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latest status update 6/26/2015

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[darkov]

[a soft, startling noise when she starts talking.

a beat.]

O-oh, I... [forgot. he completely forgot.] N-no...

[deadtective]

You totally did, didn't you. Man, and after all the help I gave you too.

[she shouldn't be teasing him like this, but it's so easy. so easy.]

[darkov]

N-no, I! [small:] I only forgot... I'm sorry.

[deadtective]

Oh, I get it. Gotta do something a little flashier to stay in your memory, huh.

[darkov]

Eh-? [...] Oh--I...I don't know. You don't. Don't have to. I'm sorry.

[um.] Thank you--for...checking up? You didn't have to...

[deadtective]

No, I'm totally going to have to. If you've got a memory this bad you definitely need as much mental exercise as you can get.

[STOP APOLOGIZING WHY DID YOU FORGET THIS OF ALL THINGS basically]

[darkov]

[another hesitation. uncomfortably:] I didn't...I-I mean...

[deadtective]

It's too bad I used all the fireworks already...

[or would that upset his delicate sensibilities and make him cry? Hazel makes a thoughtful sound as she contemplates it.]

Ah, well, I'll work something out. Not like we don't have time, right?

[darkov]

I... I guess. I don't know.

[deadtective]

Hey - we talked about that. I'm going to buy a fucking spray bottle and start using it on you if you keep that up.

[darkov]

I'm-- Sorry. I don't know-- [wincing:] What else to say.

[deadtective]

You could tell me what you've been up to since we last talked. Have you made any friends?

[darkov]

[.......]

I...There's. Other people in this, this building. [um.] Riza. N-Knock Out.

[weaker:] And a...a dog.

[deadtective]

Oh my god, you got a dog?

[HAVE YOU REALLY LEARNED HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN DO IT FOR ANOTHER LIVING THING BECAUSE THAT IS SO GREAT.]

[darkov]

Eh-? N-no, it's...it's with. With Riza. I don't really...I don't bother it.

[deadtective]

Ohhh nooo, the whole point of dogs is to bother them! We bred them specifically so we could talk like idiots to them and nudge their butts!

[darkov]

[a fumbled sound.

beat.]

N-no...not me.

[deadtective]

Yes. Definitely.

[firmly. Hazel has been on a lifetime pet ban from her family, if she can't own them then someone needs to take advantage.]

[darkov]

[a wincing sound.]

I got bit.

[deadtective]

What did you do, shove your hand in his mouth?

[darkov]

N-no...it wasn't--not Riza's. A different one.

[beat. exhale:] There were a lot... They were all snarling and, and angry. So I ran. I got bit.

[deadtective]

Where the hell were you that you got mauled by a pack of stray dogs?

[the concern leaks into her tone even as she tries to keep herself flippant.]

[darkov]

[unhappily:] I-I was just...outside. I'm trying to- to figure things out. Someone-- she sat down, too. And, and talked to me, and then...there were lots of them. They showed up. I didn't notice because they're not-- they're just animals, not...monsters, so I didn't know.

[deadtective]

...ok, honestly? That sounds like someone being a huge tool with their superpowers. Dogs don't just swarm for no reason unless you're holding a side of beef or something.

[and that kind of ticks her off, but she'll keep that part to herself. people being assholes because they have special abilities is one of her sore points.]

You should really be a little more aware, though. It's not like dogs are these tiny super missable things.

[darkov]

I wouldn't...I didn't know. I've never-- There aren't any, where I'm from. I'd never seen them before. [exhale.

...]

Even...birds don't bother us. Darkovs. And-- when the horses come in, we stay inside. So they don't get scared.