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[kaboop]

[Don't worry, Nora has got your back, Ruby!]

D-Don't worry, Ruby! I've forgotten to return comic books sometimes and they didn't arrest me!

...Plus, the library's a pile of rubble right now, isn't it?

[It won't be back in business for a while...unless IT ACTUALLY IS while they were gone.]

[crimsomatic]

I guess you're right...they probably aren't worried about books when the school is..

[ ...Hold the phone. ]

Nora? Why are you in my head?

[ She didn't start this??? ]

[kaboop]

You were talking to me about a library book, weren't you?

[NEITHER DID NORA!!!]

[crimsomatic]

No! I was just thinking that to myself. I didn't mean to share it with you at all!

[ Now Nora knows Ruby's greatest shame! She's a lowly thief... ]

[kaboop]

Then how'd it get all the way to me? I can't read minds!

I-I mean, unless you're actually willing to do that telepathy thing with me!

[It's okay, Ruby. Nora has gotten into trouble for worse things.]

[crimsomatic]

I don't know! It's like my amulet just decided to send it to someone without me even knowing about it!

[ Which is pretty freaky, honestly. Are any of her thoughts safe??? ]

Did you hear anything else?

[kaboop]

Uh, no. Just that bit about your library book.

[This is concerning. Wait.]

Did you...get any of my thoughts too? Anything, besides me replying to you?

[crimsomatic]

Not...yet, I don't think. Unless any of these thoughts we things you didn't mean for me to hear.

[ Like that bit about the library being a pile of rubble...kind of dark, Nora!!! ]

[kaboop]

No, no, I meant for you to hear all of that.

[IT'S DARK BUT IT'S TRUE......]

[crimsomatic]

Okay...that's good. Still, we should be careful. You never know when someone is going to hear something embarrassing you're thinking about them!!

[ Like if she thinks they're cute, or something!!! ]

[kaboop]

You're telling me!

[There's a note of panic in her voice.]

What if I'm thinking something like...something about someone near me having bad breath or something in their teeth, or what if I'm thinking about Ren's pecs and he hears me thinking about how fine they are?!

[LBR, Nora would tell Ren about his pecs just after this conversation herself anwyay.]

[crimsomatic]

Wouldn't you just tell Ren like that something anyway?

[ Yeah, she's on to you, Nora. But she's right in that this issue has the potential to not make them very polite...there's only so much you can control your reaction when someone nearby has bad breath! ]

We're going to have to be really careful about what we're thinking about...

[kaboop]

[RUBY, YOU KNOW HER SO WELL.]

That sounds so hard...it's like learning how to do telepathy properly all over again!

[It took a great effort to contain the thoughts she didn't want all over the network. Luckily, Nora isn't one to keep too many secrets, except maybe the ones about the Relic.]

[crimsomatic]

[ Just as long as none of them broadcast those to Roman, Emerald or Mercury, they're probably fine... ]

Ugh, you're right! Except even worse, because now I'm going to be thinking about how every time I think something, a stranger might here it!

[ Boy, this is confusing. ]

[kaboop]

[So far, it hasn't happened. They're lucky.]

And then if you think that hard enough, everyone's gonna hear that!

[Nora groans.]

Geez, they should invent scrolls here already!

[crimsomatic]

I know! They got a little closer with the radio tower, but I miss texting!

[ Never mind that this is basically the same thing, but with a crystal instead of a scroll... ]

[kaboop]

At least we can't make typos here.

[She has probably made her fair share of scroll typos.]

[crimsomatic]

Good point...it'd be pretty embarrassing if you made mental typos. I wish it was easier to make smiley faces and stuff though.

[ Ruby, you can just send a mental image of your actual smiling face. ]

[kaboop]

[And that's what Nora does. She sends Ruby an image of her smiling face.]

It's more fun to send smiley faces like this. You'd have a pretty unique set - your own!

[crimsomatic]

Hehe, right! I can't get smileys that match my face perfectly!

[ Almost like...a dreamwidth icon set... ]

[kaboop]

[THIS IS GETTING WAY TOO META.]

Me neither! Sometimes they're not smiley enough!

[Wat.]