• June 05, 2017 •

[ Aviana <•> Zachary ]

Z: where are you?

Z: I've been looking all over the house and there's no sign of you anywhere.

Z: are you out with Connor and the rest of our friends?

Z: hey...

Z: why are you ignoring me!!!

A: ...

A: for the love of God, Zach... 

A: stop

A: texting

A: me

Z: ...

Z: BUT WHY?

A: ...

Z: I don't recall anything I could have done to upset you, why should I not text you then?

A: because I'm at work, you idiot!

Z: ...

A: did you forget already that I got a job and had to start from today?

Z: oh...

A: some people do have responsibilities, unlike you wannabe marathon runner who does nothing but run away...

Z: ...

A: ...

Z: ...

A: oh shit, didn't mean it like that.

A: I'll talk to you later.

Z: I did forget tho...

Z: you must be busy.

A: yeah so stop texting for now, I'll call you back.

Z: okay.

***

Calling...

Zach

00:00

"You need to do something about your memory or at this rate you will even forget I exist."

"Oh come on, I can never forget that."

"How so certain?"

"Can anyone possibly forget you, Ava?"

"I get the feeling you'll say something right after to make this statement sound less sweet any moment now."

"You screech like a bellbird reminding us of your existence every morning. It's impossible not to be familiar with our wake up call and forget its existence."

"..."

"In case you don't know what a bellbird-"

"I don't need a National Geography documentary lesson all over again. You told me what the bellbird is earlier too. I know it screeches. I don't screech. And its name is white bellbird, in case you forgot this too, I'm not white either. So your comparison fails fair and square."

"..."

"What? Cat got your tongue, Mister Know-It-All? Or are you thinking of a better comeback but failing as usual?"

"I'm just shocked you remember so much about it."

"About what?"

"The bellbird. White bellbird, as you so rightly corrected me."

"Unlike you, I have a good memory."

"Ah, I see. You still called me Know-It-All though. It can't be true if I don't have a good memory either."

"Your short-term memory is worse than a seventy year old. How could you forget that it was my first day at work?"

"Well... It just slipped my mind, I guess?"

"Of course, I temporarily forgot how much of a nuisance you are otherwise. And how absolutely careless too."

"Oh come on..." 

"By the way, why were you freaking out?"

"I'm not freaking out."

"Your texts say otherwise."

"..."

"I have figured there's usually a reason when you text me repeatedly even if I ignore you so what's it this time?"

"Oh come on, are you implying I only text you when I want something from you?"

"More or less, yes."

"No, I just wanted to talk to you. In person."

"Sounds sus, what is it?"

"What part of in person did you not register?"

"So? Lunch break's ending in a couple minutes, I don't have time to come all the way back and hear you out."

"Then text me the address and I'll come to meet you."

"..."

"Ava?"

"No, no and for a hundred times, no. Stay right where you are and be a little patient. We can talk when I get back home by evening."

"..." 

"Zachary, if you dare show up here I'll smack your head clean off."

"Yikes..."

"So stop bothering me and hang up. I know you have some stupid request again and I have zero stamina to get it through my head right now. It's better if we talk about it later."

"Okay... How was your first day at work though?"

"We will talk about that later too."

"Aw man, how long do I have to wait?"

"Till five."

"But what if-"

Call Ended.

Wednesday Addams

00:11:36

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• June 08, 2017 •

[ The Young Justice ]

Nightwing has added Mon-El to the chat.

Red Robin: why does he not get a hero name?

Superboy: wow, what an excellent way to start a conversation while someone has just been added to a group.

Red Robin: in all fairness, I didn't even know he had a phone.

Superboy: what do you take me for? Of course, he has a phone and we taught him how to use it.

Superboy: and he can use it just fine now, he's a quick learner.

Mon-El: and he is right here.

Artemis: true true 😂

Miss Martian: 😂

Nightwing: welcome to the chat, Mon.

Mon-El: hi.

Mon-El: nice to be a part of this.

Superboy: see, Tim, he can use a phone and text very well. Do you believe me now?

Red Robin: let me think.

Superboy: ...

Red Robin: no.

Superboy: why 😱

Red Robin: because you're a lousy teacher. 

Superboy: 😱😱😱

Red Robin: I bet Kara was the one who taught him how to actually use it and you're just taking the credit.

Superboy: ...

Red Robin: btw my question stands unanswered, why does he not get a hero name?

Nightwing: because Mon already has a civilian identity now so we figured it would be easier to use his real one here.

Red Robin: oh...

Red Robin: what was the name again?

Mon-El: Mike Matthews.

Red Robin: pffft, bland...

Mon-El: what do you mean bland? I like this name.

Red Robin: if you say so.

Mon-El: hey Connor

Superboy: yup

Mon-El: how did you type that face thing?

Superboy: oh you mean the emoji?

Mon-El: yup.

Red Robin: you see a smiley icon on the keyboard?

Mon-El: I'm on a phone not the computer.

Red Robin: yeah I know, just look for a smiley face among the letters you were typing earlier.

Mon-El: got it.

Red Robin: click on it and you will see a set of emojis arranged in categories starting from the recently used (clock icon) to the flags category. Swipe left/right to look for the emoji you want or tap the icon for a given category to select an icon. Tap on an emoji to add it to your conversation. For some options, you can long-press the emoji to select the color tone. 

Mon-El: ...

Mon-El: it works.

Red Robin: 👍

Mon-El: thanks, Tim 😊

Red Robin: no problemo.

Artemis: at times, I think Tim must have super speed too by the way he's so quick to respond.

Red Robin: nah, works only when I'm texting. Otherwise, I'm lazy af. Btw, I just copy-pasted the process from some site. Do you honestly think I have time for typing it all out?

Miss Martian: no one asked you to take the pains to even copy-paste it.

Red Robin: no one asked you to butt in, Meggie.

Miss Martian: stop calling me Meggie. I hate it.

Mon-El: so there are other things besides the faces in this smiley section...

Red Robin: ah you mean symbols?

Mon-El: and flowers, fruits, there's like a lot in here.

Nightwing: to think that I added you here to talk about something else entirely and this turned out to be a convo about emojis...

Red Robin: you know this is equally as important. Our new member must know how to text properly or else he won't get it if I send any mission alerts in your absence. 

Nightwing: ...

Red Robin: he must know the ✨code✨

Superboy: would you shut up, Tim?

Superboy: he's my student, not yours. 

Red Robin: so what?

Superboy: so I'll look after him, thank you very much.

Red Robin: let's clear it up once and for all. Who taught you how to use a phone, Monnie?

Mon-El: Kara.

Red Robin: 😂😂😂

Superboy: ...

Mon-El: but Connor helped too.

Artemis: thinking of Kara, where is she?

Miss Martian: yeah, she hasn't texted even once.

Superboy: I don't know, maybe she had to go somewhere with Alex.

Nightwing: oh.

Superboy: yeah, she's busy.

Kid Flash: guys, so many texts?

Kid Flash: it's a good thing I'm a speedster or else I would have been stuck reading this forever.

Miss Martian: and where were you this whole time?

Kid Flash: ouch, you guys noticed Kara's absence but not mine until I texted?

Artemis: what can we say? You're always whizzing around somewhere plus we knew you'd speedread everything so it hardly matters that much.

Kid Flash: 🥺

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