[The knives go away, flashed back to the box she keeps them in when they're not in use, and Arlene swipes the back of her hand across her forehead with a sigh. Phew. She's going to feel this one in the morning, for sure.]
You don't think we've scared them off for a while?
[Rhetorical question. This isn't the first monster rodeo for either of them; she knows it's not that easy. She follows Dante's lead in worn-out silence, speaking up only once they're settled in their seats and she has a hot drink in her hands.]
[Of all the questions he was expecting to be brought up tonight, that wasn't one of them. Dante lifts an eyebrow, then glances down at his coat.]
Not me. Retrospec. Only they sent me accessories too.
[He digs into the pocket of his coat and comes up with a blindfold to show her with a shrug.]
I got it in the mail at the start of the month, and it makes it easier to keep to the shadows at night. I'm not planning on going home to change, if that's what you've got in mind.
Huh. I didn't get one of those, just the boots. [She sticks her foot out from under the table to show off what she means: a black, almost knee-high boot, simple in design but with some classy silver trim along the top.]
It showed up the other day. I remember a couple other people wearing them, but not you.
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twelfthspark) wrote2017-11-05 08:28 pm
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You don't think we've scared them off for a while?
[Rhetorical question. This isn't the first monster rodeo for either of them; she knows it's not that easy. She follows Dante's lead in worn-out silence, speaking up only once they're settled in their seats and she has a hot drink in her hands.]
So. Had to copy my style?
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Not me. Retrospec. Only they sent me accessories too.
[He digs into the pocket of his coat and comes up with a blindfold to show her with a shrug.]
I got it in the mail at the start of the month, and it makes it easier to keep to the shadows at night. I'm not planning on going home to change, if that's what you've got in mind.
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It showed up the other day. I remember a couple other people wearing them, but not you.