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How often do you run into reckless business in your line of work?
Or does that extend to everything in both your lives?
Or does that extend to everything in both your lives?
i mainly do reckless things on the side
freerunning, racing, trouble-making
though a skewed hem is a thrill of its own kind
[ LAUGHS oh god being an actual tailor is boring ]
freerunning, racing, trouble-making
though a skewed hem is a thrill of its own kind
[ LAUGHS oh god being an actual tailor is boring ]
If I ask what kind of trouble-making, will you give me a straightforward answer?
sure
anti-social behaviour
drunk and disorderly
got into plenty of fights
stolen a few cars
and then driven one of those cars backwards on the motorway while giving a dickhead the finger
[ he doesn't say that most of the fights were instigated by others, that his stepdad's mates riled him up at every turn, or that he couldn't go home some nights so he stayed out clubbing and drinking and taking the piss on london bridge. it sounds less fun, with all the context. ]
anti-social behaviour
drunk and disorderly
got into plenty of fights
stolen a few cars
and then driven one of those cars backwards on the motorway while giving a dickhead the finger
[ he doesn't say that most of the fights were instigated by others, that his stepdad's mates riled him up at every turn, or that he couldn't go home some nights so he stayed out clubbing and drinking and taking the piss on london bridge. it sounds less fun, with all the context. ]
[Good grief, she says out loud.]
/Backwards/? Good god, the things are nervewracking enough going forward.
[And how would she know that, Miss 1909?]
At least you survived it.
/Backwards/? Good god, the things are nervewracking enough going forward.
[And how would she know that, Miss 1909?]
At least you survived it.
[ He settles his hands on his knees, carefully placed but not visibly taut. ]
Don't often get to do that at the shop.
[ which provides calming and boner-killing thoughts in spades. Folding trousers for hours, pricking his thumb with needles, standing at the till and talking to posh gits all too like Chester King and Charlie Hesketh. It doesn't suit him in the least, but he needs to learn. ]
[ neutrally — ] Figures your life would be more thrilling, Madam Lutece.
Don't often get to do that at the shop.
[ which provides calming and boner-killing thoughts in spades. Folding trousers for hours, pricking his thumb with needles, standing at the till and talking to posh gits all too like Chester King and Charlie Hesketh. It doesn't suit him in the least, but he needs to learn. ]
[ neutrally — ] Figures your life would be more thrilling, Madam Lutece.
[ ooooh miss 1909 oooh. he saves his questions for the time being. ]
i've only ever had a proper crash once ftr
if you're worried about getting behind the wheel with me, that is
i've only ever had a proper crash once ftr
if you're worried about getting behind the wheel with me, that is
Well, that's something. [ something...
but it's something that triggers him to remember that he's heard something around too, and he may as well share back. Eggsy doesn't seem the kind to panic easily or take as gospel something that might well be nothing, so there's little harm in sharing. ]
There was a woman in the market district with some fairly au fait reasoning to suggest that the Olympian government has an interest in spreading the sickness. Which is either correct, in which case we need to be careful, or the paranoia in this city is already reaching dangerous heights. In which case, again, we need to be careful.
So I suppose what I'm saying is trust no-one, everyone's a suspect, and to be careful.
but it's something that triggers him to remember that he's heard something around too, and he may as well share back. Eggsy doesn't seem the kind to panic easily or take as gospel something that might well be nothing, so there's little harm in sharing. ]
There was a woman in the market district with some fairly au fait reasoning to suggest that the Olympian government has an interest in spreading the sickness. Which is either correct, in which case we need to be careful, or the paranoia in this city is already reaching dangerous heights. In which case, again, we need to be careful.
So I suppose what I'm saying is trust no-one, everyone's a suspect, and to be careful.
Terrified. Though for the future, if you want to get a woman to take a drive with you, "I've only crashed once" isn't entirely the right way to go about it.
[This clearly isn't working, and now she sits up properly, her posture settling into her usual rigid stiffness. Gathering her hair up, she reaches to the side, groping for the comb there. No sense in keeping it down if there's no purpose.]
