MCA #4, Tuesday Evening

[myownface]

Sparkle had been... less than functional today. The episodes of Sesame Street that an errant wish yesterday had bestowed upon him had gone away again, and so even getting his hands on his brainless g-rated amusements would have involved stealing from, like, PBS or whatever. Which Sparkle wasn't entirely opposed to, but figuring out torrents and shit involved thinking. And brains. And... combining the two, somehow, so that brains were doing thinking, and Sparkle wasn't exactly feeling that so much just yet.

So he'd kind of pottered around the apartment aimlessly for a while. At some point, he'd remembered how cereal worked. Somewhere around noon he'd realized that he was halfway through cleaning the bathroom for what was apparently the third time already, and around what would have been suppertime, he was already on his fifth shower.

By the time the evening rolled around and Sparkle could see his reflection in the bathroom floor, he'd given up on shower six and had mostly just deposited himself on his back in the otherwise empty tub, poking halfheartedly at whatever stupid cell phone game he could get for free from Google. There was a game that involved tapping the screen. Just tapping the screen. And it was just cartoony enough that the little cartoon character swinging the sword around to beat up cartoonish monsters didn't even bother him all that much.

If anyone asked, he'd just say that it was cooler in the tub than anywhere else in the apartment. He was Canadian. He wasn't made for... comfortable planetoid weather.

Shut up.

[OOC: Open mostly for phone calls, though that guy who lives here is welcome to check up on Sparks in person for our hilariously mismatched SP if he so desires.]

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[myownface]

Now would probably be the worst time for sandworms, yeah. Another visit, perhaps.

"Well, I mean, what's a visit to Arrakis without taking in the desert, right?" Sparkle was trying a little smile of his own on for size. "And maybe something'll catch my attention while I'm there, too. I've never been, you know? Hard to say, right now."

[future_sandworm]

"Yes, I realize that," Leto said with a small laugh. "I'll try to come of with something that will surprise you. In a pleasant way." Sparkle had had enough of unpleasant surprises for a long time.

[myownface]

"Pleasant surprises are the best surprises," Sparkle replied, giving a little huff of his own that was nearly a laugh, too. "I'm looking forward to it. I'll let you know when I'm feeling up for travel again, okay?"

[future_sandworm]

"Yes, do that, and I will think of something," Leto said. "I hope Fandom stays quiet for you until then."

[myownface]

"Me too," Sparkle sighed. "I could really use a break for a while."

Nope, sorry. It was going to be amnesia and then chaos from here on out.

[future_sandworm]

Arrakis might not be the best place for a relaxing holiday after that, but at least there was sand?

"Yes, I think you need that," Leto said gently. "Now I shouldn't keep you from contemplating whether to take a bath or not. I look forward to seeing you soon."

[myownface]

Sand! Sand was great!

"Yeah," Sparkle replied, smiling faintly and blinking up at the ceiling. "I'll talk to you soon, okay? And... and thanks for calling."

It had been good to hear his voice.