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[goodnightjulia]

[Filtered from Vicious and Lin/Unhackable]

Would anyone happen to know if Lux has an open gig for an experienced musician?

[Backdated to late morning on 5/4, if you please. Unless otherwise noted, Julia's following comments are similarly filtered and unhackable. Action for Gren, in her apartment; the usual for anybody else.]

Comments

[ishiah]

Given more detail, it's possible someone might.

[goodnightjulia]

He's a saxophone player with a special interest in jazz and several years of providing bar entertainment under his belt.

I won't speak for him, but if you're the person he should talk to, I'd point him in your direction.

[ishiah]

Yes, do. It doesn't sound like he'd be out of place, but obviously I'll need to meet him.

Ishiah; I manage the bar.

[playstheblues]

Ish, my sax player got pregnant; she keeps asking for time off because she feels sick to her stomach.

Private;

I'd like to meet him before you hire him if he's joining the band.

[In the apartment]

[notapreacher]

Looking out the windows doesn't yield any answers and certainly doesn't bring back any of the memories he simply doesn't have: it makes about as much sense to him that he's been here twice before as it does that he's here now, he supposes. But there's comfort in the familiar, and if he's going to be with anybody he's certainly glad Julia found him first.

He was up most of the night -- vodka aside -- trying to come to terms with that. There are people who know him but don't really. They know a semblance of him. They've had some sort of relationship with someone that looks like him, acts like him, sounds like him

[In the apartment]

[goodnightjulia]

Though she'd been lounging on one side of the couch, leaning against the arm, she straightens noticeably -- or it would be noticeably if his eyes were on her -- at the question.

Her hand runs idly through her hair and then rests against the back of the couch, her elbow angled out.

"Vicious has a... henchman here. The last I heard, he'd been dismissed. But I'm not sure I expect that to last."

When Vicious feels betrayed, he doesn't do it by half. But even with that in mind, this place is new territory and he's starting on the same ground as everyone else.

She suspects he'll still keep Lin close.

[In the apartment]

[notapreacher]

"He had one with him on Callisto, too. I killed him."

He doesn't turn away from the window when he speaks. "I didn't mean to. He jumped in front of Vicious, took the bullet for him." There's no irony lost on him; on Titan he would have done exactly the same thing. Vicious is the kind of person who inspires loyalty, misguided or not.

If only he could let go of the memory of Vicious's mocking words during that gunfight, though. His up to you, although... I was looking forward to seeing you personally hasn't stopped echoing in his brain since heard the words because they brought back so much stuff he didn't want to have to think about ever again. There's no one else like Vicious: so cold and beautiful, so heartless and... admirable. On Titan, he looked up to him and yet...

There is nothing to believe in. There's no need to believe.

The problem is this: he's never wanted to stop believing.

[In the apartment]

[goodnightjulia]

Without lowering her arm, she looks over at him for a moment. This certainly puts some missing pieces together.

"Was his name Lin? Dark hair, clean-cut? He's... young and polite and stiff. I knew him three years ago, but it wasn't very well." Shin was the one she knew better. "He's mentioned that he's dead, but I didn't know how."

She has it in her to feel for him under the circumstances -- Spike was right: he's still just a kid -- but she'd never drop her guard around him. Not even for a minute, and not even though she doesn't have the slightest fear of him.

Her arm finally lowers. "He's likeable, if you can overlook the minor detail of devotion to Vicious's causes."

[so_very_greedy]

I know my club still needs house band members.

[goodnightjulia]

Is it? I asked about Lux because it's his style, but I'll mention that too.

[so_very_greedy]

I mentioned it to him once. He said he might check it out sometime.

[goodnightjulia]

You're one step ahead.

I doubt it'll hurt for me to mention it again.