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[When faced with dealing with a bad breakup, some people mope and cry. Others finish off whole pints of ice cream in one sitting. Julia, however, has chosen a more constructive outlet. For the past few hours at least, she's commandeered a table at the Paradisa Perk to write a letter venting out all of her feelings regarding Gwaine and the entire situation.

Which is all fine and good, except for one small detail. She has accidentally started writing parts of the very rough draft of this letter into the journal.]

You lied to me. You betrayed me. Do you know how much that hurts? I'm sure you can't even begin to understand how much. For what you did, I should never speak to you again. No, I should never forgive you. I thought you'd never hurt me like that. I can't look at you the same way ever again. I can't trust you anymore. I can't be with someone I can't trust.

[The pen pauses.]

But there isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss you. All I want is to hear the sound of your voice again. To wake up next to you. To let you call me your queen. I don't want to think about it, but it's all I can think about. I want for you to come back to me. Without you, there's a hole in my life I can't fill.

I lov--

[The writing suddenly stops.

... Yes, Paradisa. You now have front-row seats to something intensely personal that was never meant to be seen by anyone. It doesn't matter that the one who put it there is now frantically trying to scratch everything out. The damage has already been done.]

[[OOC: Friends loss! Anyone remember the 18-page letter that Rachel wrote to Ross and he fell asleep reading? This is something like that.]]

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[He needed booze and he needed it now.]

Woman, I'm embarrassed as it is. Figure you could use a hug.

[From the thicker quality of his writing it's obvious he's pressing a bit harder on the paper. He can feel the heat collecting against his collar.]

It ain't like I offer it much. Just. Nevermind.

[She's never exactly been the best with that kind of stuff either, and, well, she's a little taken aback. ... Taken aback, but as she starts to process it a little more, she really does appreciate the sentiment.

And maybe she could use some company. She won't let him down right away. It's another long moment or two before she writes back--]

How about coffee?

...I was thinking the bar but coffee is more sociable, ain't it? [Hey, seems like they could both use some alcohol. It always worked for him. Well. No. It didn't always work for him and adding spirits would be a miserable thing.]

Sure. I can do that.

[Alcohol really is something she desperately needs at this point. But, for now, they can start with coffee. She'd consider herself a classy, respectable lady, and it's way too early in the day for classy, respectable ladies to start drinking.]

I'll meet you in the lobby, then?

[Don't worry; he will allow you to stay ladylike while you're drowning your woes in non-dairy creamer. He's not sure how he got wrangled into this, not really. You could say It all happened So Fast - you know, similar to those kids on the news that had a cow go missing in a tornado.]

Just look for the tall brunet looking like he lost a bit of his dignity today.
'snot your fault though. I'm more than happy to be of assistance.

[Hopefully he'll look extra tall, brunet, and regretful because it's not past him that he doesn't have a clue who this girl is]

[She's not really sure how it happened either. One minute she's pouring her heart out to an unknown audience, and the next she's meeting a strange man for coffee. But, whatever. Maybe even more immediately than alcohol, she needs the distraction.

... And, hey. She's already here, so why not?]

I'll keep my eyes open.

[As for the last part, though, she doesn't really have a response. Aside from maybe a small smile that manages to creep up, somehow. So she'll just go ahead and close the journal, and wait for him to show.]

[He closed the book with a rather final sounding huff, tucking it against the inside of his coat pocket - he'd wished himself a cousin to the one he lost on arrival. Might as well. It would find itself on him somehow.

There was usually a fair amount of folk wandering about the lobby. Usually. Today produced only a few unfamiliar faces. Now, let's pluck the adorable Captain from his confused state and give him some coffee and he'll return the distraction.]

[It's fortunate that she'd picked a table in one of the far corners of the establishment, away from the main bustle of the place. True, it was originally with the intent to have some space to work, but now it provides a more unobstructed view of the lobby.

Confused, tall brunet who maybe looks like he might've lost his dignity? Check. She's pretty sure she spots him immediately when he makes a pass through. Look just slightly over to your right, Mal. There's a woman trying to catch your eye.]

[Women trying to get his attention rarely came in such polite fashion. Usually they'd shoot at him or try to poison him. Really, it's no wonder he's a single man. However, he's guessing that waving blonde in the corner may be his ticket, offering her a rather lopsided grin in greeting. Poor baby is so unsure of himself.

He made his way over, awkward duckling he is, taking a seat across from her; clearing his throat. This is like online dating, only it isn't. At all. No, he doesn't realize this woman is one of those that greeted him the first time he got to Paradisa. Probably shuffled it from his headspace.]

