[Despite usually being good with words, Max finds herself writing and discarding several versions of the message, before finally settling on what she hopes is the best one.]
Klaus,
This is Max, we met briefly at the music festival, and though I'm not certain if you recognized me later, I'm the one responsible for attacking you. I was not myself at the time, in more ways than one. It had been my hope that the influence corrupting the townsfolk would not extend to myself, but clearly I was wrong.
An apology feels insufficient for the harm I've done, but I am offering it regardless. I'm sorry, Klaus. If there is any way that I can make amends, don't hesitate to tell me.
If you'd prefer never to hear from me again, I will respect that, too.
[Oh, Jesus, this is coming on strong. Klaus doesn't think he's ever received an apology letter at all before, and definitely not for an attempted murder. So this is a little unprecedented. He's glad to hear from her, in all honestly, to at least know that the whole... resurrection process or whatever it is went through okay.
He's a little spoken for in the hauntings department. And this is his first time seeing the whole Deerington death process firsthand, even if he did see Didi's deer statue and... that whole thing.
It takes him a bit to figure out how to respond, but eventually Max gets a reply.]
to be honest this letter is amends enough but if you're offering i wouldn't say no if you wanted to treat me to a meal
[Like, okay, she's offering "any way to make amends," like hell he's gonna just say no. Please. Have you met him.]
[Honestly, expecting Klaus' tastes to be fancy even if his cup runneth over was a mistake. He has the pick of everything, but of course the thing he wants most is...]
oh shit, can we do peter's pizza? i think they let you dine in there
Ah do not be fjealous! I will collect snackss in a tuboware for you. Rachel taught me vbeer pong, I was not veryy good but learning is the first step. You must showw me how to win, oh nowledgeable one.
It's a 'teen party'. I am a teen, it is true but I feel so out of plac.e somtimes!
oh bless you didi. revered didi. o holy didi. i don't know your actual title or any titles really so i've decided to knight you, sir dirmidd lastname (don't think i spelled that right)
i don't think any teen actually feels like they know as much as they pretend. you just haven't had the cultural training to know to hide that under as much pride as humanly possible is the issue beer pong. some of my siblings have never played beer pong in their lives if that makes you feel any better
(Absolutely nothing, frankly, but Eddie's desperate here so he's gonna try.)
oh pls you're not busy
wait REALLY
(Hold on. He's gonna stroke here. Or maybe just kind of flop around excitedly on his bed.)
is pac man a game or osmething.
ive never actually played na arcade game before i didnt think yud say yes are you sserous though cause if youre not im gnna put some celine dion and cry
(You can tell he's excited by how many more typos there are.)
[ ... Look, you can't find out someone you like a lot has died and not try to immediately text them to be sure it isn't a mistake, right? Right. She could ask or something, beg for him to not be dead, do all the emotional shit she's done over Max and Shiro... But uh.
[Klaus doesn't feel like he's alive again yet, but technically he is. So that probably means he shouldn't just stare at this moving image until it gives him motion sickness and then the sequel to motion sickness.
Probably.
He's only about halfway there before he gives in.]
whose the narc
really hoping you didn't have to see whatever that fake ghost looks like
[And he's going to call instead, because Klaus is too tired to deal with this typing bullshit. He sounds pretty out of it, and not because he's intoxicated for once. Actually, he's sort of out of stuff right now. Whoops?
He's also not even gonna talk about what Chloe doesn't want to know, because he's decided she doesn't, so he won't. But mostly because he also doesn't. We're not going to pretend Klaus' priorities ever aren't himself.]
Hey. I got tired of reading.
What've you been doing through this whole... [You can basically hear the vague gesturing.] debacle?
[He lets out a huff of a laugh.]
Keeping head above water? That's a joke about how I almost drowned, by the way.
(Klaus will get in his mail a small shoe box. Klaus's name is written on the top in fat black permanent marker. There's also a purple lilac taped to the lid.
Inside he'll find a few poorly homemade incense that smell like the lilac taped to the lid. Along with that is a short note:
Klaus-
Try to keep these around for October in case it gets big bad.
[ On the morning of the 25th, Klaus might find at his door a package containing a nice pair of sunglasses and a box of caramels. The included note says "From Steve. Merry Christmas." ]
[ There's a box wrapped in blue and silver wrapping paper with a large white bow on top. There's an airtight container filled with cupcakes, a book, and a Firewalk album. ]
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text, june 5
Klaus,
This is Max, we met briefly at the music festival, and though I'm not certain if you recognized me later, I'm the one responsible for attacking you. I was not myself at the time, in more ways than one. It had been my hope that the influence corrupting the townsfolk would not extend to myself, but clearly I was wrong.
