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[in_the_blood]

"Hi, this is Cassie. Leave a message and I'll get back to you."

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[workout]

is this isaac?
this is scott

[in_the_blood]

nnnnope. definitely not an isaac, last time i looked anyway. i think you might have the wrong number. i mean unless there are some seriously weird body-snatching shenanigans going on here anyway.

nice to meet you though, scott! i'm cassie.

[workout]

[ if he was a dog, which he is in fact not, his ears would have perked up at that name. but he's totally going to play it cool, no worries stiles. ]

pretty sure it's a no on the body-snatching
but i guess we're in space so i'm not placing any bets

um. i'm glad you're doing okay anyway? are you new?

[in_the_blood]

yep. in with the newest round of fresh faced and shiny eyed kidnappees. i wish i could say i was surprised??

anyway, it's actually not so bad here, once you get past the whole... being stuck in space and trapped on a ship with monsters aspect. i mean, it beats stressing about college apps!

[workout]

does kidnapping happen a lot where you're from?

[ that's mostly a joke. maybe?? hopefully. ]

idk, i think i'd take studying over being stuck here. it's either really boring or really awful. have you heard about the pirates?

[in_the_blood]

errr. i want to say no? probably just to me.

yeah but you can study any time, right? how often are you stuck on a spaceship? at least, that's what i keep telling myself. it makes me feel better, anyway.

what's this about pirates?

[workout]

[ the 'probably just me' earns a confused look, because that shouldn't really be a trick question. ]

you've seriously been kidnapped before?

and yeah, i guess. we could always study on a spaceship, best of both worlds.

there were a bunch of space pirates who got brutally murdered. it was kind of weird

[ the most vivid of descriptions. ]

[in_the_blood]

more times than i would actually like to admit. this isn't even my first time being snatched inter-dimensionally. i'm starting to wonder if i'm ever going to see home again. escape from one crazy set up only to get transported into another?? my life is like a bad sci-fi movie.

huh. that sounds... unfortunate. were they the good kind of pirates or the bad kind??

[workout]

[ holy shit that's kind of cool. is stiles dating a girl from a sci-fi movie??? ]

idk, i didn't really talk to them. i think they shot a few people.

[ which really doesn't tip the scale when the other side is brutal murder, but he doesn't expand on that; it probably speaks for itself. ]

you seem pretty well adjusted for someone who's been kidnapped inter-dimensionally.

[ that's a sincere compliment, honestly. ]

[in_the_blood]

[No, just a teen supernatural tv show. Oh wait.]

haha, thanks. i'm not sure if really i am, honestly. i think i just hide it well. my life was pretty crazy even before that. eventually you kinda learn to just roll with the punches, you know?

hey boy

[workout]

[ how very compatible. ]

i know what you mean. sometimes the punches seem more like nuclear bombs, though.

[ aaand, very subtly: ]

do you know someone named stiles?

shhhhh you saw nothing

[in_the_blood]

that's one way of putting it.

... and yeah, actually, i do. why?

it's too late i've seen everything

[workout]

[ oh wait, he didn't really think this plan through. ]

um. he's a friend of mine, i think you guys would get along

[ good save. ]

nooooooooo

[in_the_blood]

oh. well, good instincts then, i guess? i mean we've only spoken like a handful of times, but i think we get on pretty well, yeah.

[workout]

[ kind of a good save, but now he still feels exceptionally unsure as to how he should proceed. ]

awesome. he's a cool guy, he has a jeep

[ rave reviews. also wait, completely irrelevant. ]

not here, obviously.

[in_the_blood]

that's... nice?? i have a subaru??

[Cassie is making a very weird face at the screen right now.]

sooo you guys are friends from home then, i take it.

[workout]

nice, subarus are good cars

[ for real tho ]

and yeah, i know him pretty well. [ somehow saying they're besties seems kind of overkill for this conversation. ]

have you guys met met or just texted?

[ spoiler: he totally knows the answer. ]

[in_the_blood]

just texted. i feel like we should probably meet in person but now i just feel like it would spoil the mystery.

... hang on, are you vetting me?

1/2

[workout]

[ oops ]

what? no
i didn't even know this was your number

[workout]

but if you're going to assume i'm vetting you anyway, just checking, are you a serial killer or a 50 yo man

[ that's actually a deliberate joke. all the same, sorry stiles. ]

[ not here ]

[ex_question191]

[ thanks, buddy. ]

[in_the_blood]

both actually.

[workout]

[ no wonder stiles likes you. ]

wow, that is a really huge coincidence

[in_the_blood]

but don't tell stiles, i'm worried he'll freak.

[workout]

you might be surprised, he has a pretty open mind

[ or a morbid one, same thing. he may not be the best wingman, but even scott knows it's probably best not to talk about how excited stiles gets around dead bodies. ]