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[like_a_leper]

Hrm...

You want to send me into outer space, in a confined space with a bunch of other people because you happened to come across a persuasive "god" of chaos?

OK, the chaos thing I like, but everything else is questionable. I mean, I won't even have my favorite knife on me - there's a line that should never be crossed and you're toeing it. My ability to improvise can only be relied on so much.







Nah, scratch all of that. This is going to be a hoot and a half if only because I'll get to be creative.

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[entrapments]

Belly button rings are so 90's.

[ she's smiling anyway NOTHING TO SEE HERE, NOPE. ]

So- does that make you the one opening doors, or the one doing the piercing?

[like_a_leper]

Everything comes back.

[You cannot fool him - he knows when he sees himself in other people. Even just brief flashes.]

I kick doors open and wait for the dust to settle before I do any piercing. What's the point if people can't see you while you destroy them?

[entrapments]

[ she knows that look- knows the way it feels in her own gaze. the exact weight, the lines of her mouth that don't move and the fingers at her side that don't twitch. Hayley's insides don't jolt, only because they don't do anything- but she forgets to blink when the rest of her body shrugs easily. ]

Some people think the mystery's even worse. The not knowing.

[like_a_leper]

Well, why shouldn't we know everything? This world is full of people hung up on instant gratification, knowledge is no different than a microwave dinner, isn't it?

[Sometimes... sometimes he gets lost in his own labyrinthine thoughts and just lets his mouth say anything that comes into his brain. Sometimes it makes sense, other times he furrows his brow and shakes his head and verbally edits himself, like now.]

What do you not like knowing, hrm? It is difficult to be kept in the dark, left without a clue.

[entrapments]

[ her expression wrinkles, one hand reaching up to rub at the back of her neck. ]

I'm a total control freak. I always want to know everything. The kid who unwraps all the Christmas presents after everyone's asleep- the one who looks up the endings to movies before they go see them? Totally me.

[ her lips purse, a combination of curiosity and sheepishness. ]

What about you?