VIDEO ✍ 008 --> Lari's Return from Hiatus

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[The video opens to a blank white with a dim shadow at the left corners. It is a moving shadow. There is a faint, muffled rustling sound, and a black, fluid shape - a bedsheet - flutters. Now the indecipherable, severe mutterings of a man's voice can be heard

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[video... sort of]

[chainsawofdeath]

[The Death God wrinkles his face at the video on his Dreamberry screen - how disgusting! Didn't this man know how to properly care for his feet? Those heels are cracked beyond belief and those toenails?! They probably haven't been clipped in weeks!]

Sweetheart, nobody wants to see that... ♥

[The screen goes black when Grell sets the Dreamberry face-down on the couch next to his leg because, really, who wants to look at that man's feet? They're hideous! His toes are hairy and unsightly!!]

Speaking of your wretched bitch, what's her problem? Why has she been acting so peculiar as of late~??

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I don't keep my wife on a leash, [The French-accented voice says curtly. It is a thoughtless, offhanded remark.

Then a beat passes. Silence reigns.

It's not as if Javert has a clear view of the Dreamberry, dear Grell. When the Inspector (after all, that foot must belong to a man) processed the unexpected tinny voice from his Dreamberry speakers, he froze. The hush descended. Though Grell cannot see a face, he might envision a narrowing of the eyes, a contraction of thinned dread in Javert's expression.]

You will tell me something now, [Javert commands, detached and cold.] Did this device make a public bulletin?

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Oh, calm down!!

[The Death God rolls his eyes and picks the Dreamberry up so he can see the video once more. This man truly was insufferable!]

Sweetheart, do you really have to ask a question with such an obvious answer? I would not have contacted you, otherwise... ♥

[chose_death]

[Javert hisses a muffled, distant-sounding curse. The foot jerks out of sight of the feed, and instead a hand drops down to the side of the bed with a telling chain-rattle. If Grell were to look closely at the video, he might see something that looks like leopard pelt wrapped around Javert's wrist.]

Oh! Sure! Very capital. It grants me a very capital opportunity to publicly announce my morning toilette, [is his deadpan remark. The truth is, the Inspector is rather humiliated that such a personal affair is on display for all to see. It simply isn't proper or decent for a man of his position.

There is a thoughtful silence, while Javert's quick head attempts to discern a way out of this fine dilemma.] You say my wife is acting peculiar? Send that woman to me. I will judge if it is true.

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[Grell narrows his eyes a bit and brings the Dreamberry closer to his face. Adjusting his glasses, he studies the screen for several minutes while Javert rattles on about this and that (things that weren't really important to Grell Sutcliff). He couldn't tell what that leopard print thing was around the Inspector's wrist, but the tale-tell clanking was quite the hint and he knew the man well enough to know that it was not a fashion choice he normally made.]

Love, what is that hideous thing around your wrist? Is that what I think it is?! I must know~!! [A laugh] I had no idea you and your wife were into such gaudy and vulgar things!!!

[He laughs a bit more, choosing not to address anything that Javert actually said.]

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Ha! You are the pot calling the kettle black, as the English say. Very devil of a dandy, with that well-preened face of yours! It is painted up brighter than a China set!

--You are English, aren't you? I thought I heard it in your voice. Hm!--In any case...

[There a perceptible, purposeful pause.]

You evidently do not spend much time with my wife, [adds Javert in a tightening voice, like the verbal equivalent of a vice.] I do not think that is a tragedy.

[chainsawofdeath]

[He frowns a bit, not really paying close attention to Javert. Well-preened face? Well, of course! Grell does make putting on his makeup a top priority before leaving the house. But, the part about spending time with Naomi? Not cool, Javert.]

I've known your wife for years!!!

[His frown deepens.]

She and I used to spend a lot of time together until something came in between us~ It's unfortunate, really. It's quite a tragedy, if you ask me!!