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[neverbreaks]

INBOX text / audio / video / action -supposed to be recording? Oh wait, there it goes. Uh, okay...this is Luisa Madrigal. If you need to reach me, I guess you can leave a message? That's how this works, right? art credit code credit

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text; un: signorvespa

[prontissimo]

[ Alberto's been wracking his brain about what to do about the new chaperone rule in the Spirit Realm. For once in his life, he's inspired to deliberately be... safe... and not stupid? Incredible. Following a poignant conversation with Luisa's uncle, he feels guilty to be as reckless as he usually might be... but likewise, isn't so keen to ask Bruno himself to chaperone him, for the same reason. He doesn't want to worry the man any more than he already has. And besides— someone with a little more... brawn... might be a wiser choice for a chaperone, in any case. So after some deliberation, Alberto goes out on a limb to find another grownup who might help, and lands on: Luisa. He feels a little awkward, unaccustomed to asking for help, but... better safe than sorry? Or rather: better safe than... FOMO? ...More the FOMO, yeah... ]

Ciao Signora Luisa,
can I ask you a weird favore maybe...?
i don't know when I'll need it but... probably someday?

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[ Luisa is a bit surprised to receive a text from Alberto. While she tries to check on him sometimes, he doesn't usually seek her out. She's not as worried as she'd been before, since she knows there are people looking out for him, but she does wonder what he's up to sometimes. ]

Hey Alberto! Sure, what's up? Everything okay?

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yeah yeah everything's fine

you see the new post from Zodiac? 👀

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[ She thinks a moment, trying to think through all the different posts that had been on the network recently. Then she realizes what post he's probably talking about. ]

I think so. The one about anyone 15 and younger needing an older person to go with them into dangerous parts of the Spirit World?

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yup.

[ ...And doesn't say anything else. Just lets that "yup" marinate. Ahem. ]

[neverbreaks]

[ It's not too difficult to figure out why he's bringing that up now. ]

So you'd need someone to go with you, huh?

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yeah.

[ Just lets that one steep too… ]

[neverbreaks]

[ ......... ]

I wouldn't mind honestly, but you'd actually have to ask.

[ She absolutely knows that's what he's going for, but if he wants her to accompany him he actually has to say it. She won't do it for him. ]

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[ Oh, man. Luisa putting Alberto on the spot. There's a delay between texts, the "currently typing" dots blinking off and on a couple times. But what ultimately sends through isn't so much a question as a confession, perhaps unexpectedly. ]

I just dont want to worry Bruno

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[ She is definitely a bit surprise by the response, and she has to take a moment to try to figure out how to really answer. ]

Honestly, he'll always worry about you no matter what. That's just what happens when you care about someone. But I think it'll help him knowing that you're safe

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I guess
I think theres a difference between someone worrying aboit you and you worrying someone thoughh you know what i mean?
But yeah I want him to know I’ll be safe…plus hes your uncle so 🤷🏽‍♂️ Ha ha
Don’t know if thatll make him worry MORE or less ha 😬

[neverbreaks]

Actually yeah, I think I do know what you mean. They are a bit different, even if they both can happen at the same time.

But I think it'll help at least a bit if he knows you're being safe. Though he'd definitely worry about both of us if we're in whatever realm opens up.

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we'll be careful though and we're both superstrong
well. YOUR super super strong
But still.
he trusts you.
I've told him too many stories from home ha... 🙊 he knows what I'm like.🙈
and I mean I don't get in trouble on purpose!! and I'm better at NOT getting in trouble HERE then I ever was at home i think?! but... I'm still kindof good at getting in trouble anyway. At Least sometimes. Ha......🤭😅😬

[ Really selling himself, here. That moment of vulnerability bled into too much honesty, perhaps. Oops. ]

[neverbreaks]

I mean, in all fairness, there's a lot of trouble to get into around here.

[ Even without going into the different realms and stuff, magical shenanigans can just happen in the city. ]

But yeah, I wouldn't mind helping you out. I think we'd both feel better knowing you at least had someone watching out for you. And if I can do that, I'd be happy to.

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Grazie mille Signora...! 🙏🏽🥺🥲
I promise I'll be good!!! REALLY good!!
I won't mess everything up I swear
we'll be SAFER than safe!

[ What an enlightening, sweet, yet— rather bittersweet? — conversation with Alberto... This cocky, reckless kid who worries every adult he's met, finally showing not just some humility and self-awareness, but transparency in how he actually sees himself, behind all his bragging? Just him saying "I won't mess everything up, I swear" says far more than he means it to. But still: the bottom line is, he means well... Worrisome or not. ]

[neverbreaks]

[ Luisa hasn't quite spent enough time with Alberto yet to realize how troubling that actually is, but the wording itself does rub her the wrong way a bit. She can't quite say for sure why though, especially since text does take away a lot of how to really read people. ]

I know you won't. I trust you. This is just an extra precaution, that's all.