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[decodex]

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text | @boltcutters

[imperatour]

Hey.
Don't worry about it.

[decodex]

Hey.

I'm worried about it.

( oops, too late. )

You okay?

That was
Really not cool of me.

[imperatour]

I'm fine.

[ Why wouldn't she be?! She is aggressively. Fine. ]

Wasn't a bad strategy.
Probably would've worked with someone else.

Didn't... not work.
We're good.

[decodex]

It was a bad thing to spring on someone out of blue.

I'm sorry.

If we need to fight for real in order to settle this, I'm good with that.

( he knows [?] the ways of the post-apocalypse warriors. )

[imperatour]

I think it's your "brother" who wants to fight you.
Talked him down though.

You just caught me off guard.
Way more used to punching.

[decodex]

You know, I don’t even know his name. Like, if going to get my ass kicked, I’d at least like to know the name of the guy.

Not used to punching. Think it might be a bit late in my life to learn.

But
If I fought you, I don’t think it would have gone well.

[imperatour]

[ Naturally Furiosa assumes this is because she's such a talented fighter and not because Eddie's alien boyfriend would eat her. ]

Max.
That's his name.
Don't spread it around too much.

[ Now he can be mad at Furiosa instead of Eddie. ]

[decodex]

Why? Is it a secret or something?

( please, max, continue to be mad at him!! )

[imperatour]

Just a loner type. Doesn't like to give it out.

text; un: romano

[badlydisarmed]

quick y/n question. could your boyfriend perform transorbital brain surgery?

[decodex]

My guy, that is not a quick y/n question.

Could my 'boyfriend' get more
Details?

( he types it satirically, but everyone knows. venom's the Boyfriend. )

[badlydisarmed]

Can he reach someone's brain through their eye socket... or their mouth or ear, it doesn't HAVE to be transorbital.

I need to know if he could kill and remove a brain parasite without harming the patient or himself in the process.

[decodex]

( sir.... )

I mean
Yeah.

We can get into people. Eyes, ears, mouth, nose, whatever. No problem.
Not sure if we're the ones you want, though.

[badlydisarmed]

Why? Is he gonna be mean about it?

I'm looking at my options, your messier double said something along the lines of sentient oil grease and I thought, hey, that's an option.

[decodex]

Something like that, yeah.

Who's the patient?
Is it you?

( how is smelly, sweaty eddie brock the CLEANER of the duo— )

[badlydisarmed]

Not me, it's a patient. I'm a surgeon but at the moment I only have one working arm, and while the robots are helpful, they're not dexterous.

[decodex]

What happened to the other one?
The other arm, I mean.

[badlydisarmed]

Tragic aircraft-related accident. It's fine, the weirdly charismatic guy from the nuclear magic world is building me one.

Is your boyfriend willing to help? With the brain surgery, not the arm. Nothing's given yet, I'd need to talk to the patient and see how they feel about it. But if your guy wants to help he'd be the safest option at the moment.

card + gift

[codicies]

[ there's two wrapped gifts and a father's day card addressed to Eddie & Venom. One of the gifts is chocolate, one of the nicer ones available at the stores around Etraya, though it doesn't mean much when nothing has a price.

The other is a leatherbound journal Dylan found in the stationery section.

Inside the card is written: ]

Sorry it isn't much. But thank you for looking out for us. Happy Father's Day.

—Dylan

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[decodex]

( they're not crying; you're crying! even moreso considering eddie can't remember the last time he's thought about father's day, given everything about carl. )

Hey, man. You didn't have to do this for us.

[codicies]

[ Dylan takes a bit to respond as he tries to figure out how sincere he wants to be. Even reaching out this much is terrifying He's already been abandoned so many times before; It would suck to open himself up only to let himself be hurt again. ]

I know.

I wanted to.

[decodex]

( meanwhile, eddie's trying to toe the line that is being the alternate universe equivalent of a weird stepdad. he's not dylan's eddie, knows that the eddie from his world is way more competent in some ways and worse in others.

still, he's not trying to replace him. even insinuating that he could be the other eddie feels like crossing a line. )

We appreciate it.
We think you're great.

If Internation Kids' Day ever becomes a thing, we'll get you something, too.

[codicies]

Well, in case that never comes to pass, my birthday's in October.

[decodex]

Please say it’s early October and not, like, late October.

We can be a lot of things, but I don’t think dads to a Scorpio is among them.

[codicies]

Good news, I'm a Libra. So now if you slip up there's just no excuse.