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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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[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.

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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 ]

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[ 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. ]

[in_the_blood]

[Funnily enough Cassie actually already figured that one out so you're golden.]

phew. that's a relief.

[Except not really, because Cassie doubts that Stiles' open mindedness extends to witches and dark magic. But whatever. He only asked her to a dance that is still hypothetical at best, it's not really a proper date-date. So it's fine if he doesn't know.]

anyway, more seriously, i think you're probably right to be concerned. i really could be anybody. is this typical for him?

[workout]

[ how about werewolf besties, that's pretty open minded. ]

um. no? he doesn't usually ask people out

[ which sounds a lot better than 'he would probably take anybody'. ]

[in_the_blood]

[Not sure it counts if you were friends before the crazy supernatural thing happened to you and you then didn't continue to hide it from him, bro.]

oh. ok. well then. i guess... i'm flattered.

[workout]

[ shhh details. ]

no you should be, seriously his standards are ridiculous

[ like, lydia martin ridiculous. but the important thing is that scott's made this totally weird, so- ]

should we maybe start over? i'll be less weird this time, promise. i'll even skip the asking questions about stiles.

[ as if he'll be less weird. but he'll not talk about the not-date, anyway. ]

[in_the_blood]

ooooooooooook. i'm willing to give it a shot. i now consider this conversation officially started over. what should we talk about instead?