14th Letter; video

[hisdiscretion]

[It's just after sirens and Franz is looking tired and considerably rumpled, though his eyes sparkle with a kind of world-weary amusement. His white-gold glow is cast all about the features of a motel, where he's seated at a table.]Hi everyone. Daedalus and I sort of had our house broken into today. We weren't robbed - rather a murder suspect and

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[redpeacock]

Mistletoe? [There's an underlying flavor of "what in Gaia's name is that?" in his voice.]

[hisdiscretion]

I thought I told you about it. It made people fall in love or in hate right after they stood under it last year. Not all of it, just mistletoe placed in random places in the city. I had an experience with it myself. [The and then I made out with Daedalus part is implied.]

It's sort of a clump of white berries on green leaves.

[redpeacock]

You gave me a little recap of the incident, but you never really discussed it in detail. [He chuckles.]

I'll make sure to watch out for them, then.

How are you and the doctor, by the way?

[hisdiscretion]

We're alright. [There's a deep, heavy wariness to how he pronounces those words. It's hard to believe anything could be much worse to recover from the day's events at the moment, but the truth is, Franz is worn down.]

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[beardedveteran]

[ This response is unusually still for him at first; his hands are clapped flat together, prayer-style, in front of his bowed head, shoulders high and tense a moment before he looks up earnestly, distressed, embarassed. Maybe it's seeing the residents in question explain the situation so calmly after the chaos of the event that heightens the tension. ]

Sorry! I'm really sorry!

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[gaveherwings]

Wait, so...

[And now there's slow recognition in the doctor's eyes, because he pays mind to the network, but hadn't put two and two together when a chase scene clattered through this apartment.

Now, however-]

You are Re-l's coworker!

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[beardedveteran]

[ The response is somewhat-- ashamedly mumbled at first before his tone picks up, although he's scratching at his cheek awkwardly. ]

I- yeah. Though I'm below her.

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[gaveherwings]

And will continue to be, after an incident like this.

[Harsh? Yes. But remember, according to her doctor, everyone's considered beneath Re-l Mayer. So don't feel too bad, buddy.]

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[vinovidivici]

[ An hour or so after Franz's post Claire replies, grinning apologetically at the feed. ] Sorry about that, fellas! But y'know what, just so happens my apartment's empty right now. [ Pretty obvious why given that he's sitting on a cot in a holding cell. ] You could use that?

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[gaveherwings]

While a generous offer, neither of us can really afford that sort of association on our public reputation until you've cleared your name of this mess, Claire Stanfield.

We will, of course, be forwarding you the invoice for repairs.

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[vinovidivici]

[ He sighs. Sure, pin it on the murder suspect. Well, it's true he'd been leading the chase, but... ] I gotcha. But I want it on the record that most of the rampagin' was down to the other guy. If it weren't for him you'd still have a chandelier. [ He'll quash any public misconception of him as clumsy before he deals with the other matter of name-clearing. ]

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[gaveherwings]

I'm not the one heartbroken over the chandelier- you'll have to redirect those apologies to my partner.

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[paterelohim]

...Mistletoe? [Color him intrigued.] Do I want to know?

[hisdiscretion]

Last year, there were enchanted bunches of mistletoe all over the city. They caused people to either violently love or hate the next person they saw. In the end it's fortunate no one got killed or pregnant, but it was quite a dramatic few weeks because of it. [He shakes his head a little, though he still smiles.]

I hope we don't have to go through it again.

[paterelohim]

Wow.

[Blink blink.]

That's not a story you hear every day.

Maybe this year we'll get haunted dreidls or something.

[hisdiscretion]

[Heavy, dramatic sigh.]

Then I would at least be spared some embarrassment - though knowing my luck lately, my boyfriend would come with a bagful accidentally.

[doeswhathewants]

What happened with the mistletoe? You can't just say something like that and not explain, after all.

[hisdiscretion]

Someone - or a bunch of someones - set out mistletoe all over the city that made people either love or loathe the next person they saw after standing under it. It was a gigantic mess. [Pretty funny, but a gigantic mess - his own personal life had been forever changed...]

[doeswhathewants]

Hah. That sounds rather amusing. So it's some kind of magic plant?

[hisdiscretion]

Typically it's not magic, but someone cast a spell on a bunch of the decorations, or so the reports said.