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"It's too late for that. You haven't met his boyfriend."

2016-01-17 00:44:18

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"Damn, Is he worse?"

2016-01-17 00:45:18

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"He's really nice, actually. He's a volunteer at the nut market." "....what are you two talking about.....?"

2016-01-17 00:45:57

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"The drunk squirrel and his gay boyfriend. Do you think their friends approve?" The surroundings around them started to change.

2016-01-17 00:47:36

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"What friends--what's going on?" The trees started disappearing. Wait. This looks familiar. It's like when....oh god. /Oh god/. My grip on her hand tightened.

2016-01-17 00:49:46

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She squeezed his hand. The scene changed to...a bar? The fuck. Well, this place actually looked familiar.

2016-01-17 00:50:42

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A bar? ....not the one I went to. Does this mean it isn't one of my memories...? Oh thank goodness. I glanced over at Seculus. He didn't seem to recognize it either. "...where are we?" I whispered.

2016-01-17 00:51:47

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She looked over at one of the tables...oh. "A bar in New York city." She pulled them out of sight from it.

At the table, a lively, laughing, Ivory sat at the table. Lance had one arm around her shoulder, and a drink in his hand. Jackson, Cameron, Jackques, Vincent, Xzavier, and Spencer sat around them, laughing along as well. For once, Ivory only held a bottle of water, and seemed happy with that fact.

2016-01-17 00:54:54

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Good, she wasn't drinking. ....not that I could do much about it if she was. Someone else nearby was staring at me. I flipped him off.

2016-01-17 00:56:15

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The three of them to close enough to hear the conversation, but far enough away for anyone at the table to notice.

"Lance, when are you going to introduce Terezi to Ivory?" Spencer asked.

"Why should I? She isn't turned, so there's no reason to alarm her." Lance responded.

"And what if she /is/ turned?" Jackson added.

Ivory let out a laugh before she sipped her water. "Me? A vampire? Absolutely not. I'd /never/ let that happen."

2016-01-17 01:02:51

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I snorted. Seculus frowned. The irony.

2016-01-17 01:03:59

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"And if some lad wants to marry you, luv." Cameron ginned.

She exposed her left hand. On her ring fingers was a black metal ring with a bright blue sapphire gem that shined against the light brightly. "Already have."

"Lance doesn't count, it's for tax reasons." Spencer clarified.

"Besides, you could have anyone you wanted." Jackson spoke.

She withdrew her hand. "I could, but no one interests me. Dating is a pain anyway."

2016-01-17 01:10:09

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HA! HAHAHA! Yeah, we saw how that went. Seculus was wringing his hands. Oh come on, you can't still be jealous /now/, look at them, they're not married and she has you as an actual boyfriend! Cut the shit already, no one wants you going to beat up Lance just because they wanted a tax break.

2016-01-17 01:13:53

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Ivory's face went blank as she stared into space. No. She didn't want to see this.

"Well kermit DE FROG has one question for you." Xzavier spoke in his frog voice.

"Yes? Whatcha want?" Ivory looked to Xzavier, the spark of life in her eye ever present.

"Are you happy?" He asked normally.

There was a pause.

"Yes."

The memory around them faded and went back to Calistor.

2016-01-17 01:16:55

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I looked at her. What? "....Ivory? What's wrong?"

2016-01-17 01:17:47

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She looked down at her hands as the world became a forest once more. "...That was a month before I was turned."

2016-01-17 01:18:17

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"But it wasn't...so bad /itself/. You were happy. Right?"

2016-01-17 01:21:07

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"....I /was./"

2016-01-17 01:21:34

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"...." I put my arm around her shoulder and hugged her.

2016-01-17 01:21:55

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She didn't return the hug. She just stood there.

2016-01-17 01:23:58

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".............let's not think about it, alright? Come on. Let's keep exploring."

2016-01-17 01:25:28

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"...Okay."

2016-01-17 01:25:46

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"Maybe we'll find a hidden treasure or a tower with a princess or something."

2016-01-17 01:27:26

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"The tower might be a bit much. The castle isn't too far from here." She started walking again.

2016-01-17 01:32:30

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"As long as it's hidden, proximity doesn't matter."

2016-01-17 01:34:49