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[attractedtodarkness]

[One teenage girl with long brown hair draped down the sides of her face is staring at her new phone incredulously. Her tone one of disbelief and sarcasm.]

"Don't worry, we're the [Insert air quotes here] 'good guys'"? Seriously? Talk about mega government conspiracies. I'm not buying any of that bullshit.

[There's a pause as she reaches for something off camera]

First thing's first, if anyone has a lighter I can borrow, I want to burn the shit out of this file. [she waves the back of her personnel file in front of the camera briefly] I don't know how they got my information but I'm not about to share it. And if someone can lend me enough cash for a flight to Los Angeles, it'll be great.

[she turns away from the phone, seemingly about to end her message before turning back]

Oh, right. If you're my roommate, I only have one rule: Don't touch my stuff.

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[attractedtodarkness]

Depends. I don't even know where the wind blows yet.

[foreshadower]

Sometimes, it's better to make your own wind, and fly with the direction you decide to go.

[attractedtodarkness]

Sometimes things don't always go your way.

[foreshadower]

Mmm, indeed.

If they don't, they will again eventually.

[attractedtodarkness]

You don't always get second chances either.

[foreshadower]

Oh, give it enough time, and it comes.

[attractedtodarkness]

Is that what you know?

[foreshadower]

Oh, after the third or fourth, you realize they're easier to come by than people lead you to believe.

[attractedtodarkness]

Maybe where you come from. But where I come from, dead means dead.

[foreshadower]

Not if you cannot die.

It seems to mean so little, when you're an import.

[attractedtodarkness]

What?

[congratulations. That caught her off guard]

[foreshadower]

Death doesn't seem to mean the same that it does in life -- for imports. [ He shrugged. ]

It's curious, to see so many people who were so... loose with their life.

[attractedtodarkness]

[geez what does she say to that? She's torn between finding it to be a good thing and finding it absurd]

You're saying they can bring people back to life?

[foreshadower]

They did, where we were.

I don't think anyone has died yet, but it stands to reason it may be the same.

I can't exactly go out and try it myself.

[attractedtodarkness]

[she looks more disturbed than she has been throughout this conversation. She tries to cover it up though the way she runs her fingers through her hair and the slightest stutter at the beginning of her sentence ruins it.]

I wouldn't recommend it.

[foreshadower]

[ His head tipped, and he watched carefully. ]

Mm, thankfully, that seems to be not in the cards for myself.

Have you, mm, done it? Passed on?

[attractedtodarkness]

No? [her tone changes dramatically for a moment before she catches herself and quickly adds] Who wouldn't be bothered by death? That's just stupid.

[foreshadower]

Mmm, I wouldn't.

Who knows what's on the other side.

[attractedtodarkness]

[terrible things. Terrible terrible things.

She rolls her eyes at him and focuses her gaze on something off camera]

Psh. Yeah. Of course you'd say that. You believe in third and fourth chances.

[foreshadower]

Because I can't exactly off myself. Why not believe in such chances when you have all the time in the world?

[attractedtodarkness]

You should count yourself lucky.

[foreshadower]

Oh? How so?

[attractedtodarkness]

How could dying be anything but bad news?

Can we talk about something else?

[foreshadower]

[ A pause. Well. ]

Of course.

By the way, were you still looking for a way to go to Los Angeles?

[attractedtodarkness]

[thank god]

I was. I found someone who could send me there.