everything falls apart — a serial

[Aug 1, 21:12] Signal — kali nótt

[Note: There are no emails from kali in Alice’s inbox or trash. These are the earliest messages I found between them. Signal doesn’t label who’s speaking; I’ve added names. ~a_boojum]

kali · 21:12
Thanks for the move to signal. More secure.

Alice · 21:15
NP! Your email explained enough. Sry you had to hold my hand.

Alice · 21:15
More secure? Y?

kali · 21:16 (edited)
Most people don’t need end-2-end. text is fine. 4 this, no.

Alice · 21:17
???

kali · 21:18
ur brother’s party place. it’s still there. sealed from the store side. DK is wrong in most things. not that.

Alice · 21:19
yeah… and you said that there might be a way.

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kali · 21:20
What I guess that I’m saying is that what I am proposing isn’t exactly legal.

kali · 21:25
u still there?

Alice · 21:35
Sry. had to let the neighbors dog out to pee. my BF volunteered to watch it. obviously it’s on me since he works 🙄

kali · 21:36
Men. 🤮

Alice · 21:36
No kidding. So what are you saying? Illegal? Like…
How illegal?

kali · 21:36
Breaking. entry. tresspassing. usual stuff when you go somewhere folk don’t want you to go.

Alice · 21:37
What would be the plan?

Alice · 21:42
Kali. U stil there?

kali · 21:45
Theres a way in. Another building ~block from the Aurora. Those tunnels ran the whole length of the theater district. sixpenny’s been talking about going down there years. Has maps, schematics.

Alice · 21:46
Who’s sixpenny? And what’s stopping him?

kali · 21:47
guy i hang with. met at a coldwave dancenight at the Ave. urbexer since he was a kid.

Alice · 21:48
😅 I only got about half of that. Slight case of older.

kali · 21:48
“1973”? Not old.
Sixpenny & I both xplore. Old buildings. Tunnels. Caves. You know. UrbEx.

Alice · 21:49
Oh, friends of my brother did that back in the day. Kyle prob too.
So why would he take me?

kali · 21:50
well it wouldn’t be free. It’s contingent.

Alice · 21:52
on…?

kali · 21:53 (edited)
u up for it? I’ll see what it would take. Always a catch with sixpenny.

kali · 21:54
I think I know what will buy him, but let me check w him and get back to you.

Alice · 21:55
I’m interested.
But first…

kali · 21:56
wut up?

Alice · 21:58
What’s coldwave?

kali · 22:01
🤣 Here. Check this:
[Link: Undir köldum norðurljósum, by Kælan Mikla, on Bandcamp]