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[meouch]

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Hey, this is Adrien's voicemail. Sorry I couldn't get to you, leave a message. OR THE MORE EMBARRASSING EDITION: Chat Noir here! Or, well, not here. Crimes to solve, people to save, don't take it personally. Leave a meowssage! [ beep. ]

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[geophile]

Ha ha. Yes, I get it.
:)

[ this is only his third time using an emoticon - be patient with the dad texting. it really did make him smile, though.

honestly??? he might get it, but i literally have no idea because pokemon would never address that so i'll just assume that he can infer from the context. ]

It's just one more thing we'll have to investigate.

[meouch]

[ .........

!! ]

Woah.
At least "How to Make Steven use a smiley face" isn't one of those things anymore.
Puns, huh...?

[ no use lingering on the things they can't really solve at the moment. not when not!dad did a hip texting thing. look at that. ]

[geophile]

Is it really that out of place to see from me?

[ :( ]

[meouch]

Hey, I'm teasing.

[ ㅇㅅㅇ

.... ]

... Okay, you don't really use them, so it's kind of a surprise.
Supurrise?
Not a bad one!

[geophile]

I gathered that.

[ he's just a delicate flower. be gentle, not!son. ]

I hadn't seen the need to before, but someone I know convinced me to use them every once and awhile.
I suppose you could say they... "rock"?

[meouch]

[ ah.

so, steven can't hear it, but adrien definitely laughed at the screen. ]

Competition! Do my puns need to get... boulder?

[ somewhere, ladybug is crying. ]

Smiley faces are like puns.
They just add something, you know?

[geophile]

Please don't take my abilities for granite, Adrien. If you intend to make this a challenge, you will lose.

[ he usually keeps the geology puns under wraps for when he's had a few too many, but he knows adrien won't go blabbing about this and shatter his cool public appearance. ]

I'm beginning to learn that.

[meouch]

[ oh my god, is it a wise decision to engage a guy who literally has stone in his name to a rock pun-off? maybe he should stay in his comfort zone, aka cat puns, and not shove into things he doesn't understand.

... nah. ]

I'm gonna need laughing breaks in between texts.
Okay, so...
That was a gneiss one, for sure, but not pawsome enough to scare me off.



d(=^･ω･^=)b

[geophile]

[ ( ron swanson voice ) I know what I'm about, son. ]

I'm afraid I'm ahead of you by a mylonite. Unless you're aware of various different types of geological specifications, you'll find your apatite for competition severely lacking.

[meouch]

[ ...................

ah

hm

he fucked up here. yes. ]




Maybe this wasn't as... sedimentary as I thought it was.
This might be less of a contest and more being between a rock and a hard place.

[geophile]

[ yep. ]

Of quartz you would say that. Now that you know, consider it a learning opportunity. You stick to your bismuth, and I'll stick to mine.

Unless, metamorphically speaking, you'd like to admit to your faults when it comes to this particular knowledge? I'm willing to start with a clean slate.

[meouch]

[ .......................

well, schist. adrien's note to self: don't try to beat steven in geology. just... don't.

fatality. ]





You really like rocks.

[geophile]

They're a passion of mine.

[meouch]

Yeah, I can tell. I feel like a pebble.

[ kind of. he's impressed, of course, since steven knows a lot... but he got rocked real hard near the end there. ]

I kinda wonder how you would've reacted if you saw Cœur de Pierre now...

[geophile]

I did warn you, but don't feel too discouraged. You showed some good initiative.

[ don't fucking mess with the rock maniac. but that second part does make him raise an eyebrow. "stone heart"? ]

Care to elaborate?

[meouch]

I'll take "you'll lose" from you waaay more seriously.
That just means I'll need to brush up on the rock puns for next time!

[ guess who doesn't learn. yeah, this kid. ]

Stoneheart was an akuma victim. Like, an unwilling supervillain. The first one we faced.
He was huge and made out of all rock, so...

[ great for a fuqing nerd ]

[geophile]

I wish you the best of luck with that endeavor.

[ you'll need it, kiddo. but he appreciates you trying. ]

I see... I suppose asking what kind of rock it he was made of would be missing the point?

[ at least he's self-aware. ]

[meouch]

[ pft. oh, steven. ]




Hm...
What would you make a giant rock guy out of?

[geophile]

Well, that depends on the context. If one was looking for the toughest and most optimal exterior for fighting, metamorphic rock would be the best. Slate is the first thing that comes to mind due to its natural water resistance, but again, context could mean a different material could be better... A quartz sandstone, perhaps.

[ he's honestly, seriously thinking about this. ]

[meouch]

[ ... don't know what he expected here. but since this is adrien, he's not going to shut down this serious line of thinking. ]

Main obstacle: cat-themed superhero hitting it with an indestructible staff over and over again.

[geophile]

[ i honestly don't know what he expected either. ]

In that case, I'm sure sandstone will do. [ :) ] Though regardless of what it was made of, I do hope that things turned out well for you in the end.

[ back to dad mode. ]

[meouch]

[ ... hey.

wait. ]

... That was you teasing me.
I think.

[ he doesn't know??? DAD. ]

But yeah, things turned out okay, with some bumps. That's always what happens when you're new to something, isn't it?
(Magic rock's the answer, by the way. Probably.)

[geophile]

Very astute of you, Adrien.

[ yes, he's teasing. he just does it in a roundabout way that no one expects ever. but he was being half-serious too, so ??????? it is a mystery. ]

With luck, yes. If anything from what I've seen, you've settled into your role quite well.