#48 - Newest Accessories: it brings out the color in my eyes, don't you think?

[inthecenterfold]

Did I miss the part of the party with sticky confetti? Because I keep trying to throw this little red piece away and it always manages to cling to my finger or pants or something so I can't. Thought it was time for a new lighter cuz the confetti piece wouldn't burn, but my cigs all light fine, so I dunno what's up.

On that note - thanks for my birthday present, bro. Should last me... awhile. Do I get to keep the bag? Did you make it?

Forgot, for the new kids - hi, name's Smoke, one of the Guards.

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Re: QL

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

Admit one? [Smoke repeated, looking down at the paper.] I heard about 'admit two' before... [He scrunched his face up] Wonder if it's the same thing.

Re: QL

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

[Smoke laughed fondly at the declaration. Coming from anyone else, that would've sounded weird, but coming from Amurui it meant a lot. He took a whiff of the meal and held out a hand to accept a fork before diving in.]

Two forks means we can both eat easier, huh? [He grinned] Wanna' make this a weekly thing?

[It was an easy excuse with a deeper reason. Aniki's loud presence in the apartment had been something Smoke welcomed after awhile, but now it was silent except for Suzy. That combined with the feeling of growing closer to Amurui even as his bond with Aniki broke meant that Smoke wanted to see his brother more often, just for something as simple as dinner. It was something Amurui clearly enjoyed and it was good food, so not like Smoke could complain.]

After his chat with Rain

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

We're really not supposed to lose these things, huh?

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

Looks like it wasn't confetti after all.

Don't think I recognize your writing - you a newborn?

[of-mindelan.livejournal.com]

That's how it seems.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

I'm new enough.

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[hanakioku.livejournal.com]

Yes. Make food for aniki.

[Amurui smiled a little at that and then turned his attention to the food. He could make Smoke food every single day if he wanted him to, but he didn't voice that thought. (Like most of his thoughts.)]

Need take Suzy while work?

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

Wait... Above?

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

Anything changed with yours?

Re: QL

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

Alright. [The smile didn't do justice to his feelings.]

[Smoke looked back over at Suzy.] Nah - he's used to being in a room all day by this point. I try to walk him before and after work, though...

Like he did.

[of-mindelan.livejournal.com]

Not that I can see.

This is a little melodramatic.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

You remembered. Here I was wondering if you wouldn't.

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

I can never hear sarcasm on paper, but somehow you and a few others manage it.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

It's a gift.

Seriously, I'd wondered. Doesn't drinking screw with your memory?

Re: QL

[notpissedoff]

I've heard of that one, too. Like I said, there are at least two different types. I believe the other gives a location rather than a date. [Rain hadn't gotten much out of Lin on the matter, but she'd mentioned a location and nothing else of note, so it was a reasonable conclusion that it was one or the other.]

[He hesitated briefly, before continuing.] On that date, I was taken to the fourth floor.

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[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

[Smoke let out a sharp bark of laughter] Oh really - like a ticket into an exclusive club, huh?

D'you mean like regular Fourth Floor see-something-that-looks-familiar, or the kind that shows you weird stuff you aren't familiar with at all?

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

Really? Kinda boring to me - just sit and wait.

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit of an expert when it comes to drinking, so I know when to cut myself off.

[of-mindelan.livejournal.com]

The idea of having to wait, and not knowing what it means, is probably supposed to make us anxious. It couldn't just have a clear message from the beginning.

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

I've got some guesses now, but when is anything a clear message from the beginning in this place?

Re: QL

[notpissedoff]

[Rain just shrugged.] I don't know what location. That's what you'd have to ask Lin about. [He thoroughly doubted she'd tell Smoke any more than she'd told him, of course, or that Smoke would even ask her. Rain said it merely so the other man would know where he'd gotten his information from.]

I was shown a memory. [He glanced off to the side, not comfortable with discussing the details of that experience.]

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[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

So normal kind, sounds like. [Smoke wasn't about to ask - point was Rain seemed to recognize what he saw, unlike when Smoke had been trapped.]

Trying to get any kind of useful information out of Lin is about as easy as guessing the next wave of weirdness to hit us courtesy of the Sphere. [He groaned as he rubbed his shoulder from the sudden tenseness. Even thinking about Lin did that to him.] Pass on that.

[He gave Rain a confused look.] Just how the hell'd you get her to tell you in the first place?

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[hanakioku.livejournal.com]

Okay.

[He shrugged a little and ate his food in silence. It felt so nice to just sit here with Smoke. To the boy, brotherhood didn't have to be more than this; he knew that Smoke was there and that they cared for each other. They didn't have to hang out all the time or always do things together.

Their bond was strong. Strong enough to bring his brother back after he disappeared, or so Amurui believed.]

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

Huh. Bet a lot of those other poor sods didn't.

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[notpissedoff]

...If that's normal. [Rain had no frame of reference for the fourth floor, as that was the only time he'd been there, and he'd never discussed it with anyone else who had.]

[He scowled - that first encounter with Lin was something else he didn't like discussing.] She asked about it in the journals as you did. I offered her information on mine in exchange. [...And got shafted.]