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Post by Everyone Else on Dec 15, 2009 21:49:37 GMT -5
"I'm game if you are," ::Derek said, still smiling. It was hardly uncommon for him to be out late with a friend, and although the conversation was personal, it wasn't unusual for his circle.::
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Post by Typhoid on Dec 15, 2009 21:51:59 GMT -5
"I can try, but Pietro will worry," she said.
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Post by Everyone Else on Dec 15, 2009 21:52:55 GMT -5
"Is it that late?" ::Derek asked, having not looked at a watch since she arrived.::
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Post by Typhoid on Dec 15, 2009 21:58:49 GMT -5
"No, but...he's protective," she said, almost defensively.
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Post by Everyone Else on Dec 15, 2009 21:59:55 GMT -5
"But not smothering," ::Derek said, which was a half-question.::
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Post by Typhoid on Dec 15, 2009 22:01:43 GMT -5
"No, I want him to be, especially since I'm human now," she said, almost as if dismissing that fact. She'd hate the memory in the morning.
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Post by Everyone Else on Dec 15, 2009 22:10:28 GMT -5
"There's nothing wrong with being human," ::Derek remarked. After all, he was doing a fair enough job with it.::
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Post by Typhoid on Dec 15, 2009 22:19:56 GMT -5
"No, but...it's hard to explain," she said, shaking her head.
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Post by Everyone Else on Dec 15, 2009 22:21:35 GMT -5
::She was too drunk to explain, surely, and Derek was hardly sober enough to make an argument about why he was happy with who he was. He waved it off.:: "I'm sure it's different."
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Post by Typhoid on Dec 15, 2009 22:25:20 GMT -5
"Yeah, I was Class Five, now I'm not. Different is a good word." She was drunkenly bitter, and didn't realize it at all.
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Post by Everyone Else on Dec 15, 2009 22:26:42 GMT -5
::Derek paid little attention to mutant politics, and thus that meant absolutely nothing to him sober. Intoxicated, it meant less.:: "It can't be so bad. You said you couldn't always touch, and your powers aren't making you disappear, so that's a good thing."
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Post by Typhoid on Dec 15, 2009 22:28:11 GMT -5
"Maybe, but it's still different," she said, shaking her head. "I used to be able to find people, by heartbeat." She reached across the table and poked him in chest. "Everyone doesn't feel so alive now."
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Post by Everyone Else on Dec 15, 2009 22:31:39 GMT -5
::Derek gave her a mock stern look when she poked him.:: "Make the best of a bad situation. That's my motto."
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Post by Typhoid on Dec 15, 2009 22:34:19 GMT -5
She snickered. "You sound like a self help book."
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Post by Everyone Else on Dec 15, 2009 22:39:21 GMT -5
::Derek was unfazed by the remark.:: "You're welcome to attend my seminar on Japanese bondage instead."
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