#r-laramie@bwr -- Mister Henderson, Esq. -- Henderson Adams and Associates View

*crossing the room to my sofa*

#r-ncsouth Perry passes Echo's communicator on to IRIDIA

*sliding in*

a bit late...but adding prayers and good thoughts

I love this!
'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.' Billy - age 4

'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and just listen.' Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

thanks for sharing!

Thu May 02 15:27:25 *
Visitor said:
Jadeeyes has passed away. Just letting everyone in her SOI community.

Trade Streets
You haven't had the chance to get to know her, in fairness. Gotta see her off work hours. (Which could be arranged.) Unless the elephant in the different room sits and prevents it.

It shouldn't be difficult. Probably. That apartment was going to be tough to rent out for a while, he'd guess.

In theory. It was pretty impressive. But fiduciary responsibility sucks.

Brow furrows, blinking at you as you shift to talking about him himself. You're getting a 404 - of course he has seen himself. Nonetheless, he blushes. "I - can look intimidating?" Is that what you're saying? For the game of it, he will try to put on a neutral expression. A not cute one. It looks... forced.

Nope, but now he wants to!

His eyes go serious, and he nods. "It's true. And uh, excursions sound wise. Keep me posted, then? If I can do something, let me know."

You get a relieved smile. "Yes, please."

Trade Streets
Well truth be told she didn't know much about Briar either outside of what she got to learn through you. There's also the elephant in a different room, in all of her own mental… issues.

"Mmmn," she once again quietly agreed, not that she had a yardstick for how difficult it should be for you, but frankly it wasn't like anyone should have issues getting fair treatment.

Night City, for all of its strangling density of people, it had enough space for most, in theory.

…just you combine the profit motive on top of that, and it wasn't always fair, for everyone, all the time. Call it fiduciary responsibility or whatever.

"Look, have you seen yourself? Standing there is probably good enough — I mean assuming you're capable of making a face that lies outside of the 'Cute' family of expressions, anyway," she teased behind another falsely confident smirk.

And oh, right, you've never been to her place. It's a literal jungle of not-exactly-legal biome habitats.

"Yeah, I wouldn't wanna keep ya, anyway. Once you're moved in it will be more convenient to stop by, if you want. I'm on fifty-five, but I'm gonna be honest I've been making more excursions lately after hearing about Echo. I'm not trying to have an attempt be made on me while I'm home, most of that stuff is one-of-one, irreplaceable…" Her voice quieted as she spoke of Echo, and herself, hinting towards bounties. You never know who would overhear, after all…

"Alright, anyway I know the fastest path from here to the Metro, if that's what you're taking…"

love love the butterflies!
your garden and Queen's plants look great!
we had snow a few days ago.... so not much planting going on around here yet!

one of the best dick picks I've ever seen!!!

hugs...grins

not much reason for me to be here

Happy Birthday a day late!
hope it was a great one.... the cake looks delish!!

Trade Streets
He is entirely missing your insecurity, your envy -he's not the kind of guy that gets envied.

A self-conscious smile. "I guess I don't know how long you've all known each other." Still around, but more? He'll take that.

HIs expression softs, more. "It really is. She's so good with people. Effortlessly. I'm forever in awe." A wry smile. "Me? I'm great on the NET. Anywhere else is, like you say, daunting."

He listens attentively nodding, and making mental notes.

A rueful laugh. "Yeah, the apartment is the long part. But I'm not in a rush, and like, we should be able to negotiate a great price. I mean, Briar - I will stand there and let her talk."

Whoa, you have an aquarium?? Your place sounded very cool. And it's kind of a reminder he wants to like this apartment.

A faint frown as an internal ping goes off, notifying him of the time. "Shit. I was going to ask if you wanted help with any of the stuff you're, um, working on, but I hit my end time." A deep sigh. "Almost done with my day job." Which mean he has to be up earlyish.

so cute

P

Petting

pinch

Trade Streets
Truth be told it was more IRIDIA's own overriding insecurity, the discontinuity of her experiences, and a simmering envy of the normal that everyone else took for granted.

IRIDIA quietly shook her head when you asked if it was TMI. "No it's fine, I can hear it. 'New' guy or not, we've all only just met each other, in the grand scheme of things…"

Her gaze conveyed she was just trying to vibe. It was like when you graduate at first, and the forces that pull people into their futures also pulls them apart, but it's bittersweet because it's not for some malign reason, and it was sincerely good things happening to them.

…only here, it was far less serious given you were still around, just more than what you used to be. A good change, just…

"That's kind of her — it's always good to have people in your corner, especially for uncomfortable things like negotiating. I know I'm a lot more confident on the NET, so having to self-advocate in meatspace can feel a little daunting…" She wasn't sure if the same applied to you, but… it was weird how she could throw out lethal monowire and jaunt through neuro-bombs that would fry her brain if she mis-played, but negotiating mundane pedestrian affairs? Oof.

"Yeah, and obviously messing with the backbone's scheduler, packing your data in with pedestrian traffic where stealth is a higher priority than performance, hardening against any man-in-the-middle bullshit that might be haunting the localNET…" she went through the additional security layers that would be a jump from your prior situation over to hiding in plain sight in a Megablock.

"We'll get you up to speed in no time at all, though from what I gather the actual, er… physical apartment is gonna be your big sticking point. I wonder how fast they're gonna do repairs…"

Her gaze drifted over some other items — they'd walked a bit of distance, now, and the items were a bit more eclectic in a space between more defined categories of goods, not that this unofficial market was super cleanly organized, anyway.

Oooh, here's a mechanical fish that she might put into her aquarium!