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Post by Erin Harper on Oct 1, 2009 10:00:32 GMT -5
She was a very pretty girl. Erin noticed this, in a vague sort of way. He tried to focus, shedding some of the lethargy of being in form for hours with a shake of his head and a hand to his eyes.
"I do this every night. Would be kinda pathetic if I couldn't walk afterward, yeah?"
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Post by Malika on Oct 1, 2009 10:01:52 GMT -5
"Sorry," she said, almost sullenly, "for trying to help."
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Post by Erin Harper on Oct 1, 2009 10:07:28 GMT -5
Erin's bare chest rose and fell in a sort of silent sigh. "It's okay. It was thoughtful of you." Then, because he was not entirely oblivious to her charms, nor unable to return some charm of his own, he smiled at her. It was a nice smile. "Really."
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Post by Malika on Oct 1, 2009 10:10:27 GMT -5
She peered back at him as though contemplating continuing to walk off, and slowing instead, and glancing at him over her shoulder.
"Why don't you cut that?" she asked, indicating his hair. "It's wild."
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Post by Erin Harper on Oct 1, 2009 10:16:21 GMT -5
"I know. It grows every time I change." He shrugged, raking it out of his face as though she'd reminded him it was there. "I was going to go cut it now." Ah, and his fingernails were still long, too, the ones that he hadn't broken sometime during the day. Suddenly self-conscious of them, Erin put his hands in his pockets. He'd have to cut those too. And his usual manner- chewing them off with his teeth, and then spitting them out, which usually seemed so practical- was not the sort of thing he wanted to do in front of Malika.
"What's your name?" Weird, really. She looked kind of familiar.
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Post by Malika on Oct 1, 2009 10:20:22 GMT -5
"Malika," she said, almost shyly and decisively, as though she'd told him on impulse, turning towards him slightly, and letting them fall slightly into step, though she kept her distance. "What's yours?"
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Post by Erin Harper on Oct 1, 2009 10:29:53 GMT -5
"Erin." He kept glancing over at her, and probably not in a way she was familiar with- rather as though he was puzzled by something, and trying to figure it out. "Hey, do I know you from someplace?"
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Post by Malika on Oct 1, 2009 10:31:56 GMT -5
Malika smiled sweetly. "I could have been here before," she suggested.
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Post by Erin Harper on Oct 1, 2009 10:34:44 GMT -5
"I guess so." He pushed his hair out of his face for the second time, his gaze wandered thoughtfully out over the tents before coming back to her. "But have you?"
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Post by Malika on Oct 1, 2009 10:39:01 GMT -5
"No," said Malika. "But I do live in Paris. I've seen you," she said idly, "on one of your nights out."
And before he put the pieces together - she'd have liked, ideally, for it to be a wince that clued him in - she went on.
"But doesn't it hurt to change?"
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Post by Erin Harper on Oct 1, 2009 10:51:19 GMT -5
Erin didn't go out much. "A little," he allowed absently, trying to puzzle this out. Out to bars sometimes, or food stalls, and he walked around Paris sometimes when he was bored. He supposed it was possible, only- she looked so familiar- surely he'd remember a girl like this?
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Post by Malika on Oct 1, 2009 10:58:08 GMT -5
Malika hadn't actually suspected this, and looked taken aback and quiet. "Oh," she said. "That is a drawback."
She fell a little silent, realized she was still sort of hanging back with him, and then asked, "Where are we headed, precisely?"
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Post by Erin Harper on Oct 1, 2009 11:09:45 GMT -5
Erin gave her a slightly dubious look- wings tore out of his back, his muscular and skeletal system rearranged, hadn't she already suspected it hurt? He didn't say anything more of it, though. It wasn't like he was about to complain.
"Oh. Uh. I need- " He gestured to himself, rather vaguely. "A shirt. And a haircut, but I guess that can wait. So I was going to my trailer, but then would you like to grab something to eat with me?"
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Post by Malika on Oct 1, 2009 11:14:26 GMT -5
Malika looked at him sideways, considering it.
Malika had hoped for, and in all honesty, expected this. If a preoccupied bird-man about to shove her to the floor so he could chase a woman in a catsuit could suddenly look at her and sniff her hair, pinning her to her floor, then she should be attractive to him in this state. Even if he seemed disappointingly drained.
"Yes," said Malika. "Would you like me to cut it for you?"
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Post by Erin Harper on Oct 1, 2009 11:16:49 GMT -5
He seemed rather taken aback by this. "You could do that?"
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