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[ he's had a good boss. but she's also evil and the incarnate of satan at the same time. incredible. ]
They can talk as many circles around us as they want, as long as they leave behind the genuine information too.
Maybe he's dipped into raging alcoholism and this is his only way to cope. [ this is not. ]
They can talk as many circles around us as they want, as long as they leave behind the genuine information too.
Maybe he's dipped into raging alcoholism and this is his only way to cope. [ this is not. ]
[ happy saturday! haha! not.
lu bixing's in the planetarium, today, after that. thankfully, it's empty besides him? which is good, because there's a very faintly smoky smell coming from near one of the star displays, and the faint light of a burning cigarette in the dark, mixed in with the pinpricks of stars.
well, maybe not a cigarette? that's definitely a weed smell. it's fine. god. what a day. ]
lu bixing's in the planetarium, today, after that. thankfully, it's empty besides him? which is good, because there's a very faintly smoky smell coming from near one of the star displays, and the faint light of a burning cigarette in the dark, mixed in with the pinpricks of stars.
well, maybe not a cigarette? that's definitely a weed smell. it's fine. god. what a day. ]
[ lmao. oh boy there he goes. date's nose wrinkles slightly at the strong smell, but it doesn't stop him from heading over and seeking out the smoker by the star displays. ]
Seems fair for a rough day, even if back home I'd be having to arrest you.
Seems fair for a rough day, even if back home I'd be having to arrest you.
[ he. sighs, a little, realizing that he's been caught, when he looks back at date, and looks at the joint in his hands, and then moves like he's going to extinguish it, even if he mutters: ]
If your Earth thinks this is the kind of thing that needs to be regulated, then you'd faint spending an hour in the Eighth Galaxy. [ it's dryly, though, and he shakes his head. ]
If your Earth thinks this is the kind of thing that needs to be regulated, then you'd faint spending an hour in the Eighth Galaxy. [ it's dryly, though, and he shakes his head. ]
I don't make the rules, I just have to run around telling people to follow them.
[ he gives him a Look. ]
Don't put it out, what am I gonna actually do? Even if I cared? Frown at you very sadly?
[ he gives him a Look. ]
Don't put it out, what am I gonna actually do? Even if I cared? Frown at you very sadly?
You know, I do make the rules, and I still find myself running around telling people to follow them.
[ mr prime minister. he looks at the Look but the protect his own image thing is what pushes him to stop - he sort of half regards it with a laugh, and then just waves for date to come sit. ]
You looked like you were smelling a skunk.
[ mr prime minister. he looks at the Look but the protect his own image thing is what pushes him to stop - he sort of half regards it with a laugh, and then just waves for date to come sit. ]
You looked like you were smelling a skunk.
It's strong smelling. They crack down hard on that stuff back home, so it's not like I'm used to it.
[ hmm.. he drifts, for a moment, shifting his attention back up to the stars overhead. ]
...I grew up around - well, not just this, but any of it. The town I lived in as a kid wasn't exactly the best, by most people's standards. You could say it was the slums, really. Everyone did everything you could possibly think of, so I got used to the smell. [ lu bixing huffs, a little. nostalgic, maybe, or a little far away with an old memory, eye crinkling gently at the corner. ] And... I'm sure you've seen Lin chain smoking, too.
[ so. it's all familiar. though, this is maybe less about nostalgia and more about an old need to escape. about those track marks on his arm. it's the fact that date saw his worst memory earlier in this week that really has him going to put the joint out. ]
...I grew up around - well, not just this, but any of it. The town I lived in as a kid wasn't exactly the best, by most people's standards. You could say it was the slums, really. Everyone did everything you could possibly think of, so I got used to the smell. [ lu bixing huffs, a little. nostalgic, maybe, or a little far away with an old memory, eye crinkling gently at the corner. ] And... I'm sure you've seen Lin chain smoking, too.
[ so. it's all familiar. though, this is maybe less about nostalgia and more about an old need to escape. about those track marks on his arm. it's the fact that date saw his worst memory earlier in this week that really has him going to put the joint out. ]
[ he laughs. it’s not exactly a happy sound — a little drier and lower in tone than it usually would be. ]
Yeah, I have seen him chain smoking. Smoking’s one thing — most bars let you smoke. A lot of restaurants only started being smoke free in past few years.
Maybe it’s just not my kind of thing. [ just a statement. not a judgment ]
…
[ his eyes flicker over to lbx and then away again. ] Circumstance is a hell of a thing.
Yeah, I have seen him chain smoking. Smoking’s one thing — most bars let you smoke. A lot of restaurants only started being smoke free in past few years.
Maybe it’s just not my kind of thing. [ just a statement. not a judgment ]
…
[ his eyes flicker over to lbx and then away again. ] Circumstance is a hell of a thing.
It wasn't really mine, either.
