New Phone, Who This?

[Mikko Ashby]

😤 No sir!

I should be your only source of stuffies ☝️

[Ripper Nightshade]

Oh.
Okay...

[Mikko Ashby]

I'm just kidding, if you want to take gifts from other guys, it's cool. I'm not gonna get weird over an octopus!

[Ripper Nightshade]

Oh
Hahah!
I can't tell if you're joking or not

[Mikko Ashby]

Haha it's kind of hard to tell over the phone isn't it?

I'm about to go out and look for Cori... as soon as my friend gets here with some clothes.
Where are you now? Are you in a safe place?
You can go to the shelter if you need a place to go, Aunt Shel will look after you!

[Ripper Nightshade]

Yes.

I'm still at the store.
Are you sure?
She's not going to chase me out is she?

[Mikko Ashby]

If she tries to run you off, tell her it's the dying wish of her favorite and only nephew that you be allowed to take shelter
At the shelter

With the kitties

[Ripper Nightshade]

I'm an abandoned stray.
It's where I belong.

[Mikko Ashby]

Hey
No you're not

You're a perfectly beautiful man with friends who care about you
And people who want you to be happy and safe

You're going to have a normal life now
With us!

[Ripper Nightshade]

That would be nice.
Normal would be nice.

[Mikko Ashby]

You deserve to have a normal life!

We'll try our best to give that to you. :) And you can move on from that Keith guy because he was never good enough for you, believe me

[Ripper Nightshade]

I was never good enough for him.
I was just a stand in.

[Mikko Ashby]

WRONG AGAIN

You were too good for him. Anybody's too good for a scumbag like that!

You have so much more to offer, Rip. To at least one person, you're a star.

[Ripper Nightshade]

Star?

[Mikko Ashby]

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