[It's convenient, so very, very convenient, and he wonders just what kind of plan Warren is trying here. So far there's been no attempts to open any 'demon doors', unless this is a way to placate them while he does something outside of this world.
Still, he has no proof.
He grabbed his coat, heading out of the room as the background moves and blurs with his long and quick strides.]
[Alex is figiditing, which is a sure sign that she's a little nervous about this, whatever else she's telling herself. But she's excited too, and she can feel it moving over her pulse.]
You know, Richard, this is seriously the weirdest thing I've ever done in my life, which considering my life for the last two years kinda says a lot.
[He paused, thinking about that before he reminded himself to move again and the background again seemed to blur.]
There are, probably, rivaling activities.
[Calling the police about a break-in that involved a demon was probably at the top of the list. Asking a married man to run away with her so they could prevent his being used to cause a demonic apocalypse might also rival it.]
[Alex laughed at that, and she got up, because she couldn't sit still anymore. It wasn't quite like when she was doing her thing at the studio that Richard called "giving her presentation" but it also was closer than she wanted to admit.
Nor did she want to admit how much she couldn't keep still, even as she picked up the phone in one hand, while holding onto the canister in the other.]
Only when he is really really drugged out after drinking cult tea, maybe.
[A beat and a grin.]
Say what you want about the stupid things I've done, but at least I've never drunk cult tea from a cult that I know is kidnapping people.
I'd ban you from doing anything investigative by yourself at that point.
[He felt justified in saying that. There was no way he was allowing Alex to go drink drugged cult tea. Although he doubted Warren specialized in drugged tea. Not yet at least.]
You seem to think that stopping me from doing something is going to be a hell of a lot easier than it would ever be, Richard.
[Alex is still pacing, and while she sounds amused, there's more than a kernel of truth in her words. No one can tell Alex not to do something; it just makes her do it more.]
[Alex countered with a quick grin as she paced the living room. She expected that he was trying to distract her, and she appreciated it. For the first time, Alex was really glad that no one had ever put her in a Pandora-like situation; humanity would be doomed.]
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Date: 2018-05-30 04:48 am (UTC)Still, he has no proof.
He grabbed his coat, heading out of the room as the background moves and blurs with his long and quick strides.]
I'll be there soon.
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Date: 2018-05-30 05:06 am (UTC)[Alex is figiditing, which is a sure sign that she's a little nervous about this, whatever else she's telling herself. But she's excited too, and she can feel it moving over her pulse.]
You know, Richard, this is seriously the weirdest thing I've ever done in my life, which considering my life for the last two years kinda says a lot.
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Date: 2018-05-30 05:23 am (UTC)There are, probably, rivaling activities.
[Calling the police about a break-in that involved a demon was probably at the top of the list. Asking a married man to run away with her so they could prevent his being used to cause a demonic apocalypse might also rival it.]
Talking to Nic, for example.
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Date: 2018-05-30 05:35 am (UTC)Nor did she want to admit how much she couldn't keep still, even as she picked up the phone in one hand, while holding onto the canister in the other.]
Only when he is really really drugged out after drinking cult tea, maybe.
[A beat and a grin.]
Say what you want about the stupid things I've done, but at least I've never drunk cult tea from a cult that I know is kidnapping people.
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Date: 2018-06-03 02:43 am (UTC)[He felt justified in saying that. There was no way he was allowing Alex to go drink drugged cult tea. Although he doubted Warren specialized in drugged tea. Not yet at least.]
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Date: 2018-06-03 09:58 pm (UTC)Like anyone who ever tries to ban me for anything ever has it stick, Richard.
Besides, I'm not Nic and that dumb. If Thomas Warren offered me tea, I'd just dump it in his lap.
[Because fuck Thomas Warren.]
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Date: 2018-06-03 10:11 pm (UTC)Which is why I haven't done anything to stop you from investigating by yourself.
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Date: 2018-06-03 10:25 pm (UTC)[Alex is still pacing, and while she sounds amused, there's more than a kernel of truth in her words. No one can tell Alex not to do something; it just makes her do it more.]
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Date: 2018-06-03 10:51 pm (UTC)[It wasn't stopping her so much as monitoring her for her own good.]
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Date: 2018-06-03 11:32 pm (UTC)[Alex is probably not wrong.]
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Date: 2018-06-04 12:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-06-04 12:13 am (UTC)[Alex countered with a quick grin as she paced the living room. She expected that he was trying to distract her, and she appreciated it. For the first time, Alex was really glad that no one had ever put her in a Pandora-like situation; humanity would be doomed.]
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Date: 2018-06-04 01:27 am (UTC)I would have you for entertainment.
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Date: 2018-06-04 02:32 am (UTC)[The words come with a grin, and she stops pacing for a minute, before she just tries to look in the background of where he is.]
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Date: 2018-06-04 03:04 am (UTC)I doubt they share the same enjoyment of you that I do.
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Date: 2018-06-04 03:16 am (UTC)[It's clear she's joking.]
But clearly there's no one who I'd rather have enjoy me than you.
[Yep, it is just as flirty as it sounds.]
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Date: 2018-06-04 03:49 am (UTC)[He'll be opening the door now]
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Date: 2018-06-04 03:54 am (UTC)