second pill ☂ ( video )

[fairyonacid]

So how does death really work here? [It's a strange question to even be asking, but--]

I heard others died before. Here. Like dead dead. [Not that she's thinking about it, but the girl has predilections for. Well at least the reasons she has in the past aren't exactly here.]

Oh-- also anyone got any cigarettes for trade. I'd say I'd kill for some, but you know... [She wiggles her fingers before shutting the feed off.]

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[lazyinlove]

Sometimes people don't.

[He couldn't have asked for a more useful loaner power, honestly. It's exactly what he's always wanted.]

[fairyonacid]

[She gives him a smile.] So what did you need me for?

[lazyinlove]

Thought it was the other way around.

[But he's not teasing entirely. He pulls a vial out of a pocket and tosses it her way. Inside are some little white pills.]

The label came off, but they're nice. They make you thirsty but they take the edge off. If you take 3 don't go anywhere, you'll need someone to talk you down later. Totally worth it for the euphoria kick.

[fairyonacid]

[She smiles again blinking.] Wow. Yeah, that's totally great. Will you stay with me?

[Not that she needs someone to do drugs with, but it's always better to have a friend there.]

[lazyinlove]

[You don't have friends, Cassie? That gets a surprised eyebrow quirk. But he did offer. He just hadn't expected her to say yes. So he shrugs, then nods.]

Sure.

[fairyonacid]

[She gives a brighter smile.]

Yeah, wow. Great.

[lazyinlove]

Great.

[He's a little distracted himself, lost in thought. But he reaches behind himself and comes up with a juice box for Cassie anyway. Well, it's probably juice. It's written in some other language. Someone must have gone shopping in Tokyo or something recently.]

It's not bad. Tastes like milk and flowers.

[fairyonacid]

[She takes it with her free hand and looks at the box, unable to read it. She just holds it for now, but smiles anyway.] Lovely. [Popping the lid off, she raises her brows at him suggestively before downing two pills.]

[lazyinlove]

[Well, that makes it worth sharing. Girls don't usually make that face at him, not even playfully. Stanley swallows nervously, and tries to make conversation. It's a lot harder when you're on a moon base, sitting in a cupboard. The usual party questions sound absurd.]

What grade were you in?

[Like that.]

[fairyonacid]

First year of college. [She crosses her arms and looks for a place to sit for now.]

You?

[lazyinlove]

Really?

[That makes him sit up straighter. The cultural gap means that he assumes she's older than he took her for at first. Nice. A college girl is talking to him like he exists.]

I mean, yeah. Me too.

[fairyonacid]

I thought you were my age. [She smiles again before leaning on the wall.]

So what's school like in the states?

[lazyinlove]

[Wait, is that a confirmation or surprise? Well. Whatever.]

Pretty lame. I try not to go too often.

[fairyonacid]

You sound like my friend Sid. Tony's always having to call his father to get him out of bed. [It isn't long before she's starting to feel a little heavy.]

I miss home.

[lazyinlove]

[...What did she just say? He must be hearing shit. Stanley stares for a second, unable to help a bit of incredulity.]

What?

[Because he can't have possibly heard that right. It would be the weirdest coincidence ever.]

[fairyonacid]

Home. England, you know before the war? [Miscommunication here.]

[lazyinlove]

No, about Tony...

[Well. He's probably just hearing shit. He might've done a little pre-gaming, honestly. Stan shakes his head, and leans back against a sack of rice.]

I miss home, too. People didn't try to kill me as often there.

[fairyonacid]

Oh, Tony's a friend. He's like the leader of the group. He's always trying to get his best mate Sid to do things, but he knows Sid is in love with his girlfriend Michelle who is really pretty. We're all mates though. I miss them the most.

[So not even getting that she's telling him about... him.]

[lazyinlove]

Maybe we shouldn't talk.

[Because he's obviously hearing things. He knows that he's misunderstanding, hearing wrong, imagining...losing his mind. But he doesn't want to alarm her. Not while she's about to get body checked by happy chemicals. He just shifts away uncomfortably, behind a row of tins in his cupboard.]

[fairyonacid]

[She bristles looking back at him just blinking.]

Why? What's wrong?

[lazyinlove]

[He misses the bristle, from his vantage point of located under the cupboard and halfway behind some tinned tomatoes.]

The crazy might be contagious.

[He means his, of course. He doesn't know about hers yet.]

[fairyonacid]

[She crouches down, wondering if this is some bad trip.]

What do you mean? [Her? Is he insulting her?]

[lazyinlove]

Uh. Don't freak out okay?

[Because it sounds completely insane. If he were really losing it he wouldn't know that though, would he?]

Just...uh. That sounds familiar. Too familiar.

[fairyonacid]

What does? [She's still not connecting it.]

[lazyinlove]

Tony.