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[dendarii]

"This is Miles. Leave a message and I'll respond to you at my earliest convenience."

The line has gone silent; any messages sent to this name only return an error.

Comments

[dendarii]

Just - not applicable. Please don't use that word around him ...

[ He doesn't want to broach the topic. Ever. ]

... Are you going there now? How are you getting back here?

[driftsintobuffetline]

...Oh.

Alright. Okay, yeah, no, I won't. Around him, or about him? There's a difference, and for the record, I was teasing, but I see that's a sore spot and I'll--okay.

We're in Mexico. Now, actually.
You know how you said you do the thing? That gets you wet--NOT LIKE...--but ...you know. Where I suggested the air mattress? Hermann can do something vaguely similar. Same principle, different execution.

[dendarii]

Around, about, entirely. Kindly drop it.

[ His voice takes on a slight edge at that last part. ]

... That's terribly convenient. I'm jealous, actually.

[driftsintobuffetline]

Duly noted. Dropping, dropping now.

Don't be. Two is his max and it tires him pretty badly.

[dendarii]

And falling into bathtubs and breaking my arm is a better alternative?

[driftsintobuffetline]

[Shrug] Maybe not, but one of these days, he's gonna fall down and break his hip, I swear to god, and the only reason he hasn't yet is because I'm usually there to catch him.

But hey, at least you two can DO something useful.

[dendarii]

And what, you can't?

[driftsintobuffetline]

What, with my powers? My powers are slightly less conducive to helping. You know my powers. I'm just a nerd.

I can bring booze and ice cream, though.

[dendarii]

Let's start with that, then, and go on from there.

[driftsintobuffetline]

Sure dude.

See you later.

[dendarii]

[ He salutes the camera lightly and clicks it off.

Breakup. God forbid. ]

[driftsintobuffetline]

[Yeah really. please don't sink the ship. T_T]

[dendarii]

[ Shut up and bring your stupid booze and ice cream so Miles can tell Newt all about sabotage plans. ]

[driftsintobuffetline]

[Where do you want to do this? Here or a log or __? Preference?]

[dendarii]

[ LET'S JUST DO SOMETHING QUICK HERE keep it simple. ]

action

[driftsintobuffetline]

[Late in the evening, after the seminar has concluded and after a kiss and an I Love You, and a very firm you have 6 hours, no more from Hermann, Newt shows up at the location where he agreed to meet Miles, a bag in hand with tequila, some ice cream (because Newt wanted it, okay), and a pretty shitty American movie dubbed into Spanish. He might be bad at this, but he could at least fake a cover story.]

Hey. How was the seminar?

[dendarii]

[ Miles is there in his usual brown hoodie and jeans, looking worried and a bit damp but otherwise fine. (He keeps having to teleport out of these damn seminars, it's really annoying with his range cut down to barely anything.) ]

Oh, wonderful. As always. They love administering electric shocks to my braces.

[driftsintobuffetline]

[He puts the bag down and looks Miles over, just to see if there's any visible other signs of torture, because he doesn't expect Miles to tell him everything.]

Shit. [Miles is enduring all of that? Newt wouldn't have survived long without breaking under pressure.] And Gregor just LEFT you to that? What the fuck is he thinking??

[dendarii]

[ Miles winces instantly. It's a damn good thing that he's already decided to pull in Newt because like hell he is letting that slide. ]

Keep it down. [ He hisses the words. ] No, he did not leave me. He's spying, not defecting.

[driftsintobuffetline]

[His whisper is still pretty intense, but it IS a whisper.]

I KNOW that. Or I figured. But that doesn't change the fact that you're enduring shocks-- Why the hell are you staying if he's the only one going--? [The gesture is supposed to mean undercover. It's really just filler so he doesn't say the word.]

[dendarii]

You think I didn't offer to go?! I tried! I wanted to so badly but he wouldn't let me--!

[driftsintobuffetline]

So why are you still here?? Why are you putting up with this? Is this some sort of crappy passive-aggressive way to get back at him for not taking you along, because that's not good--it's not good, Miles, you need to get out of here.

[dendarii]

It's not passive-aggressive, dammit! I have to struggle to make this convincing! That means going back and fighting!

[ And also self-destructive, because that is how Miles rolls. ]

[driftsintobuffetline]

God, fuck, man. You're worse than me-- Why do YOU have to resist if HE'S in there? Why not just run to Mexico? What is this achie- He's not torturing you, is he?

[dendarii]

[ Miles is immediately horrified at the idea. ]

Oh god, no. Perish the thought. He never would.