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poly_chromatic2012-11-03 09:38 am
mortemscintilla) wrote in poly_chromatic2012-11-03 09:38 am
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♦ ♦ 12th Contract
[ He's noticed this population-influx in past Network entries. Tourists. Some leave with the weekend, taking Citizens with them. Others stay behind -- semi-replacements. A law of equivalent exchange -- something gained for something lost? ]
[ He doesn't know. ]
[ He's caught between observing the phenomenon up-close, or retreating Underground. But parsing his separate threads of choice, he decides to stay Topside. To, for once, maximize instead of satisfice. There might be familiar faces. There might be outsiders with answers. He wants to learn more about the City. He wants out. ]
[ And solving any problem is predicated on understanding it completely. ]
It's really crowded today, isn't it? [ Li sits in a bustling little caff, enjoying breakfast. He slices into the strawberries with a fork. The juice runs out, dark-red, like blood. He smiles at his device -- calculated, a perfect mix of innocence and sweetness. ] It almost reminds me of rush-hour in Tokyo. But hopefully there's no need for train-tetris or pushmen. It's sort of a Fact Of Life back home. But not everyone here would enjoy that, would they? [ He skates the strawberry around with his fork. Bites into it neatly. ] I wonder how many of these visitors have been here before...?
[OOC: Gimme all the trolling! Gimme! Just please avoid spilling his real identity over the Network :3 ]
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[ Ignoring Korra's remark, he says, ]
I think you should get lost.
[ Why is this happening on a day like today, when he's in a mood already and hasn't had a fight in weeks? ]
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[Korra can sense the danger in that look. The NPC, of course, is oblivious. Also drunk. He advances on Li, heedless of the danger.
Korra doesn't know what to do, so she slams the back of the NPC's neck, knocking him unconscious.
........awkward.]
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[ When that's been dealt with, the NPC ushered out by harried staff, he glances at Korra. ]
What was that about?
[ Is he so terrifying she has to rescue drunks from him? ]
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[Left unsaid: You were going to hurt him. Badly.]
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[ Now he's being lectured. ]
His well-being isn't your concern. He was an idiot looking for trouble.
[ And deserved less than what he got. No one should shield the weak. ]
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[ Understandably wry. ]
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I wasn't moping.
[ Except he was. ]
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Is any of this your business?
[ Pokerface: deployed. ]
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She's not very good at listening to her alarms.]
I'm just saying.
action SOBS
Don't you have anything better to do?
Like go die. Again.
[ He's already in a foul mood. He wants to cut her with the edge of his words, and it's the sharpest thing he can find. ]
action; TEARS
You should try it sometime. You're already dead on the inside.
action; TEARS
[ He shakes it off. His face evinces neither anger nor annoyance. But the ice in his tone could freeze vodka. ]
You don't hear me whining about it.
action; TEARS
It's very, very tempting to cause a scene. But he knows who her friends are, so she just storms off instead.]
action; ;w;
[ His conscience, underdeveloped, twinges weakly. He ignores it. He has a great deal of
mopingthinking to do. ]