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( she's trying to find the right words for this, and also trying to keep her cursing to a minimum. it was just last month jinx told ekko she wouldn't need him for anything -- that the talk was the only use of him. and yet here she is, staring down at the blinking vertical line, a blank text box, and his username in the "TO:" column.

how does he always manage to do this? he says one thing, she says it'll never happen, and then it happens. it's so abnormal at times that jinx has had suspicions that maybe ekko was born with arcane talent, and just kept it under wraps. or maybe he's been a mage all this time and never told anyone. it would make sense since mages almost wiped out a race back in the fuddy-duddy days in runeterra.)

( either way, she's groaning and she flops back on her sister's bed that's annoyingly too big. her pinks are still very fixated to ekko's username before rising an optimistic shoulder. )

I could ask someone else?

( she says out loud to the dead air. like jinx is pressuring herself to look for another option. but then she frowns further -- slumping down the shoulder drastically. )

... No, it has to be him.

( her brows knit together as she whines; now behaving like a freaking two year old as she thrashes around on top of the bed with kicked legs. this is the most annoying enemy...(friend...frienemy?) she has ever had in her life!! with an overdramatic sigh, the teen finally sucks it all up and starts to type: )

U. i need u a favor. and dont u DARE say a fucking word.

Edited 2023-04-10 15:25 (UTC)

[The way the message is written makes him think that it's serious. There's a hint of amusement in the back of his head because he knew this would happen. Jinx may act like she doesn't care and she hates him, but it's obvious to him now she doesn't. It's just more of the bullshit she spews for a reaction. The posturing to make herself seem hardcore and terrible.

But he won't say "I told you so," because it won't help. It'll just cause a fight. And he's too curious about what she caved in for after only a month.]

is asking what the favor is saying a word?

funny ha ha. ok so. my stupid omen set up a picnic get together w/o me knowing. with chizuru. and we each can bring a someone along so things wont get TOO intense. ure the person im picking.

[Oh. Well shit. He had not been planning to get stuck in the middle of this. He had been staying out of what he knew was a fallout of their breakup besides trying to keep Jinx occupied when he could.

And yet she was coming to him instead of Vi? Or that other girl she's always talking to on the network?]

am i bringing food
i got fish and some potatoes.

ooooo fish and the po-TATS. yea yea bring those if u want! we got plenty of time to prepare. its on the 15th. im making my speciality, ha ha!

( but... she should probably tell him why him and not everyone else. maybe he already figured it out but it'll be good to say it anyway. )

thnx. i didnt want to ask anyone here in trench b/c well. some still dont know everything w/ me yet. theres a lot of me im leaving out. and vi. vi would be predictable and maybe a lil biased? besides she was in prison for 7yrs so theres a... gap. and with us, weve been side by side since we were kids. even if that side by side is us being at each others throats. point is: ure the only one whose been... THERE from beginning to... now. and ure not THAT biased of me either b/c well... u know why. but somehow here we are talking and can be in the same space together w/o blowing each others brains out. so. just felt u'd be the perfect person to bring to this. and plus. im also trying to work on us while working my crap w/ her too? two birds one stone??

Edited 2023-04-11 22:33 (UTC)

ANYWAY THAT FISH BETTER BE TOP NOTCH. this picnic is going to be 10/10 quality only.

[It all makes sense, when she text-spams him like that. Because he does know her. And he may not know what she means when she says even the worst of the shit that comes out of her mouth, but he gets her enough to know what she's trying to say.

And he wants things to work out for her, but he's not gonna bullshit someone like Chizuru for that.]

i appreciate the vote of confidence
so fried fish
and embarrassing childhood stories
got it

what are u buzzing about? i dont HAVE embarassing childhood stories.

( she says this when she just wrote how they knew each other since they were kids. it's a constant struggle with this girl; powder and jinx. and although she made it clear that night with vi she is fully jinx, trench has... done something to where powder rises from the dead sometimes. )

[to ekko he accepts she's jinx now, but he'll never think she wasn't powder. she's always going to be both to him.]

keep telling yourself that if you want
i'm sure we'll have plenty to talk up

yea yea. its going to be at the beach. didnt pick the place. mr.bananas insisted we have the picnic there.

maybe he thinks the salty fish smell is nice.

nah its not that. the lil thing is into seashells. he likes to collect them. a hobby of his.

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