Chapter 6
Lily: Bold
Pandora: Italics
I need help
I am in critical danger
Panda
Pick up your phone
My friend is trying to get me to go ice skating
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What’s wrong with ice skating
Sorry by the way my phone died again
I hope you weren’t relying solely on me to get you out of this danger
I was
But it’s okay
I distracted him with a shiny object
Him?
I haven’t heard of a he/him friend yet
That’s the fourth friend you’ve mentioned
You better not have many more because I will feel inferior
It’s not my fault I’m a social person
And yes, this is a new friend
He plays ice hockey for a scholarship even though he’s crazy rich because it’s his ‘one true love’
Every time he drags me out to play I end up with an ankle injury
That’s crazy
My brother does figure skating
I am in the same boat
But I love ice skating
Even though he makes fun of me every time I fall over
He is a terrible coach
That’s such a weird coincidence
I’ve never met anyone else who does competitive ice skating related sports
I thought he might be the only one
My brother technically doesn’t do it competitively anymore
So your friend is still the only one
My brother used to do it because his mother was obsessed with figure skating
I thought it would hold a lot of bad memories for him but he says it helps clear his head
He only does it recreationally now though
That’s still weird
Who decides to become really good at a sport and chooses figure skating?
I have no idea
I’ve never really questioned it before
You have opened my eyes deer
You’re back with that name, then?
What gave you the impression I ever stopped
Blind hope, it seems
There is nothing wrong with the nickname deer
It matches panda
We’re both animals
Panda sounds way better than deer though
I’d hope so, that’s what everyone calls me
I thought you had five nicknames?
At least five*
This is the most common one
How did Panda become your most common nickname?
I’ll tell you that if you tell me your spirit animal
So you’re giving up on the guessing game then?
I would never
I was simply suggesting that we take out the middleman and you tell me because you know I will inevitably guess it anyway
I’m okay, thank you
Your loss
I have to go now
Class is starting
You’re still in school?
Uni
Oh ok
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I’m in uni too
Oh my gods
Fiadh
You shared
Is this your icy shell thawing to reveal the marshmallow underneath
I thought you were in class
And what?
I am not icy
No of course not
Would you prefer private
Or reserved
Just because I don’t want to share intimate details of my life to a stranger on the internet does not make me reserved
Whatever helps you sleep at night
I have a new question
Is your animal embarrassing because it’s a conventionally unloveable/ugly animal or because it’s hit too close to home or another reason
That’s not a yes or no question
Damn
Ok same question but answer yes for unloveable/ugly, no for hit too close to home and maybe for another reason
You can’t do that
That does not count as a yes or no question
But the available answers are yes no or maybe
That seems like yes or no to me
Well, it’s not
According to google yes or no questions are questions with the expected answers yes or no
That applies to this question
I’m not answering, this is cheating
Do you want to use a skip?
I shouldn’t have to
This isn’t a valid question
Yes it is
Fine
I use a skip
Ok so I can’t anything pertaining to the reason you find the animal embarrassing from now on
Damn, I thought this would narrow it down
Ok I’m going to pay attention to my professor now
Good call
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What award are you most proud of
Define ‘award’
Any achievement that rewarded you with a physical possession
A medal or certificate or something
Ok
I think becoming Head Girl at my school
I got a little pin for it
I suddenly have a very clear idea of you in my head
I bet you organise your stationary very precisely
Like you have your coloured pencils all lined up in a gradient
What’s wrong with organisation?
I knew it
You have long hair don’t you
You either wear it constantly in a ponytail or never put it up
You’re wrong
I don’t believe you
Well, you are
I do both
Thats worse
What, how is that a bad thing?
It’s so predictable
And boring
You can do better, Fiadh
How do you wear your hair
All different ways
Usually down but when I have time I like braiding jasmine flowers into it or just doing half up and half down
You braid flowers into your hair?
You are the definition of an 80’s flower child
You literally have a pig as a pet
None of this seems like a bad thing
I never said it was
You implied it
I think
I’m asking my brother
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He said you implied it
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Are you mystery person
Sorry?
Are you the secret person that Lily’s always texting
Are you a secret boyfriend
OMG ARE YOU A SECRET BOYFRIEND
Oh
Shit
What's wrong
I don’t think you were supposed to tell me her name
You didn’t know her name?
No I’m just a wrong number she’s been texting
Not a boyfriend
She didn’t want me to know her name in case I was secretly a stalker
Are you
No
Ok so it’s fine
I don’t think thats the point
It’s fine
Out of curiosity what are your pronouns
She/they what about you
Same
What are your thoughts on the character gollum from lotd
I LOVE GOLLUM
HE IS THE BEST CHARACTER
YES OMG THANK YOU
THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME
I kind of wish you were Lily’s secret girlfriend now
How did you know I liked Gollum too
Lily told me
She said you two did a lotd marathon purely for him
Thats real dedication
What can I say
I’m a real fan
You are
We should meet up one day and have a lotd marathon together
None of my friends will watch it with me anymore because I talk over any scene that doesn’t have gollum in it and shush them if he’s on screen
Omg its a date
Ok Lily’s coming back now
Don’t tell her I was the one that told you
Wouldn’t she just need to scroll up
Hey, Panda
Did I just see my friend put down my phone
I’m really sorry