Logs:Terminally Offline

Terminally Offline
Dramatis Personae @winters.call, @vosco34, @helcaraxe
In Absentia Dusk, Spencer, Daiki, Echo	2023-08-19 ...ur not doing crimes right
Location the grams
The notifications on Roscoe's Instagram, are numerous -- probably, some of them are bot-follows, probably, some of them are other NuMetheans texting him, probably, some of them are those same bots tagging him in the comments of branded giveaways. Naomi's message comes in two bursts -- first, on August 11th: winters.call shared an Instagram post (winters.call --> vosco34): hi! hope yr doing ok (winters.call --> vosco34): theres a memorial party/celebration for Dusk (batman from the raid) happening in NY on sunday (winters.call --> vosco34): anyone ever been through the labs is invited (winters.call --> vosco34): games crafts dancing food (winters.call --> vosco34): if u wanna come someone can pick u up? (winters.call --> vosco34): probably spence (winters.call --> vosco34): but there some other porters around too (winters.call --> vosco34): lmk!! Then again the morning of the 13th: (winters.call --> vosco34): bump (winters.call --> vosco34): ppl hoping to see u tonite (winters.call --> vosco34): if u don't wanna see me specifically though thats cool (winters.call --> vosco34): imma be with derek's crew mostly (winters.call --> vosco34): so if you just wanna hang w the rest of Holland Gang! it can be a naomi-free zone (winters.call --> vosco34): let someone know tho (winters.call --> vosco34): ain't gotta be me Roscoe comes online with no fanfare; all of a sudden there is a little green dot underneath his profile picture in the instant message feed to let everybody know he is Active Now. It is not for a while after this that -- (vosco34 --> winters.call): Yo (vosco34 --> winters.call): Lol sorry I didn't see these until this morning. How was the party The little double checks -- message delivered and read -- turn opaque, but it's still a moment before Naomi begins typing. Stops typing. Starts typing again. When the messages do start to come, its in a furious flurry. (winters.call --> vosco34): oh rip 💀 (winters.call --> vosco34): that sucks (winters.call --> vosco34): are you not an insta person /srs (winters.call --> vosco34): cuz like our phones got regular ass texting on them too 🙄 (winters.call --> vosco34): it was pretty cool (winters.call --> vosco34): lots of folks from round New York I ain't knew was lab-alums before showed up (winters.call --> vosco34): including the guy who did the news last year??? makes sense now but a little wild to think about (winters.call --> vosco34): and folks turned up from everydamnwhere (winters.call --> vosco34): lil bit of Freaktown done got blew up though (winters.call --> vosco34): so maybe its good you didn't check yr phone Roscoe starts and stops typing a few times too, throughout this. (vosco34 --> winters.call): I don't even have a regular ass phone lol, my sister's boyfriend is letting me use his (vosco34 --> winters.call): I probably couldn't have made it out anyway tho I'm lowkey grounded (vosco34 --> winters.call): What's Freaktown (winters.call --> vosco34): tf (winters.call --> vosco34): we only been out like three weeks HOW you gone n got grounded already (winters.call --> vosco34): this is THEE top perk of boarding school ain't nobody gonna ground you (winters.call --> vosco34): bet you dm spence he'll pop over n give you his phone or something (winters.call --> vosco34): ionno why but he gave his switch to echo maybe we can keep it going (winters.call --> vosco34): OH freaktown is uh (winters.call --> vosco34): bunch of folks took over this fancy neighborhood in the bronx round about when i moved north (winters.call --> vosco34): and its grown into a whole ass mini-town (winters.call --> vosco34): just for mutants (winters.call --> vosco34): its great (winters.call --> vosco34): when it aint being blown up (vosco34 --> winters.call): Oh is this from back in like 2020, its still there?? Idk how USA gov didn't already blow it tf up, they love locking up freaks (winters.call --> vosco34): 😬 (winters.call --> vosco34): ionno either but it is, maybe the rich ppl didn't want their mansions back? (winters.call --> vosco34): you should visit!! usually it is not getting blown up usually its firepit storytime and pool parties and super chill (winters.call --> vosco34): when you gonna be ungrounded (vosco34 --> winters.call): Idfk, whenever everyone stops thinking I'm 0.2 seconds away from falling back into a life of crime (vosco34 --> winters.call): I wanna go to these fancy mansion pool parties wtf 😤 maybe once school starts in a couple weeks (vosco34 --> winters.call): I gotta start as a freshman again 😫🤧 (winters.call --> vosco34): what!!! (winters.call --> vosco34): that blows!! (winters.call --> vosco34): can't they just put u in the right grade and also the classes u missed it can't be that serious (winters.call --> vosco34): bet u would do less crime if u were a