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coppelganger) wrote2023-06-02 10:46 am
coppelganger) wrote2023-06-02 10:46 am
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ic contact; MoM
Hey, it's Sarah. Leave a message.
Hey, it's Sarah. Leave a message.
Ready and waiting.
[An initiation text, send right to Sarah; he had arrived early, of course, and in proper fashion. Chilton wanted to stake out a shadowy corner booth in the back, away from any ruckus the front side bar might bring. Despite the public setting, he required something of an intimate atmosphere.
All the better for peculiar focus, after all.]
[An initiation text, send right to Sarah; he had arrived early, of course, and in proper fashion. Chilton wanted to stake out a shadowy corner booth in the back, away from any ruckus the front side bar might bring. Despite the public setting, he required something of an intimate atmosphere.
All the better for peculiar focus, after all.]
[ Sarah doesn't answer his text, but a minute or so later she comes sliding into the booth, glass of bourbon in hand. It's a bit of a worse for ware Sarah than the last time they spoke—there's a noticeable limp as she comes walking up, two of her fingers are splinted together, and there are mostly healed cuts on her face. She doesn't look surly, though, so much as nervous. ]
Hey.
Hey.
Hello, Sarah.
[Calm voice, his clinical voice. It's soft and precise, intended to draw you in towards him. Chilton's got his own drink at his lips soon, a whiskey neat.]
Good to see you. Already prepared. [A nod at her own bourbon.] Now. Do you want to start the topic, or shall I ease you in?
[Calm voice, his clinical voice. It's soft and precise, intended to draw you in towards him. Chilton's got his own drink at his lips soon, a whiskey neat.]
Good to see you. Already prepared. [A nod at her own bourbon.] Now. Do you want to start the topic, or shall I ease you in?
[ She hadn't expected him to get right to it, though of course, that's his job. But still, when he suggests starting, she almost visibly flinches, then wastes some time turning her glass around and around on the table. ]
Don't really know what to say.
Don't really know what to say.
I know I started talking about trying to cook dinner for you and George and Jess at our place sometime, or like a barbecue with more people so it was less like Double Date Disaster Redux: The Redatening and more like chilling out sesh with banger sangers and beers
but if we do that it'll definitely work better if we just do the barbecue thing with friends or maybe don't do anything
nothing dire, to be clear, just Jess and me broke up and it was pretty awkward
and by awkward I mean she's ruined onion rings for me
anyway I'm swearing off dating and going to join a convent
but if we do that it'll definitely work better if we just do the barbecue thing with friends or maybe don't do anything
nothing dire, to be clear, just Jess and me broke up and it was pretty awkward
and by awkward I mean she's ruined onion rings for me
anyway I'm swearing off dating and going to join a convent
[ and then a minute later: ]
Shit, sorry, i'm not sure what to say. But that's fine, we don't need to do anything. We can just hang out, we don't need to do date things.
[ Which is her very very tactful way of acknowledging that the Sarissa/Jessica relationship was a trainwreck from the beginning, and that she's not surprised it ended awkwardly, but also, she doesn't particularly feel like going on dates or hanging out with a bunch of people, so it's fine. ]
Shit, sorry, i'm not sure what to say. But that's fine, we don't need to do anything. We can just hang out, we don't need to do date things.
[ Which is her very very tactful way of acknowledging that the Sarissa/Jessica relationship was a trainwreck from the beginning, and that she's not surprised it ended awkwardly, but also, she doesn't particularly feel like going on dates or hanging out with a bunch of people, so it's fine. ]
It's alright. Always a bit weird to figure what to say, isn't it?
Honestly being quiet for a while sounds good. If you could just schedule in time to pet my hair and tell me I'm pretty and not a total duck who'll never meet someone who is nice and non homicidal and has nice arms that'd be nice
Optional though
*fuck up
Honestly being quiet for a while sounds good. If you could just schedule in time to pet my hair and tell me I'm pretty and not a total duck who'll never meet someone who is nice and non homicidal and has nice arms that'd be nice
Optional though
*fuck up
thanks
because my other plan is to feel sorry for myself and think about how I only attract jerks or am only attracted to jerks and those are both depressing
because my other plan is to feel sorry for myself and think about how I only attract jerks or am only attracted to jerks and those are both depressing
Gonna be honest here, your track record isn't great.
That might not be a bad idea, at least for a while.
I was hoping you'd tell me not to be dramatic and that I was being a dumbarse and roll your eyes
But I guess this is sensible truth day huh
But I guess this is sensible truth day huh
Not many people do, at first.
[He took a drawl -- slower, softer turn of speech. Trying to make this more comfortable for her.]
We'll just begin casually, then. What has been on your mind, recently? The thing, or things, that you cannot seem to stop thinking about -- even if you want to?
[He took a drawl -- slower, softer turn of speech. Trying to make this more comfortable for her.]
We'll just begin casually, then. What has been on your mind, recently? The thing, or things, that you cannot seem to stop thinking about -- even if you want to?
so you're the looks AND the brains
what do i even bring to this team up
what do i even bring to this team up
[ She stays silent for a few moments, just thinking. Slowly, under the table, she begins to worry at her thumbnails, ripping at the cuticles. ]
I went home. For an update? Another one of my sisters died.
I went home. For an update? Another one of my sisters died.
Ah. [No gushing of sympathy -- he went for the subtler downcast glance. Sarah, he figured, would appreciate that more.] I am sorry, for your loss.
[He would guess that her sisters -- her clones, that was something he always kept in the back of his mind -- were indeed mostly the family she had. It seemed like she like a dangerous life, and perhaps not willingly.
Hard to keep much more amidst all that. And an impossible baby in the mix, a miracle child, how terrifying that would be.]
Homicide? [He assumed.] ... Or. Natural causes? [Unlikely.]
[He would guess that her sisters -- her clones, that was something he always kept in the back of his mind -- were indeed mostly the family she had. It seemed like she like a dangerous life, and perhaps not willingly.
Hard to keep much more amidst all that. And an impossible baby in the mix, a miracle child, how terrifying that would be.]
Homicide? [He assumed.] ... Or. Natural causes? [Unlikely.]
You and Tiger are going to do serious lasting damage to my self esteem
Yeah. Murdered.
[ Like most of the rest of them. She takes another drink. ] I should be used to it by now. Or at least not surprised. Yeah?
[ Like most of the rest of them. She takes another drink. ] I should be used to it by now. Or at least not surprised. Yeah?
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