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[whatwas]

[Horst is in his supah fine Victorian clothes, twirling his hat idly] Right. I guess I'll get this started.

[Throat clear. Kneel in front of the PCD.] The holidays are upon us and I have a parade to run. Cloud Strife, I'm on my knees asking you to come and have fun. If you're really good, I can see to it that Santa tosses a candy cane in your direction. It just won't be the same if you're not there, so please, come.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Oh bah, if you're asking me for my opinion of my own company, you'll get nothing but glowing praise. So no, ma'am, you shouldn't be telling me to shove off.

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[The smirk widens.] Well we've been talking for a while and I still haven't told you that, have I?

[As strange as it may sound, she's starting to find Horst amusing so she has really no reason to tell him to shove off.]

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[He grins in return] Fortunately not! You also haven't told me your name. Not even a fake one? I'm Horst.

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

I don't have that many names. The only one I go by these days is Raven.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Well, Raven, it's a pleasure. Have you found anyone from your world here?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Same here, Horst.

No, I haven't. What about you?

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Just my brother, but he's about the only one I know from my old life anyway. [Slightly worried frown] Have you found a place to stay?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[She frowns a bit in return at his unexpected show of concern.]

Actually I have.

Why... Would you have offered me one if I had said I hadn't?

[Somehow she doubts it but this man seems so full of surprise...]

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Yes. [She has to ask? She's too young to be so cynical.] This place may not seem like much, but it's cold and there are a lot of things out there who would love to eat us all alive.

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Really? ...That was nice of you. [Why yes she has. Raven is suspicious by nature. And Horst seems to take everything so lightly. She wishes he were in front of her. Then she would have been able to tell whether he was sincere of not.] I mean I shall remember this offer... You know, just in case I don't get along well with my new roommate.

[And since it's obvious she wants a change of subject, she switches to the first one that comes to her mind.] I've be wondering... Horst is a German name, right?

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Strange how nice it is to hear from someone who even knows what German is] It is; I mean, I am. I'm from Berlin, originally.

Where are you from?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[She's glad she guessed right and grateful he went along with her change of topic.] I live in Jump City, California.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Jump City--is that near the Bay? [He knows two things about California: it has a Bay, and it's in the United States]

Always meant to hop over and visit the Americans.

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

It is, yes. The tower in which I live faces the bay.

Maybe you will, when the Animus send you back.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

I'll make a point to.

Have you been anywhere else before here?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Although California is a very sunny place, you know...

Yes, I've been into space, and travelled to other planets a few times.

[She's been in parallel dimensions as well, but she doesn't feel like telling him that just yet. Later maybe.]

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Wince; he'd forgotten about that] And I don't imagine the night life is as much fun as a day at the beach.

[Space?] ...What planets?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[A shrug.] It has its perks... if you're a night creature. Or a clubbing fiend maybe.

Well, there is Tamaran for example. We went there to stop a wedding. That was quite the journey... Oh and I was actually about to crash on some unknow planet when the Animus saw fit to bring me here.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Ah, clubbing...I'm afraid I'm too old to do that more than once a week. If that.

[He laughs abruptly] You went to stop a wedding? How awful was the couple that you had to run to another planet to break them up?

[He's glad the Animus brought her here rather than let her crash, but he doesn't say so--yet. It's in his expression, though.]

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Really? How old are you then?

Why yes... This is a complicated story in fact. To sum it up, the bride was one of my teammates and she had only agreed to this wedding because she was a princess and betrothed to her future husband. But we eventually found a way out for her and she was able to come back on Earth with the rest of us.

[Well she wasn't about to die in that crash. Quite the contrary, she was going to spend quite a funny day. Since on that that unknown planet live cute little fluffy animals that will adooore her... But well, Horst could difficultly guess that.]

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

...[To give his real age or the age he appears? Hmmm.] Twenty-five, more or less.

What was her betrothed like?

Oi, when you say 'teammate'...what do you all do?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

More or less? Meaning you don't know when you were born? [His hesitation made her a tad bid suspicious too.] I thought women where the only one to lie about their age...

[A shrug.] Some big green blob from yet another planet. I think the wedding was part of a peace treaty or something...

[A smirk.] Why we try and save the world of course. Isn't that what all good superheroes do? ... What about you and your brother? What do you do?

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Not at all. I'm very vain. [He realizes that just smiling won't put her at ease, but he'll try that anyway] I was born in 1881. But since we're from different worlds, I doubt that means much here.

Now, when you say it like that you sound so devious. [His chuckle becomes a little forced, then he just gives up on it] My brother kills people and reanimates them. I...well, I don't really do much of anything now.

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

1881? [She frowns.] Assuming we were from the same timelines that would make you 124 year old. Which is quite difficult to believe given how you look. ...Unless you were turned into an immortal at the begining of the twentieth century and stopped aging ever since. [Raven ain't nothing if not logical.] Do you know how people who are allergic to sunlight and don't age are called nowadays?

[Devious? Have a blink and a stare until... well she blushes. Oh. But she quickly pushes it aside.] He kills people? ...And you never tried to stop him?

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Depends; do those people also prefer blood to wine? ...I don't prefer blood, for the record. It doesn't taste nearly so appealing as merlot. Shame I couldn't require that to stay alive.

[For a brief moment, Horst's expression becomes cynical, hateful even] Of course. I had my reasons for trying to help him reach his goals, but when it involved hurting people--well, he locked me in a tomb and I became what I am now.