Thanks for calling. If you're reaching out to sell your soul, I'll already know and I'll be there soon. If you're calling to just talk, leave a message and I'll call you back when I can. Which will probably be soon. Talk to you then~
"I mean, fair enough on all counts. I'll make sure I propose soonish. Not sure when but I will. By the start of Spring at the latest," Max smiles and chuckles back.
"Great. I'll be ecstatic for you two. You're probably the only relationship that I root for as hard as my own." He doesn't involve himself in that stuff overmuch, but Max and Esme are the exception. They need each other and make each other better.
Macaque nudges Max with his shoulder. "And modest too, wow."
There's a beat of pause in which Macaque softens considerably. "Thanks for talking me through the Contagion mess. I'm going to have a think about whether to tell MK and Candid, but I'll let you and Esme know before I decide to say anything, if I decide that. I'm not wanting to spill Esme's business or anything, it's just that if it were me, I'd want to be told."
"I expect one heck of a happy chirp then when we deliver the news it has happened," Max is all smiles with now. This is nice. More than nice really. And of course he is modest. He is truly the most modest fae music god in all of existence.
His smile stays on and softens as well. "You're welcome. And I get that. This stuff is complicated beyond logic. Wrapping your head around it is difficult and even sometimes a little dangerous. Whatever you decide on the when and why and how and where. For now, just know Esme and I both got your back, of course."
"Earning chirps isn't easy. It's an intimate thing." That said, there's a chance. "You can count on a hug, though."
It is complicated, and it is frustrating, but-- "It's your world. And Esme's, and Cole's. That's enough reason to want to bash my head a little trying to get it straight."
As for telling MK and Candid--
"I'll think on it. I know my history though, and hiding things from my partners has only ever blown up in my face. But I'll make sure that Esme knows what's going on before I do anything." That feels like the right order.
"Well I will hope for chirps and will love a hug," Max concedes with a smile.
"Trust me. The same goes for us from our world. Bashing our head into a wall a little is an often felt by all of us at some point." Max pats Macaque on the shoulder.
"I'm sure things, one way or another, will work themselves out with all this. I got faith."
"I'm sure you'll earn some chirps sooner than later," Macaque says with a wink.
"Well, I'm happy to apply a pillow or something so that the basking hurts less. It seems that's all I can really do, so I'm going to do it. The least I can do is help you all stay sane."
He nods. "It'll be fine. I trust you, and I trust Esme."
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Re: After talking to Candid; voice
Date: 2026-01-08 03:22 am (UTC)From:"I am definitely both of those things."
Re: After talking to Candid; voice
Date: 2026-01-08 03:28 am (UTC)From:Macaque nudges Max with his shoulder. "And modest too, wow."
There's a beat of pause in which Macaque softens considerably. "Thanks for talking me through the Contagion mess. I'm going to have a think about whether to tell MK and Candid, but I'll let you and Esme know before I decide to say anything, if I decide that. I'm not wanting to spill Esme's business or anything, it's just that if it were me, I'd want to be told."
Re: After talking to Candid; voice
Date: 2026-01-16 05:08 pm (UTC)From:His smile stays on and softens as well. "You're welcome. And I get that. This stuff is complicated beyond logic. Wrapping your head around it is difficult and even sometimes a little dangerous. Whatever you decide on the when and why and how and where. For now, just know Esme and I both got your back, of course."
Re: After talking to Candid; voice
Date: 2026-01-16 05:55 pm (UTC)From:It is complicated, and it is frustrating, but-- "It's your world. And Esme's, and Cole's. That's enough reason to want to bash my head a little trying to get it straight."
As for telling MK and Candid--
"I'll think on it. I know my history though, and hiding things from my partners has only ever blown up in my face. But I'll make sure that Esme knows what's going on before I do anything." That feels like the right order.
Re: After talking to Candid; voice
Date: 2026-01-26 01:38 am (UTC)From:"Trust me. The same goes for us from our world. Bashing our head into a wall a little is an often felt by all of us at some point." Max pats Macaque on the shoulder.
"I'm sure things, one way or another, will work themselves out with all this. I got faith."
Re: After talking to Candid; voice
Date: 2026-01-29 11:19 pm (UTC)From:"Well, I'm happy to apply a pillow or something so that the basking hurts less. It seems that's all I can really do, so I'm going to do it. The least I can do is help you all stay sane."
He nods. "It'll be fine. I trust you, and I trust Esme."