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Post by Dr. Horrible on Feb 1, 2009 2:16:51 GMT -5
He wavered between saying something, not saying anything, and just nodding.
"Onfdasfag..."
And his mumbling struck again.
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Post by Hallie on Feb 1, 2009 2:18:57 GMT -5
"Taking that as a yes. Are you new in town?"
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Post by Dr. Horrible on Feb 1, 2009 2:20:14 GMT -5
"...Yes," he forced out despite another string of gibberish at the back of his throat. "I've... literally just gotten here. Today, I mean."
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Post by Hallie on Feb 1, 2009 2:21:05 GMT -5
"Where from?"
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Post by Rinoa Heartilly on Feb 1, 2009 2:37:35 GMT -5
Rinoa had a lot of words bouncing around in her mind, like "so" and "incredibly" and "boring". Billy simply didn't have the force of personality (i.e. confidence) to make himself seem mysterious or at least stoic, and the whole conversation was starting to grate on her nerves. She wondered if this was how Squall felt during 99% of all conversations and decided that from now on, she'd try to make whatever she said interesting or not say anything.
Since she couldn't just jump into the threadbare small talk or take up the reins without looking really, really weird, Rinoa took a bite out of her cheesecake. Her free hand still gave a twitch, so she grabbed her necklace and hoped the feeling would subside quickly.
((If only she knew. xD))
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Post by Dr. Horrible on Feb 1, 2009 13:14:00 GMT -5
"California," he replied. "I needed a break from this... organization I'm in, and France seemed the most likely place to go."
Because it was one of the largest European powers in the world, and if he took over France everyone else would be a piece of cake.
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Post by Hallie on Feb 1, 2009 15:59:14 GMT -5
"California? No way, me too! What part?"
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Post by Dr. Horrible on Feb 1, 2009 20:43:13 GMT -5
"Northern California," he answered. "There's this island a couple hours away from... the main land," he finished once he realized that he was about to give away his (former) location.
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Post by Hallie on Feb 1, 2009 22:09:16 GMT -5
((Wasn't he from LA?))
Hallie nodded. "Cool. I'm from Orange County, myself. I was quite happy to get away."
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Post by Dr. Horrible on Feb 1, 2009 23:19:29 GMT -5
((I figured they were in a made-up city, so I used my own hometown as a base.))
Billy remembered that he'd ordered cheesecake and took a bite out of it to buy himself some time. Luckily it hadn't gone all icky and melt-y yet.
He was glad that he was away from the ELE, but less glad about having to leave Moist and Penny's grave and the laundromat behind.
"Um... I guess I'm still sorting things out."
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Post by Hallie on Feb 1, 2009 23:26:32 GMT -5
She nodded. "I was lucky when I first got here. Someone was kind enough to let me stay with him. Of course, he just wanted to get into my pants, but I lived there for quite a while."
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Post by Dr. Horrible on Feb 1, 2009 23:29:55 GMT -5
"...In his pants or--never mind!"
Couldn't he have ONE day without mumbling, feeling awkward, or sounding like an idiot? But even if he could, it wouldn't feel the same without Penny around...
He shoveled another forkful of cheesecake into his mouth. Take over France, take over France, take over France.
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Post by Hallie on Feb 1, 2009 23:33:08 GMT -5
She giggled. "That was years ago, though. So you said you were getting away from some organization?"
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Post by Dr. Horrible on Feb 1, 2009 23:41:24 GMT -5
"Yeah, it... didn't... start out very well. How I got in, I mean," he explained. "Well, everyone ELSE thought I got a good start, but I'm the only one who really knew what happened, and I was planning to k--involve someone else entirely."
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Post by Hallie on Feb 1, 2009 23:44:22 GMT -5
She nodded. "Hurt somebody you didn't mean to hurt?"
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