video; dated to after everyone gets back from uruguay

[ex_bandai157]

( well, that was - something. fifteen is not an age he'd ever wanted to experience again for a number of reasons, all of which stand out vividly in mind right now. there was so much he didn't know then, driven by a raw need for revenge and to get his answers, still hanging on mr maverick's every word. he wasn't happier then but things were simpler then, more cut and dry, and he was more certain of things than he may ever be now.

he sighs before he can stop himself, offering the feed a long-suffering expression. )

I'd like to thank everyone who helped me ( there's a slight stress on the last word ) in the last two weeks as I was getting reacquainted with living here - especially since I wasn't particularly easy to deal with, at that age. Presumably, everyone's aware that disruptions like this are difficult to predict or control, but if anyone would still like an apology for my behavior, I can't say it wouldn't be deserved.

Comments

[gevurah]

Quite some time.

[ex_bandai157]

Longer than I expected to be here, but not as long as some.

[gevurah]

Everyone says that.

[ EVERYONE'S SO WEIRDLY MODEST ABOUT IT... even her. ]

[ex_bandai157]

That's true. I suppose hearing about people who've been here twice as long puts it in perspective.

[gevurah]

Most likely.

[ex_bandai157]

I take it you've been here for less time than that?

[gevurah]

Long enough.

[ex_bandai157]

So the information is only meant to go one way.

[gevurah]

I try not talk anyone's ears off.

[ex_bandai157]

I'm getting that impression.

[gevurah]

No one likes a motormouth.

[ex_bandai157]

Perhaps that's something I should work on.

[gevurah]

I suppose I can't stop you, then.

[ex_bandai157]

Unless there's something else in particular you wanted to know?

[gevurah]

Are you always this open with strangers?

[ex_bandai157]

I don't have anything to hide.

( hahahahahahhahaha )

I'm well-known in my own city, so I'm used to people I've never met knowing about me.

[gevurah]

[ she doesn't believe that. not entirely. everyone hides something-- even her. ]

Did that include the man with the tattoo?

[ex_bandai157]

( there's a pause. )

In a manner of speaking, yes.

[gevurah]

Not everyone can afford to be an open book.

[ex_bandai157]

( and not everyone has someone actively taking away that option :( )

People from my world who have that tattoo belong to a particular crime syndicate. In the event any of them arrive here, I'd keep that in mind.

[gevurah]

[ small doses of paranoia are healthy, okok. ]

Let's hope it doesn't come to that. [ these criminals ever showing up. they have enough on their plate as it is. ]

[ex_bandai157]

That would be preferable, of course.

[gevurah]

Of course.

[ and without much else to say, she's gone again. ALWAYS RUDELY ENDING CONVERSATIONS. ]