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[ obligatory fit check instead of sexy angel costume! though at least now i can mention that yves was probably covered in bandages beneath his angel costume earlier so it wasn't even that scandalous. if nothing else, it just shows that the lace half mask he was wearing wasn't just part of the costume - it's an outfit staple. yay!
WHERE CAN THEY BE BESIDES THE BAR yves is already behind the counter ]
Monsieur Richie of Boirgah! [ teasingly, with a huge grin ] Shall we help ourselves?
WHERE CAN THEY BE BESIDES THE BAR yves is already behind the counter ]
Monsieur Richie of Boirgah! [ teasingly, with a huge grin ] Shall we help ourselves?
[Incredible stuff. The bandages don't bode well. Richie's unwound the one keeping his temple in check, trading the slutty toga for a more modest man's garb. Bomber jacket and a button up, well cut jeans. Regular clothes for regular folks, both of which seem to be in short supply around here. What's with the tuxedo tails?
Still, none of this keeps the grin off his face. Richie throws his hands wide.]
Lord Yves of Fries! How do you like them apples? [He drops easy into the nearest barstool and drums his hands on the wood.] Seems our prayers have been answered! "Ask and ye shall receive," indeed. Think if we whined hard enough about live entertainment they'd erect a Vegas revue?
[He takes a quick gander at the selection.]
What we looking at for scotch?
Still, none of this keeps the grin off his face. Richie throws his hands wide.]
Lord Yves of Fries! How do you like them apples? [He drops easy into the nearest barstool and drums his hands on the wood.] Seems our prayers have been answered! "Ask and ye shall receive," indeed. Think if we whined hard enough about live entertainment they'd erect a Vegas revue?
[He takes a quick gander at the selection.]
What we looking at for scotch?
[ from here ]
Ahaha, yeah... Scien - the scientist who figured out the technology - was really something else. If we didn't have him, we probably would've died out ages ago.
[ so yves can't deny that he's grateful, even though scien brofiise is... scien brofiise. but he smiles anyway ]
I'm a human. Relivers can still give birth to normal, human children. My parents were also normal humans, though my grandfather became a Reliver. He passed at some point though without renewing his life again, because I think he felt ready.
Ahaha, yeah... Scien - the scientist who figured out the technology - was really something else. If we didn't have him, we probably would've died out ages ago.
[ so yves can't deny that he's grateful, even though scien brofiise is... scien brofiise. but he smiles anyway ]
I'm a human. Relivers can still give birth to normal, human children. My parents were also normal humans, though my grandfather became a Reliver. He passed at some point though without renewing his life again, because I think he felt ready.
Ahaha, depends on what Vegas is, Richie. Enlighten me?
[ he'll look around at the options ]
There's a couple of shots if you want the hard and fast stuff... I'll get you a few if you'd like? Or there's mixed drinks, or the classic mug of beer.
[ he'll look around at the options ]
There's a couple of shots if you want the hard and fast stuff... I'll get you a few if you'd like? Or there's mixed drinks, or the classic mug of beer.
[He is. that he is...]
Well. I figured. [A mildly uncomfortable shrug.] All the plumbing ought to be the same.
"Reliver." [He takes a short moment with the word. Cute, concise. The kind of term you'd find in a horror comic on a rotating rack, good spooks for kids. He thinks of what it must be, rehashing the same cycle two or three or ten times. It leaves him wanting for a smoke.]
...So your folks, did they decide to opt-in?
[Are they still with him?]
Well. I figured. [A mildly uncomfortable shrug.] All the plumbing ought to be the same.
"Reliver." [He takes a short moment with the word. Cute, concise. The kind of term you'd find in a horror comic on a rotating rack, good spooks for kids. He thinks of what it must be, rehashing the same cycle two or three or ten times. It leaves him wanting for a smoke.]
...So your folks, did they decide to opt-in?
[Are they still with him?]
The City of Sin.
[Yves will never see it.]
Oh, shots, yes please. Let's keep it simple and strong. What do you drink?
[Yves will never see it.]
Oh, shots, yes please. Let's keep it simple and strong. What do you drink?
[ help! the plumbing comment gets yves to startle and laugh at the same time, leading to a bit of a coughing gesture behind his arm to hide his amusement
though at the question - he just smiles and tilts his head. it was good to move this to pcs kabby anyway bc the lore is actually going to keep coming and i wouldn't have wanted it on the mingle ]
Oh, that's a good question. I don't know, they abandoned me when I must've been.... eleven? It's a little murky.
