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I'm getting real tired of getting dumped in strange places against my will. I don't like it.

[There's a low, dangerous growl of disapproval and the expression on Mick's face is not a pretty one. It's somewhat reminiscent of an angry bull. This was the second time in God knows how many days that Mick Rory has found himself stranded somewhere new and different, unsure what the hell is happening. It's not a good feeling. It didn't inspire much good will.

Though this is a definite improvement over the last place. For one, there's food. For another, he gets a free smart phone to yell at people over and voice his anger. Not bad. Though he did kind of think they went a little overboard with the white. What was with all the decorations anyway? This better not be like some low rent Christmas Town cause honestly, that sounded a lot like hell.]

You got five minutes to convince me not to torch this place to the ground cause I ain't in the mood to play nice right now. Somebody start talking. [The words come out as an angry snarl, teeth barred. He's not a happy bunny.]

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[determinedest]

[By contrast, the child that responds to his message is perfectly calm. Still, they can't use video at the moment. Too many people are trying to find them.]

Please don't. The last person who tried that got in a lot of trouble.

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So? You won't be the one that gets into trouble. It's not gonna effect you.

[Besides the obvious 'burning down where you live' issue.]

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[determinedest]

A lot of people were going to try and hurt him for it. You shouldn't have to be hurt too.

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You don't know me, kid. Why the hell do you care?

I could be a monster for all you know. I could deserve it.

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[determinedest]

All the monsters I know are good people.

And no one deserves it.

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So you think.

[Fuck. It's hard to be a dick to a kid. They're not the same, they're harder to smack down.]

I think I lost my spark for doing it anyway.

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[determinedest]

No. No one deserves to die.

[Not unless your name is Frisk, ha ha.]

That's good. I know this place isn't always the best, but it's better if people aren't fighting.

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People are gonna fight. It's what people do. They're angry.

[Like Mick. He's fucking pissed and he wants to do damage.]

You can't stop that.

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[determinedest]

I can try.

[Seems like they really do have miles to go before they sleep.]

It's the holidays anyway. Most people are too tired to fight.

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That's a good way to go and get yourself hurt. You really want that?

People fight more during the holidays.

Christmas is only fun for kids. Pisses everyone else off.

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[determinedest]

It's ok. I'm very determined.

Not this year! Everyone's been having weird dreams. People are really, really tired.

[boilover]

That's not always a good thing. Determined people get the worst deals.

Weird dreams?

[determinedest]

[Ha ha. Ha.

Wow. He knows a thing or two how it works for determination, doesn't he? It almost sets them off laughing. It does set them off laughing, full of disbelief and high-pitched, gibbering terror. Fingers tangling in their hair, tears rolling down their eyes


* Almost like he KNOWS.


...what? You didn't do that?]

Yes. Dreams about another Wonderland. Some people like them but most people seem to want to stay awake so they don't have to see it.

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Makes a lot of sense. I don't no intentions to sleep any time soon. I'm gonna drink until I can't feel and then try to sort this place out. In my head, anyway.

[He wants to sleep but the more he hears about it all, the less he wants to catch some sleep.]

You sitting up then? Ain't you a little young for that? It's gotta be past your bedtime.

[determinedest]

What makes you think I'm young?

[Text is easier, after all, at the moment. And even if he has figured it out by now, that they're little more than a child - they're not young in all the ways that count.

They've lived through too many deaths and killed too many people they love to be young anymore.]

[boilover]

You sound it, kid. You're either young or you're soft but that leave a level of naiveness. It comes with youth. And youth ain't just like the single digits, kid.

These days everyone seems like a kid to me.

[He has no idea how old this person is and mostly, he's just teasing. Honestly, sometimes he thinks most twenty year olds need to get their asses to bed at a reasonable hour. They always clogged up the bars.]

[determinedest]

Maybe I'm just very optimistic.

[They're not the best at mind games, honestly. Chara's the one who's better at sounding older than they are.

Shouldn't've thought about Chara. Scrub it out. Move on. Let the thoughts die away, even as they ache and clench around their chest.]

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If you were older, like my age, you'd have been a lot more uppity and offended about being called a kid, earlier. Or flattered. You're just refuting. I can't say how old you are, I just don't think you're my age.

[There's a lack of bitterness and snappish-ness he'd just expect from an older person he called a kid.]

Either way, it's past your bedtime. [He grunts, making an amused noise.] It passed mine too.

[determinedest]

[He's smart. They don't bother to argue further. He figured it out pretty quickly, and there's no point in lying.]

We might as well not be sleeping at all.

Dreams make it hard.

[boilover]

You're not wrong there.

I would suggest getting loaded at the bar but I'm sensing that ain't gonna happen.

[determinedest]

LOL! Do they have juiceboxes and Sea Tea there?

[Shouldn't have thought of that either. Juice-boxes, it turns out, are keyed to Chara as well. Another painful thought.

ERASE. ERASE. ERASE.]

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I dunno. They probably have coke? You drink that?

I hear there's a kitchen somewhere that's raidable. You can probably steal something you like.

[determinedest]

The closets give out free stuff too! Has anyone told you about them yet?

["Someone" already has, they know. They'll pretend they don't know. It's easier for both of them if they do.]

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I got told a gist, yeah.

This place ain't right at all. [Still, he kind of likes it. He always did like weird.] No sleep but you can get free stuff and things from a closet.

[determinedest]

Yeah, it's kind of weird -_-

[Get it? It's you!]

But you get used to it. It's not all bad!