|| { 106: allegro con brio, feroce } ||

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

[today, music room, skinny kid with a conductor's baton.

that recording is on at full blast. he is having a blast air-conducting the shit out of it.

where has he been for the past couple of months? hiding out in the city because of a hideously ugly loss WHO KNOWS]

[[ooc: open, feel free to pester however, he won't bite too hard :D]]

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[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

I plan to meet it.

[an eyebrow raise.]

"Fun"? For you, or in a general sense?

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

[an accepting nod. good on you.]

From the sounds of it, mostly me--but I can't be the only one with the sentiment.

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

[he lets the baton clatter to rest on a stand and stre-e-etches.]

You'd be surprised how many in the castle are regular Debbie Downers. Any particularly juicy anecdotes?

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

Maybe one about friends in strange places.

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

But not particularly high? Goodness, I'm falling asleep.

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

I wasn't so inclined to stick around for life-lessons. I was more interested in the sea monsters.

Still, it switched a few things around. A couple more labyrinth doors have opened, if you will.

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

Excellent prioritization. [a giggle.] How literal are we talking, here?

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

I haven't checked the Insolitus lately.

[a shrug. a smug shrug.]

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

[looks... mildly impressed, actually.] Really. To think I'd stick around to see the day where you would change for another man.

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

Is that so? [he stops leaning, standing straight.]

On what grounds, Joshua-kun?

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

[hee hee.] You tell me. It's an interesting little puzzle, isn't it? I think it is.

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

Mm. [his expression fades a little as he thinks about it, continuous number crunching at the back of whatever he's saying.]

Are you still taking up residence in my attic?

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

You kicked me out, remember? No grounds to negotiate the matter either. Terribly rude.

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

Though I seem to recall you have a problem following through on things--equally rude, if I might put it forward.

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

[a giggle.] I left, didn't I? Had I other intentions, you wouldn't have been able to rid yourself of me if you tried.

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

[there's no saying he won't just wander back in. he's maybe a little paranoid, okay.]

That says nothing of your intentions now.

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, the ever thorny present - well, I don't feel like moving, and if I do... well. As usual, you would be the first to know.

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

Indisputably.

[he looks slightly downward.] A question, before I leave you to the rest of your reacquainting.

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

[??] You know I'm all ears for you.

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

Do you count time?

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

It's a hobby I've taken up recently. Why do you ask?

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

[he tilts his head and rubs at his neck a little. things are heavy.]

It's been a strange couple of months, is all.

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

[... peers up at him.] Has my absence really thrown things that off kilter?

[exanimatus.livejournal.com]

If you want to flatter yourself, sure.

[a wry smirk.] But I see it all on my end.

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

Aw, phoo. Do you like what you see, at least?