★Carvaka: IC contact★

[hamonfisted]

[For messaging or something.]

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6/8; audio

[shockshot]

Hey Joseph, I wanna thank you for checking in on me the other day.

And uh...if you're interested...

if you wanted to date me. Not anything super serious just...you know. Getting to know each other.

Bye!

text

[hamonfisted]

[Well that was not what he expected today, or any day soon.

This...

She's...

That's asking him out, right???

How the hell does he reply? Obviously he should play it cool. Being cool was the absolute right way to go about this.]

YES I want t I was supposed to as You're welcome for the other day, and I

definitely want to date you!!!!! What, uh, made you decide this, if you don't mind me asking?

[So smooth. So cool.]

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[shockshot]

[Oh no. Ooooh no he is just so precious it's really adorable and everything. She titters, and has to take a few moments to catch her breath.]

Well, I've been thinking, a lot. And...while there's a lot we still need to get to know about each other I realized that...

I really like you. More then a friend.

[hamonfisted]

[It's probably a good thing Giorno or Josuke aren't there to watch him jot into his book like a girl writing in her super secret diary. There's a really dumb happy look on his face too.]

I'm...I'm glad you'll give me a chance, at least. I struggled trying to find the right words, and I honestly still don't think I have them. I just really like you and want to hold you and help you and laugh with you.

You're kind and funny and even if you're a little bossy sometimes, I like that too. I didn't ever get the chance to tell you how I felt, and now you've beaten me to the punch.

[shockshot]

It's hard. I've been kind of rolling around unsure what to do and just nervous and freaking out and everything and...I want to hold you hand and listen to you talk and help you and joke around and ugh! I could go on for a long time.

...and I think you realllly like it when I'm bossy. Heh.

But...just to be on the same page-when you think of dating and everything, what comes to mind?

[hamonfisted]

Fine, maybe I like it a lot when you're bossy.

But... when I think of dating, hm. You see it in films, a couple sharing a drink before going to a movie, holding hands, linking arms. Usually kissing didn't happen so quickly... or sex.

[Unfortunately, this is Sex Hell, and that can't be avoided. She can't tell his hesitation, really, because of how the text translates for her.]

Devotion, I think is important too. What about you?

[shockshot]

Aha! You said it, no take backs!

[She laughs, delighted. But...sharing drinks? Oh wow. Oh wow that is so cute.]

I think of long walks. Snuggling together for a movie, being open about what we want. Holding hands. And I believe in devotion too.

And I believe in being honest. I don't think I'm ready for a serious relationship, but I would like to...take it slow, and see. Casual dating. Have you heard about this before?

[hamonfisted]

I see. I think I can handle taking it slow. I can't say I've been in a casual dating situation before, but I can understand what you've just described.

If you wanna be casual, we can be casual.

[shockshot]

Thank you. You know...that means you can date other people at the same time, if you want to. I won't mind.

...I might get a little jealous, but I promise I'll regulate it to huffs and nibbling.

[hamonfisted]

Dating other people? At the same time?


[He's...aware of it being something some people do, but... would he want to?]

You mean you wouldn't think of it as cheating?

[shockshot]

Not if all parties are aware of it. If it were exclusive, more serious dating, that'd be different.

...though I've also read open relationships and there's the troll relationships but that is Really. Something.

[hamonfisted]

...Right, the troll thing. I've heard.. something about that.

[He read what was public on Masaki's post, and then there was... Dio's proposition that had something to do with it.]

So if, that's a big if, I wanted to date another person, I should tell you, let you know? That sort of thing?

[shockshot]

Yeah, it's new to me too.

[Though she thought Karkat would be pretty cool to hang out with, she was still trying to figure out the concept a little.]

But yes, if you did, I'd want to know. I won't meddle or anything. I'd only say something if I was worried you'd be hurt.

[hamonfisted]

Okay, I'll... tell you if that happens.

[Could he... should he consider Dio's "hate dating" something legitimate? It's true the nature of their relationship was... weird. Unusual. As it stood, he never agreed to it verbally, but still he took some enjoyment from their fights. Was it something he even needed to bring up to Masaki?]

Oh, and you'd tell me if you were going to date someone else, right?

[shockshot]

Okay.

[Hoo boy. Here comes the hard part.]

I would. Dio does want to court me, and Mikado does want to date me. But...Dio might just stay with Jonathan, and Mikado is very tentative about dating in the first place.

[She's lost him hasn't she? She lost him. This one might hurt the most since...he didn't put on this nonsense about "deserving" or history tied into this place or whatever. He was just so...sweetly earnest.

She liked that about him.]

[hamonfisted]

[So it's exactly what he expected after all his snooping. Joseph's not lost, but, it seems his next response was delayed, which could make it seem hesitant. Really, he was deliberating exactly what to say about it.]

Dio said he wants to court you? Oh my god, he really is a geezer, to say it that way. I know I only barely touched on this when we talked before, but I have misgivings and some complicated feelings about him.

[He didn't elaborate.]

I don't know Mikado well, but we had a chat. We both acknowledged that you're perfectly capable of making your own decisions, so.

If Dio misbehaves, let me know so I can set him straight. Otherwise, I'll support whatever choice you make. I won't be jealous or anything like that.

[shockshot]

Yeah, I figured.

[He'd been worried and a little strange before. She had certainly noticed that.]

But...thank you Joseph. So you still...want to date me?

[hamonfisted]

Naturally. Someone has to take on the role of best boyfriend, right?

[He's glad she didn't press on his opinions of the others, because that could have been more than he was prepared to share.]

[shockshot]

[Nah, that'd be ugly. She's just going to have to hope for the best there. But she'll laugh a little at least.]

Jojo, it's not a contest!

[hamonfisted]

You're right, you're right. They'd stand no chance if it were.

[It's a shame Masaki's device doesn't receive images or text, because the little laughing smiley face he draws at the end would help show that he's not being ultra serious about that. It probably translates to some weird laughter on her end, maybe.]

But you wanted to get to know me better, didn't you? Anything you want to know about off the bat? I'm not exactly secretive.

[shockshot]

[She didn't think he was, from the sound of things. She was giggling again. She had no idea how it'd go down if there was some sort of contest between all three of them. Scratch that. Dio and Joseph would get into a punching match, and Mikado would take her by the hand and make out with her nearby.]

Hmm, okay. Let's see...oh! Why'd you become a hamon user?

[hamonfisted]

Well, actually, I never became one. It's just something I was born able to do.

Apparently, I inherited it from Jonathan after it skipped a generation with my father.

No one really told me what it was until I was older, so in my youth I never really understood why I could do the things I could, just that I could.

[shockshot]

Huh.

[More and more it sounded as if they were alike...other then the generation skipping that is.]

So as a kid you were able to mess with things but didn't know why...? That's kind of dangerous.

6/9; a gift

[shockshot]

[It's a very simple thing. A knock on the door, he may find it outside his door, or somewhere he may frequent. But there's an origami flower left for him. Written on one petal is his name, and on the other is simply 'thank you'.]

-reaction action

[hamonfisted]

[Being situated in the living room, Joseph hears the knock at the front door clearly. After standing up and approaching the door, he opens it, and looks outside. No one immediately at the door. He sees it there on the ground, a little paper flower.

'thank you'

Who... He looks around more imperatively now, trying to figure out who just left him such a thing.]

Whoever you are, why am I being thanked?!