Episode 5 - Hangover Scoop
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ROSLYN: You've reached the Love and Luck Podcast.
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KANE: Hey babe... it's only 10am right now, so hopefully you're still sleeping it off. Sounds like you had a pretty big night. Give me a ping today if you need me, okay? Like I said, food and painkillers can quickly be yours if you dial boyfriend delivery services.
Also... and this is really important, okay? You're not stupid or shallow. Or... well, even if you think are, perhaps it's better to say that being stupid or shallow are not innately bad things, and they certainly have no bearing on whether or not you're a good or valuable person.
You're a really fun person, you're really good at making people feel happy and energized, and you have not a single drop of pretension in your whole body. I think you're amazing. Like... honestly, I wish I was even half as much of a bright, shining person that you are.
I'm... I'm gonna wish really hard, that you're not hungover, okay? Like... I'm gonna visualize taking that shit straight out of your head, like some kind of psychic vacuum cleaner. And then you're gonna wake up, and not have any hangover at all. I decree it.
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JASON: Hey... it's me. I'm... I'm really sorry about those voicemails. You're really way too good to me.
Also your psychic vacuum cleaner is pretty damn effective. Because weirdly, I have no hangover today. Which makes basically no sense, by the way, because I drank enough tequila to kill a rhinoceros last night.
And... okay, I know this sounds weird, but I remember waking up around ten, because I felt like my brain was being scooped out. Like... not painfully, just like... yeah, like someone opened me up like a car bonnet and scooped something out. Then after a moment, that feeling went away, I felt totally fine, and I went back to sleep. I didn't really give it any thought until I listened to your message... that you left at 10am. I know it sounds kind of weird, but that's a pretty spooky coincidence, right?
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KANE: Hey, don't ever apologise for leaving me voicemails. I like them. I even like sad and drunk voicemails. Not that I like you being sad, I mean, I just like hearing from you, even if you're sad.
Hooray for hangover free, though! Clearly a good morning brain vacuum is the solution we've been looking for all this time. [Laughs] Not really spooky though, just really good timing, I think. Much weirder coincidences have happened.
I'm glad you're feeling all right. Text me later, okay?
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JASON: Hey, I texted a little while ago but I guess you must be showering or napping or something.
Anyway... I don't know, babe. You telling me that you're going to magically cure my hangover at the exact time my hangover went away is pretty damn spooky in my opinion. What did you do, or think, or whatever, when you said that? Or after you hung up? Maybe we can recreate it somehow. I feel like this deserves some testing.
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KANE: Wow, we're having a bad day for catching each other on the phone again today, huh? Maybe that's how we should test your theory? [Chuckles]
Anyway, I don't know... I don't think there's anything to this. I pretty much did exactly what I said. I visualized scooping the hangover out of your head. But I really don't think it was me, I think it was just a coincidence. But hey, if you want me to visualized hangover scooping and/or vacuuming again in future, I'm totally willing to try that.
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JASON: Shit, missed you again. I was the one in the shower this time.
Anyway, obviously there's no hangover to scoop in your case, but I thought I'd try something too, to see if it could go both ways or whatever, right?
So... I tried just like... thinking about you? But more... I don't know, concretely, I guess. Like... I was picturing you, and then I was trying to like... feel inside you, see if I could figure out how you're feeling, or something like that.
And... again, maybe this is just weird and nothing real but... I felt... lonely. But not like how I feel lonely. It was a foreign kind of lonely feeling.
Kane, maybe this is like, super arrogant or whatever but... are you lonely? Do you want me to come over and see you?
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KANE: Hey... it's me. And... yeah. I... I'd really like you to come over, actually. I'd... really like that a lot.
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KANE: Hey, so... these last couple of days have been kind of... a big deal for me. I'm not really used to letting myself be quite that vulnerable with people, or quite that... honest, I guess? I mean... I don't repress anything, but I definitely don't let it out for people to see much, either.
But you... you make me feel okay about my weaknesses. And you... I don't know. You're patient with me. I really appreciate that.
I know you weren't looking for a serious relationship when we started seeing each other but... I'm really glad that we ended up here. And I know I've said it a few times in person now but... I just wanted to say it again.
I love you.
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JASON: I'm so glad you left me that message. I'm keeping that. I'm saving it forever. As long as my voicemail inbox exists, I'm going to keep that message in it.
And hey... I love you too.
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ROSLYN: Love and Luck is written by Erin Kyan, and produced by Passer Vulpes Productions. Kane is voiced by Lee Davis-Thalbourne. Jason is voiced by Erin Kyan. Credits spoken by Roslyn Quin. Recorded by Kermie Breydon.
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