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thereneverwas) wrote2018-01-29 02:21 pm
thereneverwas) wrote2018-01-29 02:21 pmIC Inbox
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thereneverwas) wrote2018-01-29 02:21 pm
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[ugh you with your questions and your common sense]
I-- sometimes things resolve themselves, is all. Or sometimes people came back from a different-- different timeline-- or whatever-- and told everyone to not do a thing so they didn't die. But we could still feel the pike anyway, sometimes, when we close our eyes.
[this is getting too real]
What I'm saying is,
[a long pause]
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You're not dead.
[ obviously. but things resolve themselves, no, things get resolved by people. by the ones still left to do it. ]
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What I'm saying is,
sometimes a thing isn't what it seems. Innit. [cedric I am begging you]
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[ a moment's familiar hesitation. he says what he means more these days, ]
Way it seems, seems pretty shit for 'em. Owe it to try and sort things.
[ cedric does. he's pretty sure barrow didn't punch anyone ]
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...yeah. S'pose so.
Bought one a drink the other night. Seemed nice. Familiar, not in a sneaky way.
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[he remembers her name after she told him, at least,]
Blonde girl. Had sort of given up on the grifting part.
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[ sure, we. that definitely wasn't his unilateral decision to start shit and keep escalating it — ]
Good right hand.
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[it takes him a moment to take Cedric's meaning, and then, suddenly, the crystal rings with his laughter.]
She getcha then?
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Atta girl.
[he just met her, kind of, but she's already his favorite]
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[ but laughter beats whatever was on with that pike bit. ]
S'pose we oughta thank the Fade. If it's fucked, at least it's sending someone useful.