It has its high points. Though after all I've seen and done, I'm ready for a bit of stability.
[A beat, and then, bluntly:]
I won't, not while you're potentially under the influence. But do you want to kiss me? Or rather, I ought to say: do you have the desire to?
[What's the best way to solve a mystery? Just attacking it head on.]
It has its high points. Though after all I've seen and done, I'm ready for a bit of stability.
[A beat, and then, bluntly:]
I won't, not while you're potentially under the influence. But do you want to kiss me? Or rather, I ought to say: do you have the desire to?
[What's the best way to solve a mystery? Just attacking it head on.]
[ it's been a couple of days since they last met, a few days since the explosion. james has been taking care of sirius more than he hasn't, and when he started to fall ill himself, he shouldn't be surprised.
another day, and the symptoms get worse. another day more, and james is bedridden. out of it. hurting. but he still has the mind to pick up his device. to pull together a message before he passes out again. ]
shits contagious
by th way
so watch
[ he ends up pressing send before he means to, and curses, falling into a kind of coughing fit before he can come back to it. he doesn't remember what he even sent before. ]
watch your health m ate
its not great
[ chances are he won't answer if eggsy messages him back, but if eggsy wanted to go investigate...it's not like james will be in a space to push him away. ]
another day, and the symptoms get worse. another day more, and james is bedridden. out of it. hurting. but he still has the mind to pick up his device. to pull together a message before he passes out again. ]
shits contagious
by th way
so watch
[ he ends up pressing send before he means to, and curses, falling into a kind of coughing fit before he can come back to it. he doesn't remember what he even sent before. ]
watch your health m ate
its not great
[ chances are he won't answer if eggsy messages him back, but if eggsy wanted to go investigate...it's not like james will be in a space to push him away. ]
[ the question makes him pause, brows arching instinctively in surprise. he admires the directness — finds it attractive, even, which isn't helpful given their present situation or the precise line of thought that he's trying to avoid. his eyes flicker from her hands, tracking the way her fingers twist her hair, to her face. ]
Uh, yeah. [ desire sounds either too clinical or too flowery, but the answer remains a yes. all the control in the world can't keep the stripe of pink from his cheeks. to compensate, his tone lilts back into teasing territory. ] Sorry, I meant to pass you a note saying so.
[ a variation on an old classic. do you want to kiss me? check yes or no. ]
Uh, yeah. [ desire sounds either too clinical or too flowery, but the answer remains a yes. all the control in the world can't keep the stripe of pink from his cheeks. to compensate, his tone lilts back into teasing territory. ] Sorry, I meant to pass you a note saying so.
[ a variation on an old classic. do you want to kiss me? check yes or no. ]
[Well, that's at least nice to hear. Rosalind finishes putting her hair up, then tips her head at him.]
And yet somehow you're not hallucinating. But it's not a lack of lust halting you . . . and you've taken hallucinogens before, you said, so clearly they work on your physiology.
And yet somehow you're not hallucinating. But it's not a lack of lust halting you . . . and you've taken hallucinogens before, you said, so clearly they work on your physiology.
[ it's almost dirty talk but also really really really not. he cants his head, unsure of what she's getting at. ]
Does it surprise you more that I know what physiology is, or that my physiology is definitely human?
[ if the latter is a concern for this... experiment ]
Does it surprise you more that I know what physiology is, or that my physiology is definitely human?
[ if the latter is a concern for this... experiment ]
It surprises me you're not hallucinating me in nothing but my chemise, frankly.
[That's kind of dirty talk? Probably more on the realm of not, though (and for the record, she is pleasantly surprised he knows what physiology means). But she waves a hand, aware her own musings are more cryptic than helpful.]
My friend-- Alan, we'll call him, for the sake of privacy-- was both bitter and angry in our conversation, and he hallucinated something that infuriated him. He grew angrier, which fed into the hallucination, which made him even more upset . . . it became a self-sustaining cycle.
