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[flynnitomite]

Now that we're getting all cozy and settled in here, it has occurred to me that I'm without some of my kit from back home, and I'm starting to feel a little naked without it.

I'm thinking of doing a little DIY to rectify that, so if anyone would be a dear and is willing to part with:

- windshield wipers
- hose clamps
- old brassieres (underwire only)
- a propane torch
- pliers
- a grinder

I'd be grateful and maybe even inclined to owe you a favour.

EDIT:

A GUN WOULD BE NICE TOO :)))

Comments

[flynnitomite]

i do it from time to time. you should try it

[In case there was any doubt over whether or not he's still smarting over being side dick.]

[nicearsenal]

what, and lose this nice feminine mystique angle I have going for me? No ta.

[Not even side dick, really. More like temporary dick. Mostly professional dick.]

[flynnitomite]

[Like the millenial job market, but for dick. Wow, that's harsh.]

it is your stock-in-trade, isn't it

[nicearsenal]

[Well at least he's not a hipster dick, he's got that going for him.]

Well you know what they say: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

It'd be boring if you knew exactly what I was thinking all the time.

[flynnitomite]

oh i think you made it abundantly clear

[nicearsenal]

you can say whatever else about me you like, but at least there's never a dull moment with me

[flynnitomite]

[[wow gmail thanks for the notif]]

i can't deny that

[nicearsenal]

[[boo gmail you suck]]

[there's a bit of a wait before the next reply, then:]

At least you're settling in then?

[awkward small talk what is that]

[flynnitomite]

yeah you know, as well as one can I suppose

[nicearsenal]

Good to see you're keeping busy though

[flynnitomite]

oh i'm sure you've been *keeping busy* too

[nicearsenal]

And what is *that* supposed to mean?

[flynnitomite]

you're a smart girl i'm sure you can figure it out

[nicearsenal]

Enlighten me.

[flynnitomite]

been running around with Drake's space friends for side dick until he manages to screw over the little blonde thing he's so fond of?

[Well, she asked]

[nicearsenal]

Oh wow. That's. That's actually hilarious.

Grow up Harry.

[flynnitomite]

[No it wasn't hilarious, it was mean and she was supposed to tell him to go to hell so he could say 'see you there' and get in the last word and feel good about himself but noooo Harry Flynn can't even have that, can he? He mashes out a few one-word insults and deletes them.]

funny you say that, i think i'm a lot wiser in the ways of the world now

[nicearsenal]

[Chloe takes a few moments to glare at that, squash down her anger, and then carefully type out her response.]

Yeah? Well I don't see much of a difference. You're still a shitty judge of character as far as I can tell.

[flynnitomite]

i'll give you that, i am still taking to you after all

[nicearsenal]

So how's this going to end, I don't have any grenades to get you out of this one.

[flynnitomite]

how did you expect it to end? me winking and laughing while you rode off into the sunset with wonder boy?

[nicearsenal]

I didn't think you were going to turn into Lazarevic's poodle to the very end

[flynnitomite]

well i didn't think the horse I backed would turn on me

seems to be a running problem for me

[nicearsenal]

Face it Harry, you got in over your head and when you couldn't blag your way out of it you rolled over and showed him your belly and any chance you ever had to get away rolled right over with you.

Whatever you might think about Nate, even after you dicked him over and went running off to Lazarevic, he never wanted to see you dead. So yeah, *excellent* judgement Harry. Excellent.

[flynnitomite]

[Well son of a bitch that one hurts. It's the textual equivalent of getting sea water in a paper cut—a particularly stinging reminder of a wound you'd rather have forgotten. It's a lot easier to be shot at or punched in the face.]

if he'd known well enough to leave alone and if you didn't help him, it wouldn't have come to that. you two kept throwing grease on the fire

[It's the best he can do to save face.]