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maskormenace2015-04-19 09:37 pm
rathercommon) wrote in maskormenace2015-04-19 09:37 pm
Entry tags:
- hiro hamada | n/a,
- kang | n/a,
- knock out | n/a,
- † bartimaeus | n/a,
- † billy kaplan | wiccan,
- † dorian gray | n/a,
- † hazel lockwood | n/a,
- † kamala khan | ms. marvel,
- † kitty jones | n/a,
- † loki laufeyson | n/a,
- † manabu yuuki | punching bag,
- † normie osborn | n/a,
- † owen burnett (puck) | n/a,
- † raina | n/a,
- † riku | darkeater,
- † rose lalonde | seer of light,
- † sai | n/a,
- † spot conlon | king of brooklyn,
- † thomas | n/a
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Hi. It's Kitty.
[ She gives an awkward little wave to the camera. She feels ridiculously uncomfortable posting about this right now, and it shows; she looks anxious and displeased. But - ]
I know there was a bit of talk of having a birthday party for me today, but it's been cancelled. For...rather obvious reasons. So just - if you were going to come, do stay home. [ Then, with a quick attempt at some comforting levity: ] Spend the time you would have at my party finding a good cause, and then when all of this is over with, volunteer with them.
[ Okay. Her attempt at a smile fades, and then she continues on: ]
Anyway. That's not...quite it. There've been a few people who've gone. Simon Newton, for one, and John Mitchell. And just recently, John Mandrake. [ This last...She does not look happy about that. ] And I know sometimes people come back without memories, so if you find them back, and they've forgotten something, please let me know. I think - they might not know to contact me, if they lose memories, so I'd like to know if they return.
[ Translation: "Mandrake was my blood enemy, but now we're friends, and won't it just be my luck if he comes back forgetting that second part."
Her next attempt to shake off her gloom looks like almost a physical effort. She just about twitches like a cat shifting its attention. ]
Anyway. While we're avoiding getting each other ill, why don't we do something to keep our spirits up? Has anyone read those books about the vampires falling in love? Billy gave me one, and they are bloody ghastly, aren't they? So, go on, then, tell me about the absolute worst book you've ever read.
[ She gives an awkward little wave to the camera. She feels ridiculously uncomfortable posting about this right now, and it shows; she looks anxious and displeased. But - ]
I know there was a bit of talk of having a birthday party for me today, but it's been cancelled. For...rather obvious reasons. So just - if you were going to come, do stay home. [ Then, with a quick attempt at some comforting levity: ] Spend the time you would have at my party finding a good cause, and then when all of this is over with, volunteer with them.
[ Okay. Her attempt at a smile fades, and then she continues on: ]
Anyway. That's not...quite it. There've been a few people who've gone. Simon Newton, for one, and John Mitchell. And just recently, John Mandrake. [ This last...She does not look happy about that. ] And I know sometimes people come back without memories, so if you find them back, and they've forgotten something, please let me know. I think - they might not know to contact me, if they lose memories, so I'd like to know if they return.
[ Translation: "Mandrake was my blood enemy, but now we're friends, and won't it just be my luck if he comes back forgetting that second part."
Her next attempt to shake off her gloom looks like almost a physical effort. She just about twitches like a cat shifting its attention. ]
Anyway. While we're avoiding getting each other ill, why don't we do something to keep our spirits up? Has anyone read those books about the vampires falling in love? Billy gave me one, and they are bloody ghastly, aren't they? So, go on, then, tell me about the absolute worst book you've ever read.
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[ "the porter" is kind of laughable. maybe he means Lachesis. ]
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Erm - yeah. Mitchell...He worked for you, yeah?
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[ A slight hesitation. ]
I'm - sorry that you lost him. He did like you quite a lot. And I'm sure he was a good employee, too. He really was - is - just a lovely person.
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We're left with small comforts. It's not absolute.
Who knows? Miss Capricious may decide to bring him back eventually.
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I hope so. I do rather miss him.
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I've got a few years' experience. Bartending. I could at least fill in to make things a little easier, if you'd not like me as a regular employee.
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Hold on, hold on—back up.
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You want to ... work for me?
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I'm good at it. I've got plenty of experience, like I said. And my skills would be ridiculously useful if a fight breaks out, because I know that a lot of imPorts go there, so I could just grab hold of them and then they couldn't blow the place up. That was part of my duties back home too, sort of, so I know how to spot trouble breaking out.
And I could use another job. I got sacked from the library recently for being too unreliable, and my work at the cafe's only part-time. A night job would be really good for my schedule.
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You did always make a good case for yourself, but that doesn't bode well in practice.
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Give me a try. I can work one night and you'll see that I'm really good at it. I held a record back at the Frog - where I worked before - I could pull twenty pints in a minute. No spilling, no more than an inch of head on each pint. And you wouldn't even believe how good I am at upselling people on liquor. I come in, and work, and I promise that no more than twenty percent of my sales will be well drinks. The rest name brand.
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You are ruthless in the pursuit of what you want, aren't you?
[ there's a sigh, and he asks, because he has to know: ]
What, exactly, is the reason for such tenacity?
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I - just sort of miss Mitchell. A lot. I know that's stupid, and that won't make it better, but - I just really miss him.
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there's a huff and a sigh. ]
No, and dwelling somewhere searching for his ghost won't, either.
Change comes to us, here more than other places. You can take it gracefully, or can hold on to the remnants of the past and be dragged.
Move forward, Kitty. You have your ambitions, don't you?
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Having that stamped down...She's been keeping busy to keep from feeling Mitchell's loss too keenly. But this pulls him further away. She makes a little noise that sounds a little bit too much like a sound of physical pain. Immediately, she tries to cover it with a brash, casual, confident backtracking from that raw emotional truth: ]
I can't really eat my ambitions. Or put them into savings. I need to earn a living. And I know I'll earn good tips.
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Where's the Viva la? I don't have to break into a single-man version of Can You Hear the People Sing, do I?
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You must not have talked to too many working-class revolutionaries, then. We've got day jobs. Or night jobs, as the case may be. Successful change can't be enacted if you die of exposure from your homelessness.
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[ Mitchell, specifically. but for once he doesn't twist the knife. ]
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It's about...multiple things.
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I am, actually.
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