[audio - Backdated to last night]

[taketheearsoff]

[Grainy radio static filters through the audio. Sander glowers down, disheveled and very unhappy. In fact, 'unhappy' barely grazes the surface of his fractured mind. A train wreck was more like it. He swaggers around the room, pacing and muttering with dark intentions and even darker conclusions. Betrayed. That's all he could think. Thoughts piling

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[madeinoblivion]

What? What's going on- Riku what?

[soggybucket]

Do you know what he said to me? He said I was a lune. Mad as monkey mash. He walked - right - out. Nobody walks out on Sander Fucking Cohen!!

[madeinoblivion]

...what happened? Riku wouldn't just walk out on the job like- Did you have a fight?

[soggybucket]

I spoke with him, as normal as days often are~. And yet he was - different. Disconnected. Your brother would often comment on absinthe. Sneak a sip here and there...indulge though not without my knowing.

He refused me, little schmo!

[Sander is quite for a while, as if reflecting on the situation. It had been hours since events had occurred. Was it possible the old crow was finally simmering down~?]

I was not aware the sheepdog was as light on his toes as the best of my dancers. With that sour attitude of his, I can't have him. No, I won't - tolerate - yet another traitor. Never again.

[Not here]

[walkthedawn]

[He's too busy being mindscrewed right now, but... God, Cohen. This will hurt him when he reads it.]

[soggybucket]

[What can I say? The old coot has some security issues. If you were as paranoid as he was, you'd understand...maybe. ;}D]

[walkthedawn]

[When he gets out on Friday-Saturday, he's going to find you and explain. And show off his bruises.]

[soggybucket]

[he'll be reluctant to take you back in, little sheepdog. Not after that stunt not-you pulled. Hope Riku will be feeling very persuasive. May need Raul to help him out |D.]

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[key2destiny]

[Oh, this post has made Sora angry. His eyes are narrowed because he's fairly sure he knows who Sander's talking about. Congratulations as this has put Sander on Sora's short list of people to dislike.]

Don't ever talk about Riku like that. And you're not allowed to call him that.

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[soggybucket]

I can say whatever the hell I fucking want. Think I weave lies~? Slander Sander, is that who you - think - I am? I know the beginning threads of deception; witnessed an entire city crumble and collapse under the parasitic grasp of the doubters. They fed on Rapture...on Ryan until he buckled, fully intending to bring him to his knees so they could spit in his face and take that last of what he loved.

They - ruined - his masterpiece and like hell I'll let them ruin mine.

Your friend has changed. And until he shapes up, I'll not have another - word - with him.

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[key2destiny]

And if you knew Riku at all then you'd know that he wouldn't deceive you, or leave you once he decided to stick by you. Riku hasn't changed, maybe if you stopped and thought about it then you'd notice something was off about him and maybe think that there's another reason for it.

[Sora's definitely working the gears in his head now.]

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[taketheearsoff]

You're just a boy! What do you know of deception, little porcupine? You've never felt the stab of betrayal, have you? Never had a knife in the back? You don't know what the Doubters are capable of! Ooohh~, but I - do. Their poison corrupts even the purest of minds.

[he doesn't seem to be arguing the point of Riku not really acting like Riku. The concept if doubles and duplicates was never really one that was explored in Rapture.]

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[pullsheavendown]

Sheepdo-you mean Riku? What did Riku do?

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[soggybucket]

Why, he only walked right out on me. I had confronted him, the boy was acting strange. Curious, even. And do you know what he said? He - said - I was "crazy cakes"!! OOOOooooooo the audacity!!!

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[pullsheavendown]

Crazy...cake? That doesn't sound like Riku.

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[soggybucket]

No?

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[he_is_wild]

What's got your garters in such a twist then, Lark?

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[soggybucket]

He left. Had his word, picked his shit up, and LEFT.

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[he_is_wild]

Who?

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[soggybucket]

The sheepdog. He could've been a - star. A prominent disciple, even. But no.