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Tweak says, "Easy on the goods darlin'"

Will just needs a (stream) wrote in rooms,
@ 2014-04-15 12:03:00

Entry tags:

!hannibal, *journal, *voice, valerie king, will graham

Valerie K
[Locked to Valerie K]

410-498-5555

They'll let me to the phone around 7pm if you can call then. If not, let me know.

[...] Thank you.

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Re: Call: Will and Valerie

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2014-04-19 01:23 pm UTC (link)

[She had commented that her voice was special, but that still didn't mean Will knew what to expect. So when she comes on, there's quiet for a moment as he takes in those two words, a hint of a smile coming over his face.] Your voice - it's. [A pause as he tries to find his words.] It's nice. Good. Good to talk to you, I mean. [A nervous laugh. It's been too long since he's talked to anyone save Hannibal or Crawford or occasionally Alana.]

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	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-19 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	[Throaty laughter. God was good in some ways.] You should hear me sing. Men always like the voice. What did you do with yourself today? [She makes it sound like an indecent proposal.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-19 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	[God was very good, apparently.] Maybe some day, when I'm out of this place. [Because he wants to believe it's a when, not an if.] Today? I slept. I daydreamed that I was fishing. It's not a very exciting life that I lead lately. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-19 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	[Audible nose-wrinkle.] Fishing. Will, sweetie, you need to get out. Meet people. Convince them you are not a psychopath by talking to them and pretending to care about their little problems. [Throaty laugh again. Though not unkind.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-19 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	[Slightly indignant.] I quite happen to enjoy fishing. It's [...] relaxing. Perhaps when things settle, I'll have a chance to get out again. [He pauses, thinking, head bowed towards the table as he makes every attempt to keep the call between just them.] How - how has your evening been? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-19 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	[Smiling at the indignation. So cute. Shifting gears.] Well I haven't been reading. I don't want to know, if you know what I mean. [She figures people are listening too.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-19 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	That's probably for the best. I don't think I'd want you to know either. [A pause, a soft sigh.] But nothing seems to be progressing at the moment. Dr. Lecter seems [...] preoccupied with something else, which is, at least for me, good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-19 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	[Decidedly.] For sure. So at work today, I had a psychologist sit down at the bar and tell me about how he had to put his dog down. He used a lot of big words. I think I heard ten words for "sad.' (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-19 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	Ten words for that emotion seems a bit excessive. From that small description, it sounds as though he is feeling guilty for doing so. Why was he telling you such things? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-19 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	Bartenders are easy to talk to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-19 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Do you enjoy it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-19 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm. [She always vocalizes when she thinks. She picks the first note of one of Billie's songs to think to.] Hmmmm. I guess it alleviates the boredom if it's slow. But it reminds me too much of what I'm doing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-19 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	Is there more to what you're doing than bartending? Singing? [Will's a quiet thinker, a quiet speaker, but he can carry a conversation.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-20 12:05 am UTC (link)
	I forgot I told you that. [Again the laugh, a little tinny, not funny laugh.] Yeah, I sing. But I'm not really good enough to be the spotlight, you know? [Obviously Will is off the prospect list, obviously.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-20 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Who says that sort of thing? I'm just curious. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-20 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Well, I just did just now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-20 12:20 am UTC (link)
	Of course you do. We are, as they say, our worst critics. But who else does? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-20 12:22 am UTC (link)
	[She gets where he's going and laughs like a bell.] Oh, sweetie. God you're adorable. That's so nice of you! You are a nice one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-20 12:23 am UTC (link)
	[There's a sound as though he starts to say something, and then silence for a moment as he processes it.] Thank you? I think? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-20 12:25 am UTC (link)
	You're welcome. One in a million. You're feeling, you know that, Will? You feel a lot. A lady likes that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-20 12:26 am UTC (link)
	[A true laugh.] You say that until you spend time around me. It is my greatest strength and my greatest flaw. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-20 12:34 am UTC (link)
	Too soft? Things hurt? [There's something really ironic about that, you can hear it in her voice.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie stream 2014-04-20 12:36 am UTC (link)
	[A chuckle.] Not quite. Too empathic, is how it's often phrased. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Will and Valerie monetize 2014-04-20 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Tell me about it. [Comfortably.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Call: Will and Valerie

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2014-04-20 12:43 am UTC (link)

[He's quiet for a moment, trying to decide how best to phrase it.] I am rather skilled at putting myself in another's shoes. Seeing it from their perspective, feeling what they may have felt. [Another pause.] Too good, at times. Especially when you put that to use helping the FBI solve murders. You can get too far into their head and once you do, it can be hard to get out again.