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notrosecolored) wrote2026-01-12 07:10 pm
notrosecolored) wrote2026-01-12 07:10 pm
Duplicity Contact Post
Call, text, action all go here
Call, text, action all go here
Lots and lots he could say there if he talked about Emma and Jean and himself, but suddenly he's not really on his own mind and neither are they.
Especially not with Chris finally drinking.
"That sounds like experience more than supposition. Who died?"
Especially not with Chris finally drinking.
"That sounds like experience more than supposition. Who died?"
fyi got a contract and moving into the up tower.
[ A few hours later maybe. ]
may never sleep. bed too soft. world too quiet.
[ A few hours later maybe. ]
may never sleep. bed too soft. world too quiet.
I'm in 1a if you need me. Do you have a fan or something you can use? Who is the contract with?
im 26a so may come by.
yeah might get something like that.
you wouldn't think after three years id find a bed weird.
its pretty sad.
yeah might get something like that.
you wouldn't think after three years id find a bed weird.
its pretty sad.
Nah. You get used to hyper-vigilance. Then the situation changes, the hyper-vigilance doesn't turn off and quiet and comfortable and the lack of outside stimulus to drown it out makes it sharper.
logically i remember life before
but it feels like im telling a story. like the fairy tales i read when i was little.
yeah when things get quiet the espheni are finding a new way to come for us
i keep waiting for it here even though im not sure they could get here.
but it feels like im telling a story. like the fairy tales i read when i was little.
yeah when things get quiet the espheni are finding a new way to come for us
i keep waiting for it here even though im not sure they could get here.
You're a soldier without a war. It's going to take time.
Who's. Your. Dominant.
Who's. Your. Dominant.
[ Out of the blue, Scott gets a photo of Logan wearing the 'Captain Asshole' t-shirt.. and nothing else? Who knows. The photo cuts off just below the hem, but there's some suggestively bare and hairy skin involved. ]
You're welcome.
[ And thanks. His imagination's having a good time, now. ]
[ And thanks. His imagination's having a good time, now. ]
Can a soldier adjust to life without one?
Or just end up taking on another?
Melaka Fray. She hasn't been here long. Less time than I have.
Or just end up taking on another?
Melaka Fray. She hasn't been here long. Less time than I have.
I think a lot depends on who they were before the war - but I sure hope it's possible.
Do you trust her?
Do you trust her?
I was a kid too sick to get out of bed most days. That scares me more than war.
I trust her about as much as I do anyone here. I don't think she has much to gain from me but not ending up in jail so there's that.
I trust her about as much as I do anyone here. I don't think she has much to gain from me but not ending up in jail so there's that.
This isn't the best place to learn to relax, but it's probably worth trying. It's a lot of things, but it's not an outright constant assault on your life.
Good.
Good.
for the record I could probably go up a size
[ It's a little tight. See also: that photo. ]
[ It's a little tight. See also: that photo. ]
Are you physically uncomfortable in that size?
Maybe someday I'll start feeling like its not.
Did you know there was a time when there was like acid rain and everyone's clothes melted? Literally?
Keeping myself busy by reading through the network was likely not my smartest idea but definitely an education.
I'm not ready to be naked in this place.
Did you know there was a time when there was like acid rain and everyone's clothes melted? Literally?
Keeping myself busy by reading through the network was likely not my smartest idea but definitely an education.
I'm not ready to be naked in this place.
I read back through a lot of it. Maybe in this instance not really having had much practical experience with normal's a benefit.
A lot of things I've seen here have made me as angry as anything has, but the ballast of someone seeing 'mutant' and wanting me dead on sight seems to counterbalance it some. At least enough that I'm no more panicky than I was at home.
A lot of things I've seen here have made me as angry as anything has, but the ballast of someone seeing 'mutant' and wanting me dead on sight seems to counterbalance it some. At least enough that I'm no more panicky than I was at home.
you tell me
[ Have a shot of his tits, straining that slogan across his chest. Very little is left to the imagination. ]
[ Have a shot of his tits, straining that slogan across his chest. Very little is left to the imagination. ]
You have metal plated bones, Logan, if you even notice a tight shirt, much less are made uncomfortable by it, that shirt's made out of uranium.
That's what I think.
I also think it's a good look and you know it.
That's what I think.
I also think it's a good look and you know it.
Chris' gaze cuts up to Scott and away again as he reaches for the bottle to refill their glasses.
"He didn't die." He contemplates leaving it at that, but that was hardly fair in their little give and take. Besides, Scott couldn't be the only one with weird stories. He clears his throat and continues.
"Mallik Kallian didn't die, but when he left the city's docks with a kiss and a promise and never came back, I sure thought he had. Turns out his ship got sunk, yes, but by a kraken that collected things. It collected him down to the depths and kept him in magical stasis and quite alive, if asleep. He was thirty-four when he was lost, eight years later, he's still thirty-four and needing to find his place again in a world that's moved on without him. Myself included, even if I never once forgot or stopped loving him."
"He didn't die." He contemplates leaving it at that, but that was hardly fair in their little give and take. Besides, Scott couldn't be the only one with weird stories. He clears his throat and continues.
"Mallik Kallian didn't die, but when he left the city's docks with a kiss and a promise and never came back, I sure thought he had. Turns out his ship got sunk, yes, but by a kraken that collected things. It collected him down to the depths and kept him in magical stasis and quite alive, if asleep. He was thirty-four when he was lost, eight years later, he's still thirty-four and needing to find his place again in a world that's moved on without him. Myself included, even if I never once forgot or stopped loving him."
"People were pretty convinced I was dead, once."
Wait, no. They're supposed to be talking about Jean, or Chris, or someone not him. This is why he shouldn't drink and yet he immediately goes back to his refilled glass, albeit with more respect.
"Wasn't 34 way too young for you eight years ago? How old were you, 13?"
Wait, no. They're supposed to be talking about Jean, or Chris, or someone not him. This is why he shouldn't drink and yet he immediately goes back to his refilled glass, albeit with more respect.
"Wasn't 34 way too young for you eight years ago? How old were you, 13?"
He shoots Scott a look...which only turns into a disbelieving scoff as he continues talking. "Alright put a pin in that one, I'm sure it's crazy." Because most of Scott's bullshit was, even if Chris was curious, it rarely meant he fully understood.
"How old do you think I am, Scott? I was seventeen. He was twice my age, yes, but that hardly meant anything much at the time. Besides....now he's not twice my age and it still doesn't matter."
"How old do you think I am, Scott? I was seventeen. He was twice my age, yes, but that hardly meant anything much at the time. Besides....now he's not twice my age and it still doesn't matter."
He shrugs. "No more crazy than the rest of the story about your previous lover." Then he sips from his glass and admits: "I thought you were twenty one. Seventeen's fine." Almost. Close enough. He can only get so judgey. For lots of reasons. Experiences. Whatever.
glad you appreciate it
maybe I'll wear it next time I work out
maybe I'll wear it next time I work out
You know I'm almost always at the gym, right?
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