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[drinkthebleach]

[The feed switches on with an angle that would only be interesting if it were focused on a hot chick in a low-cut top and big tits to fill it with. For a moment or two, it's just bare white neck and ginger dreads; then Pickles makes himself comfortable on the couch. A loud crumple can be heard once his ass hits the cushion, causing him to frown and

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[ninthserenade]

Haven't done either of the first two but I like to think I'm doin' okay on the scene. 'sides, I don't really wanna join the 27-club a few years down the road.

[drinkthebleach]

Dunno what de fuck dat is.

[He remembers you, though. You're that guy who didn't know what porn was--though the hairstyle is what actually jogs his memory.] ...Hey Power Mullet, what music do you play? [From someone else, the nickname might've aimed to insult. But coming from a guy with a skullet? It's kind of like two kindred ships passing each other by in the night or some shit.]

[ninthserenade]

Seriously?

[He tilts his head at the nickname, one eyebrow arched upwards. Power Mullet? That's a new one, but it's actually got a good ring to it.] Uh... Usually just whatever I'm in the mood for.

[drinkthebleach]

[He shifts, and the ice cubes in his glass clink with the motion.] I'm a little drunk. Refresh my memory.

[That could be the name of your band. Demyx and the Power Mullets. Though it's not a textbook power mullet, it's still pretty epic compared to what he usually sees around the Port.] Dat's pretty broad, dude. I mean, I dunno what yer moods tell you to play. Could be anythin' from like...heavy metal to Enya.

But seriously? Dude I'm lookin' at you right now, and yer like a blast from de past.

[ninthserenade]

Uh... Cobain, Hendrix, Morrison, and Brian Jones are a couple names right off the top of my head.

[It'd totally rock the Port's affiliations right off the wall.] I don't think I could hit that range with a sitar, man.

Lemme guess, Bowie-blast-from-the-past?

[drinkthebleach]

[Getting a grocery list of names instead of a direct answer starts to feel like a Jeopardy question, but it still has an electric effect.] Ohhhh! [Pickles slaps his forehead.] Yeah, I know.

Fuck. [He can't believe that slipped his mind.] I don't even think about dat anymore.

I guess you get dat a lot, huh? [He sizes Demyx up one more time.] Maybe not Bowie, but you look like a guy I would've snorted coke with in Los Angeles.

[ninthserenade]

Eh, I try not to myself but the whole drug thing just kinda made me think about it again. It's not a club I'd wanna be part of.

[His face screws up in confusion for a split second.]

Snorting coke? Eugh, that's gotta feel weird.

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[drinkthebleach]

Pffft. I thought I might end up dere, y'know, considerin' all de shit I did on a regular basis. I still do, but I'm too old for dat group. [Pickles shrugs.] Now I'm probably gonna end up livin' forever just to piss people off. Dere are some guys like dat: dey did everything an' dey're ancient.

I dunno. Doesn't feel as weird as other things like...stickin' yer hand in cold spaghetti or somethin'.

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[ninthserenade]

I just hope I can live that long. I have a feeling I'll still be rockin' faces off by the time I'm sixty-four!

That's not really weird, dude.

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[drinkthebleach]

[His shoulders shake a bit with silent laughter--Demyx's youthful enthusiasm is kind of entertaining from his standpoint.] Heh, maybe. If you remember to eat all yer vegetables, drink yer milk, an' practice yer head bangin' every night. Practice you-know-what fer de groupies. [The chuckling becomes a little more obvious.]

Neither is snortin' drugs, dude. Not really, anyway. S'all relative an' shit, kind of a, "don't knock it 'til you try it" thing. Y'know?

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[ninthserenade]

You-know-wh--Oh. ...Oh. [Yeah, he'll just be turning a little red in the face, here.] But what if I get a girlfriend or somethin'?

I guess.

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[drinkthebleach]

[And now Pickles becomes a little confused about what Demyx is getting at, lifting an eyebrow.] What? You mean like, when yer famous?

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[ninthserenade]

Whenever, really. You never know what'll happen, right?

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[drinkthebleach]

...Probably dumb of me to ask at dis point, but how old are you?

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[ninthserenade]

'bout twenty-four. Twenty-five in February.

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[drinkthebleach]