45~

[expectremorse]

My sister liked movies. Good movies, not the fucked up ones

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[Remus friend's filter?]

[onefullmoony]

What's basketball?

[Oh heavens yes.]

[expectremorse]

...It's a ball-orange and black. You bounce it around and throw it in a basket.

-How do you not know Basketball?

[Oh heavens yes.]

[onefullmoony]

I expect that it's got to do with the fact that I'm a wizard.

[expectremorse]

[And a werewolf. Hoffman pauses]

I forgot. [You are atypical of most magical people. For one thing, you're not creepy.] It um...

[The feed switches to video. Hoffman is holding a large round orange object]

This is a basket ball. It was one of my favorite sports as a kid.

[19centconstable]

I think the best way to truly appreciate what you have is to truly appreciate what you have.

[expectremorse]

[eyebrow raise] And how to I do that?

[19centconstable]

That's not a question anyone else can answer for you. In fact, the ones who try to answer it for you, or try to sell you something which might answer it, often do more harm than good, even if their intentions are honest.

But there are certainly people who can appreciate what they've got without suffering.

[expectremorse]

[He licks his lips]

No loss without love. There's no love without loss.

[private]

[expectremorse]

Yeah?

I've got some stuff for you to look over too.

An hour though I'm uh-not that good.

Re: [private]

[expectremorse]

Sure.

[He brightens a bit] I'll be there shortly.

[private]

[feels_no_love]

I am in that situation. My entire race is dead save for a handful; my holdings lost save for some hidden treasures. I will be a long time rebuilding, and some losses cannot be reclaimed.

I am game for either sort of entertainment, though I have not played the basketball before.

By the way, Armand is game to give us the cane practice swords if your Warden gives permission as well.

Re: [private]

[expectremorse]

I'm so sorry.

[He brightens at the mention of swordplay.] I haven't had a chance to ask him about you teaching me yet. I uh-

[He swallows] I've been kind of depressed.

Nobody knows basketball. There's a good reason to be depressed. That is a crime.

[private]

[feels_no_love]

I will rebuild. Who knows, perhaps one day you will have an interest in being a part of that.

...

I went through that a few months ago myself. And I am a bit of a maniac normally. I simply...ceased functioning and became something of a puddle of ash. It was...humiliating. But it did end--it does end.

We shall sort out a distraction regardless of what your Warden says, yes?

Re: [private]

[expectremorse]

[The thought of moving on, away from angie, had never occurred to him. Making a radical change was inconcievable. He laughed-lightly-then.]

...For what it's worth I am sorry I fucked with you.

Yeah. Shit, have a beer and a bite to eat.

[Private]

[most_feared]

Yeah, I have.

Honestly, I still think you have something. But I'm not going to deny it's a damn hard time to live without someone that important to you.

[Even if he cheated and made himself forget, and never figured out for years why it hurt so badly.]

[Private]

[expectremorse]

[He's just quiet for awhile.]

I was deluding myself into thinking that I could live without her. Without somebody who mattered. It-

Surprisingly though, it wasn't her I was thinking of when I wrote this.

[Private]

[most_feared]

Well, if you wanna talk about who it was, I actually have been listening. But only if you want to.

You're never gonna live without her. Not really. She's branded herself on you ten times harder than John ever thought of doing.

Re: [Private]

[expectremorse]

I'm-

[Oh god. Can you say things like this?]

You ever go to sleepaway camp?