two! video (back-dated to Friday evening)

[vinovidivici]

[ Claire's in a small apartment that actually seems to be a bit of a downgrade from the Starter ones, although he's kept it tidy enough to be presentable to the network. You might be able to hear a subway rattle past. He's raking his hands through his hair irritably. ] Anybody round here able to reccommend a barber? I'm catchin' half the street in

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[kingofrooks]

... That's kind of old-fashioned.

[ ALARM BELLS RE: PAPERS. FUCK HIS LIFE!!! ]

[kingofrooks]

So, how has trying gone so far?

[vinovidivici]

Not so good. In fact it hasn't gone at all.

[kingofrooks]

... Frankly, I'm not surprised. I mean- most people would just throw away random pieces of paper they find in their hair.

[vinovidivici]

Yeah. [ That's true; but the very fact that he did makes him think there ought to be more to it than this. After all, the world exists for his own entertainment. What was the point of imagining an occurrence and following through on it like this, if it wasn't going to lead anywhere? He doesn't voice this line of thought, but he drums the fingers of one hand on the desk. When he speaks again his tone is as if this were a joke between the two of them. ] If you find anything you know who to come to, right?

[kingofrooks]

[ Like hell he would. And now he's going to try his best to find the scraps to prevent more people from seeing it.

But hey, he's not going to tell Claire that. So he shrugs. ]

I'll need a name for that, you know.

guess who only just realised this was probably meant to be in the cherry trees log lol nvm

[vinovidivici]

Oh, right. Claire Stanfield. What about you?

FFFF no worries about it

[kingofrooks]

Bruce Wayne.

Say, isn't Claire a girl's name?

that'll teach me to pay more attention alkdhjsk

[vinovidivici]

[ CONGRATS Bruce is the first Porter to make that comment! And he liked him, too. ]

Plenty of guys named Claire. Where I'm from, anyway. [ although the issue is more when he's from ] It's a family name... My grandfather's, before you get any funny ideas.

[kingofrooks]

... So... where and when are you from?

[vinovidivici]

New York, and it was just after New Year's when I left. New Year's 1932, that is.

[kingofrooks]

So, basically, you lived in those crazy gangster movies?

[vinovidivici]

Hah! You don’t know the half of it. [ He's going to be chuckling for a moment here - "gangster movies" just sums up his life. ]

[kingofrooks]

Tell me the other half, then.

[vinovidivici]

[ Still tickled. ] Figure of speech, but - I had some family that way inclined. Not for me, though. You know how much legal work goes into organized crime? [ he'll stick to freelance ]

[kingofrooks]

[ A little reserved, suddenly: ]

Just the smallest inkling.

It's a funny thought that you don't want to go into crime because of the legalities, though.