maddest: (whatever shall we do)
maddest ([personal profile] maddest) wrote2011-09-01 08:04 pm

[Text] the medium is the message; a riddle

If I were to type you a poem, what would you think of me?

Look closer. Not all is as it first seems.
al_truism: (I wanna make you feel beautiful)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs again.]

... may I come over? Soon?

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Let's meet in the newest buildings, scavenge some.
al_truism: (Eheh!)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds good. Do you have a place?
al_truism: (Wah.)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
A specific place with coordinates?

[Though, knowing Break, it could be hide and seek.]
al_truism: (Before it went to Hell)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
... I'll see you soon.

[Just a little breathless. But when he arrives, his hair is loosely braided back, and he's thrown on a light jacket. Simple clothes. A bag in hand.]

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
You look nice today.

[A twitch of laughter.]
al_truism: (I wanna make you feel beautiful)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Al jumps, putting a hand over his heart, but then starts forward.]

I really, really hope this is one of those times when hugging is okay-

[Because he's already doing it. Warm and close.]

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Not bothering to play reluctant, Break puts his arms around him.]

Hello, Alphonse.
al_truism: (Carry you from Hell to home again)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Al takes a deep breath, and then lets it out. Break is holding himself a little differently. He seems stronger.]

Hello, Break.

[He draws back, laughing.]

Anything like you expected?
al_truism: (I wanna make you feel beautiful)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad, I wouldn't want to throw you off too much.

Are your lungs, too-?

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
No, not yet. People will want to kill me enough as it is.
al_truism: (I'm about to scream)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Al's hands pause on Break's arms. He's not used to guarding his expression around him, and it goes quickly to guarded, worried.]

Explain. Please.
al_truism: (What goes WHERE)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
He's why you can see?

[Al's eyes widen, and he quickly takes a step back.]

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, see, there's the reaction.
al_truism: (That's not how a love song goes)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Al swallows, hard. He can barely remember, but this conversation-]

You can't have...

[Al shakes his head, looking at the ground.]

He did this for nothing?

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
In return for my kindness. I didn't have to give away anything.
al_truism: (Weeeelp.)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Al's shaking. Just a fine trembling in his hands, but he is.]

He's going to want something.

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, he wants several things, and we'll bargain for those down the line. But this, by itself, was a self-contained issue. I don't owe him anything for it, he won't expect anything because of it.

Walk with me- and keep a secret?
al_truism: (My steel mask)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[More secrets. Al takes a slow breath and finally nods. He trusts Break, but he doesn't trust this situation. Not at all.]

... okay.

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
He was far more hurt by recent events than he let on. I helped him through it.
al_truism: (Alone Time)

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[personal profile] al_truism 2011-09-02 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Al gives him a doubtful, nervous look.

He's scared for him. And it shows.]

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