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Zoe ([info]history_repeats) wrote in [info]nevermore_logs,
@ 2012-10-01 06:15:00

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Current music:No Doubt - Settle Down
Entry tags:greed, patience, zoe hansen

WHO: Patience, Greed & Zoe
WHEN: Monday morning
WHERE: Out in the city
WHAT: So a Virtue, a Sin, and a mortal walk into a...
WARNING: Hahaha.


Greed and Zoe didn't get a chance to talk in the morning like she wanted after Greed's big reveal the day before, Zoe had an early class that she completely forgot about and the conversation had to happen in bits and pieces over the next few days. But they had time, with Gabe still away and Lust busy, Greed was practically living at Zoe's. It wasn't all smooth sailing, there was so much he did that was alien and how he acted but as long as he was honest, Zoe sorta accepted it and tried to deal. It was a learning process really, for the both of them since neither had been in this position before. Unbeknownst to Zoe, things around the apartment, including Gabe's pop music CD's, started to disappear. Nothing too big but enough to suggest that someone was either a klepto or..

The relationship was a pretty innocent one. They couldn't have sex, Greed could barely stand her kisses. So they spent a lot of time cuddling and Greed would coax kisses out of Zoe, who always needed convincing since she hated to make him sick. When they slept together, it was quite in the literal sense, with no hanky panky whatsoever. Before the sin stuff, Zoe wanted to talk about 'us'. And they decided that they didn't want to name whatever it was that they were. They liked being with each other and no one knew that they were spending time together so if it was just the two of them in the world, they didn't need to define it, they already knew what it was.

She hadn't asked a ton about sin stuff because she was still trying to wrap her head around it. Any time she felt like maybe he was crazy, all he had to do was kiss her and get violently ill to remind her that yeah that was not normal. The night before they had a movie night with scary movies, it was supposed to be to get Zoe to get over her fears but it was more like Greed liked making her jump and jump into his arms. Zoe watched the movie in different positions, sprawled out on Greed with her arms and head in his lap, at one end of the couch when he'd purposely scare her but she never stayed there for long, climbing on him, at times the blanket over her head, curled against him, hiding behind her knees, her hands covering her face, etc.

Zoe had gotten used to Greed in her bed and the sleep she got was peaceful when he was there. In the morning, they got ready and were going to have a more in depth conversation about everything while they got some food. They walked down the street, her hand occasionally brushing against his, "Know what I want?" she smiled, "Greek food. It's been awhile since I've had some 'awesome fries.'"



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[info]better_than
2012-10-01 06:00 pm UTC (link)
Greed had spent more time around the little mortal with Lust busy. He supposed he shouldnt be jealous that Lust gave herself entertainment but he was, but instead of fuming he put his energy into his new toy. He'd never really had a friend before that wasn't revolved around his family, and while there were plenty of immortals out there, Greed stuck to his own guns. He only involved himself in what he wanted. No matter how big of a mess he dug himself into (and this one was getting to be a big one) he chose to handle it on his own. Whatever this between him and Zoe made out as he liked having the company. Greed as selfish as he was, demanded attention in one fashion or another.

Zoe was still a plaything, but she was his. He found himself oddly able to be himself around her, Sin and all. Though he chose not to warp her under his control as he was always curious of her human state and what she would do with just his persistence. He studied her a lot, her reactions, amusing himself and saving in the back of his mind little tricks that humans fell for. Oddly, she could tell when he was playing Sin over the guy she had pulled out of him---a face he'd never even seen before.

Even as they came out of the apartment that afternoon he swiped a item that was thrown in his pocket. His hoard was always growing. He had no idea that they were being followed by Patience and his smelly ass.

His eyes lit up at the sound of fries. As an excess sin he had a bottomless pit of a stomach.

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-01 08:46 pm UTC (link)
Patience had his hands in his pockets as he glanced up at Zoe's is passing. Yeah he knew where she lived. As a precaution, he'd checked her address on the police database. He'd walked past a couple of times in the past few days, but he hadn't seen her or heard anything that could be constituted as threatening.

Today, however, seemed to be his lucky day. As he was turning to go, he caught sight of Greed and Zoe walking away down the street, and decided on an impulse to follow them. He jogged a little to keep them in sight, but not so close as to interfere just yet. Well if they asked, he was going for coffee.

