whatam_i: (edward_bonesaw)
Edward Nygma ([personal profile] whatam_i) wrote2023-12-13 10:00 am

Inbox



What demands an answer, but asks no question?
....
A telephone.
And I'm not here to answer mine so please leave a message at the sound of the beep.
hobblepot: (excuse me)

Testy texts - say that three times fast

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-10 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you think you are you doing??

[It's just after four in the morning, and his beauty sleep has been cruelly interrupted by odd clinking and clanking noises down the hall that sound suspiciously like the ones Ed was responsible for earlier in the day.]
hobblepot: (you will pay for this)

Are you calling him an angry nut

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-11 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
What am I doing?

I am going out of my mind listening to your infernal hammering!

[Needless to say, the question of what kept Ed up in the first place is not on the top of the list.]
hobblepot: (you shit)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-11 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Are you insane??
hobblepot: (facepalm)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-11 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Fuck the certificate!

[There's some consolation in knowing that as long as he's texting, Ed's not drilling. On second thought, no - no consolation at all. It's terrible and he's furious and he wants Ed to know all about it.]

Put down the drill and all your other little toys and go back to bed like a normal human being, or I will have you tied down until morning.

And I am not joking!
Edited 2024-01-11 05:16 (UTC)
hobblepot: (mind is made)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-12 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Excuse me?

[Oswald interprets that the only way he can, in this mood - as a roundabout way of reminding him he's a freak to Gotham at large - and he tenses, raring for a fight.]

I don't have to.

Ivan can be here in five minutes.

[Who is Ivan? His latest recruit with the brute strength of an ox, enough brains to carry out instructions to a tee, and no interest in small talk. The best kind of goon.]

So I would suggest that you consider your next move very carefully.
Edited 2024-01-12 19:55 (UTC)
hobblepot: (WHAT YOU SAY)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-18 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bastard.

Not that he couldn't warn Ivan, but this is becoming ridiculous. There's only so much disrespect he can tolerate before he goes from snapping his teeth to biting.
]

Last warning!

Go. To. Bed.

Or I will be forced to resort to more drastic measures.
hobblepot: (your move punk)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-18 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You would like that, wouldn't you?

[Him putting in the effort, wasting his time. Surely Ed would attempt to win by way of seducing him at some point, he thinks.]
hobblepot: (suggestion)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-18 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope.

[The only way to deal with a mullish manchild is to be one right back, obviously, with a shameless lie on top of it. And if that chafes Ed's ass just a little, then mission accomplished.]

I have better things to do right now than to obsess over your latest DIY science project or whatever it is, the details of which I am certain will be revealed to me in excruciating detail whether they are wanted or not.
Edited 2024-01-18 22:44 (UTC)
hobblepot: (excuse me)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-18 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Remind me: weren't you the one who came begging for my attention the other night?
hobblepot: (gossip)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-18 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, you definitely begged.
hobblepot: (salty smile)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-18 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean by practically climbing on top of me and blocking my view?

[Who needs a cat when you have Ed?]

Yes, yes you did.
hobblepot: (allow me to retort)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-20 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It would honestly surprise me if you could hear anything at all over the sound of your own voice.

[So texts the man in love with his own. The Cobblepot calling the kettle black, as usual.]
hobblepot: (watch yer mouth)

[personal profile] hobblepot 2024-01-20 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ed's a ruthless opportunist, sometimes. Of course, so is Oswald.

The better half of a minute passes before Oswald texts:
]

Ed, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am not going over there and I am most definitely not tucking you in.

[Can't weasel your way out of facing consequences, buddy.]
Edited 2024-01-20 17:41 (UTC)

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