sophomore (winters.call --> vosco34): ...ur not doing crimes right (vosco34 --> winters.call): Pls nobody is leaving me alone for long enough to do crimes (vosco34 --> winters.call): I'm like, it was literally easier to do crimes at Lassiter. Not that I ever did bc I was such a good prisoner (vosco34 --> winters.call): Really not feeling this forgiveness and grace shit the president promised me 😒😒 (winters.call --> vosco34): great, keep not doing crime (winters.call --> vosco34): joe and kamala gon be real disappointed in u if u do (winters.call --> vosco34): nah but /srs (winters.call --> vosco34): that sounds a bit.... (winters.call --> vosco34): ionno (winters.call --> vosco34): its nice ur fam cares but they really should give u ur phone back Roscoe is typing for a while. (vosco34 --> winters.call): 🙃 (vosco34 --> winters.call): Idk I'm a fuckup they don't have to trust me (vosco34 --> winters.call): I think I can still talk them into letting me have a phone, I just gotta play my cards right (vosco34 --> winters.call): So prob no field trips to freaksville 😞 (winters.call --> vosco34): maybe for the best (winters.call --> vosco34): i think queen bee is setting up there (winters.call --> vosco34): got NO clue what you did to piss her off still 😭 (winters.call --> vosco34): i don't think it's fair to hold pre-torture jail roscoe's fuckuppery against you (winters.call --> vosco34): how old were you even (winters.call --> vosco34): 13? (winters.call --> vosco34): who isn't a whole mess at 13 (vosco34 --> winters.call): Ya..sure (vosco34 --> winters.call): I can't believe QB is in Freaktown (vosco34 --> winters.call): Now I'm forreal not risking it I love not having my bog ass beat 😵 All of my favorite jail memories were not beatings (vosco34 --> winters.call): I'm glad she's like, alive tho (winters.call --> vosco34): i'm like 95% sure there's a "no beatdowns" rule 💀 (winters.call --> vosco34): it's not like outdoor lassiter (winters.call --> vosco34): it's just (winters.call --> vosco34): a community (winters.call --> vosco34): y'all got any other mutants up in boston? (winters.call --> vosco34): maybe there's something like this round there too (winters.call --> vosco34): like, a shittier version tho (vosco34 --> winters.call): I'm 100% sure there was teeeechnically a no beatdowns rule at Lassiter too (vosco34 --> winters.call): Js (vosco34 --> winters.call): Statistically we have mutants in Boston, idk about freak zones (vosco34 --> winters.call): Doesn't matter either way if I'm grounded (winters.call --> vosco34): well i ain't been queerbashed once in freaktown (winters.call --> vosco34): js 🤷 (winters.call --> vosco34): some point they gon have to let you on the internet for school at least so (winters.call --> vosco34): <link> (winters.call --> vosco34): save this (winters.call --> vosco34): its gonna be a ex-labrat resource page when its done (winters.call --> vosco34): idk what you might need but maybe it will be helpful to you later Roscoe's first response is instantaneous: (vosco34 --> winters.call): Lmfao is this a fuckin labrat carrd But then there is a long pause before he comes back with: (vosco34 --> winters.call): Thanks Naomi's next response almost crosses Roscoe's thanks: (winters.call --> vosco34): bruh 💀 millennials don't know what carrd is Another pause, though its not meant to be -- Naomi is typing and deleting: (winters.call --> vosco34): its the least i can do for all the mind co (winters.call --> vosco34): if you ever come visit i'll buy you dori (winters.call --> vosco34): are we good (winters.call --> vosco34): thank you for (winters.call --> vosco34): no problem 🙂 (winters.call --> vosco34): dm echo before u have to give this phone back (winters.call --> vosco34): let her know ur alive haha After a moment, the little green dot below her profile picture disappears. Roscoe just misses Naomi when she goes offline -- (vosco34 --> winters.call): Lol ok 🙄 His unread messages from Echo also include an invite to the Batman Dusk memorial and, from a few days later, a selfie she took with an arm around Naomi's shoulders, angled to show a small crowd at Evolve behind them -- "missed you tonight hope you're doing something fun!!" For a while after "seen" crops up at the bottom of the message chain, Roscoe doesn't say anything, then: (vosco34 --> helcaraxe): Lol u finally got glasses (vosco34 --> helcaraxe): Naomi says to let u know I'm alive (vosco34 --> helcaraxe): 🤪 (vosco34 --> helcaraxe): Spence gave u his Nintendo? Thirty minutes later, the following messages appear in Roscoe's DMs: (helcaraxe --> vosco34): thx for the info lol, glad to hear (helcaraxe --> vosco34): spence gave me SOMEone's nintendo There are ten seconds of typing before she adds: (helcaraxe --> vosco34): you can prob borrow it if you visit ☺️ Roscoe is still on the borrowed phone, apparently -- the first messages are marked "Seen" even before the last one is sent -- but after a short pause he just disappears offline.