So. I wished to see if any strong emotion would trigger a hallucination. And there's fewer emotions stronger than lust-- it's why I wanted to run this with you, given our previous activities.
[Which sounds clinical, and is, a little. Her theory was that he'd have an easier time giving in to lust because he's proven he's attracted to her. But there's another meaning, which is: I wanted to run this with you because I don't want some stranger imagining me in such a state.]
[That's kind of dirty talk? Probably more on the realm of not, though (and for the record, she is pleasantly surprised he knows what physiology means). But she waves a hand, aware her own musings are more cryptic than helpful.]
My friend-- Alan, we'll call him, for the sake of privacy-- was both bitter and angry in our conversation, and he hallucinated something that infuriated him. He grew angrier, which fed into the hallucination, which made him even more upset . . . it became a self-sustaining cycle.
So. I wished to see if any strong emotion would trigger a hallucination. And there's fewer emotions stronger than lust-- it's why I wanted to run this with you, given our previous activities.
[Which sounds clinical, and is, a little. Her theory was that he'd have an easier time giving in to lust because he's proven he's attracted to her. But there's another meaning, which is: I wanted to run this with you because I don't want some stranger imagining me in such a state.]
[ It's not his Alan, obviously, but the name still earns a flicker of familiarity. So, he's a test subject booty call (the easiest person for the job, so to speak). He doesn't seem offended. On the contrary, his face splits into a sly smile. ]
Might be that I have a lid on my lust, [ great. lust sounds weird as hell when he says it, in his opinion. ] being used to a specific sort of communal living.
[ nonstop cohabitation in the barracks and dorms. not to mention, he couldn't exactly pop a stiffy every time someone pinned him on the mat. of course, it's more that he has control over most of his emotions, but that's a bit much to reveal casually. ]
Might be that I have a lid on my lust, [ great. lust sounds weird as hell when he says it, in his opinion. ] being used to a specific sort of communal living.
[ nonstop cohabitation in the barracks and dorms. not to mention, he couldn't exactly pop a stiffy every time someone pinned him on the mat. of course, it's more that he has control over most of his emotions, but that's a bit much to reveal casually. ]
[Fair enough, her expression says; that was a factor she admittedly hadn't taken into consideration.]
And if I were to ask you to let loose?
And if I were to ask you to let loose?
Uh, well, I don't think I want to get hot for science.
[ not to mention, he doesn't know what he would, ah, hallucinate. he's not into anything weird, as far as he knows, but being vulnerable in that way doesn't exactly rev his engine. he clears his throat. ]
Guess I'm old-fashioned that way.
[ not to mention, he doesn't know what he would, ah, hallucinate. he's not into anything weird, as far as he knows, but being vulnerable in that way doesn't exactly rev his engine. he clears his throat. ]
Guess I'm old-fashioned that way.
i'll keep that in mind for when i'm picking up girls in my space jaguar
[ i'll take unlikely scenarios for 500, alex. ]
course you could always drive
i ain't picky, as long as we're going fast
[ testing how retro the madam is: she knows about cars, but can she drive? ]
[ i'll take unlikely scenarios for 500, alex. ]
course you could always drive
i ain't picky, as long as we're going fast
[ testing how retro the madam is: she knows about cars, but can she drive? ]
I'm afraid that might have to wait. Though I was forced to learn how to ride a horse; I don't suppose you could be persuaded to that instead?
[Yeah, no, she has no idea how to drive a car. Which is a little odd to admit (which is why she doesn't do it directly). It's odd to not have knowledge in how to do everything.]
[Yeah, no, she has no idea how to drive a car. Which is a little odd to admit (which is why she doesn't do it directly). It's odd to not have knowledge in how to do everything.]
Are you settling into the new location well?
[ aww thomas. ]
yeah it's alright
never been to the jungle before
i mean i barely left london really
so it's a learning experience
you?
yeah it's alright
never been to the jungle before
i mean i barely left london really
so it's a learning experience
you?
I can't say that I've been to the jungle, either, though I have visited India. The weather was comparable at times.
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