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 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:10 pm
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Alois’ orders were relatively distant from Zac’s. When the woman at the counter turned to him, he asked for a tall coffee (and just a coffee, to the connoisseur’s chagrin behind him) with a slice of white cake. The cake itself came with white buttercream frosting spun artfully into flowers, twists, and whimsy but he didn’t care. On a small plate it sat, unfortunately the paper disposable kind, and with it came a clear plastic fork that would likely wind up in a landfill. After seizing one of their brown and green napkins, he followed Zac until the other man fell into step with him.
Alois, ever enamored with having great choice over where he sat, darted for a bistro table sat in a corner. He took the seat that angled his back to the wall, and settled into doctoring his coffee.
„Don’t look to me for instructions on how to socialize,“ Alois cautioned with a smile. Milk was already added to the coffee, and he sipped off just enough room for the addition of another beverage - the flask of Cognac kept with him for times like these. Deep amber poured into the cup and mixed seamlessly, leaving no impression of its arrival. He capped the flask. „You can sink you’re s**t at it all you want. But ze fact remains zat you’re talking to a Got’h, and we are by definition an asocial people.“ Slowly he stirred the beverage.
„I always sought zat, if you really want to get to know a person, you look at zeir porn.“ He lifted the stir stick and sucked the liquid from it smowly. „Sadly I didn’t brink any wis’ me so we’ll haf’ to make do wis’ ze twenty questions game. Talking more of Ashdown’s dirty little secrets feels…“ He sighed, and his energy fled from him for a moment. „I just don’t want to get into it right now.
„So if we’re going to try and make friends, eizer name your favorite kink or clue me in to ze life of Zac.“
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:57 pm
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“Come on, Zac. Everyone’s looked at porn.“ While he waited, he scooped a bite of cake and found its sweetness delectably complimentary to his decidedly bitter coffee. The second bite came after first being dipped in the coffee.
Suit yourself, he thought as Zac opted for the less extreme of conversation topics. He had hopes, but alas. „So you sink you’re defined most by family? Unusual for a place like zis. Most people go on to talk about books zey like or colors zey sink are pretty or ozzer inane s**t like zat. Zey like wasting time talking about ze superficial because zey’re better at telling who zey are srough gestures and word choices and how zey eat or look at you. People here are strange, and stupid, and almost as bad at communication as I am,“ he finished with a nod toward a millenial staring at her phone across from a friend.
„You talk about your mom and her vices.“ Again he focused on cake and coffee, spending little time on eye contact. „Telling ze police to let her go is quite bold. Most kids won’t put zat effort forward, because zey’re not of zat mindset or zey’f been shamed enough zat zey know not to or whatnot, but comparatively…“ He paused, and wiped his mouth with a napkin before continuing. „You’re meek. No, not just meek - milquetoast. What happened wis’ zat? Zat’s ze story I want to hear.
„Not ze deadbeat dad or ze drunk mom or ze detectif’ daddy. I want to know what brought you down. Or, of course, zat question about kinks is still open.“
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:28 pm
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He took a breath and let it out. “It’s easier for me to be… not Milktoast, when I stand up for someone else. I just … “ He shrugged. With Jer, I didn’t have to be the ‘Adult’ in the house any more, so that was good.
He sliced free a piece of the outer edge of cinnamon roll and chewed on it.
“I don’t know, maybe I was just worn out after my Mother. I never really thought it was anything unusual to do that.” He frowned and shook his head. “I was just, the ‘man of the house’ when I was with her. When I was with Jer he was in charge, I didn’t have to be. Now I just get that way when I think someone doesn’t deserve to be treated like they are. I’m still a coward though, I haven’t told Jer what I’m trying to do with Heliodora because I’m afraid he’ll give me s**t for offering to take her place.”
“And… if you are really that curious I .. like um, when they do like, ropes and things, okay? I don’t know that that really says that much about me though.”
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:29 pm
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“Hmm.“ Alois kept further comments to himself regarding Zac and his family situations. It was clear that he considered it, given how he watched Zac afterward.
Instead, he turned his attention back to the cake. „You would be right to worry,“ he added as he measured another slice, „since in one respect it’s cowardice and in anozzer it’s martyrdom. Playing life-trade isn’t usually well-received, despite many people being willing to offer zemselfs up in place of someone else. Personally I would take someone up on zat if zey wanted to swap me for my imminent doom, but… Zere’s a lot of technicalities behind zat, I sink. Weight of one life versus ze next and zat.
„I already got into a fight wis’ someone about zat, so I expect it’s also a very heated topic. It’s strange to me, considering how plentiful humans are on ze face of ze planet. Still, every life is cherished to ze point where it’s impossible to make a logical decision.“ After his next bite, Alois drummed fingernails around the base of his coffee cup.
Zac’s afterthought concerning kinks coaxed a laugh out of him. „I bet you’re a virgin.“ Takes one to know one, he smited himself reflexively
„It does say somesing about you. You like to surrender control, and you like to trust people implicitly. Zose are ze obvious ones. It’s all ze rest of ze package zat really pulls it togezzer, however. All ze sings zat happen while ze ropes are on, so to speak.“ He took a sip of coffee.
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:53 pm
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“It’s hard to find appealing people when zey’re all ******** braindead,“ Alois conceded in respond. He faced his own troubles in that department, and prospects still looked bleak. Finn mentioned contacting Aleksy about a threesome, but he didn’t believe anything would actually come of it. He wondered, then, if he should offer to do Zac. Kill two birds with one stone, as they say.
But he hardly had enough cognac for that.
„If you want to trade in your life on someone else’s, zat’s your choice - not mine. Why anyone else gets in a tizzy about it is beyond me. It’s not like you’re srowing zeir firstborn child into a fire. Tch.“ Another sip of his coffee, another bite of cake. He favored the frosting for its delicately sweet texture, and eyed the back of the cake next.
„You really should get laid before you die, zough. Or tick off a few parts of your bucket list. At least enjoy yourself before ******** wis’ ze people zat sink every life is precious and should be protected, yet do s**t-all for protecting.“
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