[Entranceway IC Inbox]

[mypartnerintime]

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

Do the thing!

Comments

[mypartnerincrime]

oh max, if you wanted to sleep over, you just need to ask
...
unless you need me to dare you to sleep over

[mypartnerintime]

You didn't ask last night.

[But Max sleeps better when Chloe's around. Because right after any nightmares she can turn to the side and see that... that everything's okay.]

Not that easy, right?

[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!!