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middaeg2021-04-05 09:59 pm
hearthebell) wrote in middaeg2021-04-05 09:59 pm
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Lots of Girls Walk Around in Tears, but That's Not For You [Closed]
Who: L (Linden Tailor) and Alex, Later Mello
When: April 5
Where: Alex and Mello's cottage
What: Tutoring, and revelations
Warnings: Potentially sensitive subject matter? Will update if necessary
[L can be a strange and fickle creature, but in general, the rules of punctuality are ones he holds to, so long as he isn't trying to make a point of disrespecting a person. It's one of the simplest social rules to abide by, for someone who finds them otherwise fraught, and ultimately, L respects Alex for many reasons.
She cares enough to try to learn, though life dealt her a difficult hand and rendered her without a proper education. It had been surprising to learn, but it hadn't merited judgment, disapproval or dismissal. He'd worked her into his tutoring schedule and had diligently tried to catch her up with letters, numbers, and scientific principles that may or not matter in a world where magic reigns supreme.
He knows that things are different now that Mello is in Aefenglom. He knows that there's probably going to be tension; if Alex and Mello got along before, they can certainly manage it again, which might mean more close brushes with someone he'd rather not come in contact with.
He knocks on the door at the agreed-upon time. Subconsciously he moves the leather case he carries in front of his body.]
When: April 5
Where: Alex and Mello's cottage
What: Tutoring, and revelations
Warnings: Potentially sensitive subject matter? Will update if necessary
[L can be a strange and fickle creature, but in general, the rules of punctuality are ones he holds to, so long as he isn't trying to make a point of disrespecting a person. It's one of the simplest social rules to abide by, for someone who finds them otherwise fraught, and ultimately, L respects Alex for many reasons.
She cares enough to try to learn, though life dealt her a difficult hand and rendered her without a proper education. It had been surprising to learn, but it hadn't merited judgment, disapproval or dismissal. He'd worked her into his tutoring schedule and had diligently tried to catch her up with letters, numbers, and scientific principles that may or not matter in a world where magic reigns supreme.
He knows that things are different now that Mello is in Aefenglom. He knows that there's probably going to be tension; if Alex and Mello got along before, they can certainly manage it again, which might mean more close brushes with someone he'd rather not come in contact with.
He knocks on the door at the agreed-upon time. Subconsciously he moves the leather case he carries in front of his body.]
no subject
But I’m not?
[ Sure they might have had some awkward pauses and moments here and there, but generally... ]
The things you talk about are really interesting to me.
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[He never is.]
My associate had to pretend to be very drunk, and attempt a handstand on the guardrail of a hotel room's balcony. He needed to slip at just the right moment, and make it look convincing. Two people used a mattress to catch him from a balcony on a lower floor, we threw a sandbag to imitate the sound of a body hitting the ground, and by the time his would-be killers looked, we had an actor in a dark wig lying where he would have fallen. We had an ambulance and a stretcher; my small part was pretending, with another associate, to be a paramedic. We printed an obituary in the coming days, and they bought it entirely.
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Did you guys practice that or just do it on the spot? And how long did your associate have to pretend to be dead? Did you catch the killers in the end?
[ If the barrage of questions didn’t show her interest, who knows what would. ]
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[He shrugs.]
I'd look foolish, I suppose. And... yes. In a matter of speaking, we caught them.
[Just... not the big killer, is all.]