Voicemail Post

[divinesurfchick]

"-- not supposed to know -- oh, fine. Hi, it's me! You can leave me a message here! Wait for the beep! Was that okay, Cu--"
Beeeeeeeep

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Crazy phone day yay

[future_sandworm]

"There was a man so wise
He jumped into
A sandy place
And burnt out both his eyes!
And when he knew his eyes were gone,
He offered no complaint.
He summoned up a vision
And made himself a saint."

[Explanation here]

[doubleohblonde]

[from here]

I don't want to tell you how to do your job, but wouldn't simply dying the llamas solve your problems?

[furious_maximus]

Max wasn't sure exactly what he wanted to say, if anything, since he still wasn't entirely sure how things were settling out, but... After 'Dite's little revelation he felt like he... owed it to her somehow. To check in. To let her know that, for the moment at least, he was doing fine.

So he dialed her number and waited.

[divinesurfchick]

"Max?" 'Dite had been hoping to hear good news, from either him or 'Dite, so she crossed her fingers. "How are you?"

[furious_maximus]

"About as well as can be expected, I suppsose." His tolerant grin is audible over the phone. "Hanging in there, at least."

[divinesurfchick]

"Have you heard anything yet? I'd been hoping Karla would call with news by now."

Good news, but that went without saying.

[glacial_witch]

"'Dite, it's Karla! I'm so sorry, I fell--" Karla realized then that 'Dite probably couldn't care less about her excuses. She could give them after she told her the news. "It wasn't him, 'Dite, you were right. Max is innocent and I've started telling everyone. I meant to call last night, but I just fell asleep with my phone in my hand and all my clothes on and everything. I'm so sorry 'Dite. Call me back and I'll give you all the details!"

It was amazing she could fit so many words into such a short message.

[divinesurfchick]

When Aphrodite got the message, she sighed in relief. If there was more than a hint of satisfaction in the sigh, well, no one was around to hear it.

She called Karla back, not sure if she wanted to get voice mail or Karla herself.

"Hi, Karla, it's 'Dite. Thanks for letting me know what was up." She hesitated. "We should talk. Can you come to the store sometime this week? I'd really appreciate it."

[furious_maximus]

After taking a night to process what he'd heard from Raven, Max called Aphrodite. "I told you I'd call when I heard, so I'm calling. Just wanted to let you know that things seem to be resolved. You might have heard that already."

His voice was fond as he added, "Now you can stop losing sleep over me."

He'd have swing by the shop sometime soon.