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Tweak says, "the enemy gate is down!"

Roxy Lalonde (retrogame) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-09-09 09:12:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, aradia megido, calliope-caliborn, dirk strider, jake english, piter de vries, rebecca crane, roxy lalonde, sookie stackhouse

DAY 236 [voice]
... So I either slept long and hard or I just fuckin' up and made like mist and evaporated for a bit there.

Either way: orange's still not my color. Noooo thanks. Baggy ass jumpsuit does nothing for a girl's figure. I look like a breadstick. A cheese breadstick, exactly 666 calories from the depths of hell's kitchen. Off the hook and uncontainable, the hard and fast starch diet of kings coming your way with a side of pasta. Mom's spaghetti. Luckily I don't give a rat's ass about shit like that, so I'll eat everyone's share. All of it. Fuckin' mine.

In other news, the god damned weather: what's shakin'? Looking all kinds of stormy gross today on the day that is also day 236. Days.

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	[voice] ophiuchus 2013-09-09 10:32 am UTC (link)
	[Confused.] Hanging?... Um, oh, most everything's fine! [Keyword: "most."] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice] retrogame 2013-09-09 10:47 am UTC (link)
	[ She's a little worried suddenly-- it's just the tone of her voice as she says it. ] Hanging. What's up. That sorta deal. But man, you're gonna give a girl a heart attack sayin' it like that. What's not fine? What's the mysterious dark side of the moon, the most everything not included? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice] ophiuchus 2013-09-09 10:52 am UTC (link)
	[She sighs.] I do loathe to be the one giving you the bad news when you've just come back. But it would be too dishonest for me to carry on otherwise. Jane was "lost in the stabilizer" as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice] retrogame 2013-09-09 11:01 am UTC (link)
	... Yikes. No good. She... man, I bet she'll be back lickity-split. I mean, I came back, didn't I...? We just gotta wait up for her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice] ophiuchus 2013-09-09 11:08 am UTC (link)
	[Quickly.] Yes, of course! For all I know, she could turn up later today, and my telling you this would be moot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice] retrogame 2013-09-09 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	[ She's not really comforted. ] Eheh... I sure as hell hope so. Jeez. What a shitty day already. Rain and no Jane. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice] ophiuchus 2013-09-09 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	I imagine it can't be terribly easy on you, love. I'm truly sorry. Is there anything I can do to cheer you up? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice] retrogame 2013-09-09 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	I'm just gonna drink up, I think. Let's hang out today maybe. That'd be hecka cool. I don't do nail paintin' real often but I kinda feel like painting my toes. Maybe we can do up your claws nice and shiny. Buff em up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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ophiuchus
2013-09-09 10:44 pm UTC (link)

[The drinking comment immediately sets her on nervous edge, but the rest of it does diffuse her enough that she hopes she can hide her true intentions.]

Buff up my claws?

[She looks down at her hands off-camera. It seems weird, definitely the kind of thing she's never considered doing.]

You're right, we should do that! In fact, let me come find you right now—we can get you into something more suitably flattering than the orange jumpsuit. You'll feel much better.

