homophonic ❆ alex

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alex

I'll tell you when you're being weird.

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w0, SATURDAY

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[good morning alex, shenhe is out in the world! you might miss her normally, because she's pretty good at staying hidden, but the music that is playing from the tree that she's set up in is pretty attention grabbing. at the moment it's this just blaring from the top of a small tree.

you might be able to see her foot swaying back and forth absently from the bottom of the branches.]

[camena]

[ abrupt classical music is a little startling??? but being able to place where it's coming from helps.

alex wanders under the tree and tips her head back. ]

Hey up there.

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[hey! she's up here! she's chewing on a flower. or rather, a collection of flower petals.]

Hello. [she says, after she's swallowed. a pause.] Alex.

[that is her name, yes.]

w0, MONDAY

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[wherever alex is, she is handed a packet of tabasco by shenhe, who has a stern look on her face. youre welcome.]

[camena]

[ oh uhhhh ok!!! she takes this. ]

Oh, what's the occassion?

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[shenhe is out standing in front of her warehouse! she's just... standing. that's all, staring out over the streets with a slight frown on her face. this is not a fascinating starter but she really is just the kind of person to brood like this.

kind of brooding.]

[camena]

[ listen alex's goal leaving her own warehouse was to find somewhere to stand around and brood so

she'll come over to hang out near shenhe for a bit. ]

Hey, Shenhe.

w0, SATURDAY

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[alex might catch shenhe coming back from the park when it's a little darker outside - she looks tired, amazingly enough. she will stop for alex when she sees her, though!

she doesn't say anything, just folds her arms. her ears are ringing.]

[camena]

[ late night loitering buddies... alex comes up to her and also takes a moment before she says anything because sometimes you are so tired that words do not come to you. ]

You doing okay?

week 1: monday

[camena]

[ alex is near the spaghetti food cart. not ordering, but just watching. and as soon as she sees shenhe she is wandering closer to her because. gotta. ]

Why would a food cart sell spaghetti...

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[oh. yes, she wants to be close to alex, hello. she moves over to set her hand on alex's shoulder, looking at the cart.]

... It seems hard to eat.

week 1: friday

[camena]

[ because it is red string week, shenhe can have an in person thread...! probably not until like. evening. sometimes you need to lock yourself in a warehouse for a long time before you can see people??

but she wants to see shenhe, so she just wanders over to her, wherever she's at. and then doesn't say anything. it's fine. ]

[bindings]

[she's probably like, in a tree, but when she sees alex, she jumps down from it, and offers her a hand. come here. hug?]

week 1: saturday

[camena]

[ maybe texting will make the redstring pull go away ]

Getting it wrong would feel worse. But it's hard to be happy with the right answers.

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[ghhhhhh she feels so bad

no answer comes for a long time, and then:]

I do not want it to be any of them

week 2: monday

[camena]

[ HI SHENHE ]

Hey—wanna go for a walk? I know it's not really morning 'cause I slept in a bit, but like, it still counts! [ counts for what ]

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[JUMPSCARED BY ALEX no it's fine. shenhe blinks a few times, shaken out of whatever she was doing, and then nods. there's a muted sense of happiness when she looks over at her.]

Oh - yes. I would like that. [it's weird to not offer her hand immediately, actually, after last week.]

week 2: friday

[camena]

[ you know what. alex thinks with shenhe's thing with emotions and with the bad vibes of today... she will stick with text. ]

Just checking in... You doing okay?

[ like obviously no, but. ]

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I'm alright.

[it comes after a while, but.]

I'm worried.

week 3: tuesday

[camena]

[ okay so alex does wander right up to shenhe and grin in greeting!

but then she takes out her phone ]

Hi, Shenhe!

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[help]

Hello... Alex. [???] Is this a new way of communicating?

w7, MONDAY

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from user rageintensifies:
It's Shenhe. I am here, if you'd like to talk. I'm not sure how you found us the first time, but I am somewhere quiet.

[camena]

Yeah, always!

[ she always wants to talk to shenhe. so she'll find some quiet area in the park or something and concentrate. ]

week 7: saturday

[camena]

[ we are still red stringed so alex is just going to be kind of vibing near shenhe whenever she's not busy. ]

[bindings]

[she will also vibe here, but at some point:]

Alex. I wanted to ask you, specifically, a question.