11.) [audio.]

[ijustlivehere]

Okay, yeah, this sucks. I'll admit it, okay? I hate that nobody ever wants to... no, y'know what? Forget people not ever wanting to do anything, people don't even hardly know I'm there unless I say something. It blows and I hate it and I'm... lonely. Okay? I said it, are you all happy now?

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[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well. As awesome as it is that you have it, let's hope you never actually need it again.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

I'll be good with just shooting it at cans in alleys. Possibly Rido. Not that I think it would kill him. [She can't stand Rido because of the trying to kill her that he did a long time ago.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Who's that?

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Rido? [She shrugs a little as they head outside toward the alley.] He's a vampire. Very mean, very creepy and not nice. He lurks around the Underground most of the time. He's annoying because he thinks he's oh so superior to humans and we should all just offer our throats up to him to rip out. For some reason he respects Harry. My best guess is Harry was A)Not human and B) Sneaky evil but anyway, he saved me from Rido once.

[She stops and hands over the laser screwdriver then goes to set up some cans in the alley.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Geez. I mean, I can't say that's not what I'd expect from a vampire, but... yeesh.

[He fiddles with the thing, looking to over. It definitely doesn't match with his mental image of a laser gun, but there is something about it that seems inherently powerful.]

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

I was kind of hoping he'd sparkle and fall in love with high school girls. [Not that Neil will necessarily get that pop culture reference. She finishes setting a few cans up and then steps back to his side.]

Okay, point and shoot. It's that button on the side.

[She's pretty sure it's not super powerful because Harry wouldn't give her a weapon she could hurt him with but it is powerful enough to hit anything human and a lot of things not human with and hurt them. It should blow the cans away.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Neil has a sister, so he gets it-- and kind of half-laughs, half-groans at the comment.]

This one here? [He aims, squinting one eye shut, and presses down tentatively.]

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[Lucy laughs at the groan. She likes when people get her pop culture references.]

Yup. [She tenses a little anticipating the small explosion that results when he hits the cans.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Lucy won't hold it against him if he jumps a little, right? Because he isn't really prepared for the blast that catches the edge of two of the cans-- okay, so his aim is a little off, but it gets the job done anyway.]

Whoa.

...Awesome.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[She won't hold it against him at all. She jumped and screamed the first couple of times.]

It's totally fun, right? I never really liked the whole gun thing with the kicking but that doesn't do that.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Oh my gods. This is friggin' awesome!

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[Lucy laughs then bites the tip of her tongue between her teeth.]

Let's go buy watermelons and blow them up.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[He keeps giving her this look like he can't quite believe she's real.] Frak yes.

Have you ever tried shooting this thing at paint cans?

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

O

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NO! But we should buy some of those too. We can take it all out to the edge of the City and shoot it.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

We can get a whole bunch of different colours and make a show out of it.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Best idea ever.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

I try, I try.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[She reaches over and takes Neil's hand as they start back down the alley.] I think we can get watermelons and paint at City Mart.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Sounds good. Lead the way. [He gives her hand a little squeeze and smiles.]

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[She's good with the leading most of the time.] So what's the worst thing to happen to you in the City?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[He runs a hand through his hair and thinks.] Probably either the time my ex showed up as memory-projection-ghost-thing for a day, or... [He hesitates.] I... forgot the other thing I was gonna say. [He seems pretty eager to change the subject now.] Uhmm, how 'bout you?

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[She's not stupid but she won't push the issue. They've all got things they'd rather not talk about. She purses her lips, considering what to say. She's had some really crappy things happen in the City but she's had a lot of good.]

When the City turned into Heaven and Hell. My mom showed up once like that though but it wasn't a projection-ghost thing. More just her voice, calling me over and over like she was lost.

So what's the best thing?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

That's rough. The Deities have a shit sense of humour.

[He relaxes now, because this is a more pleasant question to think about.]

Most of it's been good actually. People complain about being here but I think it's better. For starters, I don't hate this.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[She shrugs a little.] It has to get it's daily dose of misery to keep ticking, I guess.

[She looks over at him and smiles.] No, this doesn't suck and yeah...there are a lot of good things about the City. It's hard to explain that to people sometimes. They just see the bad because the bad is huge and the good is usually...smaller.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, everyone spends so much time trying to figure out how to get out, seems like. I don't really care if I never leave.

[He watches her face carefully as they walk.]

Sometimes the good doesn't seem too small.