Hello, er. I didn't catch your name -- between me making a fool of myself and all...

[Hey, Julia is the kind of woman that would still be polite while holding a gun to your head. It's a necessary skill, no, art, to learn where she comes from. No matter what the castle has done to her this week, it hasn't taken that particular quality away.

But there won't be any of that today. No, it's with a small (yet genuine) smile that she regards the man who sits across from her. Awkward as he is, he's kind of cute. Or maybe it's the awkward that's his charm.]

Julia. [A pause.] And how about you?

[Goodness; they have things in common then. Maybe it's a good thing neither of them are meeting in bad terms. Well, they could be better -- She seems friendly enough though for a lass missing some random man. Something strangely familiar about that name. ...common name though.]

Just call me Mal. I didn't scare you much with the bad attempt to comfort, now did I? [Because small talk is not his forte, either]

[On the other end, the name "Mal" doesn't ring any bells for her. But who knows what that can mean. So many memories of hers have been altered that any meeting they might've had before could've been forgotten. Just as well to her, though; if anyone had to read all that, she'd almost prefer it to be someone who had no knowledge of its context.]

Not at all.

[She takes a casual sip from her coffee cup to spare her from more of a response for the moment. Her ability to engage in small talk allows her to pass minimally and politely. On her best days, she's not exactly the world's greatest conversationalist; add emotional distress into that equation, and her rate of success might go down just a little.]

[It's probably for the better that she doesn't remember him. He's already got enough against him that a yelling, pantless cowboy didn't need to be included. Her response caused him to snort flatly, mildly adding:] Don't believe you much. Allow me to make it up for the both of us though.

[He was subtly wishing for some coffee of his own which was ~~subtly~~ delivered; clearly the man's still not used to just asking and getting things]

It's weird - I'm never gonna feel like it's fair to be able to just wish for something and have it. Maybe I'm old fashioned though...

[Honestly, the whole concept of wishing is probably never going to come naturally to her either. Maybe she's old-fashioned in some ways herself. Or maybe it's just that the whole idea of magic is a hard pill to swallow.

In her typical way, she'll continue to avoid what doesn't want to talk about, and instead focus on the more mundane details of the conversation. It's something that doesn't take too long to learn about her; she not-answers a lot more frequently than she answers, and avoids reaching some kind of meaningful point whenever possible.]

It's a lot to get used to. [She takes another sip of her coffee. Such a convenient prop.] How long have you been here, anyway?

[He gave his coffee a cautionary sip to hide the frown] I know it's been more than a month but my sense of time got all sorts of discombobulated. You'd think I'd be keeping a prison tally on the walls by now.

[Hey, she knows that feeling all too well. Time is funny here. For as much as she'll never get used to, there are some days when she almost can't remember being anywhere else...]

Any reason why you're not?

[there's the slightest hint of a smile] Got my girls here; makes it more bearable I think. [a pause] Anyone you knew from --
Well, home, that got stuck here with you?

(PS: Remember Doug? His older sister Judy? Yeah, she looks like a blonde Judy in that icon. I cannot unsee.)

[Maybe it's only a hint, but it's enough to make her feel a little more at ease, for some reason. And possibly to return her own hint of one. By now, she's almost forgotten what started this in the first place.]

Some.

(PS: HAHAHAHA. Okay, now I can't unsee it either.)

[color him curious] D'you think I've met them?

[That smile grows just a little as she idly swirls the liquid in her cup.]

Perhaps.

[In fact, in a way, he sort of reminds her of someone....]

You're smiling... [snorting, he took a drink, eyeing the blonde over his coffee.] Go on now. Don't leave a man in suspense.

[Oh, but she will. If only for a moment, while she (sort of) hides that smile behind taking another sip, though her eyes are still on him all the while.

Then, she finally decides to voice what she's been thinking.]

You remind me of someone.

[he was almost pouting-- but truth be told he liked her playing coy over heartbroken]

Good or bad?

[Truth be told, it's part defense mechanism. But whatever works.]

Maybe both.

[AND NOW HE IS. Pouting, that is.]

And here I thought I would remind you of someone that was all sunshine and daisies. Consider myself disappointed. [casual sip a'hmph]

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at least someone does. mal doesn't.

pffff 8D

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Slowest of Slow

I am slower lately, I'll bet you

That's tooootally debatable. Let's have a slow-off.

All right... go. 8D

/imagine another 2 weeks've gone by

/imagine a month has gone by

I'll raise you another.

How about another two?

third time's a right ol' charm

And here I am being slow coming back again. sigh.

/impersonates a snail