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[charring]

[Charlie, looking a little annoyed and a little tired, has her back against a white wall. And she's surrounded by books. All of them recipe books. She's seated on a floor and she's thumbing through them and if anyone looks carefully, there's a hint of Petrichor's tail sticking out from her zipped up jacket.

Yes, she snuck her cat into the book-store. No, she has no fucks to give about it. She knows the device is on. It switched itself on a few minutes ago and she recognized the little red light for what it was. She just had nothing important to say until now. Her tone is flat and she hardly spares the camera a glance. It's all books right now for her, anyway.]

Everyone survive yesterday alright?

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voice;

[minigolfandsushi]

What happened yesterday?

voice;

[charring]

Nothing. [WAY TOO QUICK TO ANSWER, CHARLIE! WAY TOO QUICK!] Just...a Curse and people were...cursed and doing things.

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[minigolfandsushi]

[Don't think he misses that fluster.]


Doing things. [His voice drips with innuendo.] REALLY.

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[charring]

Yes. [Please don't ask. Please don't ask. Please don't ask. Oh, God. City if you love her at all...]

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[minigolfandsushi]

[Sorry, Charlie, wrong universe.]

And who exactly were you doing?

[child_radical]

I haven't seen any body parts lying around so I'm guessing that people survived mostly intact.

[charring]

So all in all, a good curse day.

[child_radical]

For the most part, that is unless personal mortification isn't taken into account.

[charring]

Mortification is just par for the course sometimes. We get cursed, some of us roll with it, some of us flail the next day [like she's doing] and then we continue on until the next idiotic event.

[child_radical]

And which of those stated reactions are you finding yourself doing?

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[terrestrial]

[ she sees that tail, charlie! ]

I was wondering where he ran off to.

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[charring]

[Petrichor knows that voice! There's a muffled mew, some squirming and a faint 'ow' from Charlie before the cat's head peeks out and looks at the device. Hello, Liz! Charlie gives him a moment before tucking him back down, smiling briefly.]

He won't leave me alone. Any time I leave, he tries to follow. Not that I mind.

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[terrestrial]

[ liz can't help but laugh. oh, that kitten. ]

Are they okay with you having him in there, or do they even know?

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[charring]

[Charlie just puts a finger to her lips before shaking her head and stuffing the cat back down her jacket.]

He wouldn't leave me alone. You know how he gets.

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[terrestrial]

Do you want me to come get him from you? Unless you want to spend the day with him hiding in your jacket.

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[mrbackwards]

What was the curse?

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[charring]

As far as I can tell? People lacked self control.

Hi, Curtis.

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[mrbackwards]

For everything?

[ Small smile. ]

Hi, Charlie. Sorry 'bout that.

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[charring]

Yep. Everything. [A small smile in return.] Don't be. It could have gone significantly worse than it did. Some of the curses around here are awful.

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[mrbackwards]

I don't think I was affected, then. [ Which is a no, Curtis. No you were not. ]

I'm sorry I didn't greet you first; kind of rude. Did something happen with you during the curse?

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[candothat]

It was terrible.

[Perhaps Charlie has known Chekov just long enough to recognize his current expression as the one he employs when exaggerating some small evil or otherwise being less than sincere without flat-out lying.]

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[charring]

Hi, Pavel. [She knows that tone and is giving him a raised eyebrow.] Do anything unusual yesterday?

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[candothat]

[seriously] Many things I would have thought to be unusual happened.

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[charring]

Like what? You okay? And I am so sorry about Ed. That's...really not typical behavior for him for the most part.

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[candothat]

Yes, of course, and no, he did not eat me so I will not hold it against him.

[And he learned that Charley is pyrokinetic--which is okay--and that someone he looks up to has a very unpleasant side. There was also that stint in the Underground...]