Retrace 10 || [Voice]

[break_onthru]

[At first, there is nothing but the sound of voracious chewing. OMNOMNOM. Then a swallow. Then more chewing. Then a slurping of some sort of beverage. And then, finally, Break speaks.]

Good eeeeeevening, Anatole! I hope you all are well. Particularly after these last few trying weeks! Heehee.I would like to ask you a question. Or take a poll, if

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[video]

[wotchesyou]

I know a very grown man who likes chocolate an awful lot.

[Voice]

[break_onthru]

That's two! Thank you for the input.

[video]

[wotchesyou]

You're welcome.

[Voice]

[break_onthru]

But what about you, hmmm? Do yooou like sweets?

[Even though she's a girl, he might be thinking of padding the count a little.]

[video]

[wotchesyou]

Yeah, I like sweets and chocolate. You can do loads of thing with chocolate though. D'you know that they make a sort of body paint with it?

[Voice]

[break_onthru]

Body paint? Kufufufufu. Why noooo, that I certainly did not know~! It wouldn't happen to be available in this fair city of ours, would it?

[Really, he's just curious. For science. Or something.]

[video]

[wotchesyou]

I don't know. It'd be nice to find here.

[ She's going to need another cold shower at this rate. ]

[Voice]

[break_onthru]

Iiii bet it would. Well. If you have to come across any, do let me know, hmm?

[...You might not be the only one. But really, when women drop things in his lap - okay, bad phrasing, but - sometimes it's beneficial to give back what you get.

Usually he has an ulterior motive when employing this type of wordplay, though...]

[video]

[wotchesyou]

Mate, I'm sorry to say that if I find any, I think I'll be too busy trying to use it.

[ GDI. She's definitely going to need a cold shower. ]

[Voice]

[break_onthru]

Well, of course~! But it dooooes sound like the sort of activity that would be more fun in pairs.

[Wow, this is... suddenly more difficult to stop thinking and speaking about than he would have expected.]

[video]

[wotchesyou]

Oh, yeah, definitely in pairs.

[ The worst part? She knows Remus has heard at least one of her comments. And there she goes. She thinks of body paint, thinks of Remus and then lowers her head. She might need to stand under the cold shower for several, long minutes at this rate. ]

[Voice]

[break_onthru]

[It's cool, Break has his own choice lover to fantasize about. He's already mentioned Sharon once this evening, so... yeah. Here we go. Usually this is NOT a place he lets his mind go. He's a little concerned. He clears his throat rather suddenly.]

So! Ah, I don't think we've ever been properly introduced. I am Xerxes Break. What's your name?

[video]

[wotchesyou]

Wotcher Xerxes, I'm Tonks.

[Voice]

[break_onthru]

Tonks-kun~! It's a pleasure. ♥

[Because somehow, discussing chocolate body paint has automatically bumped her up to the status of "buddy" in Break's bizarre little honorific nicknaming scheme.]

Aaand do you have anyone with whom to share that fine culinary experience we were just discussing?

[Ostensibly it's that aforementioned older man who likes chocolate, but. It bears asking. Just for. Clarification's sake. He is taking a poll here.

Yeah.]

[video]

[wotchesyou]

Well... That's...

[ Extremely very complicated, like trying to figure your way out of an M.C. Escher sketch. ]

I have to go now. I'm in sudden need of a very, very cold shower.

[Voice]

[break_onthru]

[Well, that's... interesting. Break's not sure how to take that. Is she rejecting him? Was he even offering anything? How did things progress this far to begin with? What does the man with the chocolate affinity have to do with any of this?]

Thaaat's perfectly all right, I've got little girls arriving at any moment to spend the night!

[....]