122nd Devotion: Quality Time with the Rival

[favoritetraitor]

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[One moment Solomon Goldsmith is out enjoying the view of the city's lights below from his balcony, and in the next moment his environment abruptly shifts into a bright interior room. His face shows some sign of annoyance at this, but not the typical shock or hysteria that is often evidenced by others in the City. After all, Solomon has been going through such inconveniences like this for longer than most.

Instead, he looks down at the splattered mess of his deep red beverage staining the light carpeting and gives a slight tug on the handcuff now encircling his wrist. With narrowed eyes, he looks askance at the cello bow being held by the other man's captive hand.]

...Haji. Of course.

Comments

voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Solomon? Are you okay?

voice;

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Oh, why hello Lucy. Yes, yes I'm quite fine... merely facing another 24 hours of inconveniences, that's all.

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

How bad do you hate the person you're handcuffed to?

voice;

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Well, first of all, he can hear this.

[He pauses slightly before answering the last part. Clearly, Haji will hear this as well.]

And I don't 'hate' him. He's just under some misconceptions that make dealing with him difficult.

voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[Oh right. She hadn't really thought about that.]

Oooookay. I don't know if I get it but...okay.

voice;

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Merely a family issue, that's all.

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Oh. I didn't know you had family here. That's good for you.

voice;

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

[Avoids answering that one. Having a family at war with each other is nothing that he'd describe as 'good'. The best response... redirection.]

Haven't you had any of your family come into the City?

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

My best friend, Jill. She's kind of like a sister.

voice;

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's quite fortunate then.

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was super glad to see her. She visited once on one of those weekends but then she came back for real.

voice;

[whithersoevergo.livejournal.com]

...who are you? [Payback's a bitch, Solomon. You look into his friends, he looks into yours.]

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Rude much? I'm Lucy.

voice;

[whithersoevergo.livejournal.com]

Not rude, merely curious. Since you are asking about me, I thought I would ask you directly instead going through Solomon.

I have not been here long enough to learn about Solomon's friends.

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[Okay, well he has a point there.]

Sorry. Uhm...I don't know Solomon very well but he's kind of a new friend.

What's your name?

voice;

[whithersoevergo.livejournal.com]

I am Haji.

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

It's nice to meet you Haji.

Re: voice;

[whithersoevergo.livejournal.com]

It is nice to meet you, too.

Tell me, Lucy. Has this ever happened to you?

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

The handcuff curse? Nope. I think it could be kind of interesting though.

voice;

[whithersoevergo.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Yes, I suppose that is a word for it.

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

I can see how it'd also be annoying.

voice;

[whithersoevergo.livejournal.com]

Might I ask... what is the worst curse you have experienced?

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

I spent several hours waist deep in a river of boiling blood once before Harry rescued me.

voice;

[whithersoevergo.livejournal.com]

I see.

Re: voice;

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It sucked. Most of the time the really bad stuff that happens to me here, isn't curse related though.