ON COMMS, UNMUTED THE VESELI CIRCUS
Joy: WHY DOES MY PHONE KNOW MY FACE ??
Neeve: because Kieran set up face ID
Joy: ITS MAGIC
Sadie: It’s technology, Joy-bean.
Joy: I CAN TEXT MICKEY MOUSE
Maureen: I still don't trust a phone that unlocks itself by staring at you.
áine: Mom, your laptop automatically logs you in.
Maureen: That’s different. I know where that computer came from.
Wraith: Apple store.
Maureen: Don’t get smart with me, son.
Sadie: ??????
Neeve: omg Gran called him son
Joy: HE IS OUR DAD NOW
Wraith: ...
Maureen: ...
Sadie: …
Neeve: …
áine: Joy bean, maybe don’t yell things in ALL CAPS ??
Wraith → áine: That's not a family trait or anything.
áine → Wraith: Oh, hush. ?? Those texts to Allison were provoked. ?? She's??
Sadie: Aunt Ellie set up Joy's voice-to-text to do that. ??Neeve: because she's so loud ??
Joy: I'M JUST ME
Sadie: But it's true, right? Kieran's our dad, right?
áine: Yes.
Wraith: Yeah, zemra e vogel. I'm your dad.
Sadie: ??
Sadie → áine: Is it okay I called him dad already?
áine → Sadie: Yes. ?? How do you feel about calling him dad? You can still call him Kieran if you want. He won't be hurt.
Sadie → áine: I like calling him dad. It makes me feel safe. Is that bad?
áine → Sadie: No. I think it's really good. Kieran wants to be your dad.
Sadie → áine: That makes him kind of amazing, doesn't it?
áine → Sadie: Sort of. But also, how can he help wanting the three most amazing girls in NY to be his daughters? ??
Sadie → áine: You're so lame, mom.
áine → Sadie: It's not lame to tell the truth.
Neeve: What does zemra e vogel mean?
Sadie: little heart ??
Neeve: you have special names for all of us I'm petal Joy's sunshine.
Wraith: Because you're all special to me.
áine: Well now I’m crying. ??
Sadie: She's not even kidding. ??
Maureen: Is there a reason why we're all texting each other when we're in the same apartment?
Neeve: because dad isn't here with us
Sadie: This way he gets to be part of it.
Wraith: ??
Joy: WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL NAME FOR MOM?
Wraith: Baby girl.
Joy: BUT MOM'S NOT A BABY
Sadie: It's a grownup thing and stop shouting in all caps.
Joy: sorry
Sadie: Good job, dad. Mom's not ??anymore. She's blushing. ????
áine → Wraith: Did you have to tell them that?
Wraith → áine: Yes.
Maureen: If we're all done emotionally devastating each other, someone needs to stop Joy from ordering six hundred dollars' worth of glitter markers.
Joy: THEY SPARKLE
Neeve: she added 47 packs to the cart
Joy: I WAS COMPARING COLORS
áine → Wraith: You said there were parental controls on their phones. How does she have access to a shopping app?
Wraith → áine: Ellie vetted the app. There's nothing on there the girls shouldn't have.
áine → Wraith: Maybe an embedded spending limit would have been a good idea.
Wraith: 47 packs of markers are overkill, sunshine. Dial it back to one.
Joy: ??
Kieran: Three packs max.
Joy: I LOVE YOU
áine: Kieran. ??
Wraith: What? She negotiated well.
Neeve: that's literally not what happened
Sadie: He folded instantly.
Maureen: Men are weak to little girls. Your grandfather once bought your mother a goat because she cried at a petting zoo.
áine: In fairness, it was an adoption and the goat ?? stayed at the animal sanctuary. ??
Joy: I WANT A GOAT TO LIVE WITH US
Wraith: No livestock in Queens.
Joy: ??
áine → Wraith: Don't you dare give into that sad face. ??
Wraith → áine: We could adopt one like your dad did for you.
áine → Wraith: You're hopeless. ??
Wraith → áine: You're giving mixed signals here.
áine → Wraith: Tell me about it.
áine → Wraith: Will you be home tonight?
Wraith → áine: No.
áine: …
Wraith → áine: I'll be exterminating vermin.
áine: …
áine: …
áine → Wraith: I'll miss you. Be careful. ??