\MONDAY - NIGHT/
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*Calling.
*Cyan is calling Ember.
[Ember] Hey!?
[Cyan] Are you busy?
[Ember] I can make time.
[Cyan] I see, want to talk?
[Ember] About what?
[Cyan] I don't know yet, I just want to hear your voice.
[Ember] \smiles\ Alright bet. Let's talk.
[Ember] Ask away.
[Cyan] Have you eaten?
[Ember] Yeah.
[Cyan] What's for dinner?
[Ember] Pizza.
[Cyan] Pizza? Can I have some?
[Ember] \laughs\ Let's get some next time. How about you, what's your dinner?
[Cyan] Mostly greens, Chicken Caesar Salad.
[Ember] \shock\ I didn't expect you to be so vegetarian-ish, healthy living?
[Cyan] I'm not. I just prefer light dinner. But a pizza sounds good right now.
[Ember] \smiles\ You should bring some to school next time.
[Cyan] You want?
[Ember] Why not?
[Cyan] I see. Okay. Can I ask something?
[Ember] Just ask.
[Cyan] Hmm, why Aureline University?
[Ember] Ah! This is my dream university! You know when I first entered here and saw it. I knew I wanted to study here.
[Cyan] What did you see?
[Ember] The white buildings! Those marble-like thing that's lined with pink. It reminds me of those things that's lined with gold, but it's pink! I don't know, but I really like it.
[Cyan] Oh, true, the buildings are ethereal.
[Ember] How about you? Why Aureline University?
[Cyan] A scholarship kind of.
[Ember] You're a scholar? I didn't know that? Is it academic? Or anything else?
[Cyan] Uhm, it's part of my trust fund I guess.
[Ember] Trust fund? What kind? What do you mean?
[Cyan] It's my parents' will to study here.
[Ember] Parents' will? Where are they?
[Cyan] Gone, way before college.
[Ember] ... Oh. I'm sorry.
[Cyan] Don't be. It's not your fault.
[Ember] Yes, but that kind of convo should really not be online.
[Cyan] Huh? Then where?
[Ember] Face to face, with liquor in the middle of the table, and some snacks.
[Cyan] \laughs\ I see. I guess that's true.
[Ember] Can I ask? What about grandparents?
[Cyan] Yes. Both still here. They took care of me before college, but now they've gone to a nursing home. They said it was so I wouldn't be stressed.
[Ember] I see.
[Ember] Do you drink Cyan?
[Cyan] Just to celebrate I guess.
[Ember] Oh, then did you drink when I said yes?
[Cyan] Not yet.
[Ember] You said celebrate! Am I not enough to be celebrated, Cyan?
[Cyan] Nothing like that. It's just, if I drink to that, you should be here so we can toast and celebrate, right?
[Ember] \laughs\ I see. Then we definitely have to let each other know whenever there's a drinking plan, right?
[Cyan] Right.
[Cyan] My turn. What about you? Where's your parents?
[Ember] I have no Dad, lost him when I was young. I'm with my Mom, I love my Mom.
[Cyan] I'm sorry. Drink?
[Ember] \smiles\ Yeah, a drink to that.
[Cyan] How's the puppy?
[Ember] Still barking. \giggles\ What about you? Have any pets?
[Cyan] Nah. You?
[Ember] We got a dog. His name is Boba.
[Cyan] Boba? Milk tea?
[Ember] Yeah.
[Cyan] White with black spots?
[Ember] \giggles\ Yes.
[Ember] What are you doing now, Cyan?
[Cyan] \?\ Talking to you.
[Ember] \eyerolls\ Besides that. \thinks\ Before that.
[Cyan] Ah! I was drawing awhile ago.
[Ember] Can I see?
[Cyan] Sure. Wait. \turns on and flips phone camera\ \shows notebook\
[Ember] A car? Is it your car?
[Cyan] I wish! I just saw it on my way home.
[Ember] I see, too bad. \laughs\
[Cyan] \smiles\ What about you? How's dancing?
[Ember] Nothing much, our seniors busy, and we're just doing flexibility exercises. Not much dancing for now.
[Cyan] I see. Do you also sing?
[Ember] I wish! I'm not that good.
[Cyan] Really? When I first heard you, you honestly sound like a certain pop punk queen.
[Ember] \smiles\ Maybe I'll give you a concert.
[Cyan] How much is the ticket?
[Ember] Depends. How many songs do you want?
[Cyan] Just one. I want to hear it first. There might be no refunds.
[Ember] Rude! \laughs\ My neighbor, from the other university is holding a freshman concert this Friday. Want to go?
[Cyan] Really? \smiles\ Yes. Let's go!
[Ember] \smiles\ Okay. I'll ask for tickets. You need to pay me though.
[Cyan] Yes, just tell me. \thinks for a moment\ You should subtract that one coffee price though.
[Ember] \shock\ Hey!
[Cyan] \laughs\ Kidding. About money though, are you sure you'll cover it now?
[Ember] Yeah? \thinks\ Hey I can afford my own coffee you know.
[Cyan] Really? Then shall we do a financial audit? Income, expense, asset?
[Ember] Really? Uhm, student allowance, shoes, and a daughter of a business owner.
[Cyan] Your mom owns a business? What is it?
[Ember] Uhm, she owns one of those commercial buildings... You know, the small ones where stores rent space. It's not far from school.
[Cyan] Aren't you really rich then?
[Ember] Not really.
[Cyan] Next time you're buying coffee. \laughs\
[Ember] \laughs\ Maybe once.
[Cyan] You said not far? Do you go there at lunch?
[Ember] It's not far from school, but it's also not near.
[Cyan] Ah. I see.
[Cyan] . . .
[Ember] . . .
[Cyan] Still there?
[Ember] Still here.
[Cyan] You sleepy?
[Ember] I don't want to sleep.
[Cyan] Do you play games?
[Ember] What kind?
[Cyan] Want to play chess?
[Ember] Chess? Okay, invite.
[Cyan] Hang on. I'll set it up.
*Cyan sets up the online board, and invites Ember.
*They play a game.
[Ember] A Queen Sac. Game 1 really?
[Cyan] Checkmate?
[Ember] Hang on. \presses the resign button\ And I sacrifice, the King! No checkmate.
[Cyan] \laughs\ Let's change the game.
[Ember] Wanna go on an adventure?
[Cyan] Open world? Invite.
*Ember invites Cyan to her world.
*They play games while on call. Talks about random things.
*3am.
*They enjoyed it too much.
[Cyan] Ember, I think we should sleep. It's now 3am.
[Ember] What!? \looks at the time\ Oh my god. \facepalm\ Yeah. Let's go to sleep. \thuds back on her pillow\
[Cyan] Good night Ember. \thinks\ I meant good morning Ember.
[Ember] \smiles\ Good morning Cyan.
*Ends call.
*A few minutes after the call.
[Cyan] (I can't sleep.)
[Ember] (I can't sleep.)
[Cyan] Should I call back?
[Ember] Should I call back?
[Cyan] (No. Go to sleep there's classes tomorrow.)
[Ember] (No! Go to sleep!)
*They fell asleep late 4am, almost 5.