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-01 09:13 pm UTC (link)
Zoe didn't know how she knew when Greed was being himself and when he was being a Sin, but she could feel it. And whenever he tried to be a Sin with her, Zoe shut down. She didn't like it, she didn't respond to it. She still didn't believe him 100% because well.. it was ridiculous. She just knew she liked him when he was real. Like he was fascinated with her, she was equally fascinated with him, observing him the same way he did her. Even if he hadn't been a Sin, he was unlike anyone she'd ever met.

She had no idea that she had a new stalker in Patience, but hey Greed stalked her first and she made friends, so at least she didn't have scary stalkers. There was nothing threatening about the situation as Zoe walked along with Greed, she had a lot of important questions to ask him but didn't want to on an empty stomach. Tho big questions could wait another ten minutes. "Can we watch a movie tonight that doesn't have guys in masks trying to kill people? Because when you go back home I might never sleep again." it was one thing to watch a scary movie and go to sleep with a teddy bear in the form of a tall muscular dude who claimed to be not human and it was another to watch a scary movie and go into your very dark room with a big window that anybodys face might pop up at. And try to kill you.

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[info]better_than
2012-10-01 09:39 pm UTC (link)
"But I like blood. I like blood as much as I do sex." He teased giving her a half grin as they approached the little Greek eatery. Sins got off on hurting mortals when they were in a dark mood, though Greed was usually a bit more bouncy on a regular basis. Zoe wasn't one he wanted to break, she was a little too pretty to bruise.

She was walking close, her hand continuously brushing his as if she were too nervous to take it. Just as they came inside he grabbed her hand and pulled her toward the checkout. Most of the time he reacted not out of kindness but out of making her flush for his amusement. Nothing Greed did was to be 'nice'.

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-02 03:37 am UTC (link)
Patience watched them carefully, and as they entered the eatery he hesitated a moment. Would it be a little weird to go in after them? Although it would be weirder to stand outside and stare at them through the window. He set his shoulders and went in after them, eyes trained on the menu board. As he joined the line, one of the staff needed to get past him, and as he moved he bumped into the back of Greed. A shiver went through him of disgust, and he stepped back so they weren't touching.

"Oh hey man, I'm sorry. Oh- Hey, Zoe, hi!" He smiled broadly and waved.

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-02 04:09 am UTC (link)
Zoe grinned at Greed, "Yeah but we're not having sex either sooo..." he got his reward with Zoe's cheeks becoming lightly pink when he took her hand but she didn't say anything, just smiled.

When Patience bumped into Greed, Zoe also turned around and was really surprised to see him. "Freddie..!" she quickly yanked her hand out of Greed's as if psssh they weren't holding hands, what? No, that was like.. static electricity or something. "Hi!" she said a little too brightly to cover up her surprise. "Is there a crisis in here or you just on lunch break?"

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[info]better_than
2012-10-02 09:23 pm UTC (link)
He was in the middle of another verbal jab when something bumped him right out of his sentence. It wasn't skin to skin contact but it reeked. His back straightened up, bristled to see the skinny, annoying face of Patience behind him. Even more disgusting was the exchange between Zoe and Patience. Just nauseating.

With a very bored and agitated look he stared Patience down. "Really? Now you're playing my tricks? Pretending to be here too? Oh come on!"

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-02 11:23 pm UTC (link)
"Nothing drastic, just a food crisis," Patience said to Zoe with a smile, before glancing at Greed. What was the best was to deal with this? Take the high road, and generally ignore him would probably work. He gave Greed a tight smile.

"Hello Chance," he said, giving him a weird look like he had no idea what he was on about. "How are you."

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-02 11:34 pm UTC (link)
Zoe was really confused by what Greed said but then Patience said hi to him. She raised her brows in total surprise and pointed from one guy to the other and back, "You two know each other..?" hadn't Greed said he didn't really have any friends?

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[info]better_than
2012-10-03 12:01 am UTC (link)
Greed rolled his eyes at Patience's attempt to jump in and ignore. "That's what you're going with?" Zoe there or not Greed did what he did best and focused on himself. Patience was butting in, this time out in the open like some kind of creepoid stalker. "You're going to give me the how are you? You little shit. What have you been hanging outside the apartment all day?" He wanted to catch Patience in a lie, because it seemed he pulled that plug whenever it was useful and that was Greed's gig.

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-03 12:08 am UTC (link)
Patience frowned, confused, at Greed. "What're you talking about?" He looked back at Zoe and shrugged. "Yeah, we know each other, unfortunately." He gave a long-suffering sigh, implying all the ways that would be unfortunate. "I didn't realise he was the guy sending you the annoying texts."

