[log] IT'S A MONSTER PARTY [closed]

[devoutish]

Characters: Alfie Solomons, Ecks, Fiona, Francel de Haillenarte, Haurchefant Greystone, John Watson, Tifa Lockhart, Royce Melborn
Location around U4/V4, and then in various houses
Date: evening of 138 through morning of 139
Summary: various merry traveling bands are set upon and scattered by a RUDE AS FUCK anomaly
Warnings: n/a; will edit if anything comes up

Catch-all for EVERYTHING - running from the anomaly, settling in various houses, etc. Top-level and tag as you see fit.

Comments

[plundering]

Trying to get a reaction out of you. He'll use pretty much anything he can.

[devoutish]

Yeah, I've noticed. I'm familiar.

[He winks.]

Doesn't much work on me.

[plundering]

[She grins.]

Me neither. He doesn't seem to dislike me much for some reason.

[devoutish]

We threatened him once, Duster and I. He hasn't liked me much since then.

[No regrets, though.]

And you - is your partner in crime Watson, or Rhys? Or the both of them?

[plundering]

[She considers this for a moment.]

Neither, I guess. Watson isn't really one for "crime".

[And Angel and Rhys are pretty much officially partners in crime.]

Why did you threaten him?

[devoutish]

["Watson isn't one for crime". Uh-huh. But he doesn't say anything.]

Oh, more of what you'd expect. Yeah. He was running off that mouth of his. But it's passed.

[plundering]

I was wondering how long that would take to get him into trouble.

[A beat.]

More trouble, after the Rhys thing.

[devoutish]

I had a theory that he wasn't like this before coming here, but that's not the story his friend Wilson tells.

[plundering]

What did Wilson say?

[devoutish]

That how he is now is neither unusual, nor a surprise.

[plundering]

Huh. I'm surprised he's lasted this long.

[Surprisingly, Fiona doesn't really dislike House, but still.]

[devoutish]

I'm glad he came back. He's useful here. Perceptive, intelligent, good at gathering information.

[plundering]

Yeah, he is. He isn't bad if you don't let him piss you off.

[devoutish]

Or don't show it if he does, eh?

[plundering]

Exactly.

[Alfie gets her.]

You seem pretty good at that.

[devoutish]

Yeah. Gives you an advantage if people can't tell what you're thinking.

[plundering]

Yep. You're completely unreadable.

[Totally teasing.]

[devoutish]

Not completely.

[He sounds a little teasing in return.]

But I'm hiding more than you think.

[plundering]

You ever gonna share?

[devoutish]

Sure, yeah. Sometimes. Do you have anything specific you wanna ask about, or are you curious in a more general way?

[plundering]

Surprise me. Make it good.

[devoutish]

All right. Something pleasant or unpleasant?

[plundering]

Whatever you prefer. Both.

[devoutish]

I am far more worried than I seem, right now.

Good will be more difficult. Yeah, I'll have to think about that for a moment, seeing as I did promise to keep certain things in my head.

[plundering]

I figured you were. Just didn't want to push.