IV / video;

[heckblazer]

[ It's probably not a video he records or posts deliberately, considering his lack of technological competence. But there he is, slouched alone on a pub patio, moping behind a cloud of cigarette smoke. He's well into a bottle of...good Lord, flavoured vodka? Birthday cake, no less?

Well. It's not like lushes can be picky. ]

Huh. Didn't think I'd make it to see another one of these days.

[ He adds his cigarette butt to the mountain on the ashtray in front of him, and lights another, muttering softly between his teeth, ]

Happy fuckin birthday to ya, Johnny.
Useless twit.

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[heckblazer]

No offense taken.

[ He'd probably be slightly more bothered at her probing if she wasn't kind of cute. ]

Push 'em away for their own safety, usually.

[glassfall]

And why is that? Is your life here so dangerous?

[xcuse u, John, she is more than "kind of" cute.]

[heckblazer]

I seem to like it to be dangerous in any place the multiverse throws me, really.

[ And the constant pawning off of his friends to dark forces in a sad attempt at adding to his own lifespan. ]

[glassfall]

That sounds a bit like you're avoiding the question.

[But okay, she'll bite.]

We're all in danger here, I've heard. But that just means that we have to keep an eye out for one another. I don't exactly trust the people who plucked me from my world because they can't fight their own battles.

[Seriously, does she look like a fighter to you?]

[heckblazer]

Y'know, not sure I buy that we are fighting someone else's war. I reckon it's a line they feed to make the heroically inclined feel better about being used for entertainment.

[glassfall]

Really? I haven't been here long, so I wouldn't know. What makes you say that?