Hartley Rathaway 🎶 Pied Piper (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
socialactivillain) wrote2016-05-31 09:35 pm
socialactivillain) wrote2016-05-31 09:35 pm
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Cute.
[First he wants him to stop being so subtle, now he's saying too much. What is it with you people.]
I'm not your people's Captain Cold. Don't really know how to make that less unsettling for you. Although not asking things you don't want to know might help.
[First he wants him to stop being so subtle, now he's saying too much. What is it with you people.]
I'm not your people's Captain Cold. Don't really know how to make that less unsettling for you. Although not asking things you don't want to know might help.
[ Mistakes were made, okay? ]
I don't think there is any way to make it less unsettling. It'll just take time to adjust to. Which is why I'm asking questions in the first place. I was hoping maybe getting to know you would make it less weird.
[ Obviously he was wrong. ]
I don't think there is any way to make it less unsettling. It'll just take time to adjust to. Which is why I'm asking questions in the first place. I was hoping maybe getting to know you would make it less weird.
[ Obviously he was wrong. ]
[He's pretty sure none of this is okay.]
Funny. Usually people get unsettled because they think I don't have emotions.
So. Getting to know each other. You married?
[See? Awkward.]
Funny. Usually people get unsettled because they think I don't have emotions.
So. Getting to know each other. You married?
[See? Awkward.]
[ Honestly, talking about his own trainwreck of a love life is less awkward. ]
No. Actually recently single, I think. We didn't really have the time to talk things through before I showed up here.
No. Actually recently single, I think. We didn't really have the time to talk things through before I showed up here.
Good, focusing on that seems easier overall.
Could be less inconvenient, good for you.
Unless you're very broken up about it. Hard to gauge tone over text.
Could be less inconvenient, good for you.
Unless you're very broken up about it. Hard to gauge tone over text.
[ Mick suspects he knows what's coming. He leans forward again, arms draped across his knees. ]
He implies a lotta things. Have you noticed? Guy seems allergic to saying anything outright.
[ Beat. But that doesn't mean he can resist asking. ] What'd he say?
He implies a lotta things. Have you noticed? Guy seems allergic to saying anything outright.
[ Beat. But that doesn't mean he can resist asking. ] What'd he say?
We were talking politics, vaguely, and marriage equality came up. And he's uh, apparently kind of married.
Maybe.
To a man.
Maybe.
To a man.
I'm not, not really. I wasn't exactly blindsided by him asking me to move out for awhile.
It's hard not to.
[ He scritches his fingers through Poptart's mane. ]
So, did you get me anything other than a rental pony and a weird conversation about your finger?
[ He scritches his fingers through Poptart's mane. ]
So, did you get me anything other than a rental pony and a weird conversation about your finger?
No, not really, but, y'know, I figured we could do something if you wanted to. Unless you had other plans, or don't feel like accompanying the handsomest man alive and his small horse friend on your birthday, which, I dunno why you'd want anything else.
Good timing then, even if you didn't expect to move quite that far.
Guess if nothing else, this place has opportunities.
Guess if nothing else, this place has opportunities.
Hey, I didn't even realize it was my birthday until you and Poptart showed up. So no, I'm pretty free.
[ Under any other circumstances, he'd normally be at least a little amused by James' particular sense of humor, but that's a little too real right now. Instead, he huffs a sigh. ]
He really just can't help himself, can he?
He really just can't help himself, can he?
Moving to another universe does feel a little bit like overkill, now that you mention it, intentional or not.
Opportunities. Yeah, that's an interesting way of putting it.
Opportunities. Yeah, that's an interesting way of putting it.
Presumably you'll get back eventually. I'm still not sure whether that's a good or bad thing, mostly offers lack of permanence.
But some people here aren't that bad, so there's that.
But some people here aren't that bad, so there's that.
He'd poke a bear with a stick. Cold's practically a polar bear as is.
[ Mick rubs the bridge of his nose. The same question he asked Trickster is running through his head now. But it seems to be even more relevant, now that he knows there's substance behind the suspicions and not just him and James getting each other riled up. ]
What am I supposed to do?
[ Mick rubs the bridge of his nose. The same question he asked Trickster is running through his head now. But it seems to be even more relevant, now that he knows there's substance behind the suspicions and not just him and James getting each other riled up. ]
What am I supposed to do?
Edited 2016-06-26 12:20 (UTC)
That'd be great, actually. Are we bringing Poptart?
I hope he likes whatever band is playing, then.
[ Piper sighs, looking down into the pool and stirring one foot idly in the water. ]
I don't think you can do anything. It's not like he... expects anything from you, right?
I don't think you can do anything. It's not like he... expects anything from you, right?
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