IC contact post for Mask or Menace

[timecapture]

Hey! This is Max. Sorry I can't pick up right now; I'm probably snapping pictures of cute animals or something. Leave a message! Or text.

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[timecapture]

Yeah, but... is there anything I can do to help you?

... How long? [Because Max gets the feeling she needs to brace herself.]

[justimprobable]

Longer than either of us can imagine.

[Four and a half billion years. She doesn't want to say it, not again. Saying it will make her chest clench, and her eyes sting, and she's trying to be strong here.]

And you don't need to worry about me. Truly.

[timecapture]

That bad, huh? Well, what should I do?

[justimprobable]

He's going to need his friends right now. That's all you need to be.

[timecapture]

I'll try.

[Clara, you forget that Max is awkward.]

[justimprobable]

You'll do great.

[And honestly Max, the Doctor is the most awkward of them all. He owns awkward.]

[timecapture]

Yeah. [But really, she's not so sure. She's not about to go trying to replace Clara, but she has no idea how to handle this.]

But you'd better not be a stranger, you hear?

[justimprobable]

I won't. I'm still looking out for you, remember? No matter what, I'll always have your back.

[timecapture]

And I'll have yours, too.

[justimprobable]

[She just smiles in reply, even though Max can't see her.]

See you 'round, Max.

[And with that, she ends the call.]