[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 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)