Topic: Sound & Vision - Text, Voice, Visual, Letters written in

Millicent Grim

Date: 2018-03-01 10:17 EST
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

― William Gibson, Neuromancer

wonderlandfill

Date: 2018-03-05 12:30 EST
8/13/17, Posted 1:52 a.m. by Twitter user @starsinmypockets:

Played @Millicent_G's piano and 100 year old harpischord! Left her cuddling hot Greek dude @Sacrifice_Club studio. #lolmylife #hewashottho

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8/14/17, around 11:30 a.m.

Text from Stacia: Yo, bitch. Going out without me, hanging out with rockstars" WTF. Text from Meadow: Uh. What' Text from Stacia: don't play coy. The tabloids are blowing up. Your handle's all over the place. Text from Meadow: ...It is" Oh ****. What did I say' There was a lot of scotch involved" Text from Stacia: Oh lmmfao. You were drunk tweeting again? Priceless.

Wide awake now despite her hangover, Meadow pulled up the twitter app on her phone. She had so many notifications stacked up that the little ticker just had plus signs instead of a number. Most of the notifications were either retweets, or @replies wanting to know who the guy was. She checked her own tweets next to see what she'd actually said, then pulled up the direct messages tab.

@rmz_rhydin: Hey stars! Hanging with Millicent Grim, nice. We'd like to get further comment from you? @starsinmypockets: There isn't much else to say, but okay. @rmz_rhydin: Good deal! First for our records: Meadow Starling, any relation' @starsinmypockets: You see the little check sign by my name, right?" @rmz_rhydin: Hey, just had to make sure. So what happened" Tell us a little more about your night. @starsinmypockets: It wasn't some big thing. Went to a bar. She was there and so was this guy. Talked. Drank Scotch. Talked more. Decided to play music. @rmz_rhydin: Whoa, you got to jam with her" @starsinmypockets: Hell ya! It was amazing. That was like" the point of that tweet, lol. @rmz_rhydin: So who was the guy' @starsinmypockets: idk @rmz_rhydin: You don't know" But you said he was hot! @starsinmypockets: LOL, so' You know the names of every hot person you come across" @rmz_rhydin: But you played music with him' @starsinmypockets: LOL, so' You know the names of every person you jam with' @rmz_rhydin: Okay, but he was cuddling M.G." @starsinmypockets: I dunno that "cuddling" was really accurate. Hanging out together" Idk. I left. @rmz_rhydin: Were they kissing" Holding hands" @starsinmypockets: Not while I was there. @rmz_rhydin: What about after you left' @starsinmypockets: how would I know" I wasn't there. @rmz_rhydin: What can you tell us about him' @starsinmypockets: ...he's hot. @rmz_rhydin: C"mon, you gotta give us something. @starsinmypockets: Do I" Feel like I already gave you guys more than enough.

Text from Stacia: Hey Text from Stacia: Where'd you go' Text from Stacia: I know you didn't go back to sleep on me, bitch' Text from Stacia: Don't make me call you. Text from Meadow: Sorry. I was DMing with RMZ Rhydin Text from Stacia: NO WAY, really?" Text from Meadow: I don't get what the issue here is. They're making a way bigger deal out of some one-off stupid tipsy fangirl tweet than even the Danny fiasco last month Text from Stacia: I know, right' RMZ's about got you on speed dial. Text from Meadow: Ugh. I know. So hungover. Need a shower. Do me a favor" Text from Stacia: Maybe. Whatcha need" Text from Meadow: Take my phone away from me when I've been drinking" Text from Stacia: LOL. Right. Have you met you drunk" That would take an act of Congress. Text from Meadow: Haha. It was worth a shot. Text from Stacia: Food later" Text from Meadow: Sure. Lemme just get presentable first.

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Text to M.G.: Seems I was more intoxicated than I realized when I left. I don't even remember writing that. Text to M.G.: Somebody should probably (definitely) take the internet away from me when I've been drinking. Text to M.G.: I'm so sorry for the hassle and inconvenience. :(

wonderlandfill

Date: 2018-03-05 12:35 EST
this set of messages]:

