aimedforthemoon: ([sw] the juggling act)
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Outside, it is raining. Hard. Not impossible to walk through, but the kind of weather where you'd get drenched within a couple of minutes unless you had the right clothes. They are obviously in a city, and a major one at that; although Cormond is built on the salt-flats, overpopulation has meant that people build up, and given one side of the street has no buildings, there is a wide view of the rest of the city. It looks not unlike an Earth city, at least from a distance.

The buildings themselves are built in a style that is both functional and stark at the same time as being organic, and there is a science-fiction feel thanks to the airspeeders and the aliens (some rather obviously alien) mixed in with the humans.

"The port is just at the other end of the street," Esfir explains as they stand under the eaves.

Date: 2009-02-18 02:06 am (UTC)
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"Well." Cal echoes the shrug. "I don't know about later, but kids - still not really an easy subject right now. Not really something I'd ask about."

Date: 2009-02-18 02:10 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (wait what?)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
"Uh - what? Yes?"

He'll figure out that it's not the random subject change it seems. Give him a minute.

Date: 2009-02-18 02:14 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (you don't say)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
"Seemed like a nice guy. Kinda slick. Wh - oh."

Theeeere we go.

Date: 2009-02-18 02:24 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (you don't say)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
". . . Great guy. Really liked him."

As of now.

Date: 2009-02-18 02:30 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (you don't say)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
". . . So?"

Cal is not always the best at mounting an on-the-spot defense.

Date: 2009-02-18 02:39 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (you must stay away from big words)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
"Well, he did seem like a good guy. But I've worked with a lot of guys who seemed like good guys. Politician. But it's not like I hang out with him all the time or anything, I don't know him that well, first impressions aren't always accurate . . ."

You gonna take away that shovel, Esfir, or you gonna keep right on letting him dig himself a nice hole?

Date: 2009-02-18 02:44 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (you must stay away from big words)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
"I'm sure he's great. I mean, you're not the type to let just any guy knock you up, you're more careful than that, so. Of course he's great."

Really. Any time now.

Date: 2009-02-18 02:56 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (smile)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
Cal's expression says oh thank god.

His mouth says, "See, that's the important part. You've got good taste, Fira."

Date: 2009-02-18 03:08 am (UTC)
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"Well, of course he adores Antosha. Who wouldn't?"

That, at least, is completely sincere.

Date: 2009-02-18 03:12 am (UTC)
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"Strange people," Cal scoffs. He can already tell there is nothing about Antony that is not to be adored, and there is absolutely no one who could successfully deny that.

Date: 2009-02-18 03:45 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (hey you know what?)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
"Really?" Cal says. "Someone you know jumping around in their timeline when they go to Milliways? I can't imagine what that must be like."

There is no attempt at a straight face.

Date: 2009-02-18 04:07 am (UTC)
isaysimplewords: (against the wall)
From: [personal profile] isaysimplewords
"Hey, I'm nice!" Cal protests, putting a hand to the back of his head to make sure that the woman letting him fly in her spaceship did not do significant damage with that round of horrible abuse.

Date: 2009-02-28 01:34 am (UTC)
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"Well, no, I wasn't," Cal says, "but now that you mention it . . ."

This time, he preemptively ducks.

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