snowblindrpg | [log] love, let the poison bleed out of me [closed]

Characters: Alfie Solomons & Royce Melborn
Location: Downtown, Building 150
Date: Day 229-230
Summary: A couple of girls chase a couple of guys.
Warnings: Nothing out of the usual - violence, description of anomalies, language. Event stuff!

150: A small toy store that sells old-fashioned toys. Dusty, long-forgotten dolls, wooden blocks, and rubber balls line the shelves. There are a few board games, and even some stuffed animals, with polar bears and seals being favored alongside more traditional teddy bears. While the building seems normal enough, it has an eerie feel to it. Are the dolls moving around while you're not looking at them? There's a door near the back that leads to an employees only area, but it's completely empty except for one a chair that has a note glued heavily onto it. The note reads "dont trust the toys. i took a marionette apart and it put itself back together overnight plus every other toy moved up against this door. the chair kept the door closed fine but i still wouldnt trust them". At least there's also a public bathroom readily available.

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Not very many women left, no. [ Now that he thinks about it. ] You had chances that you gave up on?

I fucked Claire once. She was interested in meeting up again, but very soon after, things turned very, very bad - with the attacks, right. It all lost its appeal for me. Hasn't come back.

[Welcome to the wonderful world of depression.]

[ If Royce were a bird, he'd squawk, here. Claire. Instead, he wrinkles his nose, which might be visible to Alfie. ]

Mm. [ Yeah, Royce gets that one. ] I haven't wanted to. Nobody else could come close to her, anyway.

I'd wondered why you gave me the box of condoms for trade.

Yeah. I wasn't sure if you'd know what they were.

I figured it out by reading the box.

They're weird things. Thinner than the ones at home.

[Which hadn't been bad by any means, but he'd been a little wary that they weren't durable enough to get the job done.]

Mm. Seems to be a future thing, doesn't it. Thinner, smaller. Easier to break.

Feels better, though. And they're stronger than you'd think.

[He'd ended up a fan.]

[ man those sound great too bad royce is never going to get laid again ever forever ]

This is not a conversation I thought I'd be having when I woke up this morning. [ He sounds amused, though. ]

You started it, didn't you.

I did. [ He doesn't regret it. He doesn't feel like complete garbage. ] Didn't you say you were going to sleep the whole day?

Nah.

Condoms from the future have got oil on the inside, too. For easier sliding.

[THEY'RE SO GREAT, ROYCE]

[ Royce actually laughs, this time, reaching up to rub at his face. ]

You are so much worse than Hadrian.

Worse. What does he do?

Doesn't do it so much now, but he used to try to tell me about the girls he was interested in. [ Royce glances at Alfie. ] Though at least you know that half the time there isn't going to be more than just sex.

Mm, did he fall in love with all of them?

Mm. Every one of them. [ Royce is probably exaggerating a little here. ] He's like a kicked puppy when he's rejected.

Ah, but that was when he was young, eh?

If by young you mean up until last year. He's just finally found a woman who fell for him back.

Will he stay with her, then, or will he fall out of love?

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Mm... I hope he doesn't. [ Royce closes his eyes. ] He deserves to be happy.

You're a good friend, mate.

I still think about going home. Meeting a woman.

[ It took him ten years, but he finally managed to figure out how to be a good friend. ]

If we get home, you will.

[If they get home. Alfie doesn't think it's likely, but he can't say that to a man with a kid waiting for him - even though he's pretty sure Royce has the same thoughts.]

-- I might ask for those condoms back from you. Just in case, eh?

[ Royce lets his head thud back against the wall. ]

Yeah. You can have them back. Just in case.

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