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sirenspull_logs2012-09-27 07:05 pm
maddeninghatter) wrote in sirenspull_logs2012-09-27 07:05 pm
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Just a middle-aged man
Who: Xerxes Break and Phancyhive
When: September 24th
Where: Under a blanket
Summary: In the aftermath of this (squick warning), Xerxes Break is hiding from the world. Unfortunately, the world can find him pretty easily.
Warnings: References to eye squick
[ Break had spent the first few days afterwards recovering: sleeping mostly, and occasionally poking at his NV. But now, as he's feeling better, the enormity of what happened is beginning to sink in…
Not so much his eye popping out in front of everyone at dinner, that could happen to anyone (that his erstwhile eyeball has been marauding the mansion is a detail of which he is, as yet, blissfully unaware).
But that Gilbert, of all people, had chastised him. And he'd deserved it. Even worse - the way he'd been behaving for weeks and weeks, so much foolishness, over something that hadn't even happened! He's been so public about it, so obvious…
Well. He's… he's just going to be here in his room. Under his blanket. ]
When: September 24th
Where: Under a blanket
Summary: In the aftermath of this (squick warning), Xerxes Break is hiding from the world. Unfortunately, the world can find him pretty easily.
Warnings: References to eye squick
[ Break had spent the first few days afterwards recovering: sleeping mostly, and occasionally poking at his NV. But now, as he's feeling better, the enormity of what happened is beginning to sink in…
Not so much his eye popping out in front of everyone at dinner, that could happen to anyone (that his erstwhile eyeball has been marauding the mansion is a detail of which he is, as yet, blissfully unaware).
But that Gilbert, of all people, had chastised him. And he'd deserved it. Even worse - the way he'd been behaving for weeks and weeks, so much foolishness, over something that hadn't even happened! He's been so public about it, so obvious…
Well. He's… he's just going to be here in his room. Under his blanket. ]
no subject
However...
[ Jauntily swinging his cane, he starts to walk off. ]
I've heard there's a harvest festival of sorts. It usually takes place in a couple of weeks. Various performances, and so forth. I've got an idea for an act.
[ He turns back to Reim, grinning, and pulling meaningfully on the brim of his hat. ]
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Be more specific than that!
[He sees that hat, and he disagrees on principle with pulling more rabbits out of it. It isn't even a particularly ridiculous thought, disapproval is just a conditioned response. He catches up with Break.]
What would you need me to do?
[The operative word being WOULD, this is totally hypothetical...!!]
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[ He slips his hand into the crook of Reim's elbow. ]
...drink beer, talk to people, look harmless - and listen.
[ This city has a lot of secrets. ]
Think you can do that for me, hmmm?
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Did you have something in mind I ought to listen for? I'm sure the people here love their gossip.
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--er. Maybe he shouldn't phrase things in quite that way to Mister Needs-Help-Holding-Rabbits. ]
I'll... ah...
I'll let you know, all right?
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Alright. Don't forget.
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Reim is here, Reim is alive, warm beside him. And if he's alive, then he's whole, at least to Break's way of thinking. Because Break's - no, Kevin's - training was entirely martial. In a fight, you keep getting up until you can't get up again; and if you can get up, that means you're all right. ]
I won't forget.
[ Indeed - he'll freeze this moment in his memory. ]