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[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-12 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing wrong with your phone, kiddo. Just don't have my side of the feed on.

[Is she really having this much trouble with it? Ughh.. he's starting to think maybe it would go quicker to find her in person. And maybe give her some tips.]

You a mutant, Mantis?
smokedout: When I go to the store I go undressed ♪ (3 ♪ Fuck yeah I'm a deviant)

[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-15 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[What a weird comment. But alright... not a mutant, just an alien, or... from some reality where humans aren't the norm.

He pauses again when he hears the word 'empath'. Gross.
]

I'm a mutant, yeah.

[After a bit of thought he decides he'll get furthest showing her they have some common ground... so he switches to video, and opens his palm to show a fistful of fire burning in his hand.]

We call anything that's not a human a mutant, where I'm from. Guessing it's different for you, huh?
smokedout: Not in the face, but in the head ♪ (7 ♪ Oh yeah I'm an ugly mess)

[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-16 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He tips his head to the side. Master, huh... The flame disappears from his hand after he lights a cigarette off of it.]

You a slave? Or... a pet?

[Either way, the 'master' talk has him regarding her with a little less condescension.]
smokedout: But not me ♪ (6 ♪ Everybody out there on the job)

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[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-18 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He thinks the story over for a moment... and then a lazy grin spreads over his face as he makes the feed private.]

You wanna hear something funny, Mantis? We got a lot in common. I was a pet too... but my master wasn't too nice either, so he ended up killed.

[His master wasn't too good of a father, either.]
smokedout: Out in the street making a mess ♪ (2 ♪ Oh yeah I'm a hooligan)

[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-18 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[There's another pause as he thinks out how to approach the question. Benny's death is one of the clearest memories he has - the look of shock, the shower of blood, the rising sense of satisfaction...]

Something like that. [At least, that's what the blood trails made it look like.] The name's Dodger. That's what he called me.
smokedout: They come to find, all insane ♪ (9 ♪ They look a little look at my brain)

[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-18 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Aaand that's one point he can't relate to. He just sort of offers a shrug.]

Kinda weird, though, isn't it? Getting stuck out here without a purpose. We're like strays now.

[Unlike Mantis, he's gone from master to master his whole life... and he's stopped really questioning it, he just wants someone else to care for him again.]
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[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-18 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah... that's not strange at all.

[He can blame his friendships here, for the fact that his expression is softening as he speaks to her. It's a little bit like talking to a younger, more innocent version of himself... so he can't help wanting to play nice.]

Sometimes you're lonely because no one's around. Sometimes you're lonely because you're surrounded by people that just don't get you. Life fucking blows like that.
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[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-20 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... You heard that one before?

[He really doubts she's heard people swear from her tone.. and boy, is he ready to teach her if no one stops him.]

I'm around if you wanna learn anything from me - but most of what I know is how to fix up a motorbike or smoke cigarettes.

[And when he mentions cigarettes he gestures to the one in his mouth... because this isn't the first woman he'd had to teach what they were to.]
smokedout: How'd I ever get so lost? ♪ (11 ♪ How'd I ever get so off my rocks?)

[personal profile] smokedout 2017-07-21 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[His eyes actually light up, and there's a huge grin on his face. All that tough exterior? Gone. He's adopting this girl.]

Let's hang out some time - I bet I can make a biker chick out of you.

[Motorbikes are way more fun when you get to test drive them, anyway... bonus if he can get her to wear a leather jacket and teach her some choice swears.]