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[second_first]

[Rei is working the late late shift at a seedy diner all by herself. And by seedy diner, I mean the dining room. That somehow employs people for the duration of the event but really isn't that much different, except all gritty and film noir-y.

SHUT UP IT WORKS SOMEHOW.

She'll be closing up in an hour or so, and in the meantime, she's wiping things down and getting ready. Her inner monologue is pretty quiet for the moment, focused on the mundane tasks of work.]


[ooc: Rei's monologue will appear in italics following her normal speech. But um you probably shouldn't expect her to be thinking much more than she actually says most of the time. :||||]

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goooo gogo you can do it

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

I glanced up at her. I thought I heard her say something about me- but it can't have been. Maybe it was the night that was getting to me. I was tired, and part of me knew I should be home at this time.

Some chocoloate if you have any.

It'd eat up a portion of what little money I had to go by, but it felt like I needed it tonight.

And some conversation, if that's okay?

Look. Look what you've done.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

Chocolate, is it?
I will not charge her for that.
That might cheer her up.

Alright.

[She gets a mug of hot chocolate for Elaine as well as some actual solid chocolate and sets both in front of her.]

For free.

I REGRET NOTHING

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Surprise. My hand's already holding the money, and I almost force the issue. It didn't seem fair to pass on my misfortune, but I knew, and she did too, how stretched I was for cash. I put the money away.

[Elaine smiles up at her.] Thanks. It feels wrong, but... [She shook her head.] Thanks.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[Rei takes a seat near her, a glass of water cradled between her hands.]

It's a small thing. It isn't wrong.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

[Elaine sighs.] It's nights like this that a girl gets to thinking. And too often I wonder what it's all come down to.

What's wrong with this town, Rei?

[second-first.livejournal.com]

It rains too much.

That's not what she means.