( limelight ) overflow

[featherduster]

i preemptively know i'll need this

Comments

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

That. When we talked about them before, you seemed...

Not "over it," obviously. But like you didn't think it was worth any more of your time.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

Maybe I just wanted to make a dramatic gesture. I don’t know. Is it really that important?

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ Tips his head, considering ]

It's important, I think.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

Why?

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

I feel like it's another part of deciding who you want to be.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

…if I’m not going to be replaced, then that history is still mine. Even if I get to leave it behind. That’s all.

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ His lips twitch a bit ]

I think it's okay to accept it's yours, but still want to crush it under your heel a little.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

I don’t feel like dwelling on it enough to crush anything.

Let’s talk about you instead.

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ Top ten phrases you never want to hear

Immediately goes back to drinking ]

You're more interesting.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

You’re biased. Also, I’m literally compelled to talk to you about these.

[fans the memory slips in front of Aloe like a card hand, revealing the real folly of what he dropped in the bowl. I’m gonna say that while they’re there, they’re not obliged to talk about memories Frost has already seen before for sanity though]

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

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I only put, like, two in there.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

I watched you write all of them. It was a real show of industry, actually.

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ Softly ]

What the fuck.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

Producer bullshit. Come, I’ll change your drinks better for you in exchange.

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ He seems to rally at this ]

Yeah, okay. You make me offers I can't refuse.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

I've got to make it worthwhile for you, don't I? That's only natural.

[puts the slips down on the counter between them, tapping the side of Aloe's current glass or bottle]

Any poison of choice?

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ His eyes flick to them briefly, still bemused. But then he takes a slip out of his own pocket and puts it next to them. ]

Something sweet, just for me.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

[gently runs a fingertip down the side of the glass, turning the contents into a Brandy Alexander]

See how you feel about this one.

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ He takes an experimental sip, going from mildly surprised to pleased. ]

Oh yeah. Gonna need a cigarette and a shower after this one.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

I should make you my taste-tester when I do new dessert cocktails.

[laughs a little, but also taps the slip Aloe added to the heap]

What’s this one?

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ Twirls the drink a little ]

Yours.

Though I don't think you put it in there intentionally.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

Ah…

No, I thought I’d avoided it myself. Unfortunate, but at least you’re the one who found it.

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ Stares at him for a long moment ]

You're taking the news well.

Re: top-level (frost)

[endsjustified]

[gestures at the idk-how-many of Aloe’s]

Well.

Re: top-level (frost)

[featherduster]

[ Well. ]

That's fair.