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	[voice] retrogame 2013-09-09 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yessss. Sounds like a plan, sister. Do you know if they packed any of my shit up? We can just swing by the apartment and I'll change and we can go find nail shit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice] ophiuchus 2013-09-09 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	Knowing your intrepid and alert chums, I have no doubt that your things are still all there! [She doesn't know the best way of keeping Roxy away from alcohol between now and their meet-up, so there's a pause.] Umm... so, yes, certainly stop by! I'm at our apartment, so... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[voice -> action] retrogame 2013-09-09 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	I'll be there in a few, then. [ Totally oblivious. Roxy swings by the apartment, dresses quickly, finds some booze she had stashed away still carefully tucked away, and mixes it up in a water bottle. Then time to knock on Calliope's door. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] ophiuchus 2013-09-09 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	[Calliope answers, feeling crestfallen as soon as she sees that bottle. She'd hoped to catch Roxy on the way in, but it seems that she'd snuck by too quietly.] [But she'll toss that worry aside for now, and come up with a plan. She smiles brightly, because really, even with the fear for her friend, ultimately she is just very happy to see Roxy.] Hello, dear! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] retrogame 2013-09-09 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	[ She grins over at her and steps to the side so she can get by, and then leading the way down the stairs. ] Let's do this. I'm sure they have some sorta thing that'll work for your lil lizardy hands. Do you think your bro will even notice? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] ophiuchus 2013-09-10 12:00 am UTC (link)
	[As they step down the stairs, she tugs her hood up over her head.] You'd be surprised, actually. But I think he may let it slide, however grudgingly. Who knows? He may even appreciate it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] retrogame 2013-09-10 12:02 am UTC (link)
	[ She laughs, taking a swig and casting a glance over her shoulder. ] It's funny to think of the lil stinker appreciating anything that isn't horrible. What have you two been up to while I was all up and gone? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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ophiuchus
2013-09-10 12:07 am UTC (link)

This and that. I've been playing chess with more people and trying to make friends, and he's been... "keeping out of trouble," I suppose is a generous way of putting it. We haven't suffered a punishment since you were taken away.

[Calliope stretches her hand out, gently insinuating with a wiggle of her fingers that Roxy should hand her the bottle.]

That one girl who was a terrible influence on him is gone. I imagine that helps some.

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retrogame
2013-09-10 12:12 am UTC (link)

[ She grins at her and passes the bottle over. ]

You're gonna get in shit now, Callie. Don't let them catch your lil self getting smashed. I'm glad you're making friends, though-- you deserve an entire crowd of em-- and it's good 'brother dearest' is behaving himself.

It does sound like I was gone for a good while, though. I dunno how to feel about that, but I sure as hell am n to the o-t gonna mull that one over.

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ophiuchus
2013-09-10 12:15 am UTC (link)

[Calliope had formed a plan. She takes a very, very deep drink of it. As much as she can bear. Which is maybe not an insultingly huge portion of the booze, but it borders on "respectably impressive" in circles that admire such things as pounding down alcohol. She figures she can hack it to pieces in turns.]

[She blinks through the burning heat in her belly.]

Not such a terribly long time, but certainly the longest I've gone without speaking to you.

I missed you.

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	Re: [action] retrogame 2013-09-10 12:20 am UTC (link)
	[ Awwwww. ] Dang, Callie. I'm sorry-- [ And then she registers how much she's drank as the bottle gets passed back. Jesus fuck. ] -- did you pick up drinking while I was gone? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] ophiuchus 2013-09-10 12:21 am UTC (link)
	[She looks up at Roxy, innocently, hoping there is no visible sign that her head and vision are swimming.] What makes you say that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] retrogame 2013-09-10 12:25 am UTC (link)
	[ Roxy looks at her for a minute and bursts out laughing, taking a long sip herself. Nowhere near as much as Calliope took, but... ] Oh my god, you drank like a third of it. That's. Please. It's okay. I'll carry you home. You're tiny, it's all good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] ophiuchus 2013-09-10 12:29 am UTC (link)
	[A third, she thinks, is pretty good.] [Not ENOUGH, because that leaves two thirds of the poison for Roxy, but she's not quite ready to take more yet.] I'm really not so tiny, am I? I mean, I do have a little muscle on me... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] retrogame 2013-09-10 12:34 am UTC (link)
	[ She giggles and opens the doors for her. ] Only enough to get the job done-- movement and nothin' more. You gonna head to the gym and buff up? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] ophiuchus 2013-09-10 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Maaaaybe. [Not really, but it doesn't sound like an awful idea, either. She'd only want to keep the body relatively weak in order to prevent Caliborn from hurting anyone more easily.] [She steps inside, but not before plucking the bottle from Roxy again.] You'll have to educate me on the wider world of manicure, ah, stuff. I don't know a thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)