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-03 12:21 am UTC (link)
Zoe was a little blown away, "Small world.." she said with an odd tone as she looked at Patience. She kinda made a face and looked to the side and down when Patience mentioned the texts, a little irked. She hadn't known the two knew each other! Ugh, damnit..

She frowned severely at Greed though who was kinda coming off as a crazy person. "Have you lost your mind?" she asked him and put a hand on his chest as a way of saying can you please calm down. "Freddie doesn't even know where I live." she gave Greed a troubled look, not knowing why he was acting like this. "You should be thanking him," since he looked like he wanted to murder Patience, "If it wasn't for Freddie I wouldn't be standing here next to you right now." her words sharp because what the hell?

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[info]better_than
2012-10-03 12:32 am UTC (link)
It was hard for Greed to play any side when a Virtue was in the picture. With Patience there it made him look that much more awful. It wasn't even Charity, his opposite, it was dirty Patience. Greed snuffed his nose into the air. "Sure he doesn't."

It made his skin crawl really, he was on the defensive side because Patience was busting in on him real quick. Greed hadn't even told his Sin siblings (other than Lust) that he was playing around with Zoe. Now Patience was a threat. He was always a threat to taking away what Greed wanted.

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-03 02:15 am UTC (link)
"I what??" Patience looked at Zoe aghast, the bottom falling out of his stomach. That wasn't what he'd- if he'd known- If Patience ever swore, now would be the time. He looked at Greed, trying to hide his horror of what he'd inadvertently done.

"...just trying to help," he said weakly to Zoe, trying to shrug it off and smile through it. Double darn it. Shoot. Fudge.

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-03 02:55 am UTC (link)
Zoe shot Greed a look, "Stop making Freddie sound like a stalker. He works for the police department, he's not gonna be some creeper that hangs around my apartment."

She smiled at Patience and said, "Yeah.. if you hadn't given me that advice I don't know what I'd have done, probably the usual." which she'd told Patience had been to run and play it safe. She bumped Greed lightly and gave him a soft smile despite being aggravated before looking back at Patience, "I can't imagine anything more difficult.. well you know him.." she said with a small laugh, cause Greed was a handful.

She looked at Greed, "Do you want to try calming down? I still want my fries."

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[info]better_than
2012-10-03 03:03 am UTC (link)
"He is a stalker." Greed sounded so serious, he didn't even stop before adding on to her statement. Greed shot Patience a look that said this was his turf. In some ways Zoe was invisible right now because not only was Patience a dirty, stinking Virtue but they had history. History that only bubbled up with having all three of them there. He still blamed Patience for it even if Greed knew in the end he'd broken Josephine.

"Oh," he feigned a smile, "I'm perfectly calm."

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-03 03:12 am UTC (link)
"I am not a stalker," Patience said, frowning at Greed. He felt a little bit sick and had completely lost his appetite, but he wasn't about to walk out. "It's not all about you, you know." He turned to Zoe and put a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry about this," he said, looking apologetic. "We've never really got on. I didn't realise you knew him."

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-03 03:20 am UTC (link)
Zoe patted Greed's stomach and eyed him, "Yeah, calm like a serial killer.." she'd never seen him so dangerously serious and pissed.

Zoe smiled at Patience, giving a nervous chuckle, "Yeah.. I'm starting to sense that." and she looked from him back to Greed wondering what the history was there. She wasn't entirely surprised they didn't get on. Greed was very.. different. She doubted many people could handle him.

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[info]better_than
2012-10-03 03:29 am UTC (link)
"Even serial killers have smiles." His grin grew wider. Last time he'd run into Patience it was a little more light, but this was under new circumstances.

"Quit sounding so nice. Like a virtue," his gaze honed in to Patience. Yeah, he'd said it. But unknown to Patience Zoe had been filled in a little. Whether she believed him was a different story. He eyed the spot Patience touched on Zoe, as if she needed to wash it.

"Yeah, we get along like oil and vinegar. I think its his buddy, buddy style and that face."

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-03 03:33 am UTC (link)
"I think it's your inability to treat people with respect," Patience shot back, taking his hand away from Zoe. Zoe was not far off on her accusation of murder. How many had Greed destroyed in his time? "How can I not sound nice?" What an odd accusation. He narrowed his eyes at Greed slightly. Like a virtue? What was he getting at? Aside from the obvious.

