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[khajidont]

You've made a terrible mistake.

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[tardily]

...

[ give him a sec. ]

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[tardily]

I'm afraid to ask what mistake I've made.

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[tardily]

Oh, wait. In my defense he asked and didn't give me time to answer. I didn't realize he'd go this far. I just did :( and :).

How did you know it was me anyway?

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[khajidont]

I guess I can forgive you but you should probably know you've created a monster. He just uses huge lines of them and look

[ATTACHED: ໒( ” •̀ ᗜ •́ ” )७ on his window with patterned duct tape.]

He just takes these things and runs with them

[HAHAH. GET IT? GET IT? He's hilarious.]

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[khajidont]

Oh and cuz he told me obviously. I had my money on wally

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[tardily]

I am so so sorry. Just send him to me and we could have a talk about how that's not a good idea and how he really should have listened when I said not everyone liked them. He did one with a musical note with me.

And I don't know if I should be glad you thought Wally did this before Bart told you or not. I'm going for yes, but ???

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[khajidont]

Oh my god you don't ACTUALLY have to apologize I was just going to give you a hard time. If I really wanted him to stop I'd just talk to him myself

Also if you apologize for everything he does you're going to be here for a while

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[tardily]

IT'S. TECHNICALLY MY FAULT? I encouraged it at least. I should have been the adult who shut it down and went back to at worse :) I should have been >:|.

I'm not apologizing for everything he does. Just the things I caused. Inadvertently.

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[tardily]

Btw when you put it like that, it makes me think I need to stop being the cool grandpa and I can feel myself aging and slowly becoming my dad who'd actually set boundaries for him.

Since I'm the adult in the equation.

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[khajidont]

He's annoying as heck but please don't shut him down when he's just being stupid and having fun doing it.

Have you really been calling yourself the cool grandpa?

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[tardily]

I won't. That's probably why I joined in on the making them. I'll talk to him if you want, though. Just to tell him to simmer down just a little. Since. He's really excitable.

...Can I refuse to answer that on the grounds that I don't want a teenager laughing at me? Which is not to say I have been, but for reference for later.

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[khajidont]

Nah if I decide he needs a talking to I'll do it myself

[He never will. Don't be fooled by his initial text; Jaime's a pushover.]

It might be too late on the teenager laughing at you front though. Sorry.

[tardily]

You sure, because you guys are close friends. I mean, I know I couldn't have done that to mine.

[ Barry, ninety percent of the time it's Iris telling you that you've done something wrong, don't even pretend there were times when you really had to give those sort of talks. ]

In that case, I have been. You can't tell me if you were my age and someone told you that they were your grandson that you wouldn't at least take the time to call yourself the cool grandpa at least once.

[khajidont]

Nah just ask him whether or not I lecture him and he'll give you what's what

[Sorry, Bart. Jaime can be fussy, and Bart just has to deal with it.]

I dunno I'm not sure if I'd even be having someone call me grandpa in the first place. I'd go for my name maybe? You should talk to Joseph. He's your age and he has a grandson here too

[tardily]

You mean he'll complain about getting lectured when he did nothing wrong!! Or what he thinks is nothing wrong?

[ That is meant way more lovingly than it probably comes across as in text, but alas, that's the downside of text communication. ]

I didn't think I would either and then I came here and Bart happened and he's pretty dead set on Gramps. ...Does Joesph have a last name or am I going to have to go and ask for everyone named Joesph to the general population?

[khajidont]

Aw I wouldn't be hard on him. Even if he says that he did nothing wrong I think he really does listen. Especially to you I'd bet

Joseph's last name is Joestar. There's like a gazillion here

[tardily]

Is that you trying to get out of lecturing duty by telling me I could lecture him and he'll listen more? I get what you're saying, and he probably does just...maybe the actual doing it part might be a little issue with him.

...Joesph Joestar. Doesn't that pretty much make his name Joe Joe if you're shortening it? I faintly know...Well I don't know the actual guy but I recognize that name. Oliver's 17 year old roommate was using I guess his ID on the network. It was..that's not the point. The point is thank you for telling me that.

[khajidont]

That depends. What do you lecture him on, so how do I get out of it?

His nickname's Jojo. But yeah that's the guy. I guess him and whoever his roomie is are friends.

Ramir?

[tardily]

It depends on what he does and the satisfaction of knowing this is good practice for whenever I have my version of his mom or dad? Or something else entirely, I don't really know what you get out of it right now.

At least he knows how to take a bad name and make it good. Got to give him props for that. That...might be her name. I didn't actually, you know, get one but considering I know two of the people in that house by name, process of elimination means it's a safe bet.

[khajidont]

[He gets him not spilling his secret ID left and right.

Oh wait.]

I'm just a really generous person.

Aw his name's not so bad. I kinda like it. [He calls himself the Blue Beetle; do not trust his taste.] Considering the other three are Kotetsu, Hal and Oliver and I don't think a new 17 year old moved in, that's probably safe.

[tardily]

[ Hey Jaime, hey Jaime, guess who has a big mouth just like his grandpa.

Mutual secret keeping. ]

I know you are. I'm one hundred percent not doubting that because from the little we've talked I've seen it. And from Bart, you know, being Bart and saying you're pretty much the best.

But take it from the one of us named Bartholomew that having a name like Joesph Joestar means that Jojo is a pretty good alternative. ...Yeah, I didn't know Kotetsu, so it's definitely Ramir. Don't know if she's still got his thing or what so I might hold off on asking Jojo's advice but I'll keep him in mind.

[khajidont]

Aw. I was mostly joking but thank you! So long as you know that Bart's just being Bart

I dunno if he'd have advice anyway it would be mostly starting a premature grandpa club. He can't even drink legally yet. Which you can.

Right?

[LOOK, YOU JUST LOOK REALLY YOUNG.]

[tardily]

Just stating the truth, but you're welcome! And I'm beginning to learn it, kind of can't avoid it when it's staring me in the face.

...I. Honestly, a premature grandpa club works well for me. Even if he might use me for booze getting.

Which means I can. Despite everyone's HILARIOUS jokes about me not being able to. Seriously 25, I'm four years over the drinking age in the US. A few more in other countries.

[ WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO COMMENT ON THAT. ]

I mean I know I'm younger than other me comparatively but could someone resist the urge to question me being over 21?

[khajidont]

Sorry! If it makes you feel better I have nothing to compare you to, just a guy in a red suit on the news.

[On the news, and also on the news being super dead.]

I'm just not great at telling ages