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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.]
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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Date: 2011-10-05 01:54 am (UTC)[Softly.]
Last week.
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:13 am (UTC)[Though he doesn't exactly snap it, his tone isn't one that invites questions. He knows Break's testing him, poking him to see if he'll jump, but that doesn't mean he likes it.]
What else did you want to know?
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:32 am (UTC)I assume Lucifer knows nearly everything about you, considering who he is. Yuca will know a bit- he was your roommate for some time. I'll tell you about him in detail. He's the reason we started speaking in depth.
Katara knows at least a bit of it.
[Al pauses to move something else. It's a few seconds before he goes on.]
... I know that you are incredibly cruel and incredibly kind, utterly selfish and completely selfless, that you are always the first to say what needs to said but nobody wants to hear. I know you are brave to the point of recklessness, and you will always push yourself and everyone around you. I know you have a soft spot for children, but never underestimate them.
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:38 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:41 am (UTC)[Stepping in close, voice soft, conspiratorial, almost kind;]
-what will happen to you if you breathe a word of it.
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:47 am (UTC)[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.
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:49 am (UTC)[Giving his cheek an eerily unerring pat.]
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:56 am (UTC)It's strange to hear you say that again.
[Softly.]
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:58 am (UTC)[Offline]
Date: 2011-10-05 03:04 am (UTC)[... Al still can't lie worth a damn.]
... at one point an event put us in a compromising position, but other than that, no.
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Date: 2011-10-05 03:05 am (UTC)feelings.
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Date: 2011-10-05 03:08 am (UTC)[It's very hard not to snap back. Al grits his teeth and keeps moving, out of Break's reach, and stops talking completely.]
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Date: 2011-10-05 03:10 am (UTC)[Stalking after him.]
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Date: 2011-10-05 03:12 am (UTC)[Quietly, and he hopes, steadily. If he starts tearing up right now-]
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Date: 2011-10-05 03:38 am (UTC)Because of the trust and respect I previously held for you, I will try very hard to forgive you for saying that.
But if you're going to try to bite into me to gain distance because you're uncomfortable with me knowing things that neither of us have control over me knowing -- you need to keep your comments to me. My family knows absolutely nothing about you, so don't hurt them over something you're upset with me over.
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Date: 2011-10-05 03:43 am (UTC)[Taunting, fingers pressing right into the wound.]
I get to bite and bite as long as it's just at you? Do you really think you get to point me in the direction you choose and let me loose? It is not safe to have me here, and if you're afraid of a sharp word or two about the little killer, then you have to tell me to leave, Ally-kins.
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Date: 2011-10-05 03:53 am (UTC)He doesn't say a word, doesn't apologize.]
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Date: 2011-10-05 03:55 am (UTC)[He taunts, rolling his jaw, prodding it experimentally as he sits up, rasping. A second to reorient himself, and he's on his feet, reaching out to find the wall.]
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