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[loyalraven]

[The communicator is on and resting on a table in front of him. Gilbert's arms are folded and his head is rested against them, nothing at all visible except his unruly waves of hair. In front of him, a curiously untouched pack of cigarettes. After a moment his head lifts and unhappy golden eyes are able to be seen.]

Stupid things...

[Why... why

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[dawnlotus]

You wish to quit smoking?

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[loyalraven]

[Golden eyes flicker towards the pocket watch. He nods a bit.] Not so much that I wish to, as that I apparently should.

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[dawnlotus]

It helps relaxes, yes, but in the long run, it is a health risk.

You're not going to stop smoking immediately, though, are you? The withdrawals would be hard to deal with.

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[loyalraven]

[Sorry, forgive the flat look that Gil is giving you right now. He sighs.] Tell me about it. I have some things from the clinic that are supposed to help. [He sighs.] They don't help all that much.

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[loyalraven]

[Oh hey look at that. In person communication. He's only a little startled, but he glances back over his shoulder towards Naoki.] Mm. You could say that...

[He pokes the pack with a finger before sitting back in his chair, more or less leaning back against Naoki in the process. Also he may be pouting.] It's hard.

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[loyalraven]

[See, as it turns out, Naoki has something of a soothing effect on him. So he'll lean back in the chair, kind of comfortably.]

Eight. [Pause.] Kind of anyway. I might've... slipped once or twice.

[viiinote]

Hmhm. You're doing well. [Smiling!]

[loyalraven]

[YOU. You planted the seed of doubt in his mind about his cigarettes to begin with. ...wait, no. That's not fair. It's not Axel's fault. And that's probably the withdrawal talking. He does blink though.] ...this is well?

[viiinote]

[And, boy, does he ever feel fantastic for it.]

You're not touching them.

[loyalraven]

I'm really thinking about it though. [He glowers at the pack of cigarettes.] ...REALLY thinking about it.

[slaggingsaurian]

Why do you have temptation sitting there on the table, then? Surely that isn't making things any easier. Throw them away already.

[loyalraven]

[He frowns.] I have... several times. [And either found himself retrieving them. ...or getting another pack at the store.]

[slaggingsaurian]

Try harder, then. Torturing yourself isn't going to make the battle any easier.

[loyalraven]

I suppose you're right... [He does. But he eyes the pack of cigarettes anyway. ...they're like a security blanket.]

/such a late ping. Seriously. These two have been around the city for forever now |D;

[seasaltblues]

[Xion had heard this voice and seen this face for a while now here and there. But she had never spoken to Gilbert ever since she arrived in the city. Not even once. But... He was, well... someone special to Naoki, so she was going to try and take this opportunity to maybe get to know him.

Which, as usually rulings went with that, as soon as she tried, all the words she might have thought to speak were falling all different which ways and she was stunned a while with what to say. That was at least until she noticed he was talking to the packet in front of him practically.]

...W-What are those?

[Ah~ Interesting first conversation starter. Watch her flail about with these new things. Heh, really, Xion.]

XD they have been, but hey better late than never

[loyalraven]

[He glances to the communicator. Hmm. An unfamiliar voice. What are..? Oh. Really? She doesn't know? That makes him blink in confusion for a minute.]

These? Ah... they're cigarettes. [A pause.] And right now the ban of my existence.

True that~

[seasaltblues]

[She tilted her head at that. Yeah, he had to have seen this question coming, too. Especially after she had asked the first one.]

B-Ban of your existence...? Why?

[loyalraven]

[He blinks a bit at that.]

They're... I'm trying to quit. And it's proving very difficult. [The idea of addiction isn't necessarily within his realm of understanding. He just knows he really really really really wants a cigarette.]