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notwhatiwas

✘ 23 ✘ two steps back

Jul 23, 2010 06:44

[Although this is definitely Vincent's userID, the voice that comes over the line is distinctly not his: It's higher, less cultured, less pained, and his words are spoken slower. The accent is the same, the vocabulary, but the voice itself is very, very different.]

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[COMMENTLOG!] messyturk July 24 2010, 02:49:18 UTC

[Reno grunts a greeting to the man sitting at the counter, he was never one for being paticularily perky first thing in the morning and the fact that he has to come all the way here for coffee and breakfast doesn't help his mood the first fifteen minutes of the morning.

He's wearing a t-shirt that would fit better on Heidigger, one shoulder visible through the overwide collar before he pulls it back up and orders coffee and whatever breakfast is today. A pair of rainbow tye-dye shorts keep him decent enough to be seen in public, and his bare toes curl around the horizontal bar of the stool he's settled in a few away from Vincent.]

[COMMENTLOG!] notwhatiwas July 24 2010, 02:53:24 UTC

[Vincent watches Reno take his seat, takes another sip of his drink, and then sets it down and leans his arms on the bar, crossed left over right.]

You know, it wouldn't be difficult to procure a percolator for your quarters.

[His tone is still more or less neutral, but there's an edge of amusement to it. It's...really nice to be able to feel that without worrying about what it could trigger.]

[COMMENTLOG!] messyturk July 24 2010, 03:00:21 UTC

Yeah, but then I'd never leave.

[Reno's tone is dry, and there's a touch of annoyance before he gives Vincent an odd look. He's pretty sure he's seen this guy somewhere before...or someone that looks sorta like him. Probably from the comm's or something. The thought is put away when a large cup of coffee arrives.]

[COMMENTLOG!] notwhatiwas July 24 2010, 03:03:23 UTC

Yes you would.

[He shrugs lightly, facing forward again.]

You take far too much enjoyment from getting into trouble to willingly hole yourself up for any extended period of time.

[COMMENTLOG!] messyturk July 24 2010, 03:12:35 UTC

Eh, depends on who you talk to.

[Really he didn't enjoy it, he just happened in to it most days and it was sometimes a bit of fun to break the monotony.]

[COMMENTLOG!] notwhatiwas July 24 2010, 03:19:38 UTC

[Vincent almost--almost--chuckles. Reno doesn't recognize him. That's...well, it's something. He's not quite sure what. Mixed feelings. His automatic response to said feelings is a deep breath to steady himself, and he reminds himself--as he has several times this morning--that he doesn't HAVE to steady himself. Not right now.]

And if I told you my knowledge was firsthand?

[He sips his drink again.]

[COMMENTLOG!] messyturk July 24 2010, 03:29:26 UTC

[Reno is also still half asleep Vincent. Most normal people do that you know.]

They probably lied to you.

[Somehow Reno wouldn't put it past either Vincent or Veld to tell new arrivals to be careful around him. Especially... oh, look that's a Turk suit if he ever saw one. Brilliant.]

Haven't seen you here before.

[In Sergi's or on the rest of the boat. No wonder he looked familiar, they'd gone through a lot of Turks back in the day.]

[COMMENTLOG!] notwhatiwas July 24 2010, 03:34:42 UTC

I don't come to the bar often.

[And then he tosses his head a little, as if trying to get his hair out of his face--only it's not long enough for that particular gesture to work very well--and looks sideways at Reno, brown eyes through black hair.

Haven't you seen this before, Reno?]

But I was never as social as you.

[COMMENTLOG!] messyturk July 24 2010, 04:19:18 UTC

[he may have, but he's still working on waking up. it's only been fifteen minutes since he rolled out of bed.]

Eh, not many newbies are the first few years. You'll get out there.

[COMMENTLOG!] notwhatiwas July 24 2010, 04:26:17 UTC

[Vincent turns then, slowly, and gives Reno a Look. That--all right, even Vincent can tell that's hilarious. With a very faint quirk of his mouth he reaches up and unpins the silver diamond from his lapel, then leans a little to set it down on the bar in front of Reno.

These pins haven't been in use for years, but Reno should recognize it all the same. ShinRa crest on the front, and two initials on the back, one on either side of the pin itself. V. D.

This is a vice director's pin. "Turk second," in Reno's time. Same rank as the redhead himself.

Vincent doesn't say a word.]

[COMMENTLOG!] 1/2 messyturk July 24 2010, 04:44:10 UTC

[Reno's drinking his coffee and not really paying too terribly much attention until the pin is set in front of him.

It's picked up with a blink, and he turns it over.]

[COMMENTLOG!] 2/2 messyturk July 24 2010, 04:47:47 UTC

What the hell were you doing in my apartment before you got here?

[his voice is dark, sure he may not actally wear the damn thing but it's like his tie. He still has one and will use it every now and again.

This is the serious side of Reno, he thinks you broke in to his place and stole it turk-who's-name-escapes-him-but-can't-be-Vincent.]

[COMMENTLOG!] notwhatiwas July 24 2010, 04:52:06 UTC

[Vincent laughs. It's a strange action, but automatic; he has enough liquor in his system now to loosen him up quite a bit, so that's the better part of it, but Reno's jumping to conclusions and being so completely wrong would probably be amusing enough on its own for anyone but Vincent.

It doesn't last, of course, a couple seconds at best, but Vincent still smiles, shaking his head and reaching up to rake a hand through his hair when he stops.]

Minerva, Reno, how can you be such a good Turk and be this stupid first thing in the morning?

[COMMENTLOG!] messyturk July 24 2010, 05:03:45 UTC

[Laughing at him are you? B|]

What in Shivan's blue balls are you talking about?

[COMMENTLOG!] notwhatiwas July 24 2010, 05:25:36 UTC

[Vincent reaches over and snatches his pin back.]

Blue suit, so I must be pre-Meteorfall.

[And he fixes the diamond back to his lapel.]

Vice director, at the same age as yourself.

[He folds his arms over his chest and turns slightly in his seat to face Reno better.]

But I know about Meteor, and you. The Plate, Midgar, everything.

Put it together.

[COMMENTLOG!] messyturk July 24 2010, 05:29:50 UTC

[There's a very long pause, given everything on this boat and everything back home there's a few conclusions he's coming to.]

I've got three good ones. A- You're from the past. B- Something fucked up somewhere and you're me from an alternative timeline and holy fuck do I look hot with black hair, or C- there's some serious fuckery going on here.

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