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[A phone call]

Azriel Claudius
is calling

[Answer] [Decline]

💬

[snorted] "Sana all, happy."

Isla: What?

"You look very happy talking with Onyx, rhythm."

Isla: [coughs] Sinasabi mo dyan?

[pause] [incoherent voices were heard] [one of the Pagsamo's members, Maeve's voice, was heard on the background]

"Wait!" [loud steps were heard] "Kunin ko muna si Isla!"

Isla: Why?

[steps]

Isla: Azriel? [Bakit daw?] . . . I'm not sure. [That's Azi, right?] Yeah. [chuckles] [Can I talk to him?]

...

Isla: Bro.

[pause] "The fuck?"

Isla: [hysterical laughing] I know it!

"Tangina ka, Onyx." [hissed]

Isla: [still laughing] Bakit ba, bro? It's been a while since I talked to Isla. [whispered] [Para ka namang aagawan.]

[hurried steps] "I'd punch you first on the face. Sana 'di ka pansinin ni AE mamaya."

Isla: Nah. [pause] [Isla, ito na. Sabi ni Azriel sana pansinin daw siya ni Raffi mamaya.]

"What the hell?"

Isla: [phone noises] . . . Huh? [Raffi. Yung kaibigan ni Sese.] . . . Hello, Azriel?

"I didn't say that, rhythm. Lumayo ka nga kay Onyx. Parang gago."

Isla: Wala akong ibang kilala dito.

[no answer] [steps were heard]

[Rhythm!]

[Onyx' loud chuckles were heard.]

Isla: Bakit?

[Na-miss ka namin, Az!] [laughs]
[Lumayo ka sa akin, Colt!]

Isla: [amused voice] LQ ba kayo?

call ended

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