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[captainfuckingmagic]

'Hey, this is Harry. I don't know why you're calling but I'll try to call you back.'

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[mightbeconcussed]

[Mint Juleps. She thanks him, sighs and leans against him. This is the touchy portion of the evening. Not that she's not normally fairly touchy.]

I could burn a torch...carry a torch. I could carry a torch and make an altar in my closet. You never know, Harry. [She's teasing. She wouldn't. Probably. I mean she did when she was in high school but didn't everyone at one time? That's normal. Right?]

Other what's to choose from? Boys? Or options? And what options are we talking or boys for that matter. Are you trying to pimp me out, Harry? Yes. Drunk. I like drunk. It's fun.

i changed it because that was the wrong icon ENTIRELY

[captainfuckingmagic]

[That's right. Mint juleps. He sits up straight when she leans on him. Not sure how long that'll actually last though.]

If you carry a torch into your closet you'll probably just burn your house down. [Hey, he carried a torch until like, a year ago, so. Normal?]

No, see, that was where the not-advocating came in, because I was so not advocating that you go looking for another... partner, or anything, just that sometimes having the option makes you feel better about not doing it. Or something. I'm a big, you know, cosmic picture and stuff.

I UNDERSTAND

[mightbeconcussed]

[It won't really deter her either way.]

Definitely would rather not burn my house down. I have the coolest flat in the City. [Eh...well, Lucy wouldn't really think so but yes?]

So I'm supposed to feel better about not doing it 'cause I can do it? [That is a confused look on her face. She is too drunk for this.] I could always do it, Harry. I just chose to be a good girlfriend instead of a sucktastic ho-bag because that hurts when you do that to someone you like.

[captainfuckingmagic]

[ He listens to that with an increasingly confused look. ]

That's... That's not what I said. Tonight-partner not like, ... partner partner. You know. Because you need two people. Wasn't talking anything about doing it in a relationship - I just meant... You know. Tonight stuff. [ He's not drunk enough. ]

[mightbeconcussed]

Oh. [Confusion on her face says she still doesn't really get it.]

So we should have a 'Yay! Lucy isn't a whore tonight' celebratory drink?

[captainfuckingmagic]

[ Lucy what even. ] How are you doing that - you're taking like, all the words I say and translating them into something I didn't say at all. Where the hell did 'whore' come in; I never said that. I mean, we can have a celebratory over something drink, but not that, okay?

[mightbeconcussed]

Oh! No! I didn't mean like you thought whore. That was my own application of the word to me. [Her self esteem issues are a lot harder to hide when she's smashed.]

We should have a celebratory drink over you being a knight in shining armor.

[captainfuckingmagic]

That's... [ That's not any better, actually. Sort of. At least it's not something he said now. ] Why?

Well I'm not going to say no to either one of those, even if I think your definitions are a little off. In all directions.

[mightbeconcussed]

Why? [Give her a second to catch up.] OH! Well because I sleep around. Sex is fun and if i can make sure I'm not going to get hurt in the process by doing the whole not getting attached thing, why shouldn't I sleep around? Everyone else says whore. I say taking care of Lucy.

Pfffft we've had this conversation. I get to apply adjectives and stereotypes to you.

[captainfuckingmagic]

[ He handwaves, downing the rest of his glass. ]

Yeah, yeah, you get to call me whatever you want. I remember.

[mightbeconcussed]

[Beaming smile. She likes you, Harry.]

You are very quickly learning the way things work in Lucy Land. I think you're way above average on these things.

[captainfuckingmagic]

[ He turns to grin at her a little bit. ] The way things work in Lucyland is pretty straightforward, I think. It's kinda nice.

[mightbeconcussed]

I'm pretty upfront about how things are. I like things my way and I can't expect people to do anything my way if I don't tell them about it.

[captainfuckingmagic]

See that's really logical and makes a lot of sense, which is probably why most people don't seem to understand that general concept.

[ Also he's ordering himself another drink now. One that isn't really sweet, not that he didn't like those. ]

[mightbeconcussed]

I am a brilliant, logical mind, Harry. Also, spoiled but I don't think that's a bad thing.

[She's sipping on her Mint Julep and still leaning against him.]

[captainfuckingmagic]

My mom'd say that's a bad thing. She wasn't a big fan of spoiled kids. I think that's mostly just Taylor and Tyler Tuckers' faults though, with the daycare shit. And even I agreed and I was like, six. They were assholes. You - [ prod ] - not an asshole. Maybe there's a good kind of spoiled. Like just, over-ripe or something.

[ So maybe he's apparently starting to be hit by all the alcohol at once. ]

[mightbeconcussed]

[She giggles a bit at the prod.] So glad I'm not an asshole. It's actually a goal of mine. Don't be an asshole today.

[That's usually how it works.] Do you miss home, Harry? I miss home sometimes.

[captainfuckingmagic]

[ This question takes him slightly be surprise. ]

Uhhh. I mean. I don't know, there's shit about home that I miss, sure, but aside from Harry and... sort of Harmony, I don't really think I had much going on. And here... I maybe got a little more happening here - weirdly - so, you know. I'm pretty cool either way. Are you talking about just, home home, or the whole planet type home? I mean either way my answer's the same, I think, but, yeah.

[mightbeconcussed]

Just home home. Not as attached to the planet except that it has home on it. [She ponders the whole idea of it.]

I think there's stuff about home that I miss too. I loved here when Jill was here.

I just noticed I said Harry in the other one when I meant Perry.

[captainfuckingmagic]

Who's Jill?

S'okay I sort of figured

[mightbeconcussed]

[Lucy gets up and retrieves a framed picture from one of the tables. It's of her and Jill in the City. She sits back down and hands it to him.]

She's my best friend. Back home and she was here for a little while 'til the City sent her back.

[captainfuckingmagic]

[ There's a picture of them both in the bar on one of the tables.

Of course there's a picture of them both on one of the tables in the bar. ]

Nice lookin' girl. When'd she go back?

[mightbeconcussed]

[Tables are the best places in a bar to dance, Harry.]

February. She was only here a few months and sometimes, I think she liked it.

[captainfuckingmagic]

[ Wait were they actually on the table in the picture? I thought it was that the pictures were sitting on one of the tables.

Although tbh at this point idk if he'd be that surprised about where the picture was taken - his mild surprise just there was more that she and her friend were being used for decor. ]

Well, you know, it's not really that bad here. I mean there's something to be said for a place you can do heroic shit sometimes and still wake up the next morning. Orrrr... Have a big creepy clock, or meet people from another... whatever.

[mightbeconcussed]

[It's Lucy. What do you think?]

I think I'm having a phase. I loved the City a lot for a long time. I've just lost a lot of people recently and it's getting harder to like it, you know?