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[justcautious]

[Chris is trying to push through a crowd of people.]

Days like this just get in the way of investigations. I mean, there're some good sides to them, I s'pose but mostly...I dunno. Loads of new criminals, folk gettin' in the way. [He smiles as something occurs to him.] They really ain't that bad, though. [And then....something else, that makes him

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[horrible_penny]

Chris! ChrisChrisChris! Oh, geez--I missed you! Where are you?

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[justcautious]

Yeah. Freckles gave 'em me. [Chris caaan't stop smiling.] You're welcome. I'm glad you're 'ere, Penny. Glad you could come. Where you are's alright, yeah?

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[horrible_penny]

I'll have to thank her for that.

[She clasps her hands loosely behind Chris's neck and rests her head against his chest, apparently not too bothered by public displays of affection.] Me too. And it's nice--where I am. It's fun, and my boss is great, and I'm making friends with the dolphins in the break room...

[Then she realizes what's missing. Penny lifts her head to meet Chris's eyes, frowning.] I can't hear your heart. Chris, what happened?

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[justcautious]

[Chris just continuing to listen and smile, and put his arms around Penny until she works it out and looks up at him. He swallows, looking down and not quite at Penny.]

Um. Died, I s'pose.

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[horrible_penny]

[Can't deny it now that it's been said. After the obligatory gaping-in-surprise phase, Penny becomes very serious indeed.]

Why?

[Oops. She'd meant how, actually...]

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[justcautious]

[His voice is a bit dull. Not really thinking about it means....well, it means he doesn't have to THINK about it, which is very important.] Prob'ly due t' landing on all them spikes, really.

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[horrible_penny]

[Penny does think about it... for all of half a second, and then she decides that she'd rather not.] I'm sorry.

[Because, of course, that means that Chris can't go home, and he has people at home, which makes this worse than run-of-the-mill dying.]

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[justcautious]

[Chris shrugs, and sighs.] S'okay. Can't do nothin' about it, anyway. [He smiles slightly and a bit anxiously.] Might mean I end up with you if I leave...?

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[horrible_penny]

I guess not... [Maybe Chris is on to something there.] That'd be amazing. There're rules and things, I mean... I don't know most of them, but Eternity gets really upset when Life and Death don't do things the normal way and keep people around. But maybe.

[Penny is now clinging to Chris like a relatively large leech.] There aren't any good pubs where I'm at, though.

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[justcautious]

[The bit about Life and Death and Eternity really confuses Chris but he sort of...breathes out amusedly through his nose at the last part.] Ain't any decent pubs here neither. [There is mutual clinging. He's completely forgotten any reasons he was nervous when he first posted.]

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[horrible_penny]

[Penny doesn't really get it either and she works for them. It's a good thing Death rigged the job interview.] Then it won't be too different from here, so long as you stay out of the fights between the pirates and ninjas.

[She won't allow Chris time to process just how ridiculous (but true) that is. Penny gives him a proper hands-free kiss.]

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[justcautious]

[Chris....kind of wants to ask, but right now, kissing is clearly more important. Desperate, clingy kissing because he really did miss Penny. They really really are being fairly public, aren't they?]

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[horrible_penny]

[Kissing is nice. Really nice. So nice, in fact, that it takes Penny several long, happy moments to remember that yes, they're outside in the City during one of those crazy overpopulated times and that, perhaps, some things are best conducted in private. To share these thoughts, she finds it necessary to stop kissing Chris.]

Mm. Not to--not to be too forward or anything, but could I maybe come to your apartment?

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[justcautious]

[Chris does a slight leaning after her 'nooo kissing come baaack' motion for a moment when she breaks it off and then chuckles slightly when she asks.]

Dead forward, that, me girlfriend askin' if she can come up t' me flat. Course y'can. C'mon.

[It is necessary to sort of peel himself off Penny for this but he does take her hand to pull her after him into the building and towards the lift.]

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[horrible_penny]

[And they lived happily ever after for a while doing things that might require an R/NC-17 rating?]

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[justcautious]

[FTB INDEED.]