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horrible_penny

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Jul 10, 2010 17:14

I love this one! Who all's here? Billy? Death? Life? Anyone? The Welcome Center's open and I've got drinks and I'm working on making cookies--

[The camera turns to show a table full of cups of lemonade and trays of sugar cookies. The cookies are all rather fanciful--some have been frosted to look like clock faces, but most bear some ( Read more... )

brian, fourth wall, curse, cookies, welcome to the city, welcome center, idk my bff death?

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[Action] horrible_phd July 10 2010, 22:50:17 UTC

[Billy pokes his head in the Welcome Center. It's changed since he's seen it last, which for him doesn't feel like that long ago. It's hard to figure out what to say when he spots Penny, but he does try to say something.]

Hey.

[Yeah, that's about all he's got.]

[Action] horrible_penny July 10 2010, 22:53:10 UTC

Billy! Hey!

[Enthusiastic? Yes. But she reigns in that enthusiasm for a minute.]

...You won't freak out if I hug you, right? You're roommate-Billy?

[Action] horrible_phd July 10 2010, 22:58:42 UTC

What, are there more of me today? I remember when that used to happen.

[He forgets to actually say yes, but it's implied. Anyway, it's Penny, his Penny, who is something resembling alive and happy to see him. He smiles a little.]

No, I won't freak out.

[Action] horrible_penny July 10 2010, 23:00:12 UTC

Not today, nope.

[And a hug he gets because, as well as Penny's coping, she'll always miss Billy.]

I'm glad you're here.

[Action] horrible_phd July 10 2010, 23:23:12 UTC

[He even remembers how to hug back, sort of.]

I wish I was staying, but I don't think I am.

[Action] horrible_penny July 10 2010, 23:43:44 UTC

[She draws back to look at him. For a moment, she looks sad. Just for a moment.]

Visits're better than nothing, right?

[Action] horrible_phd July 11 2010, 00:04:14 UTC

Definitely.

How long have I been gone? How are you?

[Action] horrible_penny July 11 2010, 00:16:20 UTC

Five months. ...And one day.

[Not that she counted or anything.]

Me? Good! I'm good. The Center's going, things're happening, I'm kind of dating... [She glosses over that last one.] How're things at home? Taking care of yourself?

[Action] horrible_phd July 11 2010, 00:54:30 UTC

Oh, er, I got back and I tripped over something and...now I'm here again already. Which is, um, probably for the best considering--

Wait, who are you dating?

[He's jealous sure, but he is also just making sure of something.]

[Action] horrible_penny July 11 2010, 01:03:33 UTC

...Considering what?

[Penny looks for a distraction, but nothing presents itself. Darn.]

Chris. He's with the police.

[Action] horrible_phd July 11 2010, 01:41:21 UTC

That I am in the Evil League of Evil, so I don't really think things are going to get better from here on out.

[Billy makes an angry face because he does not like the police very much, even the City police, or Penny dating people who are not him, but it passes, and then he just looks sad.]

At least it's not Captain Hammer.

[Action] horrible_penny July 11 2010, 01:51:53 UTC

[Oh yeah. That. Penny kind of forgets that City memories and changes don't exactly go back home.]

Just... I don't know. Stay safe, if you can.

[Penny is dismayed. She's had months to move on (and really, she has come to the conclusion that, as much as she likes Billy, they're fundamentally incompatible) and he's only had a few minutes. Penny pats his arm.]

Sorry, Billy. It's--things aren't perfect. I don't think things'll get too serious with Chris, I just... [guilty sigh] ...I'm not that great at being alone.

[Action] horrible_phd July 11 2010, 02:06:20 UTC

[Billy makes a non-committal noise.]

You...shouldn't have to be alone.

[He says this to his shoes, but he does say it, and it is about as unselfish a statement as he is capable of making at the moment. He then looks elsewhere, because maybe that distraction has finally shown up.]

[Action] horrible_penny July 11 2010, 02:33:14 UTC

Neither should you.

[But that seems to be part of the villain gig. It's not fair, though! Billy did change in the City, and Penny doesn't want him to go back to a world where none of that happened and he's dead-set on being evil. She hugs him again, tightly this time.]

I'm so, so sorry, Billy.

[Action] horrible_phd July 11 2010, 03:16:36 UTC

[There is a lot talking about feelings and hugging going on--Billy is not totally sure he is okay with this, but it is not as if he's going to pull away.]

It's not--I'll be okay.

[It is a valiant attempt at a lie.]

[Action] horrible_penny July 11 2010, 03:22:07 UTC

[Penny does pick up on the discomfort. Not that it's hard. Billy's not exactly a touchy-feely person.]

Billy... you're with the ELE. There's nothing okay there.

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