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Mar. 8th, 2011 01:29 pm
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[Ah, the monthly saga continues. The PCD switches on to reveal Horst, and a tray of food.]

Hello again, gentle viewers. I thought in light of this latest event, it was fitting to show you the proper care and feeding of a Johannes Cabal. The most important thing, especially when you lot are out wandering from dream to dream, is not to let him sleep too much.

Since he is always armed to the teeth with either magic or a very heavy gun, I suggest bringing him a peace offering. [He gestures at the food.]

Remember, never attempt this without supervision.

[He manages to balance the tray, carry the PCD, and go down to the basement lab without spilling a drop.]

Good morning, baby brother, and please do note it is not actually morning. Not that you would know since you haven't--

[The room is empty. All of Johannes's carefully gathered supplies, his clothes, his Gladstone bag, gone.

The tray of food is the first to clatter, and then the only sound just before the PCD is shut off is a disbelieving whimper.
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[Horst won't be answering anything on the PCD for a while. Feel free to find him offline but he, well, won't be anywhere near the church, he'll just be around the woods and on rooftops. Also if you happen to live at the church you would probably have heard noises from the basement. That was not in fact a pack of moose, just Horst. Destroyin' shit before he left. Like ya do.]

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Date: 2011-03-09 03:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
Everyone's different. But just because you aren't human doesn't mean you aren't you.

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Date: 2011-03-09 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
I know. You're right, of course. But it's my soul--isn't that what makes us what we are?

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Date: 2011-03-09 03:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
[She sighs.] I don't know how it works for vampires.

Are you really losing your soul, or is it just changing?

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Date: 2011-03-09 03:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
Losing it. I had hoped it was just adjusting, but I had Kurotsuchi examine it. It's decaying. So.... [A small shrug.] I suppose I just have to live the good life while I can.

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Date: 2011-03-09 03:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
[That poses a whole realm of strange possibilities. Rhode just frowns.]

It's probably the power source, then. [Of the magic animating him.]

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Date: 2011-03-09 05:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
Could be. [It's not something he's considered, but it makes sense. And if it's true he's just as helpless as when he didn't know, so he changes the subject.]

I spoke to Rei earlier. She half-suspects you of all this dream...nonsense. [He doesn't sound like he's accusing her or asking her to confirm or deny; he's not.] Are dreams really very useful?

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Date: 2011-03-09 05:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
[She lets him change the subject. She may know magic, but if anyone would know how to stop his soul from degenerating it would more likely be the Earl, or Neah. Or maybe that stupid dead Exorcist, Allen's master.]

I think she suspects me of making fire hot. [Rhode sounds a little bitter. She doesn't like not remembering why people hate her, she doesn't even get the benefit of having enjoyed causing the problems. And yet that statement isn't a confirmation or denial.]

Dreams are the heart of people. Even the things they won't acknowledge about themselves can't be lied about in dreams. [People are the most vulnerable, and sometimes most powerful, in their dreams.]

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Date: 2011-03-09 06:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
[He chuckles softly, because it is true: Rhode gets blamed for everything here.

There's something soothing on an almost primal level, hearing her talk about dreams, about the substance of them.
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You make me wish I could dream outside of an event week. Still...have you ever been disappointed to get into a dream? To see what someone was really like?

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Date: 2011-03-09 06:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
Would you really want to dream?

[She blinks at the question, surprised.] Why would I be?

[She doesn't expect anything of people. She hates people because in her experience they are weak willed, self absorbed, selfish, cruel, petty, greedy, short-sighted... She intimately knows all the failings of humanity, and so despises people out of hand. There's nothing to disappoint, when the expectations are as low as hers.]

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Date: 2011-03-09 07:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
Maybe. It seems like a good way to figure yourself out. Like you said, dreams are the heart of us.

[He's disappointed with her answer, but not surprised. He's not even sure he was really hoping to hear anything different, except maybe further explanation.]

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Date: 2011-03-09 07:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
I could help.

[He could always ask for more. For why.]

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Date: 2011-03-09 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
[That does seem to surprise him. He cares about Rhode, but he's well aware he's little more than a stranger to her.]

Why would you...?

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Date: 2011-03-09 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
Not for free.

[She lets the ominous phrase hang for a moment.] I'd want candy and cake and you have to help me dress Tyki up!

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Date: 2011-03-09 10:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
[He laughs] Oh, well, I can't say no to that offer. I've often wondered what Tyki would look like all dolled up.

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Date: 2011-03-09 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
He'd be pretty, right?

[It's easier to pretend everything okay with Tyki when it really isn't at all.]

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Date: 2011-03-09 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
[Like Rhode said, it'll never stop hurting Horst that he lost Johannes. So nothing at all is okay for him anymore. But, like her, he chooses to pretend otherwise, at least around company.]

He did look quite dashing with make up on, I must say. If I were the least bit more gay I would have tried to take him home.

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Date: 2011-03-09 11:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
[It's much better to pretend than to be vulnerable.]

Maybe you should anyway~

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Date: 2011-03-09 11:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
[A softer laugh; he's not so good at keeping up with teasing tonight] I don't think he's attracted to me enough for that, darling.

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Date: 2011-03-09 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
[She isn't either, really.]

Probably not. He only likes girls.

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Date: 2011-03-09 11:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
Poor Tyki. All the women here are taken and absurdly devoted.

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Date: 2011-03-09 11:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
Are they all?

[Gossip buddy, details.]

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Date: 2011-03-09 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
Well, I suppose Fraulein Unohana is an exception. She's neither taken nor devoted, and she's not even afraid to try a threesome, did you know?

[There's still some cognitive dissonance when he gossips about sex or alcohol with little girl Rhode. But he's suppressing it nicely now.]

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Date: 2011-03-10 12:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
Really? She seems so proper.

[But she sounds delighted at the news. Wait, how does Horst know this about Unohana?]

...Did you?!

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Date: 2011-03-10 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com
No! Not yet. [Still laughing] When Yuca and I were-- during the event. She offered to have a threesome with us.

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Date: 2011-03-10 02:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreams-are-mine.livejournal.com
Are you going to? [Never mind the event's long over.]

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