Text to Millicent Grim - 10/16/17 12:53 a.m.: rainbow_1 Text to Millicent Grim - 10/16/17 12:57 a.m.: rainbow_2 Text to Millicent Grim - 10/16/17 1:13 a.m.: rainbow_3 The third clip is incomplete. It's a short snippet of the original file that Milli sent her nearly a month prior, but it's been altered to include the mirroring part from rainbow_1, and a minor triad harmonization on the chorus in Meadow's voice. It matches, maybe exaggerates the sad longing of the original cover. Text to Millicent Grim - 10/16/17 1:17 a.m.: ...Or something like that, anyway. Text to Millicent Grim - 10/16/17 1:19 a.m.: Sorry for not hanging with you at that thing the other day — you two looked a little busy and I...shall we say.....got distracted. ;) Text to Millicent Grim - 10/16/17 1:21 a.m.: Anyway. Let me know what you think. xxx

wonderlandfill

Date: 2018-03-05 12:38 EST
Text to Meadow : I noticed. ^^ Text to Meadow : These are great. We should come up with a time you come by the club. Shop talk. Text to Meadow : Perfect timing, really. I want to record in a few weeks.

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Text to Millicent Grim - 10/20/17 5:45 p.m.: Hey. You got the last hot guy I saw around here. Can't blame a girl for seizing the opportunity. Text to Millicent Grim - 10/20/17 5:47 p.m.: img attachment Text to Millicent Grim - 10/20/17 5:52 p.m.: Glad I'm on the right track. When do you want to get together"

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Text to Meadow I didn't even notice he was hot the first time we hung out. I dunno. I blame Scotch. Text to Meadow I saw that surfery guy at the gala. Nice. Worth it' Text to Meadow Hmm. How about the week after Samhain" Any day. Text to Meadow Oh and I met a guy named Slane the other day. You eyed him once in the Inn. ...long story maybe.

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Text to Millicent Grim - 10/20/17 6:17 p.m.: It was a good night. ;-) Text to Millicent Grim - 10/20/17 6:18 p.m.: Did I" Was I drunk at the time" I was probably drunk. Text to Millicent Grim - 10/20/17 6:19 p.m.: Name doesn't ring a bell. What's he look like" Is he hot"

wonderlandfill

Date: 2018-03-05 12:44 EST
Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 6:45 p.m.: Meant to tell you. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 6:45 p.m.: I met this hot dude. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 6:47 p.m.: He suckered me into helping him plan a party. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 6:47 p.m.: Did I mention he was hot" Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 6:48 p.m.: Anyway, I did it. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 6:49 p.m.: So you should come. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 6:50 p.m.: And wear white.

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Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:15 p.m.: How hot' Worth the effort' Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:15 p.m.: And...what Kind of hot are we talking about' Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:16 p.m.: But yes....I would love to. What kind of shindig" And....How many people can I bring" Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:16 p.m.: Is that rude"

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Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 7:35 p.m.: Like...Sons of Anarchy hot. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 7:37 p.m.: <picture> Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 7:39 p.m.: You can bring the hot guy yes. Maybe one or two others max" I don't actually know the girl whose birthday it is but she's a local actress and she looks cool. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 7:41 p.m.: <picture> Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 7:42 p.m.: It's a glow party....which is to say that *everything* is UV reactive. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 7:43 p.m.: So wear white or I'll cover you in glow in the dark paint and glitter. Text to Millicent Grim 11/11/17 - 7:43 p.m.: Actually, scratch that. I may do it anyway. :)

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Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:43 p.m.: Oh. Damn. I see the appeal. Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:43 p.m.: Haha....I will bring two hot guys, then. My manager needs to have a good time, he's been kinda brooding and sad. I will introduce you. You would like him if you can get him out of his funk. Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:45 p.m.: Mmm. And....yes. I can do that. White. Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:45 p.m.: ...I'm a huge fan of glitter and ...creativity. See you there! Text to Meadow 11/11/17 - 7:45 p.m.:We must get a few dances in. We must.

Nathaniel Grim

Date: 2018-07-05 22:21 EST
text from Nathaniel to Millicent: There is never a mango that isn't worth the trouble you'll get into for eating it...

Millicent Grim

Date: 2018-07-05 22:28 EST
Trouble. Trouble"! I think that's my middle name. The second text from Millicent took a few minutes to arrive. In a way, it was something akin to torture porn, and ransom threats. There was a very sharp, rather wicked and probably old knife (obviously not hers. Who did she go shopping with") held against the dripping flesh of a half-skinned mango. The third text was abstract. A petal shaped, ashen pink lower lip barely parted from an upper that was out of frame. From the corner of her mouth dripped two perfect, candle-wax inspired droplets of sun-ripe orange mango juice. Trouble? And provocateur.