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[fatespoken]

[  There's something strange about Amory Felix today. For one, the uncanny brightness of his stare. Then there's his relaxed posture and just the general ease of contentment that seems to emanate from him, belying the dark circles beneath his eye and the swallow color of his skin.

He stands in front of a workshop table, cluttered with various diagrams and paper, some depicting diagrams, others covered with lines of mathematical formula. In the corner of the table, you can see a book--Cosmology by Sean M. Carroll. And behind him, you can see part of the DeLorean --- yes, yes, he is in Doc Brown's workshop. ]

That curse we had a few days ago--

[ He raises an eyebrow. ]

You know, the one where everyone was being incredibly frank.

[  Despite his usual diatribes, it's hard to tell whether he's being perfectly serious, for his tone is notably jocund. He's having fun. As he talks, he tinkers with some type of mechanical device, unaware that his fingers are shaking.]

When I was nine, my father taught me that to get anything accomplished, you need to be disingenuous.  You have to say what you mean to say without saying it at all.  Because nobody wants to hear the truth, even if they say otherwise, even if ultimately proves beneficial.

Except--  I realized that I liked being earnest.

[ The slightest grin pulls at his lips. ]

Come on, you can't tell me it didn't feel great to say what you truly felt.

Comments

[eiremagic]

Does it mean you'll start being a dick regularly?

[fatespoken]

I thought I was already a dick.

This realization happened ages ago.

[eiremagic]

Oh, right.

[fatespoken]

One of my regulars at the Light. Balding, insipid kind of guy, like they kidnapped him right out of his cubicle--

Last Tuesday, he told me I was a real fucker and what I needed was to get laid.

[eiremagic]

They should have talked about the sky being blue, too.

[fatespoken]

I get laid, Eden. Not that it's any of your fucking business.

[eiremagic]

By who?

[fatespoken]

The who is negligible.

[eiremagic]

Probably a problem, there, boyo.

[fatespoken]

Do you have a problem with ladies of the night, Eden?

[eiremagic]

If you mean a whore, just say whore.

[fatespoken]

Whore. Prostitute. Hooker.

Someone who won't call me the next day.

[eiremagic]

Just don't let this turn into Pretty Woman.

[fatespoken]

Never seen it.

[eiremagic]

It's on me list of films.

[fatespoken]

What do you have on there?

[eiremagic]

Loads of shite. I'm watching Casablanca next week. Want to come?

[fatespoken]

Am I going to have to sit next to Frankie and you?

[eiremagic]

S'not Frankie's brand of film.

[fatespoken]

And you think it's mine?

I'm not going to hold you as you cry.

[eiremagic]

No but I have an interest in keeping him happy.

I didn't cry at that fucking movie about the boat.

[fatespoken]

[ oh god, he's laughing. ]

That just means you have to watch the one where the farmer shoots the dog.

[eiremagic]

The one with rabies?

[fatespoken]

That one.

I couldn't watch it as a kid.

[candothat]

I prefer honesty to disingenuity.

[He sees that DeLorean hiding there.]

You are helping Doctor Brown with his time-traveling vehicle?

[fatespoken]

You do seem like the type.

[ He grins. ]

I do what I can, and- [ There are two barks. ] I feed his dog.

[candothat]

How do you mean?

That is very important. More important, maybe, than working on the machine.

[fatespoken]

How many boy scout badges did you collect as a kid?

Of course. Can't imagine what the Doc would do if I starved his dog. Turn him in a lab experiment.

[candothat]

None. I was never a boyscout.

If you did anything unpleasant to the dog, you would be a likely candidate for any lab experiments, I think.

[fatespoken]

Could have fooled me.

I'd say that'd be illegal, but then again, that deity did kidnap that girl one time.

[candothat]

I don't follow you.

The deities kidnapped all of us--that is the prevailing theory.

[fatespoken]

It's okay, you don't need to.

I'm not referring to that. I'm talking about a specific incident: a girl was kidnapped by one of the deities - the scientist.

[candothat]

What did the deity do with her?

[fatespoken]

What does a mad scientist do to an experiment?

I don't know the exact details.

[candothat]

Nothing pleasant?

It is good that Doctor Brown is not a mad scientist. [pause] Or, if he is, he is kinder than most.

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[fatespoken]

There's difference between being eccentric and mad. Luckily, Doctor Brown is in the second category.

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[hexuality]

Of course it feels great. But you can't do it every minute of the day.

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[fatespoken]

Why not?

[ A beat. ]

I'd think a sequestered society of wizards would have different social customs than--- what do you call them? Muggles?

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[hexuality]

Muggles. But I know how much you lot hate that word.

[She's been lectured enough, thank you.]

And why not? Because nobody likes a prat.

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[fatespoken]

Call me a muggle, if you want.

[ Really. ]

That was rhetorical.

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[hexuality]

I'll call you Amory, thanks. Besides, I don't think you really count as one.

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[fatespoken]

Ouch, that stings.

[ Actually, it really does. But that's another issue altogether.

A beat. ]

So you're giving flying lessons?

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[hexuality]

[If it does, she doesn't know it. But that is another issue altogether.]

Yeah. Seems like I make the offer every time the weather starts to get warmer.

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[fatespoken]

[ Amory's always wanted to try it, but the risk of danger- for him- has always made him wary. ]

I'm surprised muggles can do it.

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[hexuality]

[Contrary to popular belief, Ginny wouldn't let anyone fall (if that's the only risk being considered, anyway).]

The brooms were made here. I don't think they're as picky about their riders as the ones back home.

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[fatespoken]

Have you ever flown in a plane?

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[hexuality]

No.

[She pauses. They don't seem very trustworthy at all, but she won't say as much.]

I've never had the chance. But my dad's fascinated by them.