[ said not as cheerfully but still... pretty easily ]
though at the question - he just smiles and tilts his head. it was good to move this to pcs kabby anyway bc the lore is actually going to keep coming and i wouldn't have wanted it on the mingle ]
Oh, that's a good question. I don't know, they abandoned me when I must've been.... eleven? It's a little murky.
[ said not as cheerfully but still... pretty easily ]
[Aw. That's cute. He smiles, briefly, the subject's pretty grim but what else is humour for?]
I see. [His mouth quirks. His fingers drum on the counter.] You don't have to get too into it if you don't like. I mean, we just met. It's tough shit, losing your folks.
Both of mine passed in my mid-twenties. Cancer, two years apart. Helluva lot later than eleven, but god, don't it sting.
I see. [His mouth quirks. His fingers drum on the counter.] You don't have to get too into it if you don't like. I mean, we just met. It's tough shit, losing your folks.
Both of mine passed in my mid-twenties. Cancer, two years apart. Helluva lot later than eleven, but god, don't it sting.
Very much so. Too bad we'll never see it now.
[Or Yves won't. Richie's been, and thank god he has little care for gambling. A place like that can get its hooks in you so deep you'd lose a limb trying to cut loose.]
Attaboy! [He'll pick up his first shot and clink it to Yves'] Next time we'll do it your way. How's that sound?
[Or Yves won't. Richie's been, and thank god he has little care for gambling. A place like that can get its hooks in you so deep you'd lose a limb trying to cut loose.]
Attaboy! [He'll pick up his first shot and clink it to Yves'] Next time we'll do it your way. How's that sound?
Ah, it's alright. I don't mind talking about it - though it is a little more somber.
[ but once he acknowledges it, and if the other person's okay with it, then isn't it fine?
though he frowns a little bit to hear about richie's own situation, heart going out to him so obviously ]
I'm sorry to hear that, though... Were you close with them? What were they like?
[ but once he acknowledges it, and if the other person's okay with it, then isn't it fine?
though he frowns a little bit to hear about richie's own situation, heart going out to him so obviously ]
I'm sorry to hear that, though... Were you close with them? What were they like?
Sounds like a dream!
[ happily as he clinks his shot with richie's and knocks it back - though immediately afterward he shakes his head vigorously like a dog ]
Whoo! That's strong.
[ he really normally doesn't take shots ]
Ahaha, next time we drink if it's really my way, we'll have to invite Adolphe. And Monsieur Lucas too!
[ happily as he clinks his shot with richie's and knocks it back - though immediately afterward he shakes his head vigorously like a dog ]
Whoo! That's strong.
[ he really normally doesn't take shots ]
Ahaha, next time we drink if it's really my way, we'll have to invite Adolphe. And Monsieur Lucas too!
If you're sure.
[He really doesn't have to.]
Oh, they were pretty solid. My father was pretty clever, good sense of humour. Didn't mind telling it like it was and put up with my sorry antics with more patience than I deserved. My mother was a titch more reserved, but sharp as a tack too. I think she got overwhelmed at times, two men in the house and no female allies around to see a lick of sense, but hey. They didn't want more kids, and that was that.
What about yours? Were they all right to you before, or...?
[He really doesn't have to.]
Oh, they were pretty solid. My father was pretty clever, good sense of humour. Didn't mind telling it like it was and put up with my sorry antics with more patience than I deserved. My mother was a titch more reserved, but sharp as a tack too. I think she got overwhelmed at times, two men in the house and no female allies around to see a lick of sense, but hey. They didn't want more kids, and that was that.
What about yours? Were they all right to you before, or...?
Don't go too hard. Lay off if you start feeling dizzy, I've got about a decade of drinking experience on you and wouldn't be fair to abuse it.
Oh. You guys friendly?
Oh. You guys friendly?
[ yves smiles, taking it in when richie talk about his own family. it paints such a vivid picture of a household, and he basks in the warm light of it. ]
Ahah, even with the hiccups, it sounds like you were well-loved. I'm glad that you got to experience that. Thank you for sharing part of your memories with me... I'll try to remember them, too.
[ just so that there's one more person in heaven who knows that richie's parents were good people ]
Hmm... They loved me once, and I'm grateful even now. Eventually they didn't know what to do with me so... [ a beat ] Well, it's alright. The orphanage picked me up eventually.