An apology feels insufficient for the harm I've done, but I am offering it regardless. I'm sorry, Klaus. If there is any way that I can make amends, don't hesitate to tell me.
If you'd prefer never to hear from me again, I will respect that, too.
Kind regards,
Max Briest.
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He's a little spoken for in the hauntings department. And this is his first time seeing the whole Deerington death process firsthand, even if he did see Didi's deer statue and... that whole thing.
It takes him a bit to figure out how to respond, but eventually Max gets a reply.]
to be honest this letter is amends enough but if you're offering
i wouldn't say no if you wanted to treat me to a meal
[Like, okay, she's offering "any way to make amends," like hell he's gonna just say no. Please. Have you met him.]
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Of course. The options in town are rather limited, but name a time and a place and I'll be there.
[He could pick the fanciest place in town and she'll be fine with that. Guilt is a funny thing.]
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[Honestly, expecting Klaus' tastes to be fancy even if his cup runneth over was a mistake. He has the pick of everything, but of course the thing he wants most is...]
oh shit, can we do peter's pizza? i think they let you dine in there
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[This all feels very surreal, Klaus is an interesting man.]
When would you like to go? My schedule is rather empty at the moment.
[She took time off work because it turns out that recovering from dying fucking sucks.]
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drunken texts during a party of course, he's just gonna keep 'I love you'ing people
I lovv you I hope you are welll/
I have dranktoo much by acsident ;)
I leanred beer PONG as well!! :)
didi's never done anything wrong in his life,
hey didi, love you too, i'm good. just kinda jealous i'm not at this party right now
you know i'm actually a beer pong master. it's a little known talent of mine. i could teach you a few tricks next time
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Rachel taught me vbeer pong, I was not veryy good but learning is the first step.
You must showw me how to win, oh nowledgeable one.
It's a 'teen party'.
I am a teen, it is true
but I feel so out of plac.e somtimes!
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i don't think any teen actually feels like they know as much as they pretend. you just haven't had the cultural training to know to hide that under as much pride as humanly possible
is the issue beer pong. some of my siblings have never played beer pong in their lives if that makes you feel any better
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arcade games. theme park. is any of this appealing to you
literally fucking anything
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Not that that's important at all, he just has to take a minute to consider his options here.]
uhh i think i can find some quarters in the couch for an arcade outing
i'm a busy man but i think i can pencil in some pac-man on the ol calendar
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oh pls you're not busy
wait REALLY
(Hold on. He's gonna stroke here. Or maybe just kind of flop around excitedly on his bed.)
is pac man a game or osmething.
ive never actually played na arcade game before i didnt think yud say yes are you sserous though cause if youre not im gnna put some celine dion and cry
(You can tell he's excited by how many more typos there are.)
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we should play something two player though. like i don't know. something with one of those fake guns that you aim at the screen. let's do it
1/2
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text; un: price is right
That's not their friendship, is it? ]
tell me when you're back, asshole
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Probably.
He's only about halfway there before he gives in.]
whose the narc
really hoping you didn't have to see whatever that fake ghost looks like
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i didn't. do i even wanna know?
text > audio
hang on
[And he's going to call instead, because Klaus is too tired to deal with this typing bullshit. He sounds pretty out of it, and not because he's intoxicated for once. Actually, he's sort of out of stuff right now. Whoops?
He's also not even gonna talk about what Chloe doesn't want to know, because he's decided she doesn't, so he won't. But mostly because he also doesn't. We're not going to pretend Klaus' priorities ever aren't himself.]
Hey. I got tired of reading.
What've you been doing through this whole... [You can basically hear the vague gesturing.] debacle?
[He lets out a huff of a laugh.]
Keeping head above water? That's a joke about how I almost drowned, by the way.
audio > video
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cw: drug overdose references, suicidal inclinations
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cw for idk ig suicidal ideation? i never can figure out if that's the right thing for this :|
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cw for talk about animal death (nothing graphic) and murder via gun
cw war n death n i dont even know
cw for murder???? i hate them
nbd just basically forgetting to do half my tags for a month
same hat
text. un: vegemighty.
would you be open to being bootycalled?
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almost always
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I'll keep that in mind. I'm trying to decide where I'm at, still. All signs point to mortification and regret meltdown.
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you got smashed and propositioned jp cuz you forgot hes gay
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delivery late september
Inside he'll find a few poorly homemade incense that smell like the lilac taped to the lid. Along with that is a short note:
Klaus-
Try to keep these around for October in case it gets big bad.
the flower reminded me of you
be safe
-Eddie)
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AT HIS HOUSE
delivered on christmas
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal!
- Chloe