x3. Another one?

[bloodyeffulgent]

I don't know how you other lot can stand that tickin' noise, I honestly bleedin' don't. Almost worse than a soul, that thing is. Just tick, tick, tick, over 'n' over. It's enough to drive a bloke mad-- and I should know. I've been there

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[ex_janvalent852]

I've been workin on stayin drunk since yesterday.

[bloodyeffulgent]

Huh. Great minds really do think alike.

I'll join you there soon, mate.

[ex_janvalent852]

I'm not at that place I'm way fuckin in deep in the Underground at my work.

[bloodyeffulgent]

I meant in gettin' drunk. But alright, I'll keep a mind to not look for you at Club Automatica.

And what kinda work wouldja be doin' that allows you to get drunk on the job? Sounds like my kinda place.

[m1jac0ge0]

Join the club. As soon as this hangover's slowed to a dull ache I'll probably polish it off with some hair of the dog that bit.

You been alright?
There's been decided radio silence on your end.

Mulder, in case you'd forgot.
We chatted, briefly.

[bloodyeffulgent]

Tell me about it, mate. Lucky for us vamps, we have fast healin' rates. Less hangovers for us.

Yeah, I remember you. Didn't we say we'd have a pizza or somethin'? I've just been stayin' in the warehouse. Thinkin' things out and all, y'know. I've been hearin' a commotion goin' on outside for the past few days now, but y'know how it is. Put yer neck out on the line for someone and it'll bring ya nothin' but heartbreak. I've just been lyin' low.

[m1jac0ge0]

I'm starting to see that.

Sure, I'll probably make the club scene in a few hours myself.

This is nothing a few motion sickness pills and a 5 hour nap can't cure.

[bloodyeffulgent]

Haven't been one of the walkin' livin' for a while, but ain't takin' medicine with drinkin' meant to send you six feet under?

Just sayin'.

[kittyjones]

It does drive a bloke mad, if you listen to it for too long. Fades out if you talk to people - sometimes I don't even notice it anymore.

I've got doubts this is The End (capitalisation and all) too. Reckon the deities would put on more of a show if it were. But if the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse come crashing in, I'll be sure to send word to you at the bar.

[bloodyeffulgent]

Well, a round of applause for Little Miss Popularity, then.

Good point, that. I've never been in an apocalypse where there wasn't some froufy ponce struttin' around proclaimin' 'imself the next Mr. Universe. Er, sorry; him or herself.

[kittyjones]

I know, I know, I'm a regular social butterfly.

Glad to hear there's gender equality on the apocalypse front - I'm more acquainted with itself, personally. But it's true, at the very least you'd think there'd be... I don't know, fireworks or something.

[bloodyeffulgent]

Welcome to the new age, pet. "Rah rah woman power" 'n' all that. I should know-- my last tumble was one hell of a woman.

Probably will be. Ain't that what you livin' folks like to do at the start of a new year?

[not_avampire]

What, you have experience in the whole 'end of the world' arena? I dunno, I think these people're nuts. The apacolypse doesn't happen over night, it takes years of entropy and decay. Erosion, that stuff.

[bloodyeffulgent]

Years? Pfft. If only! More like one superpowered whackjob with more than one screw loose to pop out from God knows where. Far as I know, the apocalypse can happen any time, any place. Only thing is, it rarely ever does. Way I know it, you spend months frettin' an' wavin' "the apocalypse is nigh" signs an' all that. You ready yourself an' bleed an' fight, and in the end: you win. End o' story, apocalypse averted, take a seat back an' wait for the next one to come along.

Your world sounds like a better place than mine if it takes years of decay.

[not_avampire]

Well, that sounds like a bad trip. I guess it has more to do with this whole magic stuff, which I don't know shit about.

Yeah, just the sitting around watching it happen to major cities part is a real drag.

[bloodyeffulgent]

Not much to say 'bout magic, really. A flick o' the wrist, some mumbo-jumbo, and things happen. Generally bad things, but I've seen some good stuff come out of it too. Example: there was a witch I knew, from my world. Near destroyed the world, she did, but she went an' prevented an apocalypse later.

... Huh. Is it still called an apocalypse if it ain't apocalyptic? What d'you reckon, Cal?

M'guessin' you're a country blo-- hey, hang on a moment. Didn't you say you were from New York? You not one o' the heroic types then?

[glock30]

It goes away when you're around people, you know. Stop being antisocial and you won't have to deal with it.

Well let's hope it isn't another 'bloody Apocalypse,' since the end of all worlds--as the deities before put it--doesn't sound like something I'm interested in experiencing.

Automatica, huh? I'll probably see you there then. You can buy me a celebratory drink.

[bloodyeffulgent]

Not goin' to be now, am I? And while I'm on the topic, sure, I'll buy you a drink. Got any distinguishin' features I can look for, or shall I just hunt down a cow with a yellow headband?

You too, huh? Fancy that. We have somethin' in common.

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[glock30]

You little--

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[glock30]

I'm worried that if you look for a cow in a yellow headband you won't find me at all. You'll know me when you see me. I'm one of those women that just... stands out, you know?

As for me looking for you... am I supposed to look for a pasty, less intimidating version of Dracula or something? I mean, the peroxide stands out enough, but I'd just want to be sure.

Well, what do you know? I knew we were soul mates deep down inside.