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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 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 03:15 am (UTC)[Offline]
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 03:48 am (UTC)[Offline]
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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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Date: 2011-10-05 03:59 am (UTC)[Offline]
Date: 2011-10-05 04:01 am (UTC)[Offline]
Date: 2011-10-05 04:03 am (UTC)[Offline]
Date: 2011-10-05 04:09 am (UTC)[Offline]
Date: 2011-10-05 04:16 am (UTC)... I'll leave after I'm done, but I need to make sure you're safe here.
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Date: 2011-10-05 04:18 am (UTC)[Offline]
Date: 2011-10-05 04:23 am (UTC)[Flatly. He doesn't cross the doorway, but he slaps his hands together, then puts a hand on the brick of the wall. There's a flash of light that Break may or may not be able to see, the customary crack of alchemy, and the sound of the house settling into its foundation. Al shakily pulls his hand back. It's not often that he doesn't so much at once.]
There. Done.
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Date: 2011-10-05 04:32 am (UTC)[Offline]
Date: 2011-10-05 04:38 am (UTC)[It's short, clipped, and he turns to walk away.]