Ahah, even with the hiccups, it sounds like you were well-loved. I'm glad that you got to experience that. Thank you for sharing part of your memories with me... I'll try to remember them, too.
[ just so that there's one more person in heaven who knows that richie's parents were good people ]
Hmm... They loved me once, and I'm grateful even now. Eventually they didn't know what to do with me so... [ a beat ] Well, it's alright. The orphanage picked me up eventually.
No kidding!
[He supposes they are of a set. In dress at least, close in age and all similarly good looking. Sort of in an insufferrably pretty way, the kind that'd get your nose cracked open if you ventured too far beyond blue state limits.
Which only reminds him of a different conversation over drinks. His smile quirks up intentionally, fighting a small fall.]
Now just how did you and Adolphe meet?
[He supposes they are of a set. In dress at least, close in age and all similarly good looking. Sort of in an insufferrably pretty way, the kind that'd get your nose cracked open if you ventured too far beyond blue state limits.
Which only reminds him of a different conversation over drinks. His smile quirks up intentionally, fighting a small fall.]
Now just how did you and Adolphe meet?
They were good people, true. [He smiles, a bit rueful as it strikes him that at the very least, he ought to be able to see them. It's the afterlife isn't it? Where are all the dearly departed hiding out?
It's no use getting blue over it now. Save it for a bit of solitude, he's got company at the moment.]
That's real sweet of you, kiddo, but don't worry about it. You've got enough on your plate as is.
[As he handily details himself. Richie turns pensive again, picking apart the implications.]
Didn't know what to do? Could they not afford to take care of you?
It's no use getting blue over it now. Save it for a bit of solitude, he's got company at the moment.]
That's real sweet of you, kiddo, but don't worry about it. You've got enough on your plate as is.
[As he handily details himself. Richie turns pensive again, picking apart the implications.]
Didn't know what to do? Could they not afford to take care of you?
[ he's about to respond that yves actually doesn't think he has much on his plate at all - when the question comes. and he supposes that was inevitable. it's a good question to ask.
he doesn't seem that bothered by it, but he just offers a little bit of a sheepish smile ]
I don't mind saying, but... it's a bit of a sad story. Is that okay?
he doesn't seem that bothered by it, but he just offers a little bit of a sheepish smile ]
I don't mind saying, but... it's a bit of a sad story. Is that okay?
Aw geez, I don't know, I was having a regular laugh riot before this.
[He claps the kid on the shoulder, gives him a gamely little shake.]
I don't mind if you don't, really. Life's full of tragedies. But I mean it, you don't have to go digging up your dirt just because someone asks.
[He claps the kid on the shoulder, gives him a gamely little shake.]
I don't mind if you don't, really. Life's full of tragedies. But I mean it, you don't have to go digging up your dirt just because someone asks.
[ drunk laughs ]
Well, I didn't mind it when it happened! This big guy just saw me, told me I had potential, and plucked me off the street! Ahh, Hugo was going to lose his voice from yelling after us!!
[ but he's soooo fond. truly a hilarious story ]
But that was our old teacher... and he taught us how to fight. He brought me to the Corps, where Adolphe was... and that's how we met!
Though he didn't say a word to me for months. Isn't he mean, Richie?
Well, I didn't mind it when it happened! This big guy just saw me, told me I had potential, and plucked me off the street! Ahh, Hugo was going to lose his voice from yelling after us!!
[ but he's soooo fond. truly a hilarious story ]
But that was our old teacher... and he taught us how to fight. He brought me to the Corps, where Adolphe was... and that's how we met!
Though he didn't say a word to me for months. Isn't he mean, Richie?
[ he laughs with the little shake, amused. ]
I know I don't - but some folks have trouble opening up to strangers, don't they? So I don't mind being the first one to share when it comes up.
It doesn't really make me sad... but I don't like being the reason other people are.
I know I don't - but some folks have trouble opening up to strangers, don't they? So I don't mind being the first one to share when it comes up.
It doesn't really make me sad... but I don't like being the reason other people are.
[It still doesn't sit so easy. They just got here. His burger's cooling down and the kid's not even got a meal himself. Richie pushes the fries and drink closer to him. Eat up, babychild.]
Well, I'm pretty hard to bowl over. I promise a sad tale or two won't weigh me down. I've heard plenty in my life.
Well, I'm pretty hard to bowl over. I promise a sad tale or two won't weigh me down. I've heard plenty in my life.
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