9th Dusting

[makeitquick]

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[The camera begins opening on her naval area. She has on a loose top despite it's finally getting warm enough for her to reasonably do so - as such, her middrift is exposed. And with it is exposed something she got this time last month. It's a very deliberate showing (and a message about being willing to talk she hope she doesn't have to say outright), and she then jerks it back up to her face. As usually, she has about four earrings in and the nose stud, but her wings are exposed due to a lack of coat. The silver clip on her left wing and the tattoo she has on that same shoulder are thus both plainly visible.

And her expression... well she's trying to make it less hard than it maybe tends to be. Still, given her subject matter, it's still severe]

Four rutting kidnappings on this book in the last three days. Anyone spot that? Had to. [exhale]

Need some carrier pigeons. [Maybe she should request that if/when she gets a new mission. Yes, definitely should.]

...Everyone new, I'm Melaka Fray. Slayer- call me if you needed someone to punch things.

[Okay, so she's restless. Sue her. Azusa isn't here and she swore she heard a vamp on there too a while back. she's eager to fight something right now] ...Got any other recs, I'll hear those too. [That's more for friends or. Whoever.] For stuff doing, I mean.

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[bamfing]

If you want, we could go somewhere. [To talk. Off journal.]

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[Want... she chuckles to herself, shakes her head, and then]

-Yeah. Bring Mel?

[bamfing]

Mel's gone. On a mission. [He clarifies that last bit quickly. it would be too easy to misinterpret that. especially given Kurt's previous pairings in events.]

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[Oh.

...Err]

Oh.

[bamfing]

If you want to wait... [Maybe she wasn't comfortable talking to him. Heck, maybe he was her real problem with what happened. Melanie is just a normal girl, but Kurt is... well, Kurt.]

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No- [Too fast. Maybe it's the idea of confronting one of them individually which is appealing. Both at once and she'll want to fall into violence. Even if now she'll need to do this twice.

Nnnngh] -No, let's do it.

[bamfing]

[Where's somewhere quiet but not intimate, umm...]

Tea shop?

[makeitquick]

...Where's that again?

[bamfing]

[... well, at least it's obscure!]

Above the Welcome Center. You know where that is, right?

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Yeah, know that.

[So there's something on the second floor? Explains the smell]

[bamfing]

Right. I'll be waiting, then.

[... and after a moment of hesitation, he tentatively closes the book.

Now what? At least he doesn't have to be in a hurry to leave. That gives him time to... think of what to say.]

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[Yeah, it'll take her the better part of twenty minutes to get there, after all. But... yep. She's actually dragging her heels a little.]

[bamfing]

[He'll wait a full ten minutes, wondering if Melaka forgot. Does it really take that long to walk out here?]

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[It does when you're resisting it.

...But here she is. Hi. She feels small again]

[bamfing]

[He looks up from where he's sitting and gives a nod.]

Hey. [And then he waits for her to sit.]

[makeitquick]

[...Okay shuffling. Sauntering over. Sitting. Feeling really awkward]

[bamfing]

[So. He'd need to do all the talking. Okay...]

How have you been?

[makeitquick]

Spled. Rutting moon over- .... How you been?

[bamfing]

Lots of stuff has happened. [Like. Kitty showing up. Finding out the future. Rough stuff.]

But ahh... not bad, I guess.

[makeitquick]

Oh. That's spled. [She should be more excited. Oh well]

[bamfing]

[A nod. Okay. Let's just. Do this.]

About what happened... we can still be friends, yeah? Everything that happened isn't anyone's fault. [Malnosso aside.] It just. Happened.

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[...] Yeah. Guess it's just a thing. [Bite lip]

[bamfing]

[He scratches the back of his head.] I just wanted to say sorry. I know you got it worse than we did.

[It's not like either he or Melanie could accuse the other of cheating. They were both equally at fault there.]

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[...Slow nod. Oops. Well, she ought to talk too.] ...Guess so, yeah. I mean, you and Mel're... Solid.

[bamfing]

[Solid... yeah, guess they kind of are. But, this is all that needs to be said, isn't it? He hopes anyway.]

If you want, we can just agree to never mention it again.