tricks and traps (CALI)

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]eminentDilettante [ED] began pestering quibbledWhimsy [QW] at --:--

ED: cali doll
ED: congratulations on tricking everybody into thinking you did something special
ED: im sure all the heartbreak you caused was worth it

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: It was a grand trick
QW: Wasn't it?
QW: I mean
QW: You were fooled
QW: Weren't you?
QW: So was the tequila out of celebration?

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: why would i celebrate
ED: cali do you know how many lives you ruined

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: Do you know how many lives
QW: That a bottle of a tequila ruins?
QW: I guess you were a martyr
QW: What with all the bottle you consumed
QW: I just imagine
QW: You were celebrating
QW: What a good job you were doing
QW: At being a bitch.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: right is this the part when im supposed to suddenly begin sobbing violently
ED: confessing all of my supposed sins and having a pure moment of release
ED: because i already had that moment when you went off to die
ED: sorry

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: Oh no
QW: That part comes later
QW: If you're a creature of routine
QW: I mean it always did before
QW: Every night
QW: After chatting
QW: A good cleansing of the soul
QW: With tears and booze.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: i havent the slightest idea what youre talking about

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: You probably don't, no.
QW: I mean I'd have trouble remembering too
QW: A bottle of tequila a night
QW: Sometimes two if you're going on for a show
QW: I always wondered how you dealt with yourself
QW: Turns out you don't.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: are we speaking in riddles now cali
ED: should i write you a haiku describing all the people youve hurt

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: Let me be a bit more clear
QW: Bear with me
QW: Keep that razor wit sharp
QW: Don't grab the tequila yet
QW: So
QW: Every night
QW: Chatting with someone
QW: The settling in
QW: A pool of self-pity
QW: And drowning all your sorrows
QW: Or celebrating
QW: But those didn't look like tears of joy
QW: So I'm going to sorrows
QW: Like
QW: Your tolerance is actually impressive
QW: All that alcohol
QW: It'd probably kill anyone else.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: so this is what a seer of time does
ED: attempts to blackmail others with their past weaknesses
ED: thats awfully high of you cali
ED: thinking back i suppose i was naive to believe you would be above this
ED: hindsights always perfect after all

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: Oh trust me
QW: It's more perfect than you know
QW: But that might be hard for you
QW: To put together
QW: For me it's just like
QW: Two and two
QW: For you
QW: That might be five, though.

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: oh i get this trick
ED: now youre attacking learning disorders
ED: very mature cali
ED: im glad you and ross are done
ED: ross deserves someone whos capable of empathy

[whimsy]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #000000; border: 1px dashed 666611; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;]QW: Or at least capable of faking it
QW: I mean that's close enough, right?
QW: So when you run out of alcohol
QW: Will the mask fall?
QW: Is that what you need?
QW: To sober up?
QW: I mean
QW: All those times
QW: Like right before you would go on
QW: You needed your fuel
QW: To keep the act up
QW: Or was that for
QW: Between the dressing room and the stage
QW: Because you needed to force your smile
QW: And pretend you had a soul?

[reni]

[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #282832; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 78afff; text-align: left;]ED: i dont wear a mask doll
ED: and i deeply apologize being more successful than youd have ever been
ED: being a full time teen actress on her path to stardom gets stressful
ED: i was called back three times to be cast as eponine in les miserables
ED: though i suppose you dont know what that even means
ED: let me put this in plebeian terms
ED: im better than you