010 :: Voice

[hulkbusted]

I'm down one physics student, which leaves me with a lot more ticking time. I hate to admit it, but it's getting pretty hard to tolerate.

I guess... what I'm trying to say is that I could use some company. I'm going to find a decent, Cage-free restaurant and lunch will be on me.

Comments

[hulkbusted]

Wait, your entire family estate showed up? How does that even work? [So much for taking things in stride.]

I think you're yanking my chain now. Get comfortable... [Hang on, with this woman that may require clarification.] ...just don't get me arrested.

[hexappeal]

Well, it's magic. I'm magic. So. [It's probably magic.]

Haha, what? Whoa, buddy. Don't be a perv. Egnahc otni yfmoc sehtolc. [And in a poof of smoke and a blink of an eye, she's in jeans, low-top converse and what appears to be, in fact, a cozy sweater. It's blue. The former ensemble's nowhere to be seen.]

Better?

[hulkbusted]

[It's probably something that science hasn't advanced enough to properly describe yet..] Does your family estate make a habit of following you around? Or is that just this place playing more games?

[He's not sure if he misses the fishnets or not. Maybe a little. Just a little. Okay, a bit.] I think we've avoided a 911 situation.

[hexappeal]

[Disgusting.] No? I mean... sort of? It's always in our own dimension, but it's also not. It's sort of... in it's own dimension. It's safe that way. This place obviously just finds my sultry good looks and charm to be delightful so it has decided to gift me with things from home. [Okay, Zee. At least she seems to be joking about that.]

What? Are you a fainter?

[hulkbusted]

[Occupational hazard.] That's... I would love to see how that works sometime.

[Fainter? Not precisely.] Not last I checked. If an attempt at a quip needs explaining, it's last all its quip cred.

[hexappeal]

It's just a big house. [Infinite-roomed mansion. Same difference?] It's in that creepy place that you can't stay for twenty-four hours at a time, I guess? All foggy and all. I like it. [She is also a creep.]

You can have a do-over.

[hulkbusted]

In a pocket dimension that opens off of this little universe. There's no "just" there.

[Her magnanimity is duly noted.] Thanks. I'd try to do better with my next quip, but I don't want to be seen to be trying too hard.

[hexappeal]

Eh, whatever you say.

[Put it on a post-it so you don't forget.] A natural quip is the best quip.