[ that instinct of an answer is closer to what karen is assuming she'll get. there's no way for either of them to really know until the moment happens, and for all that karen wants to think she would do the right thing, but she won't really know until the moment happens.
I'm the last guy you should ask he says, and karen doesn't know how she feels about that. her instinct riles against it, because isn't that the case for him? he went out of his way to save her, is half the reason she made it out of that room, and now? I don't need to know more than that.
it reminds her so much of frank - very suddenly, very overwhelmingly. it's a different kind of moral code, one that maybe isn't always as simple as black and white. right and wrong. ]
You've got a sense of something, I think. If you didn't, I'd still be in that room. It might look different, but it doesn't make it wrong.
[ it both is and isn't an answer. but it does make her consider amos in a new light. it fits in with her impression of him, someone who did what he needed to do to survive. someone who, when presented with the possibility, did do the right thing.
but they also have only met once, and she's not entirely sure if she's prepared to argue with someone like amos about his own morality. yet. and he has given her something to think about. something that takes her a moment before he finally decides what to do. ]
I might keep it for now, and see what happens. But thanks for talking me through it.
Is everything else okay with you? Settling in okay?
[ truth is, that was most of what karen wanted to talk about. but she also cares, and does want to make sure amos has a place to stay, a job, is settling in fine. she's sure he is - he seems like the type to figure these things out.
and she'll keep the small talk going - whether or not amos' responses get even more spread out, and the conversation finally slows to a stop. however it happens, he's not on her 'random texts' list. hope he's excited!!! ]
[ He gets the sense this might become a thing and while he wouldn't know if he's ever been excited about anything, he — doesn't completely mind. It's not that he's never had people ask after him like this, check on him, but someone he's only just met, it's unfamiliar territory, the kind of thing he's not used to. The way she reached out to him to begin with, even. It's a level of caring about others — and showing it — that's foreign to him.
You've got a sense of something.
Any sense she thinks he's got is what he's learned from others. People like her, in fact. But he'll leave that go. ]
Yep. You?
[ Despite how few words that is, when he asks, You? it's not just a formality. He wouldn't bother with this kind of thing just to "be polite" if he didn't give a shit at all. So whatever she might offer up, if she's got a job, or anything else, he'll hear it. ]
ooc; i am pretty good to wrap around here if you are! c: I know we have another thread going, too, but also if you had something else you wanted to do / wanted them to just kinda chit chat for a little bit, I can be UP FOR ANYTHING. I JUST LOVE THEM!!!!
[ oh, it's definitely a thing. the mere fact that she texts to ask him about his day and gets a response makes it a thing. karen doesn't need an entire community, doesn't need thirty or forty people who she is constantly in check with. she does, however, need at least a couple. needs at least one.
amos, however long it takes him, does respond. asks her a question in return, too. and maybe it's a little silly, but this connection, just this text, is suddenly so important to her.
she's only been in the city for a couple of weeks at this point. has only interacted with a handful of people. less of them she's kept contact with. even less who she actually feels the need, the want, to text casually like this. but then again - she just needs someone. so- sorry amos, if that wasn't your intent. but the question opens up a dam. ]
As much as I can, I think. Had someone help me find a motel room- it's nothing fancy, but it doesn't smell too bad. And I managed to get a job at the Pavilion, stocking shelves and checking people out. It's not bad, but I just never thought I'd end up back in retail again.
[ ooc; this could be a good wrap spot but I LOVE THEM TOO and want all the things with them!! this might kickstart him texting her sometimes too :3 ]
Means I'll see you sometime.
[ This might seem non-commital, but in his mind, it's the opposite. 'Sometime' is vague, yeah, but though the city isn't a tiny thing, if she's stocking shelves and checking people out, chances are good they'll bump into each other. More than that, they've established each others' phone numbers, and he's figuring she isn't planning on being shy, so it's almost guaranteed.
He doesn't have a room yet himself, but he tends to stay parked at one of the motels. He'll get a room soon, though, he just doesn't say any of that out loud for no other reason than that how she's doing is more interesting to him.
