Voicemail 1
[Phone ringing]
VOICEMAIL: You have reached the voicemail box of [Adam’s Voice: “Uhhh…. Adam.”] At the tone, please record your voice message. When you are finished recording you may hang up or press pound for more options.
EVE: Hey Adam, it’s Eve. Just calling to see when you’d be home and if you and God were planning on having dinner here. Okay, gimme a call back! Bye!
Voicemail 2
[Beep]
[Sound of Adam’s voicemail: “Uh… Adam”]
[Beep]
EVE: Hey Adam! It’s Eve again. I still haven’t heard back from you. I hope you guys are having fun. Um… I’m assuming you’re not having dinner here since it’s so late, but I was wondering if on your way back you could still pick up some more sacrificial flesh. I would do it myself but as you know I can’t leave the garden [awkward laugh]. Uhm… Okay. Bye!
Voicemail 3
[Phone ringing]
VOICEMAIL: You have reached the voicemail box of [Sound of Thunder]. At the tone, please record your voice message. When you are finished recording you may hang up or press pound for more options.
[Beep]
EVE: Hey, God! It’s Eve. Hope you’re doing well. Thanks for the sunny day today, that was great. I know this may seem kind of silly but I was just calling to check in on Adam. I haven’t heard back from him since he left to go meet up with you and I’m getting kind of worried about him. I don’t know if he got lost or something on the way back down. But, yeah, so just, uh, give me a call. That would be great. Thanks, bye.
Voicemail 4
[Beep]
[Sound of Thunder Boom]
[Beep]
EVE: Hey God, it’s Eve again. Sorry to bother you. I just I have to confess something. Um, really, I’m not worried that Adam’s lost, I’m worried that he’s not coming back because he’s mad at me and never going to come back again. So, I didn’t say anything cause I didn’t think it was a big deal but, so like… the other day, he like asked me [sigh]… this is gonna sound psycho. But he asked me to like… swirl his nipples. Like, we were just sitting in the garden and he wanted me to like put my index finger and my thumb on either side of his nipples and just like give them a little, like, just like a little swirl. And of course, I was like “Is God okay with that?” And he was like “What? Of course God said it was okay. Are you doubting the word of God?” And I’ve just been trying to get a hold of you because I wanted to ask you myself. I know you’re so busy and… um, so I just — I haven’t swirled his nipples, I didn’t end up swirling his nipples. I wonder if he, if he’s not coming back cause I didn’t swirl his nipples and it’s not that I’m not devoted to you, I was just scared at the time cause Adam was like, “I have 23 more ribs and all I have to do is put one in the ground and I can have another one of you.” I was just paralyzed and I just feel so bad now. Please, just, if you’re with him, let him now that I’m sorry and that I want him to come back to the garden. I’d do anything for you guys. Sorry, sorry. Okay, alright. Thank you for listening. Bye.
Voicemail 5
[Beep]
[Sound of Adam’s voicemail: “Uh… Adam”]
[Beep]
EVE: Hey Adam. So I’ve been thinking about it and I just wanted to apologize for not swirling your nipples the other day. I didn’t mean to defy you. I didn’t mean to defy God. I will give you a nipple swirl as soon as you come back. Okay, bye. I love you.
Voicemail 6
[Beep]
[Sound of Adam’s voicemail: “Uh… Adam”]
[Beep]
EVE: Hey Adam, um, sorry to bother you again. This isn’t about — somebody just came by and said that I should use the apples in the tree, but I remember God saying that that was a no go and so that’s what I told him, and then the guy said God told you to tell him to tell me that it’s okay now? I just wanted to check in again. This just… seemed important. I don’t know. Just call me back. Okay. Bye!
Voicemail 7
[Beep]
[Sound of Adam’s voicemail: “Uh… Adam”]
[Beep]
EVE: [whispering] Hey Adam, sorry to bother you again. It’s just this guy won’t leave and I told him to come back when you’re here and he’s all like, “Don’t worry about it” and I’m like I wasn’t worried about it but now I kind of worried about it? And he keeps like coming close to me and he smells really good, and like… [giggles, then speaks away from phone] Oh cool, really? It’s like that outside the garden? No way, that’s so impressive. [giggles]. No wayyyyyy… A whole lion?… What? Oh my god, you’re so strong. Oh my god, yeah. One sec one sec… [ppeaks to phone] Sorry, he just like came over again and I didn’t want him to like overhear it. Okay, just, like, call me back.
Voicemail 8
[Beep]
[Sound of Adam’s voicemail: “Uh… Adam”]
[Beep]
EVE: Hey Adam, so it’s been three moon cycles since I’ve last heard from you. I’ve been really, really lonely. I’ve been trying to talk to you. You and I haven’t D-T-R’d yet so I think I’m gonna go with this guy right now. I want you to know its nothing personal. It’s not that I don’t love you. I love you very very much actually. I’m very grateful for you and everything you’ve done for me. I’m just soooo lonely right now and am in a physical-need state, and it really means nothing to me whatsoever. It’s totally non-romantic. It’s just whatever. I’m just gonna go to the apple grove with this guy right now, whatever, no big deal. I’ll see you soon. I love you so so much. Um, I just want to be honest with you. Okay. Um. He’s coming over now, I gotta go, bye.
Voicemail 9
[Beep]
[Sound of Adam’s voicemail: “Uh… Adam”]
[Beep]
EVE: Adam, I’ve been naked this whole FUCKING time and you didn’t say shit? You fucking pervert. You FUCKING PERVERT. I KNEW. I KNEW God didn’t tell me to give you a FUCKING nipple swirl, you FUCKING sicko. Okay, go have fun in that little boys’ club with you and God. Newsflash Adam: You’re not God, okay? God fucked up with you and that’s why he made me. You don’t even know how to take care of yourself. Good luck grooming your ass and harvesting your own berries and sewing your own fig cover. You shouldn’t even FUCKING need a big leaf, you shit. Okay, I’m gonna keep eating these FUCKING apples and there’s nothing you can do a—
VOICEMAIL: The mailbox is full and can’t accept any more voicemails at this time. Goodbye!
[Beep]
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