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[cahooted]

This is Flynn. Hi!

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@duster, voice, evening 295

[bywolves]

[ Flynn gets a message later in the evening - the voice that speaks is low, soft and vaguely British, and doesn't change in tone much. ]

You're the one that collects books here, right?

@librarian; audio

[cahooted]

Yes, that's me. Hi.

[For a moment old habits make Flynn want to turn on the video feed but it feels a little awkward after recent events. There's enough footage of him going around right now.]

Do you wish to contribute to the library?

[bywolves]

[ There's a pause between messages - Royce almost thinks about asking if Flynn will give him anything in return, but. Might be better to have some sort of connection rather than a rude one-time business deal.

So Flynn gets two folders - one is a bunch of pages of a book about two gay men trying to figure out what their feelings are for each other, and another is one of a haunted house coming alive. ]

I have more. Just haven't had the time to photograph them yet.

[cahooted]

[For a moment Flynn thinks that Royce may just have hung up on him. Then the contributions arrive and after skimming a couple of pages of each, realizing that it's fiction, apparently the rarest genre in this town (unless you count the porn), he sounds genuinely delighted.]

Thank you! I think these come at a great time, with all the weirdness of the past days.

I don't think we've talked before, Mr. ...?

[bywolves]

Mm. [ He helped! He'll try not to sound pleased, as usual. ]

Royce. Don't have to use the mister. Don't think I ever actually heard your name. Just hear you called the librarian.

[cahooted]

It's Flynn. Flynn Carsen.

Nice to meet you, Royce.

[bywolves]

Yeah. [ The proper response is nice to meet you too, but. ]

You've been pleasant to Solomons and Karkat. Means I don't mind sending you more books if you want them. [ A beat. ] Always have supplies to trade too.

[cahooted]

[He blinks at that. Yes, he had a pretty nice and civil conversation with Solomons, that's true. He's... less sure about Karkat. But if snarky exchanges count as pleasant dialogue these days, hey, he'll take it.]

Are you traveling with them then? And that is a definitive yes – I'll always want books.

[He pauses, pondering a trade.] What are you offering? I don't have much, but...

[bywolves]

With Solomons, yes. Karkat is - he's a friend. [ A sometimes bratty friend, but still a friend. ]

You're new. I don't expect you to have much. I have a lot of extras of shampoo, toothpaste. An extra jacket. Weapons.

[cahooted]

Well, give him my best regards.

[And that's quite the list there.] All of this sounds extremely help- and wonderful.

[bywolves]

[ This being nice thing is rough. ]

You can have one of the things from any of those categories. Anything else you need to trade for. Can't just give away everything.

[cahooted]

[You're doing such a good job here, Royce, don't give up!]

Oh! Yes, of course, I understand.

... Do you need a charcoal pen?

[bywolves]

[ He snorts. ]

No. Not especially. Is that the only useful thing you have?

[cahooted]

I have some glass. It's splintered. A pocket mirror? Uh, a rolling pin.

[He scratches the back of his head.] I also own a crowbar but I'd... really like to hang on to that one.

[He figures it's the closest to a sword he will ever get to here.]

[bywolves]

I'm not going to take the crowbar from you.

[ Sniff. ] Glass might be useful. Or the rolling pin. Depends. [ A beat. ] Keep looking for things. I don't know where you are but I imagine it isn't close to downtown, which is where I am currently.

[cahooted]

Okay, good.

No, headed for the new area. [Again. He wonders if he manages to get there this time.] So maybe I'll find some more stuff to trade until we get the chance to meet.

[bywolves]

We'll probably be around the tunnels. We can move through them and I can pawn off some of this stuff to you if you really want it.

Keep an eye out for things you might not think have much use for here. Tape. Gauze. Plastic bags. Things you can use to tie other things together.

[cahooted]

Sounds good.

Anything in particular you guys are looking for right now?

[bywolves]

[ There's a pause, and then, finally: ]

Did you see the list Solomons put up the other day? [ He sounds tired, now. ] Things like that.

Or - this is going to sound ridiculous, but if you find anything that looks like it might be Jewish, I'll trade anything for it.

[cahooted]

The other day? Oh, you mean, when...

[Yeah, and that's as far as he goes here because that's not a subject he wants to get into right now.] I'll take another look.

[As for the other thing...]

Jewish? Yeah, sure, I'll keep my eyes open. Are you Jewish?

[bywolves]

[ He just brushes past the first bit, because like Flynn, he doesn't want to get into the weird future stuff. ]

I'm not. Solomons is. [ Which is probably a clue to how much Royce cares about Alfie, but he doesn't much care if people know at this point. ] Tea, too. Any sort of tea.

[cahooted]

I see. [Flynn smiles. He's a fan of people caring for each other in this place, there's enough jadedness going around already.] I'll be sure to let you know if I find anything.

Oh, I'm sorry. I had some black tea, but it's almost empty now. It's really not much but I can hang on to the rest if you want?

[bywolves]

If you feel like trading it. [ Warm drinks are hard to come by. ] You find tea and I'll trade anything for it.

[cahooted]

I'll keep that in mind.

Not a coffee guy then?

[bywolves]

Coffee works too. [ The tea is also for Alfie - do you see how lame he is for Alfie, Flynn, because it's really a problem ] I like coffee more than tea, actually, but these trades aren't for me.