Mentally, he makes note of what she's telling him; that she's got a room, she's got a job. Objectively, these are good things. Things he wants her to have, in fact, because it means she's got a roof over her head and a way to make money, to get food in her, get the things she needs. A little closer to being okay enough. And that is something he wants — for her to be okay here. ]
[ ooc; I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!! and yes he should text her every now and then. c: ]
Yes it does. :)
[ she doesn't view it as non-committal. if anything, she sees it as almost playful, joking, in a way that she's starting to think is just amos' way of joking. it makes her smile all the same, having his phone number, not being immediately shut out.
at the moment, karen doesn't press. she wants to ask where he's staying, what motel he decided on, what life is like there and where he's settled up, but she knows that might be a lot. it's only been a few days, and she doesn't want to be annoying, and figures this might just be it. little does he know that job she's got will be gone in just a week or so, thanks to the gridlock of the resort, but that's okay too. she bounces back. she'll get a new job.
and, then again, even if worse comes to worse, she'll have amos' number to call, too. and there's comfort in that, too. ]
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I'm the last guy you should ask he says, and karen doesn't know how she feels about that. her instinct riles against it, because isn't that the case for him? he went out of his way to save her, is half the reason she made it out of that room, and now? I don't need to know more than that.
it reminds her so much of frank - very suddenly, very overwhelmingly. it's a different kind of moral code, one that maybe isn't always as simple as black and white. right and wrong. ]
You've got a sense of something, I think.
If you didn't, I'd still be in that room.
It might look different, but it doesn't make it wrong.
[ it both is and isn't an answer. but it does make her consider amos in a new light. it fits in with her impression of him, someone who did what he needed to do to survive. someone who, when presented with the possibility, did do the right thing.
but they also have only met once, and she's not entirely sure if she's prepared to argue with someone like amos about his own morality. yet. and he has given her something to think about. something that takes her a moment before he finally decides what to do. ]
I might keep it for now, and see what happens.
But thanks for talking me through it.
Is everything else okay with you?
Settling in okay?
[ truth is, that was most of what karen wanted to talk about. but she also cares, and does want to make sure amos has a place to stay, a job, is settling in fine. she's sure he is - he seems like the type to figure these things out.
and she'll keep the small talk going - whether or not amos' responses get even more spread out, and the conversation finally slows to a stop. however it happens, he's not on her 'random texts' list. hope he's excited!!! ]
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You've got a sense of something.
Any sense she thinks he's got is what he's learned from others. People like her, in fact. But he'll leave that go. ]
Yep. You?
[ Despite how few words that is, when he asks, You? it's not just a formality. He wouldn't bother with this kind of thing just to "be polite" if he didn't give a shit at all. So whatever she might offer up, if she's got a job, or anything else, he'll hear it. ]
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[ oh, it's definitely a thing. the mere fact that she texts to ask him about his day and gets a response makes it a thing. karen doesn't need an entire community, doesn't need thirty or forty people who she is constantly in check with. she does, however, need at least a couple. needs at least one.
amos, however long it takes him, does respond. asks her a question in return, too. and maybe it's a little silly, but this connection, just this text, is suddenly so important to her.
she's only been in the city for a couple of weeks at this point. has only interacted with a handful of people. less of them she's kept contact with. even less who she actually feels the need, the want, to text casually like this. but then again - she just needs someone. so- sorry amos, if that wasn't your intent. but the question opens up a dam. ]
As much as I can, I think.
Had someone help me find a motel room- it's nothing fancy, but it doesn't smell too bad.
And I managed to get a job at the Pavilion, stocking shelves and checking people out.
It's not bad, but I just never thought I'd end up back in retail again.
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Means I'll see you sometime.
[ This might seem non-commital, but in his mind, it's the opposite. 'Sometime' is vague, yeah, but though the city isn't a tiny thing, if she's stocking shelves and checking people out, chances are good they'll bump into each other. More than that, they've established each others' phone numbers, and he's figuring she isn't planning on being shy, so it's almost guaranteed.
He doesn't have a room yet himself, but he tends to stay parked at one of the motels. He'll get a room soon, though, he just doesn't say any of that out loud for no other reason than that how she's doing is more interesting to him.
Mentally, he makes note of what she's telling him; that she's got a room, she's got a job. Objectively, these are good things. Things he wants her to have, in fact, because it means she's got a roof over her head and a way to make money, to get food in her, get the things she needs. A little closer to being okay enough. And that is something he wants — for her to be okay here. ]
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Yes it does. :)
[ she doesn't view it as non-committal. if anything, she sees it as almost playful, joking, in a way that she's starting to think is just amos' way of joking. it makes her smile all the same, having his phone number, not being immediately shut out.
at the moment, karen doesn't press. she wants to ask where he's staying, what motel he decided on, what life is like there and where he's settled up, but she knows that might be a lot. it's only been a few days, and she doesn't want to be annoying, and figures this might just be it. little does he know that job she's got will be gone in just a week or so, thanks to the gridlock of the resort, but that's okay too. she bounces back. she'll get a new job.
and, then again, even if worse comes to worse, she'll have amos' number to call, too. and there's comfort in that, too. ]