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Tweak says, "I'm Cherokee Jack"

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] 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)

	[action] retrogame 2013-09-10 12:46 am UTC (link)
	[ Roxy lets her and laughs, leading the way toward the store. ] Me either honestly. I only know about makeup cause my mom left shit laying around and I played with it a lot, but I've never had anyone around to give me a mani or pedi. It's gonna be one hell of a learning experience. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] ophiuchus 2013-09-10 12:49 am UTC (link)
	[She holds onto the bottle as long as she can, clutching it and taking intermittent sips.] Exciting! We'll get to figure things out together. [A slight wobble.] You will look really pretty, no matter what. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[action] retrogame 2013-09-10 12:53 am UTC (link)
	[ Roxy's not really sure how to react to that compliment, but she laughs anyways and continues on a little awkwardly. ] Nahhhh. I'll just be my average self. But figuring shit out together?? What a blast. That is gonna be great. Fun. Eheheh. Don't drink too fast. You're not used to the boozes and so you gotta pace it. You'll get sick otherwise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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ophiuchus
2013-09-10 12:56 am UTC (link)

Noooo, you're lovely, and I think you know it. I know I do! There is no need to be humble.

[It belongs in a bush, she thinks glumly. It kind of sucks having to pound all this down, but she is doing it for her friend, and it buys her time to try to figure out the best way to suggest that Roxy stop drinking it.]

[She becomes supremely meditative on the nature of alcohol, which translates into staring blankly down at the container as they walk.]

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	[action] retrogame 2013-09-10 12:59 am UTC (link)
	[ .............. ] Uh. Hey. Callie. [ She waves a hand in front of her face. Nowhere near close enough to touch, but enough to try and snap her out of it. She gently pries the alcohol from her hands. ] I think you had enough. Don't be like me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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ophiuchus
2013-09-10 01:12 am UTC (link)

[Calliope blinks and looks up at Roxy.]

[It is one thing if Roxy did not understand what it was doing to her. But that comment is unmistakable, at least to a degree strong enough that it strikes Calliope in a way so harsh that she almost didn't realize she felt that way about it.]

[Calliope feels absolutely crushed and afraid for her most precious and best friend.]

I'm not.

[Her voice breaks and she officially reaches maximum pathetic threshold without actually bursting into tears. Which she may go ahead and do anyway, at this rate.]

It is so bad for humans, Roxy. You're just so precious and I wanted you to be happy. I didn't know...

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retrogame
2013-09-10 01:24 am UTC (link)

[ She laughs, totally nervous and unsure of herself. She shouldn't have said that. It's an awkward thing to say. She's gone and made Calliope sad because of it. ]

Sheesh, it's fine, don't even worry. It's...

[ She really doesn't want to address what Calliope is getting at. She doesn't want to talk about her drinking right now. She knows it's not good for her but it's just a matter of not caring. It helps her sleep and while it doesn't often help her forget her troubles, it forces her to relax or she just plain blacks out and either way is fine to her. ]

... What is this, all of a sudden? I'm fine, I'm happy.

[ Roxy feels a pang of guilt for hurting Calliope this way, for making her worry at all. She doesn't wonder if anyone else would worry like this, though. It's just not something that's really real to her yet, and to some degree Calliope's worry doesn't make sense to her. ]

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