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[never_very_good]

[ooc; memory theater! ignore the long crappy ad after the 2:05 mark :X ]

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[eiremagic]

Frankie?

Frankie where are you?

[There's that slight note of panic in her voice]

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[never_very_good]

Yeah? In here.

[The panic hasn't quite been picked up yet, maybe since it's muffled. He's in the bedroom, folding clothes, blissfully unaware.]

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[eiremagic]

[She literally jumps on him]

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[never_very_good]

[It's reflex to grab her when she does, even if he's puzzled.]

What's wrong?

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[eiremagic]

[She pushes her face against his neck]

You've got a memory, cara.

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[never_very_good]

Curse?

[Of course, what else, but what do you say? At least he's catching on to her worried tone.]

Can't be a good one.

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[eiremagic]

Nothing you'll want to see again.

[No one here knows Frankie's face like she does, no one else can read how he felt that day so clearly.]

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[never_very_good]

[The flinch is there, a slight but unmistakable twitch of his eye. He can't know which, but he can guess. Any one of a dozen easily.]

Hard to manage. On the Network? People always ask.

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[eiremagic]

People'll ask.

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[never_very_good]

I'll answer.

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[eiremagic]

[She takes her device from her pocket and pushes it towards him, quiet]

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[never_very_good]

[Well, he's not in a rush, but there's nothing to gain from putting it off. So he watches, mouth set in a firm line. This time he doesn't flinch.]

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[eiremagic]

[She watches him watch it, her mouth slightly turned down at the edges.]

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[never_very_good]

[After, he takes a steady, slow breath.]

You wanna know about it?

[Her, he might as well have said. It's in the tone. Not that he wants to talk, but he won't hide it.]

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[eiremagic]

I already forgave you.

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[never_very_good]

Isn't that easy.

[But he relaxes a bit all the same. It helps.]

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[eiremagic]

It is for me.

[She presses her mouth against his]

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[never_very_good]

[If he's a little desperate kissing her back, maybe that's to be expected.]

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[eiremagic]

It's all right, yeah?

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[never_very_good]

Yeah, it's all right.

[valentineluke]

Very efficient.

[never_very_good]

Could call it that, I guess.

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[worldofourown]

...Was that - [ Creature. ] - girl someone you knew?

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[never_very_good]

[No need for him to ask which one. Looking at it again she's still all he really sees.]

Alison.

No. [Yes. Sort of.] Not well. Not really. My fault, though.

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[worldofourown]

Were she and the others criminals?

Or was that simply how vampirism was 'treated' in your world?

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[never_very_good]

Subsiders. Too long without blood, too far gone to fix even if we had enough. Saw a picture once, yeah?

Alison didn't want to turn. Starved herself after, ended up like that.

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[worldofourown]

Then death was the only possible solution for her.

[ This is Karl's inept way of commiserating, Frankie. ]

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[never_very_good]

Wouldn't be if she'd stayed human.