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May 12, 2011 20:11

[There is only so much circus music that a man can take before he turns to alcohol. On the rare, previous occasions that Cabal has drank to excess, he has usually been alone, tucked securely in his own study with no audience ( Read more... )

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[Offline] ahandsomedevil May 13 2011, 06:07:10 UTC

[Don't worry, poor shirt sleeve. Big brother is here with a blanket to smother out the flame.]

Are you working right now?

[Offline] soulcontracts May 13 2011, 06:13:13 UTC

I was reading.

[He is also slurring.]

Nothing to steal from me here, Horst, you can be on your merry little way. [But he's taking that blanket for himself, thanks.]

[Offline] ahandsomedevil May 13 2011, 06:14:26 UTC

You're drunk.

[He frowns and gets him some water.]

Why are you drunk?

[Offline] soulcontracts May 13 2011, 06:15:25 UTC

I'm not drunk. I don't drink enough to get drunk.

[He is most certainly drunk.]

I have better control of my own facilities than that, Horst.

[Offline] ahandsomedevil May 13 2011, 06:16:53 UTC

...Oh good Lord. You drank the one in the pineapple shaped bottle, didn't you? Didn't you?

[Offline] soulcontracts May 13 2011, 06:18:44 UTC

[Grousing:]

I don't see what bottle shape has to do with anything.

[It was the only one he could find.]

[Offline] ahandsomedevil May 13 2011, 06:23:18 UTC

[Sigh.]

Because it was a personal stash for bad days. It was bloody strong, and you may go blind and it would serve you right.

Now why have you been drinking? Are we celebrating?

[Offline] soulcontracts May 13 2011, 06:27:55 UTC

The music was driving me out of my mind.

[But he lifts his hand, conducting a little sloppily in time with the folk tune playing behind him now.]

I read from my book said the boy as he stood - and twas well he stood --

Do you remember where it goes from there?

[Offline] ahandsomedevil May 13 2011, 06:29:21 UTC

[Horst just stares a moment, then affects a serious frown]

It's on the tip of my tongue, I think I remember...sing it again--

[Offline] soulcontracts May 13 2011, 06:30:57 UTC

[Johannes scoffs, standing up to get a glass of water of his own. He apparently hasn't noticed the one Horst already retrieved.]

Too late. The moment's gone. "Horst." Did they name you after someone?

[Offline] ahandsomedevil May 13 2011, 06:33:49 UTC

Not that I know of. They named you after someone, though.

[Offline] soulcontracts May 13 2011, 06:35:18 UTC

Tell you that, did they?

[Offline] ahandsomedevil May 13 2011, 06:38:11 UTC

They didn't have to. I was there when we took you home from the zoo. They named you after the man who stamped our hands at the gate.

[Offline] soulcontracts May 13 2011, 06:39:49 UTC

It would make sense. They always did like you better than me.

[He's just going to chug some water now to keep himself from talking further. He recognizes the sullen tone in his voice and wishes he were more sober. It'd be easier to fix that way.]

[Offline] ahandsomedevil May 13 2011, 06:40:57 UTC

Oh don't be ridiculous. If that were true they wouldn't have named me 'Horst'.

[Offline] soulcontracts May 13 2011, 06:43:00 UTC

Horst and Hansi.

[He's only spilling the water a little.]

You got the better end of that deal.

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