max should have gone to Chloe first, but she didn't know what she was supposed to say. She still doesn't. She keeps her eyes downcast.]

I mean- Chloe, it was an event. I didn't remember anything about Arcadia Bay or Seattle.