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[freeslider]

[Wade flops down on the bed, letting out an obvious sigh of aggravation]

Ok, that's it. I am done. I have been cleaning for, like, two days straight. I am exhausted and I can't possibly scrub this tile any whiter.

I just want a drink and to smell something that isn't soap or bleach...

Comments

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[rightchoices]

Shouldn't be too hard to find something to drink around here.

[ -- but Lee can't help but ask: ]

How old are you?

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[freeslider]

Well, I could wish something up, but I was hoping for a change in scenery. I can't even explain it. I just started cleaning and couldn't...stop...

[She chuckles] I'm twenty-three.

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[rightchoices]

Couple of places to go get drinks, I mean -- in the castle, and probably out in town, too.

[ And he sounds a little amused. ]

And alright. Sorry if I offended you. Little hard to tell sometimes based off voice.

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[freeslider]

No, it's ok, I get it. I get looks at bars all the time.

dictated;

[rightchoices]

Then maybe you shouldn't spend so much time in bars.

[ He's teasing here, or -- well, trying at least. ]

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[freeslider]

If I'm having the kind of week where I need to spend a lot of time in one, I usually don't care how people look at me.

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[rightchoices]

You have those kinda weeks a lot here?

dictated;

[freeslider]

Heh. Not as often as you'd think, actually.

dictated;

[rightchoices]

They come and go, yeah. Well -- good luck, you hear?

dictated;

[freeslider]

Thanks.

[Dictated]

[strangewonders]

You, too? It's been atrocious.

[Dictated]

[freeslider]

Wait, you've been cleaning too?

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[strangewonders]

Compulsively. It's been rather trying.

[freeslider]

It's a little early for spring cleaning, don't you think. What gives...?

[strangewonders]

I don't know, but if I find out, someone's going to pay for it.

[freeslider]

If you find out, let me know. I'll help.

...as soon as I can move again. Ugh.

[strangewonders]

A woman willing to help me exact revenge. I highly approve.

[freeslider]

I'm all about the helping.

[delincuente]

Dude, what have you even been cleaning for that long?

[freeslider]

Just my room?

[delincuente]

Wait - you cleaned your room with soap and bleach? I can't decide if that's impressive or annoying. I mean, I usually just shove everything under the bed.

[freeslider]

I think it's a little of both, really. I'm not usually that much of a neat freak either. But I swear I swept every cobweb, washed every window, polished every knob, and I don't even want to remember what else...

[delincuente]

Cobwebs? Dude, have you even been living in there?

[freeslider]

Yeah, but I don't sleep under the bed. Or on top of my bookshelves.

[delincuente]

... Okay, yeah, you got a good point. I don't even wanna know what the top of mine look like.

[She pauses for a second to think.]

Or I wouldn't, if I had any bookshelves.

[freeslider]

That's probably the only thing I've really added.

[delincuente]

What, you kept the rest all bland-hotel-vanilla?

[It's not as teasing as the words suggest - Alex gives a little chuckle of nostalgia.]

Oh man, my first room here? It had everything. I just never got around to it this time. Added an art studio, and painted up all the walls. But that's about it.

[freeslider]

I'm not really sure I want to get attached...

What do you mean, your 'first room'?

[delincuente]

The castle sent me home once, awhile back. Only, it didn't really. Everyone went to fake-Paris for Christmas and my friend found me there, acting like I was a starving artist and had never lived anywhere else. Once I figured out who I was, though, I remembered my first time here. Got a new room and a second loss, but I remembered.

[freeslider]

Oh man, I missed Paris?... [Cough] That sucks though. I heard about people coming back before, but I assumed they actually left.

[delincuente]

It wasn't all that. I had to live on a bench and the whole place smelled funky.

[freeslider]

That sucks. How long were you there?

[delincuente]

It was just a few months, but while I was there I thought it had been longer.

[freeslider]

Could you speak French too?

[delincuente]

I don't know. I didn't feel like I was, or anything.

[freeslider]

Yeah, I'm not really sure how this works either. I know I can talk to this girl from Japan, for example, but I don't speak even a word of Japanese. It's so weird.

[delincuente]

Mm-hmm. One of my best friends awhile back wasn't even from Earth, but we talked to each other totally fine.

[freeslider]

I get the sense we're speaking something different, but I can't tell if that's all in my head or not.

...actually it's kind of creepy when I think about it too much.