SOMNIA INBOX

[merged]

Sharon da Silva
Illusionist

telepathic text | voice | projected apparition

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[hexrot]

[ a nursery song— turns out not so many things are different about them after all. jayce catches one, quick. he learns quickly, visually and with just about anything that's stimulating. and despite his head complaining about the little extra push, his boredom thanks this and focuses enough to treat it as a light exercise rather than a marathon.

after some back and forth, jayce writes something simple down. his name. MY NAME IS JAYS. YOR NAME IS CSHARON. ]

Like this?

[merged]

Holy shit, you're a fast learner. [ It seems she was right: Jayce is one smart fucking cookie. ]

J-A-Y-S could technically be correct, but I've been going with J-A-Y-C-E. It's just what it sounds like to me. And, minus the first letter, you got my name right. I'm surprised you didn't use a C!

[ She is so damn impressed. ]

[hexrot]

I get that.

I was going to, I just remembered what you said about the difference.

Ch and Sh are subtle but perceptible sounds— Sh sounds more like you're hushing someone.

[ and he supposes that's universal, hilariously.  jayce knows he's fucking smart but there's a reason why language doesn't come with too much difficulty, especially if there's direction. ]

I'm a scientist, used to study runes on top of engineering. Traveled around Runeterra when I was younger for stones. It's helpful to learn how to communicate quickly. Or just read the signs.

[ there's a touch of humor there. like, uhhh. going into the wrong. places. yeah. that's. yeah. ]

Especially read the signs.

[merged]

[ Like you're hushing someone. That makes her smile.

—wait, what the shit? A scientist. An engineer. It's no wonder he's capable of picking this up so quickly. She is thoroughly impressed, but then she picks up on the humor. ]

Miss a big, important sign I'm guessing? [ Everything about her connection screams deets, please! ]

[hexrot]

If you need to know, it was the wrong tent at an expedition.

[merged]

No more details for the fantastic young lady that just helped you with English?

[hexrot]

I should start calling you Shar-on the nose.

[ dad jokes: unlocked. ]

It was a communal bathing tent. I hope you're happy.

[merged]

That was awful. [ But there's this distinct sense through the Murmur that she likes it.

Oh.

Oh, shit. She's laughing, her amusement twinkling like Christmas lights. ] Very! Don't tell me you got all flustered over a little nudity!

[hexrot]

[ heh. jayce gives the equivalent of a sweetened eyeroll. ]

"A little", she says.

I'm not as awful as you say. And I'll have you know there's more where that came from.

[merged]

You'd think a man with plenty of dad jokes would be able to handle nudity.

[hexrot]

It was more than a decade ago, I'll have you know. Might've been around your age or younger.

[ he doesn't know how old she is, so he's just guesstimating here. ]

A lot happens in ten years.

[merged]

I'm eighteen. I think if I walked into a room full of naked people, I'd just laugh.

How old are you?

[hexrot]

What, so you can take another jab at me?

[ the unfiltered waves of his mind says: 32. ]

[merged]

Wait, wait, wait—you were twenty-two? [ Please forgive the tickle of laughter. ]

[hexrot]

Twenty! I said give or take.

[ not like it mattered . . . he still feels a feedback loop of tickled from this. ]

At least someone is having fun at my expense.

[merged]

Someone should.

And, hey, it's a little adorable, too.

[hexrot]

[ he is. partially baffled. partially amused. when has he, scruffy ragdoll fresh out of a hole and little to no beard trims in the last month, come out sounding "adorable". ]

Any one else hears that and they'll expect me to be cute on command.

[merged]

Hey, your secret is safe with me. I don't blab.

[hexrot]

I'm holding to to that.
And I'm going to need to lay down, for now. Head's killing me.

[merged]

Feel better, Jayce.