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[bass_line_blues]

Preston's in the Wasteland, sitting on the stage and strumming his bass absently.

He's in a good mood. There are reasons for this.

. . . they don't have to do with the trial, which is taking its own sweet time about getting organized while the accused sit around in a basement and take up resources, but right now he's not thinking about that so

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[savethewolves]

Journey wanders in.

Journey wanders over to the stage.

Journey carefully and with great dignity lies on the stage and closes her eyes to listen to the music, smiling.

Pretty typical Journey.

[savethewolves]

"He's Armand."

She stretches and rolls onto her side, propping her head on one hand.

"He walks better every day," quietly. "I like seeing that."

After a moment, she adds, bright again, "But he spends so much time keeping Russ in line. It's ridiculous."

[bass_line_blues]

Mild: "Werewolf gang leaders take a lot of looking after."

[savethewolves]

"Like you wouldn't believe!" A sigh. "You turn around and they're running off getting kidnapped or all torn up, and of course you just can't make them listen to any kind of reason."

She looks up at Preston, very solemn. "Russ' harmonic energies are all out of whack. Well, except when he's getting laid."

[bass_line_blues]

Preston rubs his forehead with his hand.

"That . . . may be top of the list of things I didn't need to know, thanks. How would you - no, actually, please don't answer."

If Russ is getting into wacky threesomes with Journey and Gwen, that really IS top of the list of things Preston doesn't want to know.

[savethewolves]

Curious and innocent -- "How would I what?"

[bass_line_blues]

"How would you find a topic of conversation that didn't involve Russ and sex?" Preston asks, with a raised eyebrow. "Because apparently I could use the tips."

[savethewolves]

She sits up. "He comes up in your conversations a lot?"

[bass_line_blues]

"I live with Gwen, remember?"

Which is not necessarily to say that it comes up all that often, but . . . Russ is definitely a Presence.

[savethewolves]

"Oh. True. Never mind, then."

There goes that theory.

She lies back down. "I guess you need to get laid more, too, so you can retaliate!"

[bass_line_blues]

Preston chokes.

All he can manage to say, after a few moments, is ". . . retaliate how?"

[savethewolves]

Duhvoice -- "With stuff to bring up in conversation."

[bass_line_blues]

"What if . . . and I'm aware this is a revolutionary concept . . . I don't want to have a conversation about sex at all?"

[savethewolves]

She shrugs, awkwardly since she's lying down.

"So change the subject!"

[bass_line_blues]

"This," Preston says, to midair, "is why we could use some kind of Chicago sports team."

[savethewolves]

Dreamy -- "Maybe the Pack and Claire's gang can have a soccer match."