[video, voice] what goes around comes around

[maddest]

[The device flicks on. Static.

Then, purple- only purple. White. Break's coat, the beautiful off-the-shoulder, white one that he lost almost a year ago during that episode with all of the blood. It's back in one piece.]

What-

[Then the feed flicks off. On again, very briefly, as he bangs it on the table. Sound.

Then to video- there's Break's elbow, Emily's dress.

On. Rap rap rap. Someone's knocking it against a table to see if it can be broken open.]

-why does it keep chirping, Emily?

[This is almost exactly how he arrived, nearly two years ago to the day. And here we are, come full circle, about to smash the PCD on a table corner in idle, non-technologically oriented curiosity.]

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[al_truism]

I know about Hatter, about the Abyss, about the Chains. I know about Pandora and the people you work with.

I also know why you're blind, why you're sick... and I know how you lost your eye. I know who you were before Xerxes Break.

[A heartbeat.]

You told me.

[thelightbringer]

-what?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Then you must know-

[Stepping in close, voice soft, conspiratorial, almost kind;]

-what will happen to you if you breathe a word of it.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Something.

[thelightbringer]

Sounds about right; I think that might be why someone is so spontaneous~

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

What am I remembering?

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[makemehrrr.livejournal.com]

Just a call away.

[Guiding into the kitchen, leaning him with a hand on the back of a chair, scooping up the kettle just as it begins to whistle.]

Blindness ontop of not knowing your surroundings well?

[thelightbringer]

[He smiles wryly, hoping he doesn't mean specifics; Lucifer can read minds but he's still getting used to Allen, to having to share energy.]

Your life here.

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[al_truism]

Everyone has a right to their own secrets.

[Al assures him, voice steady and unafraid.]

I've promised keep yours safe. I know that right now I haven't earned your trust, or even the right to know these things about you. But I can promise you that there was a reason the first time, and I can also promise that I'll do everything I can to earn it all over again.

[offline]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm rather at a loss.

But, there's no real choice, is there?

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

No. No, it's a taste.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Good boy.

[Giving his cheek an eerily unerring pat.]

[thelightbringer]

Cake? [Sifting through all the things he ever saw Break eat. Which wasn't much--he had usually been too busy talking to notice]

You brewed nettle tea, mostly...

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Something fresh.

Fruit, I think.

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[al_truism]

[Al takes his hand for a moment on reflex, then quickly lets it go. His breathing is just the barest touch uneven. It's hard to say with what.]

It's strange to hear you say that again.

[Softly.]

[offline]

[makemehrrr.livejournal.com]

Unless you manage what you did before your departure.

[Busying himself with preparing the tea, sliding the cake platter from the counter and onto the kitchen table.] Have a seat.

[offline]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Oh? You'll have to fill me in.

[Offline]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Don't tell me you had a crush.

[thelightbringer]

[Another one of those silences. Lucifer takes a step closer, musing to himself.]

What sort of fruit?

[waterbends]

.. you're acting peculiarly.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Something- I don't know.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Oh? Do you think so?

[waterbends]

.. yes. Do you have any other questions?

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[al_truism]

No.

[... Al still can't lie worth a damn.]

... at one point an event put us in a compromising position, but other than that, no.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Why did you let me move in?