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[elegantinmind]

[ Arthur is lucky that he knows people here, and he's currently sitting on Ariadne's sofa, the one she's been allowing him to stay on until he gets himself sorted, which he hopes is soon as he hates not being able to take care of his own needs. But he is grateful

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[lessproud]

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Arthur! [ Do you hear the excitement in that girl's voice? Do you, Arthur? ] You're back. Oh my god, where have you been? There's been so much happening and you just vanished.

[elegantinmind]

[ Arthur watches the girl pop onto the screen, and he can only take a guess as to who she is, considering what Eames tipped him off with and how excited she appears to be. ]

Are you Raven?

[lessproud]

Yes --. [ Her expression dims slightly. ] Oh no, not you too? Erik came back and he didn't remember anyone and it was awful, and now you don't either.

[elegantinmind]

[ Erik? This is awkward. But he's a professional, and he waits patiently. ] A friend of mine mentioned you when I arrived, he explained that I was here before. I'm sorry, but I have no memory of it.

[lessproud]

Oh. [ Pouting. ] You owe me a pair of shoes.

[ Then brightening. ] Was it Poutyface? Wait, - I mean Mr. Eames. He's my brother's friend, we hang out sometimes. He's going to teach me how to play card games.

[elegantinmind]

Shoes? [ How close were they? Still, if he promised something, then he should follow through on it. ] As soon as I have an income, I'll get you shoes, but only if you promise to tell me how I got myself into it.

[ He laughs quietly at that, eyes wrinkling up at the corners, and his expression less awkward and growing softer now. He can see why he liked her. ] Poutyface? You're going to have to fill me in on everything I've missed. But, uh, you might want to be careful where Eames is concerned.

[lessproud]

I just talked some sense into you, that's all.

[ Grinning. ] It's okay, my brother is a telepath, it's not like I can get in over my head. And it's because of his -. [ Pouting. ]

[elegantinmind]

Did I do something to be embarrassed about?

[ Hang on a minute. ] Your brother's a telepath? [ He's curious, stop appealing to his curious side. ] He's what?

[lessproud]

No, you just fell out with Mr. Eames, and I'm kind of like relationship adviser to troubled guys right now.

[ Nodding. ] Oh wait -- you don't know, are you freaking out? Please don't freak out.

[elegantinmind]

Eames is a hard guy to get along with, falling out is what we're good at. [ But he assumes she means something a little more than just a falling out, especially if they were more than that. ]

You can relax, I'm not freaking out. You'd be surprised how much it takes before I reach that point.

[lessproud]

Oh, okay, good. Because you're one of the good guys, and if you freaked out then Erik might come after you. He's been doing that a lot -- well, when he's not making doe-eyes at my brother.

[elegantinmind]

[ One of the good guys? Arthur really is intrigued about what the hell he's being doing here. ] Erik is your brother's boyfriend? [ He's sort of keeping up here, bare with him. ] He sounds like a guy everyone wants around.

[lessproud]

Well, maybe not boyfriends. They're being kind of slow about it, actually. It's frustrating. I'd get a lot more peace if they just got it together.

[elegantinmind]

[ He's really starting to understand why he got on so well with her, it's just a shame he can't actually remember. ] The chase can be part of the fun, especially if he's like-- [ No one Arthur knows. ] Trying locking them in a room together, if there's enough tension there comes a point where there's only one thing left to do.

[lessproud]

[ She grins, and then laughs. ] Okay, ew. But you're right, there's only one problem, Erik can control metal. He'd knock the door out before they got anywhere because he's stubborn, and Charles would see it coming.

They're seriously dampening my Victorian novel time with their brooding. There's only so much a girl can take.

[elegantinmind]

Maybe I should reconsider the freaking out thing. [ Because everyone sounds like such a character here right now. And why does he think of the X-Men when he hears Erik bends metal and Charles is a telepath? No one can know he's a geek. ]

Relationship advice really isn't something I'm good at. But I do have a gun. Would pointing it at them work?