video;

[sympathyforme]

A weekend like that again, huh?

...guess it can't get worse than last time.

[Kira's sitting at a bar - one he's been frequenting with a couple of people, some of them gone already - and looking less than impressed.]

If anyone of interest happens to drop by, I'll be having a drink. Join me. Invitation also goes to people that don't just drop by when they feel like it.

I could use some steady people to hang out with.


[filtered to Setsuna]

Don't get your wings twisted up. You should drop by, too.

[filtered to Michael]

Michael. We should talk.

[filtered to Belial]

I have instructions for you.

Comments

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

Does it help? ( Alcohol, that is. ) I've never tried it.

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

Depends on what you want help with.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

Temporary forgetfulness probably won't do me any good.

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

It is said to lower inhibitions. At least in humans, it also slows down reactions and some other effects.

You could always just try.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

Meaning I would be at your mercy.

( Reading between those lines isn't difficult. )

Would you like to see me helpless?

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

Heh.

You've never been helpless, Alexiel. You never will be.

Especially not against me.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

If this alcohol is as potent as you say, I better watch my intake. I wonder what you would do if I was truly drunk?

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

Hold your hair back.

Possibly take advantage a bit.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

Only a bit? ( She laughs softly, teasingly. )

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

You see right through me, hm?

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

I am sober at the moment.

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

So perhaps you're the one taking advantage.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

I prefer to be in that position.

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

And you're the only one who ever was.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

Does that bother you?

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

Perhaps less than it should.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

That says a great deal about you.

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

I have nothing to hide from you.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

I... ( She pauses, closing her eyes. ) cannot say the same.

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

M-hm. So you think.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

You can't read my mind. ( Or her heart. )

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

Heh.

[Following and loving her for eons, he knows her. Well enough not to argue the point.]

As you say.

( Voice )

[confined_to_briah]

I'm coming for a drink. ( Or two. And to see him. ) Don't go.

( Voice )

[sympathyforme]

I'll be right here.

( Action )

[confined_to_briah]

( She shuts off her communicator and sighs. Someday, she will be completely honest with him. Someday, she will tell him - Everything. Knowing him, he will probably smile knowingly and act utterly unsurprised.

How infuriating.

Tucking Nanatsusaya into its sheathe, she tugs on a jacket and steps outside. She strides towards the bar, her thoughts filled with...the past. She shared so many lives with him. Why is the truth so hard to utter? Shouldn't it be easy by now? )

Certainly not. ( They are too stubborn for that. Smirking, she pushes open the door to the bar and shakes her loose curls out of her eyes.

Perhaps she will challenge him to a drinking contest, after all? It would suit their natures.

Approaching the bar, she takes a seat and looks around, her expression somewhat amused. )