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-03 03:46 am UTC (link)
Zoe was kinda at a loss, the virtue comment going over her head since she was barely keeping up at the moment, "Yeah well most people are friendly.. it's kinda what they--" and then Patience was sounding off. She frowned, the situation was escalating very quickly.

She put a hand on Greed's chest and one on Patience's torso near his shoulder as if to keep them separate, more a metaphorical gesture than a physical one. "Okay! You're both acting like jackasses." she looked at Patience, "And I'm still hungry." she looked at Greed then, "Can I trust you two to resolve whatever this is while I go get some food? Or am I going to come back and find crime scene tape?"

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[info]better_than
2012-10-03 03:53 am UTC (link)
Greed was already threading that crime tape around Patience like a noose in his mind. It was enough to give him a real smile. It settled him for now. He knocked his stare for a moment to actually look at Zoe for the first time since Patience had gotten there. He leaned down giving her a kiss on the cheek. It may have been for keeping up appearances, but Patience was making him look bad just by waving his ugly self into view. He throw out his nice guy side for now, though Zoe was bound to know he was playing and not being real at all.

"Go get those fries."

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-03 03:58 am UTC (link)
Patience straightened his shoulders and clenched his jaw as Greed kissed Zoe, displeased, but he wasn't going to say anything. He wanted to walk away so badly, but he couldn't let himself. Zoe needed his protection. He just nodded curtly in response to Zoe's question, clenching his fingers into a fist in frustration.

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-03 04:24 am UTC (link)
Zoe barely reacted to Greed's kiss on her cheek, she just gave him the same look. Big brown eyes looking like a sad puppy. She knew he wasn't being real and she didn't like it. He knew she hated it. But she didn't say anything, stepping away from them but throwing glances back as she didn't trust them to be on their own. If they hated each other so much why were they even around each other?

She wasn't gone more than a minute, placing an order and being handed an order of fries up front. She came back with them and looked from one guy to the other, "No blood. I'm impressed." she wasn't impressed.

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[info]better_than
2012-10-03 11:39 pm UTC (link)
Greed couldn't help but want to punch Patience in the face. He made it so easy. Zoe had zipped in and out quite quickly, Greed already heavy in his warning to notice. Every time Patience showed up things were taken and Greed did not like it. All those dark thoughts of the past slammed right back in Greed's mind. Patience would not take Zoe from him!

"Everytime you show up things are taken from me. You took Josie. You're not taking Zoe."

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-04 12:59 am UTC (link)
Patience said nothing, just met Greed's gaze steadily. The truth would out. Thing would eventually go bad and he would be there to catch the pieces and rescue Zoe from this folly. He smiled at Zoe came back, turning his head away from Greed dismissively. "No blood. I can be trusted."

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-04 01:14 am UTC (link)
Zoe didn't think either of them could be trusted, especially with such grave looks on their faces. She'd caught about the last few words of what Greed had said and blurted out to Patience, "You stole his girlfriend?" then realizing that if she meant Josie was his girlfriend, she was implying she was his.. she back pedaled quickly, "Not that I'm his-- or I-- I mean, um." she cleared her throat and looked from one boy to the other, "Who's Josie?" and then stuck two fries in her mouth to prevent her from saying anything else.

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[info]better_than
2012-10-04 01:46 am UTC (link)
Greed laughed at Patience as he suited up like the good guy. Always the good guy. "Awww, I'm touched Patience I really am." He touched his chest with false sincerity, not even caring that he'd slipped in the name game. He was too angry.

"Josie is gone." He wouldn't say dead.

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-04 02:13 am UTC (link)
"I stole nothing. I barely spoke to her." Patience shut down on his emotions, keeping himself in control. He did shoot Greed a look though, at calling him by his true name. Hopefully Zoe hadn't noticed. He glanced at her, dropping his gaze in old pain at the memory. "Josie is dead."

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-04 02:20 am UTC (link)
Zoe didn't think too much of Greed calling Patience by his real name, vaguely it made sense to her just because of how much he'd talked about having Patience. Her mind maybe in a way to protect her in the moment wrote it off as a nickname or something.

Her mouth dropped open as Greed said she was gone and Patience took it home and revealed whoever this mysterious girl was.. was dead. "I'm so sorry.." she said quietly. Josie seemed to obviously mean a great deal to the both of them. She looked at Greed, a little taken aback by how angry and hurt he seemed, such a shift from his usual sunny and insane disposition. She'd never seen him like this before.. but it was real.