[ it still isn't. to be honest. but sometimes, after another long, long day, and knowing that someone you really, really like is going to be brutally executed in the cruelest manner possible tomorrow... sometimes, you cope.
he glances at the joint in his hands, and back at date. and then, dryly, quips - ] If you're going to try it, I'd rather at home with me where it's safe.
[ like an overprotective parent. this is a joke. ]
[ it still isn't. to be honest. but sometimes, after another long, long day, and knowing that someone you really, really like is going to be brutally executed in the cruelest manner possible tomorrow... sometimes, you cope.
he glances at the joint in his hands, and back at date. and then, dryly, quips - ] If you're going to try it, I'd rather at home with me where it's safe.
[ like an overprotective parent. this is a joke. ]
[ …
after a moment he just snorts, and holds out his hand. why the fuck not? ]
after a moment he just snorts, and holds out his hand. why the fuck not? ]
Aye aye, sir.
[ he’ll take a drag.
i have zero idea if he’s ever smoked in his life so he can cough a little as a treat. ]
[ he’ll take a drag.
i have zero idea if he’s ever smoked in his life so he can cough a little as a treat. ]
[ bleh. he’s not even sure he likes it, but he does take another drag. if smoking a terrible habit with horrible health consequences, then why make characters more attractive, hm? ]
So, what. Do this until I feel infinitely more relaxed and then go from there?
[ he looks at the tip of the blunt and the glow of the burn there, before handing it back to lbx. he’s not trying to monopolise his high. ]
So, what. Do this until I feel infinitely more relaxed and then go from there?
[ he looks at the tip of the blunt and the glow of the burn there, before handing it back to lbx. he’s not trying to monopolise his high. ]
[ help. he laughs a little, at that, and takes it back from him. ]
Honestly, it depends. It's a relaxant, but it can have different effects on different people. Different strains, different kinds. It's not something I'm completely familiar with short of my research here.
It just helps me not think so much.
Honestly, it depends. It's a relaxant, but it can have different effects on different people. Different strains, different kinds. It's not something I'm completely familiar with short of my research here.
It just helps me not think so much.
Different strains? I thought they were all the same.
[ you learn something new every day. ]
...
Yeah. Could do with a bit more of that.
[ you learn something new every day. ]
...
Yeah. Could do with a bit more of that.
[ ... ]
Yeah, somehow I can see that being tricky for you
[ lbx seems like he's always thinking. and thinking about thinking about thinking. ]
... She's not wrong though. Turning off your brain's a pretty good skill to have.
Yeah, somehow I can see that being tricky for you
[ lbx seems like he's always thinking. and thinking about thinking about thinking. ]
... She's not wrong though. Turning off your brain's a pretty good skill to have.
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You're right - it is so tricky. A skill I never quite mastered.
[ ... during that long period of grief, he tried. he wanted to. he tried to turn his brain off in every manner he possibly could at night away from his desk, and found that rerouting it directly into his work just worked better. ]
[ ... during that long period of grief, he tried. he wanted to. he tried to turn his brain off in every manner he possibly could at night away from his desk, and found that rerouting it directly into his work just worked better. ]
Drinking’s not a bad way to go about it either. Maybe a bit of both’s the trick.
[ there’s nothing serious about what he’s suggesting. sometimes your brain just doesn’t want to play along and you have to shoulder that. ]
Unfortunately we need our brains turned on for a good chunk of the week. Not much time to rest and forget then.
[ there’s nothing serious about what he’s suggesting. sometimes your brain just doesn’t want to play along and you have to shoulder that. ]
Unfortunately we need our brains turned on for a good chunk of the week. Not much time to rest and forget then.
[ happy monday! lu bixing is set up as usual in the new bar today. he's got a total of... five drinks this time set out in front of him! one, a garish green. one, blue and a little yellow. one, brown and sizzling a little, one a red solo cup, and... the last a drink with a cherry in it! this one's just set slightly to the side.
by now this is probably routine, right? he's here working, his personal device pulled up, typing into the keyboard. he's also got something that looks like a sticker sheet.
when he glances over and spots date, he offers him a smile and a wave, friendly and warm as ever. ]
Hi, Date. Want to take me up on that drink?
by now this is probably routine, right? he's here working, his personal device pulled up, typing into the keyboard. he's also got something that looks like a sticker sheet.
when he glances over and spots date, he offers him a smile and a wave, friendly and warm as ever. ]
Hi, Date. Want to take me up on that drink?
[ date will wave but he's got a look on his face, like he Knows. he Knows where this will lead him. ]
I'm about to become part of science, aren't I?
I'm about to become part of science, aren't I?
[ hmmmmmm. ]
Joking aside, knowing what they all do's probably not a bad idea now.
Joking aside, knowing what they all do's probably not a bad idea now.
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