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JADE: hello!!!!! you have reached jade harley
unfortunately i am not able to take your call at the moment so please leave a message after the tone!
i will get back to you as soon as i can
also do not send me pictures of snausages, i will block you immediately
have a nice day!!!!! :D

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original code by efryndiel, talksprite by glitterfr33ze

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Neigh neigh, motherfucker.

Oh, is that your impression of Neigh the Sayer? It is missing some moxie, mister!

How would you improve it, Harley.

[ jade gives dirk the smuggest look possible. one might think she is about to deliver the best possible impression of a horse any man could witness. one might think she has this on lockdown. one might think jade harley is secretly planning to audition for the next season of my little pony: friendship is magic. one might think jade is going to neigh with the best of them.

jade oinks like a pig. ]

[............]

That wasn't Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron. That was Babe. Pig in the motherfuckin' City.

But it was fun!!! You are absolutely not going to neigh, huh.

I felt my neigh very effectively conveyed all it meant to.

Okay, jeeeeez, Mr. Chicken Hair, I get it.

[ folding her arms, jade somehow manages not to ruin the gifted flowers. ]

Too cool to goof around, but that's okay, I think I get why Jake likes you. [ he's fun. like, a lot of fun. some day she is gonna get him to neigh. ]

Wait, why.

[Not too cool for a quick confused question about Jade solving the mystery that haunts Dirk to this day.]

I think that is a question for Jake to answer, not me! Have you never asked?

We've discussed things like it.

[It's just hard to believe because, you know.

Dirk hates and can't see anything worthwhile in himself?]

He's a really kind dude.

Sounds like something you've got in common. [ takes one to know one, and all that. ] You are a fun guy to talk to and be around, and it can be very easy to talk to you... This is just a shot in the dark, but sometimes that is very important for people like me and Jake.

[ you know, kids whose social interaction was entirely online, who grew up knowing civilization was out there, but they had no chance of ever finding it. dirk can probably relate? maybe. jade's not sure and won't assume. ] Not to mention you are smart, but it has not gone to your head. I can tell you have a really good heart, Dirk, but maybe we are just in that weird age where everything feels a little bit too big or too small to fit into...? I don't know! I know that I know I am glad I got to meet you, and I am glad Jake had you around.

[He'd disagree on the thing in common. And what she says is nice, and kind, and it's just... impossible to believe. He knows he's arrogant, he's met himself. He also knows he has a terrible and unpleasant personality for the same reason.

He isn't going to shove that on Jade. Instead, he brings his focus in on something she said.]

I'm not sure I know what you mean about things feeling too big or too small to fit into. Are you talking about legacies?

[ it's funny, because that's something they have in common. maybe it really is a construct of the game; can you create the perfect player? step one: destroy their perception of self worth and ability to understand that maybe people really are honest when they talk to you. maybe you're the problem, the game says!

jade rolls her eyes, but she's smiling. ]

Nooooo. Although I guess in a way that is true, I am talking about... you know! Normal teenager stuff! We are teens, bro, growing into ourselves, isn't that supposed to be something we are doing? Maybe we are acting a little too adult right now. I don't know... jeez, this is weird and complicated.

While the game sells itself as a coming-of-age plot, that never seems to have felt right. Or maybe it is, and we never had that narrative experience without the chance to experience our quests.

[He considers it, not minding Miss Eyeroll here.]

I don't know if I ever considered myself not an adult. I can look back at myself and be like, 'yeah, that sure was a kid,' but I guess it's difficult to conceptualize yourself as such when you're supposed to be wholly self-reliant in terms of survival. I'm not sure if you felt the same way, given your own experiences with needing, and indeed wanting, to take care of yourself.

[ there's probably a lot to be said about a girl who spends her days watching a children's cartoon and wondering if her dead grandfather is actually moving around or not. ]

Not really! I know how old I am, but I don't think a whole bunch about it. I guess lately, it's kind of like... a lot of freedom? [ a vague gesture nd one shoulder shrug later, her tone is a little more chipper. ] I guess it's a perk of existing outside of paradox space! Or... something!

Okay, it kind of sounds like you're glossing over things here.

[Dirk Strider is the personal callout post for everyone he knows.]

[ :T!!!! ]

I guess it's just... [ huh. ] My favorite thing to watch was the Squiddles. It still is! But even when I outgrew it, I still really loved it.

[ so, you know. you get older, but you cling to children's media, to nostalgia. she doesn't think it's bad? not really? but in the context of a discussion of growing up, she might have just outright rejected that for a while. the passage of time is pretty sucky, in jade's opinion. ]

And you think that makes you childish? Sorry, I don't think I'm following.

[Time's passage does indeed suck but also its non-passage sucks. Life sucks.]

Something like that. I never really concerned myself with growing up before, maybe that is why so many of the things I liked are so... childish. [ :\\\ ]

I think that a lot of the time, not concerning yourself with what's childish, in terms of interest, is relatively mature.

Oh? Really?

[ genuine curiosity here. ] Hehe... I kind of thought of like, I don't know. Peter Pan, and all that...

Peter Pan wasn't childish because he refused to get adult interests. The problem there was that he wouldn't mature as a person. He refused to take responsibility or accept the consequences of his actions. He wanted to be mothered and do as he pleased. The fact that he fought battles or participated in politics didn't make him any less childish because all those things were games to him.

You're a responsible, considerate young adult who happens to enjoy a silly kids show. I don't think that's immature at all.

You think so? ... Thanks, Dirk.

[ she means it, too. ] This is so off topic! Sorry, you were asking me for permission to umm... What even is courting, anyway? Wooing? Hehe, that is soooooo old fashioned, you guys are very adorable.

[He thinks she means it? That... means a lot to him. He isn't sure why, but it does.]

We're operating in the 1950s middle class tradition. As one dude interested in another dude, with a strong rejection of the consumer capitalist ideals and obsession with polished surfaces over interrogated realities, my courtship in this style is obviously ironic.

Equally obviously, Jake is completely and totally sincere.

[Dirk is deadpan, but. He adores Jake for that.]

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