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[info]better_than
2012-10-04 03:03 am UTC (link)
It was then that Patience's face looked good to spin around a few times and drop to the ground. Greed threw a punch right in the middle of the nose. It was a rare occasion where his actions spoke volumes than his words. That bubbly demeanor was now rock solid hate. Greed never gave up in anything he wanted, but Josie had forced him to let go. Josie had left him no choice and that stung. Josie had made him lose.

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-04 03:07 am UTC (link)
The fist contacted with a crunch. Patience let out a startled exclamation of pain and dropped to the ground, clutching his face as blood gushed from his broken nose. The people in the line around them hurriedly moved back out of the way, a couple of them grabbing out phones to take pictures.

"HEY! No fighting! You! Out! Out!" the manager barked, pointing at Greed. Patience's eyes wouldn't focus and tears streamed down his cheeks.

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-04 03:22 am UTC (link)
Zoe gasped when Greed punched Patience square in the face. Oh my god! She looked aghast as she grabbed Greed's arm in a futile attempt to keep him from doing it again. Okay so this Josie was obviously a very sore subject for him.

"Oh my God, are you okay?" she asked Patience, reaching down to try and help him up. It was a ridiculous question because he was obviously not okay. She didn't even know if the punch was a deserved one or not but he looked a mess with tears and blood. As the manager yelled at them, she looked at Greed. Why did she always feel one page behind?

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[info]better_than
2012-10-04 12:50 pm UTC (link)
Greed knew this just amplified his nature with Patience now on the ground in a bloody mess. It was difficult for a Sin to be anything but their true nature in front of a Virtue, especially one Greed didn't think too highly of.

He didn't owe an explanation or an apology. When the manager came out he didn't argue. He felt a little better.

"Enjoy the fries." He told Zoe.

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-05 01:39 am UTC (link)
"I'm callin the cops!" the manager said, pulling out his cellphone and dialing. Patience got his eyes to see straight and squinted up at Zoe.

"I'm okay," he managed to say around the blood streaming from his nose. He glanced at Greed, not angry, but a little defiant. Surely Zoe would see the truth of him now.

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-05 01:48 am UTC (link)
Zoe grabbed some napkins from the nearest table in reach and held them to Patience's nose until he could hold them there himself. She took one more napkin and wiped the tears off his face, the white staining pink as she got some blood with it too.

She turned her head to look at the manager as he said he was calling the cops and made a winced face. She turned back to Patience and said in a quiet rush, "I'm really sorry, Freddie." and she scrambled to her feet to take hold of Greed's arm, looking more and more worried, "We should get outta here."

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[info]better_than
2012-10-05 02:08 am UTC (link)
With Zoe's reaction it would be easy for Patience to think Greed had been sheltering influence on her. He hadn't expected her to respond toward him, so when she grabbed for his arm he just took off. She would be behind him, but Greed was running for Greed. He didn't want to go to jail again. It seemed his runins with Patience always ended with the law.

He ran for some time before stopping and walking into another shop a good distance away. He tried to catch his breath acting as if nothing had him running away. He ordered a drink and took a seat at an empty table. He needed to catch his thoughts before they ran rampant. It didn't help the cashier sneaking a few fives out of her drawer when he gave her a wink. Then he stuffed himself in a busy corner to hide out until this bout with Patience passed.

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[info]patientia_est
2012-10-05 04:08 am UTC (link)
Patience looked up at Zoe, a little -hurt? surprised?- when she turned to go with Greed. He leaned his head forward, applying the pressure to his nose as he tried to work out what to do. Well, he'd do what he always did. Wait. The ambulance would come and his nose would be set and he'd have black eyes for a few days, but he'd work through it. His nose would even go back to its proper shape- a perk of being an immortal concept. He watched Zoe walk away and Greed run, and gritted his teeth to wait it out.

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[info]history_repeats
2012-10-05 05:03 am UTC (link)
Are you kidding me... Zoe didn't outwardly react to Greed running off like he heard a starter pistol. She clenched her jaw and pressed her lips together but then turned back to Patience, "I'm.. really.. really.. sorry about that. Uh.. he's not very.. good.. with people. If there's anything I can.." but the ambulance came and she gave them room to work on Patience. Before she left he gave her his home address.

Zoe felt weird accepting it but he had gotten punched in the face so smiled and promised she'd check on him soon. She never did get to finish her fries but know what, she'd lost her appetite anyways.

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