Such a Perfect Day [Open]

[skintoskin]

[Neil is having a cigarette, which isn't unusual. He's also naked from the waist up, which also isn't unusual. He is not, thank goodness, covered in glitter, nor are there bows in his hair. He's moving around, apparently tidying his apartment, so his image and voice are sometimes close to the device and sometimes off-screen.]

So... Father's Day. Didn't mean a thing to me.

[He crosses the screen's range in the distance, cigarette between his lips, picking up what appears to be clothing from the floor and is probably laundry.]

Never knew my sperm donor and don't want to.

[He disappears, then reappears crossing very close to the screen and the City is graced with a view of abdominals before he walks away again.]

Don't even know what he looked like...

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[withloadedguns]

Yeah?

[skintoskin]

Yeah.

Did you know your dad?

[withloadedguns]

Does it matter?

Sounds like you didn't know yours.

[skintoskin]

I guess not.

Nope. He fucked, he came, he went away.

[withloadedguns]

Seems like you know enough.

[skintoskin]

I don't know if he smoked or drank or did drugs or has, like, cancer in his family history or is... genetically pre-disposed to have diabetes...

[He shrugs and tosses some laundry toward a basket, obviously intended for the purpose of holding dirty clothes. He misses and heads over to the basket with a sigh.]

[withloadedguns]

You're not dead yet.

[skintoskin]

No, but I'm only eighteen, right? Knowing about health issues ahead of time might be a good idea.

[He sighs and picks the laundry off the floor.]

God, I sound like my Mom...

[withloadedguns]

Sounds like you knew her. At least.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

Maybe you got your good looks from him?

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[skintoskin]

[He misses the compliment.]

I guess. I don't look much like my Mom, but she was kinda there when I was born, so...

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[majorcrotchgrab]

...

[Let's try again.]

Then your father must be incredibly good looking.

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[skintoskin]

Uh...

[He's got it now.]

Well, maybe. Thanks.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

You're welcome.

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[skintoskin]

What're your parents like?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

They're nice. Father wants only the best for me in life and sometimes forces me into things but he means well.

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[skintoskin]

I wouldn't want to be forced to do anything.

[And on that point, he is suddenly quite serious.]

[leathered]

That's not unusual, depending on the civilization. Spent Sunday being bored, is that it?

[skintoskin]

That's about it, yeah.

You?

[leathered]

My people are all dead, and apparently the ghosts weren't interested in a visit.

[skintoskin]

What? Your people...? Are you tribal or something? What happened?

[leathered]

I'm not human. My planet is gone. There was a war.

[skintoskin]

Uh...

[Absorb this, you've heard it before from other people, these are not the 'droids you're looking for --]

Sorry to hear... about the war, but...

Are you sure they're all gone?

[leathered]

They were erased from time itself.

So yes.

[skintoskin]

How does something like that happen?