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Texts From Last Night

Welcome to Folkmore's Texts From Last Night meme! This meme can be used as a branch off from our Test Drive Memes and be used as game canon or just for casual fun in the setting! You do not need to be in our game or be invited to play on our TFLN. This can be a great way to meet current players for future invites, get a feel for the setting, or just have some fun.

This can be used for samples on our applications and used as spoons for players accepted into the game!

TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT GENERATOR

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[fogsong]

You mean you weren't texting me so I can laugh at you? Boooo.

But.

Do you need help?

Or something?

Or can I keep laughing at you guilt-free?

[untitledshuos]

I was, but it comes with a needling you back clause.

No, I'm fine. Laugh away.

[fogsong]

I welcome whatever you can throw at me.

Oh, good, I was gonna laugh anyway just... as an FYI. But I feel less bad I'm being allowed to.

You good?

[untitledshuos]

Laughing at old men, what has happened with the current generation?

This keeps my ego in check.

Oh yes. Trees simply aren't made entirely for foxes.

[fogsong]

We've learned that our elders don't deserve respect unless they've earned it! We're like you but better!

Sounds like it was a hard-earned lesson.

[untitledshuos]

And how does one earn the kids' respect these days?

I may not have learned it yet.

[fogsong]

...sick kick-flips on a skateboard?

Then keep trying. Fuck learning a lesson. Fight the lesson.

[untitledshuos]

Easy compared to climbing a tree as a fox.

I am learning a different lesson.

[fogsong]

Prove it, old man.

And it is, what? Try, try again?

[untitledshuos]

In one week, Epiphany.

Rules are meant to be broken.

[fogsong]

I'm putting a reminder in my Relic.

That is why they exist. [ Fuck the rules, Jedao! ]

[untitledshuos]

You do that.

Oh, they also exist so you can write the rules and win. That's exactly why I'm willing to break other people's.

[fogsong]

Okay, I might be into that. You got any examples for me?

[untitledshuos]

Where are you right now? I'm in Leshy.

[fogsong]

Lapine. Meet half-way?

[untitledshuos]

Talaria. It borders Willow, Cruel Summer, & Exile. The first one there wins.

[fogsong]

Fine. Prepare to weep before me. [ Oh, she's full of shit. She is a decent sprinter but long-distance runs are where she fails.

It only occurs to her as she's already running there that she should've put down a 'no shifting' rule. ]

[untitledshuos]

Naw. I never prepare for defeat.

[ When Sharon reaches Talaria, Jedao's relaxing on the roof of the community center, popping seeds into his mouth. He needs them given he cheated in the worst way possible to get here. He's getting better, though. ]

[fogsong]

Sharon's breathing comes out in heavy puffs, lungs and limbs screaming, as she arrives. Her face is a light raspberry, more blue than red, but it darkens when she spots Jedao up on his perch, chilling.

"How?" She rasps out. Already, she wants to accuse him of cheating.

[untitledshuos]

Jedao appreciates the full commitment Sharon gives, so much her face shows how hard she's breathing. He doesn't laugh, but his casual smile is calm and confident. Possibly worse.

"Simple. My game, my rules, my win." The very topic they're meeting up about.

[fogsong]

It is worse. She stands up a little straighter and places her hands on top of her head to help open her chest up. Breathe in, "What the fuck," breathe out, "do you mean?" And then it hits her like a pile of fucking bricks.

Her arms drop to her sides, her face screws up like she's about to bitch at him, and then she just lets out a somewhat breathless, squeaking exhale. Oh, she's too tired to be really, truly angry. In fact, she's kind of impressed.

That was impressive. That was good. Still. "Fuck you," there's a startling lack of bite to the words, "I didn't like that." Liar.

[untitledshuos]

Oh Jedao would have enjoyed getting reamed for what he pulled, but he settles for watching her visual journey through various emotions and tame swearing. Nothing illustrates the point so well as being the one it's pulled on. Sharon won't forget so quick in the future.

"Everything has rules, spoken or unspoken," Jedao says, "You can get people to agree to them without even thinking about it. It's wonderfully fun." Plus, it lets you tilt the odds in your favor. Sharon could have been lying and already been in Talaria. He'd have been screwed then.

[fogsong]

Wonderfully fun, she mouths at him, gaze still narrowed. Her breathing is slowly returning to normal but the color on her cheeks isn't as quick to fade.

"That only works if they continue to agree on the results afterward." There are plenty of people who would fight him on this win even if they were the ones who made the assumptions that got them here in the first place. "So. How'd you get here so quickly? Already here? Shift?"

[untitledshuos]

Jedao waves off Sharon's statement. "That's because this case was an example. Winning didn't come with anything," he says, "When it matters, I'd already have the reward in hand. Then they can't take it away."

No one argues whether he won his battles.

He focuses on Sharon, on the fabric of spacetime between them, and less drags than slides himself across it. In the blink of an eye he stands before her. "Simple," Jedao says, "I'm not human."

Ba thump thump. Not something he's shared, and she's not a Legend or Myth. It's not about finding the one. He likes her.

[fogsong]

It's so sudden and unexpected. Sharon stumbles back and instinctively moves into a fighting stance, arms close, ready to throw down before her brain catches up and her arms drop, "Fuck you. Again." Her laugh is a release of adrenaline. Woo. Her heart has had a workout today.

"You're a showoff is what you are." And she is suitably impressed. He either teleported (totally possible) or he's capable of moving so fast she can't see it (also very fucking possible—being a human sucks sometimes). That didn't clue her in on what he was, though.

"So," she shrugs her shoulders, tone insistent as she looks him over. If she didn't know any better, she'd say he might be a little anxious, "You gonna tell me or do I have to guess?"

Is this also a game and is she already losing?