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raspberryturk

Rude's Apartment, Edge, Thursday Evening

May 13, 2009 18:34

Rude's couch was lumpy and hard to sleep on.

Rude's couch was lumpy and hard to sleep on, Rude's booze was running low, and the lighting in Rude's living room sucked.All that, and Reno had more reading material than he could have ever hoped for. And a bean sprout in a plastic cup sitting in some wet paper towel. And a pair of cacti that he hadn't ( Read more... )

what: adventures in ferreting, places: edge, people: murdock, people: doji, people: dinah, people: arthur, people: romeo, people: ino, what: i take it back high school is awes, people: rikku, places: rude's pad

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crazypilotman May 13 2009, 22:47:27 UTC

Murdock was munching on cookies and watching TV when his phone rang.

"House of the mad, what's your poison?"

raspberryturk May 13 2009, 22:49:20 UTC

"Everclear's gonna be what does me in eventually, zoto!" Reno grinned, thankful that he'd caught someone he at least knew. It was crazy what random buttonmashing could do, sometimes. "How you doin', man?"

crazypilotman May 13 2009, 23:01:58 UTC

"Yo Reno!" he grinned. "I'm good. I got a new housemate too. She makes awesome cookies!"

"How's things out there?"

raspberryturk May 13 2009, 23:03:59 UTC

"Heeey, can't complain if there are cookies involved, right?"

Note to self: Find cookies. Ones that aren't diseased or something.

"Things ain't so bad out here. It's Edge, so I ain't expectin' a fanfare or anything like it. I ain't been shot yet, I found a place to crash, so all-in-all, it's been goin' damn good so far."

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dojima_hime May 13 2009, 22:51:29 UTC

Her phone was ringing. Her phone was ringing with that song, and Dōjima almost dove out of her alcove for her purse.

Times like this were why Dōjima loved giving everyone individual rings; it let her say the most outrageous things without needing to check the caller ID.

"Moshi moshi!" she called cheerfully. "So. Rude hasn't killed you yet? Or did he just buy earplugs?"

No, he couldn't talk first. That would spoil her fun.

raspberryturk May 13 2009, 22:54:57 UTC

That earned a round of much-needed laughter from the redhead who was currently sprawled across Rude's floor.

"Neither, yo! He stuck me on the couch, though. Ain't like he's got room in here for the both of us. Three, if you count Mako, zoto. His couch is lumpy as all friggin' hell, yoto. How are you doin'?"

dojima_hime May 13 2009, 23:04:46 UTC

"We all know Mako hogs the bed," Dōjima replied cheerfully. "I'm pretty good. Got back from Japan on Monday, have a small mountain of apartment information to go through, and now I'm sitting on my hands waiting for my TA job to start."

"But we're back in the cabins and the new kids are here, and there's a ton of 'em, Red. Like wee little bugs."

raspberryturk May 13 2009, 23:08:03 UTC

"Wee little rookiebugs? Aw, shit. I'm sorry I ain't there to help break 'em in, yo!"

He was, actually. He hadn't trained up a rookie since... well... Since a long while ago. Rude had trained up Elena. Dang.

"Any of 'em done anything amusing, yet?"

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the_merriest May 13 2009, 23:14:01 UTC

"No, you can't," Rikku huffed, again, "because I said so, and tell Gippal that if he tries that crap again, I'll -- did you hear something?"

Something cheery and digital sounding. Her ... phone?! She didn't think she was close enough to the tower to be getting a signal. Phone! Phoooooooone! Cue one Al Bhed girl diving for her bag and rooting through it, quickly. Do not drop the signal, tower. Do not. Do not. Do not.

"Hello?" she gasped.

raspberryturk May 13 2009, 23:16:22 UTC

Familiar voice! Best familiar voice ever! Okay, Reno. Keep your calm.

"OHMYFUCKRIKKUIMISSYOUYO."

Calm. Cool. As always.

the_merriest May 13 2009, 23:30:40 UTC

"RENO," Rikku shouted, waving off the Al Bhed guy who wanted to argue with her. Not now! "ILOVEYOUIMISSYOUILOVEYOU."

She had to start with that, in case the signal dropped again, because she'd kick herself if she didn't get that out.

raspberryturk May 13 2009, 23:34:04 UTC

"IGOTYOURLETTER," Reno replied, and if one was listening, they could practically hear the all-caps. That is, if any of it made any sense at all. "Aaaaaaaaand," he slowed himself down a little, "I wrote back. Oh, shit! How are you doin', over there?"

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withoutverona May 13 2009, 23:26:40 UTC

Romeo was reading in his bunk when his phone rang, and his day got much better when he saw who the number belonged to, and he was grinning as he spoke.

"Is this Reno, or does the display on my phone deceive me?"

raspberryturk May 13 2009, 23:29:49 UTC

"If the display is lyin', man, I suggest you get a new phone, yo!"

Reno would have been bouncing as he heard Romeo's voice on the other end of the phone, except that he was laying on his chest on the floor, and there was a ferret gnawing on his ponytail. It didn't work out in favor of the bouncing, so much.

"How are you doin', man? How's Fandom treatin' you? You ain't blown anything up since I left, have you?"

withoutverona May 13 2009, 23:40:52 UTC

"I'm fine," Romeo said. "A little bored, even. I got a TA position for a class that I only have to sit on the beach for." A beat. "Did I ever blow anything up? Should I start? How are you?"

It was all coming out in one breath.

raspberryturk May 13 2009, 23:43:00 UTC

"Man, that sounds like your kinda TA gig, yo!" Reno had himself a bit of a laugh, rolling over onto his side and making a reach for the bottle of Corel Ale that Rude had thought he could hide on him. "You blow up whatever you wanna, man. It's therapeutic, yo. Me, I ain't doin' so bad. Been lyin' low lately. My biggest complaint is Rude's couch is lumpy, and I kinda miss the sun."

Which was something Reno had never, ever figured he'd hear himself say.

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blondecanary May 14 2009, 02:01:28 UTC

Dinah looked up from playing examining her new Crime Scene kit, and reached over to grab her phone. "Lance Investigations, reasonable rates for an unreasonable world!"

raspberryturk May 14 2009, 02:06:17 UTC

"Which unreasonable world are we talkin' about?" Reno was grinning, there on the other end of the line. "I mean, it ain't like you don't have access to a freakin' million of 'em from there, yo."

No, he wasn't going to say who he was. He figured it was obvious.

blondecanary May 14 2009, 02:11:08 UTC

"Reno!" Plus he probably figured she'd squeal it for him. "Hi hi hi! How are you? How is home? How is Mako?"

raspberryturk May 14 2009, 02:16:24 UTC

"Dinah!" Reno wasn't going to squeal, but he certainly seemed thrilled that the rookie had picked up. "I ain't bad. Been crashin' on a lumpy couch lately, though, which kinda sucks. Home's... got a lumpy couch. An' it's grey, but we're workin' on that. And Mako..."

Reno glanced over at Mako, who was putting forth a valiant attempt to lug one of Rude's shoes under the couch. The shoe was as big as the ferret was.

"Mako's as stupid as ever."

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