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[nobrakes]

[Wow, another familiar yet still new face on the network. This one comes with a guitar that he spends a good five minutes tuning before he launches into a classical rendition of one of the City's favorite songs. Enjoy this display of talent.]

That goes out to all the beautiful ladies out there tonight. Stay pretty.

[Wilee, you're a cheeseball.]

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[dropkick]

[ it takes him a while to figure a reply. he didn't realize there was another...well...hm. and well. the ...er...hm. hm. ]

Who're you?

[ he decides since he's not exactly at all a beautiful lady, well, he can skip past scoring and right to his own priority... ]

[nobrakes]

[Wilee squints at the screen. That is definitely not a pretty lady. Or a lady at all. He knows there was that Neil guy that looks like him when he was in high school, but this guy... this guy looks like him now. Only nerdier.]

Who are you?

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[charring]

That...was very well done.

[Charlie's amused.] How long have you been playing the guitar?

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[nobrakes]

Oh hey, it's you again. Nacho girl. Thanks.

[Since this curse hit.]

Off and on for a few years now.

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[charring]

Charlie. But...yeah. Hi, again! I'm not in the hospital, anymore!

[And she seriously couldn't be happier about it.]

I'm jealous of your musical abilities, Wilee.

[dropkick]

[ A pause again and a pinched brow as if to say really? without actually saying it, he considers the unimaginative I asked first, then shrugs. ]

Arthur.

[ He waits. If the double ( triple? there is Neil, but Neil is less a double more a younger, tanner, blue-eyed variation... hm... ) doesn't give him something to work with, Arthur will settle for 'That One Guy' until a later date. ....like tomorrow. Or something. ]

[nobrakes]

Arthur?

[There's a hint of a snort. His name is just as boring as he looks, all uptight buttoned up shirt and slacks. He's like the Wilee who's an actual adult.]

Wilee.

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[nobrakes]

Neither am I.

[They should party hard about it.]

Be more jealous about my vending machine abilities.

[dropkick]

Yeah. Arthur.

[ Like King Arthur. Except not. Since. He's here too. Um.

But yes, A REAL LIVE ADULT™ X(

Ahem. Anyway. Arthur for his part twitches, not quite amused though intrigued against other judgment. Since he doesn't know Wilee's name's proper spelling, what he imagines in fact is the Wiley Coyote, and that makes him laugh briefly under his breath. More a chuff than anything.

Faces aside...er...face, the performance was interesting too. Might as well ask while he's here. ]

How long've you been playing?

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[charring]

Those were some pretty epic skills, I will give you that. I was pretty well stocked for food for a while.

[Yes. Party hard. Will there be alcohol? Because shit. This place is killing her liver.]

[nobrakes]

[And just as boring as the King, right?

Wilee notices that twitch, but doesn't comment on it. He did snort like a dick himself. And what Arthur imagines is pretty damn close too. Closer than he thinks.]

A few years. When I have the time.

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[nobrakes]

[Of course. It's not a party without alcohol.]

I'm surprised security didn't bust us for beating up their machine.

[dropkick]

[ Bite your tongue. The King is never boring. Even if he and Arthur almost drove each other crazy that one time when they were handcuffed to the lamppost...that wasn't boring....it was just.... special... 8(

Again Arthur has the default mental jerk, his mind going the way it has trained itself to go for years: what does this mean in a dream? But the City isn't a dream, and so he shoves that question into a box. Irrelevant. Maybe it's for the best anyway; he's not sure he wants to know what having a duplicate of himself running around Wiley or no playing Gaga songs.

Not that he dislikes Gaga. Entirely... ]

And how long've you been here?

[ He reasons it can't be long; he would have noticed...hopefully...unless perhaps Wilee showed up when Arthur was gone or just barely returned (he did)...he makes a note to pay more attention again. ]

Time's one of the things people have plenty of here.

[orangetoughguy]

Who're you?

[nobrakes]

A couple weeks.

[Wilee shrugs. It's probably been a few more days than just that, but he spent most of it in the hospital.]

Yeah, not me, though. Not trying to be here long enough to get bored.

[nobrakes]

[What the fuck? Doesn't anybody say hello anymore? And where are the beautiful ladies?]

You first.

[Asshole.]

[orangetoughguy]

[Are you the most interesting man in the world, Wilee.]

Orange.

[He's not lying necessarily!! Also you look like Arthur if Arthur had gone into the military.]

[dropkick]

Huh. Happy New Year.

[ Not exactly sarcastic but very, very dry, as if he knows (because how could one not) it's not really the way one wants to bring said new year in. Other worlds. Curses. Youtube. ]

Not really about 'trying'. You're here til you're not.

[nobrakes]

[He sure is.

And he snorts again.]

Red.

[The military? No. Law school was bad enough.]

[nobrakes]

That's what they say. I'm not them.

[Oh, haven't you heard? Wilee's a stubborn little fuck. He's determined to get back home.]

[dropkick]

Right.

[ Been there, done that -- or not done, technicality. Sob. Pause though... ]

Have an escape plan or something?

[ He can't help that he's always curious to know what people think they can do differently; he's not even a so-called veteran of the City himself but he figures he's been around long enough to witness the choruses of not me and seeing how those have gone. Which counts. Kind of. For something. ]

[orangetoughguy]

Is that your stage name, Red?

[nobrakes]

Maybe.

[Nope. Besides, he has to fix his bike first. Can't get anywhere on two feet.]

[nobrakes]

You said orange. I said red. [He shrugs, grinning. Smartass.]

[dropkick]

You'll have to do better than that.

[ NOT TO SAY that Arthur has. Obviously. S o b. But it's still true.

He kind of would wonder - if he knew Wilee's choice of transport - if any City dweller ever HAD just tried...biking through the barrier. Though if some of the past archived attempts were so unsuccessful, maybe it's supposed to be a given... ]