Agent North

[bothbarrels]

● Agent North Dakota | Andrew Engelsen
Theta likes dealing with the messages so just leave something appropriate for him to respond to.
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[bothbarrels]

I think so. It seems really specific.

[ownperson]

no kidding. fucking putting me with the guy who literally threatened to kill me

not having weapons on us sucks except for that, least he can't pull a gun on me or something

but he's better at fighting than me now. fuck

[bothbarrels]

It wouldn't come down to that, I don't think.

Well, maybe fighting. But not shooting.

[ownperson]

you sure about that? wouldn't have thought he'd do it before, but apparently, he already did, so i never know what to expect off him anymore

and now i'm stuck in a fucking house with him

[bothbarrels]

You need me to be there?

[ownperson]

think we're heading out to scout shit, or... something, i don't know, but

later, yeah. if this place'll even let you. wants us to play roles and you're not my brother here, don't know what it'd make of you coming over

but i don't fucking trust him, drew. not a bit

i know you still talk to him but he's not the rookie kid anymore he said he shot me in the fucking face

[bothbarrels]

We'll have to try it, then. Just let me know when and where.

[ownperson]

maybe it'll let us if we fuckin' frame it in their terms. invite you over for a fuckin barbecue or smth. washington woke up grilling, so

idk, i just wanna see you and also not fear for my fuckin life

and y'know. not be here. this is so uncomfortable. i'm not this person. you're closer to a housewife than me

[bothbarrels]

It's incredibly uncomfortable, you're right. I'm not even old enough to have a sixteen-year-old.

[ownperson]

yeah, no kidding, pretty sure the kid i'm lumped with is around that age too

and i've never so much as looked at a guy and now i'm fake married to one this just sucks

even if it wasn't him this would suck

and i'm in a dress! i don't think even you could remember a time i wore a dress! if i ever did we were like, toddlers, probably!

and that's not even getting into your weird set up

or us not being twins. that just. feels wrong

[bothbarrels]

Do you feel like this is all some kind of copy/paste incident, or these roles were chosen for us?

[ownperson]

no fucking idea, tho you were right, this shit is really specific

washington thinks it's either a Stuff storm we got hit by on the rig or some bullshit that hit us in the field

Stuff responds to human thought blah blah blah

so idk maybe the Stuff latched onto shit about us and flipped it so we're all uncomfortable

[ There's a pause in the texts, then: ]

there was a time i thought i didn't wanna be a twin at all, until... y'know. maybe the fact we talked about that recently means something on that front, idk

[bothbarrels]

If it's the Stuff responding to our thoughts it sure is sadistic. That almost makes it sound like it has a mind of its own.

[ownperson]

idk, might be more the kind of sadism that comes with not having a mind of its own

give something a bunch of thoughts to work from with no way to know what the fuck's good or bad and maybe this is what you get

talking out my ass. i'm not a thinker, that was always someone else's job. wish this was a problem i could just punch

can't even punch wash because he'd have me on my ass. the fuck am i ever gonna fight in heels

[ That may be a bad attempt at humour. Even she's not actually sure. ]

[bothbarrels]

That's good thinking. Maybe we're all pessimists at heart.

Are there not even any clothes you could wear without having to be like this person you're stuck being?

[ownperson]

nope. all fuckin skirts and dresses. might be some flat shoes but that's it

there's 'ward's shit but washington isn't even 6' none of it'd fit me

[bothbarrels]

Have you been hearing laughter every time you try to do something?

[ownperson]

it kicked in a couple times, yeah. mostly after the kid arrived. its fucking creepy, like

shit, right, that's the thing. washington was going on about this looking like we'd been put in some old TV thing. really old, by our standards. hence: the laughter. or something

[bothbarrels]

I don't like it. Nothing.

[ownperson]

at least we're both here?

and at least the damn network is still working, at least we can contact each other and the others

even if we probably have to find some stupid excuse to be able to see each other

[ She wants to see him more than anything right now, be sure he's okay, because for a moment there she really thought she'd lost him forever, but she feels like they have to play it right. Which might involve coordination with Washington. Ugh. ]

[bothbarrels]

Yeah, I suppose that's true. The thing about the network, I mean. I don't know how we would have found one another otherwise.

[ownperson]

me either. i couldn't find my comm. at first and i didn't know what to do

thank god i did

never want to be scared like that again. never. think washington thought i was putting on how freaked i was but coming around and realising you could be gone was

anyway. you're not. i'm not. we're okay. and the network being up means you can check on others too

[ She's not gonna specify which others she figures he should be checking on over the network, just in case, but she figures he'll catch on. ]