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Post by Crowley on Aug 28, 2010 0:55:36 GMT -5
"I'm not ugly at all. What I mean is that taking notes on a guy who looks twenty-something and says yes to offers of liquor would be sort of boring."
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Post by Ben Malloy on Aug 28, 2010 0:57:11 GMT -5
"Cross on bourbon bottle burned you," he pointed out. "And no, you're not ugly. I was very specific in noting physical description."
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Post by Crowley on Aug 28, 2010 0:59:36 GMT -5
"Well, it didn't burn me because I didn't touch it. By the way, if I'm going to be stuck here for a while, it'd be really helpful if you kept religious objects either someplace very obvious and unobtrusive or just put them away."
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Post by Ben Malloy on Aug 28, 2010 1:00:11 GMT -5
He looked thunderstruck and a little bit guilty.
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Post by Crowley on Aug 28, 2010 1:00:44 GMT -5
"What?"
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Post by Ben Malloy on Aug 28, 2010 1:02:40 GMT -5
He made a little avoidant noise and made a delicate note on his board.
"I'll do that tomorrow."
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Post by Crowley on Aug 28, 2010 1:04:17 GMT -5
"Cool. Anything I should be worried about in the meantime that I might not see? I'd really rather not come out of this with an unattractive burn mark. Or dead, if you keep holy water around."
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Post by Ben Malloy on Aug 28, 2010 1:06:23 GMT -5
"Holy water's on the bureau. Don't go through the books, I have a Bible collection. I think all the crosses are in plain sight? Oh, hell - "
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Post by Crowley on Aug 28, 2010 1:07:03 GMT -5
"I'm fine as long as I don't touch them."
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Post by Ben Malloy on Aug 28, 2010 1:07:50 GMT -5
"I don't really have a fucking clue where you're sleeping tonight - do you sleep?" he asked, hopefully.
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Post by Crowley on Aug 28, 2010 1:08:53 GMT -5
"Yes. If you've got a lot of pillows and a blanket, that should suffice. I'm not staying on that couch of yours."
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Post by Ben Malloy on Aug 28, 2010 1:10:25 GMT -5
"Ffffuuu - "
There was a pause, in which he opened his mouth and then shut it again, fuming.
Then:
"...I think we have to share the bed." It was loaded with the extreme dislike of the second-oldest of six siblings for anything involving OTHER PEOPLE IN HIS THINGS.
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Post by Crowley on Aug 28, 2010 1:13:34 GMT -5
"Don't make that face, you brought it on yourself. I'm a pretty sound sleeper, though. Sometimes I don't even breathe. Been mistaken for dead a few times because of that."
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Post by Ben Malloy on Aug 28, 2010 1:14:35 GMT -5
"As long as you stay on..." He was loathe to use the word. "Your side."
There were no sides to his bed! It was all his, dammit!'
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Post by Crowley on Aug 28, 2010 1:18:18 GMT -5
"Can do. I won't take up much space, in any case," he said, indicating his thin frame.
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