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[thewildone]

This is getting pretty long and sort of boring for an acid trip--I mean, yeah, it's pretty weird, but not that weird--so I guess I'm down the fucking rabbit hole or whatever.  I'm Curt Wild.

Hey there.

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[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

[Penny almost--almost--makes a face at the mention of Dorian. She might not be up on her literature, but she doesn't forget people who treat her friends badly.] You don't need to get a permanent place right away. I won't kick you out.

Is that the part of Michigan where they use pounds? [She shoots him a quick smile--joking, really--and thinks that he looks vaguely familiar. But a lot of people look familiar here.] Just L.A. Originally and formerly. I've been here for a while.

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[thewildone]

Cool.

[Curt snorts.] I was just leaving England. Headed to Berlin. Somehow, got here instead--I take it you just sort of appeared here one day too? I've been to L.A., played a few gigs there.

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[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Just traveling, or do you tour or something? With a band?

[Because he looks like he'd play something way cooler than a violin in a real rock band. Must be the hair. Very rocker.]

Kind of. The first time it was just-sort-of-appearing.

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[thewildone]

Touring. I had a band called the Rats for a while, and I put out a solo album after.

[Part of him is trying to play it cool, part of him really just doesn't think it's a big deal, and another not small part of him hopes she is impressed.]

So you left and came back?

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[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

That's really neat. So you sing?

[She seems genuinely interested and impressed. Then again, she's Penny.]

Mm hm. A lot of people pop in and out... makes it easier to take it when friends leave, since most of them come back sooner or later.

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[thewildone]

Yeah, and I play guitar. Pretty much the only skills I have. Well, the only ones that make for dinnertime conversation, at least.

[An even more naughty grin than usual accompanies this statement. He's not really even hitting on her as much as just being himself.]

Huh. [Which is really all he can think to say on that topic, because this is all pretty trippy for something he is 82% sure is not actually a trip.]

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[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't know what to say to that without walking into some kind of innuendo or double entendre. Talking about the City seems safer.]

Has the whole City thing been explained to you pretty well? Curses and deities and everything?

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[thewildone]

Uh, a little bit. Not well. Nothing about any deities as far as I can remember.

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[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Well... if you want some light reading.

[Penny leaves dinner preparations to grab a rather hefty binder. She offers it to Curt.]

That's everything that anyone's ever written about the City and how it works that I can find. The deities are kind of like a bunch of kids with an ant farm, you know? Sometimes they like to shake the ants up a little.

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[thewildone]

[Curt begins leafing through the binder. He doesn't really look like it, or act like it most of the time, but he's fairly book smart for a rock star and is actually looking forward to going through this more carefully.]

I guess I can see the appeal of that. Unless you're an ant.

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[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

The problem here being that we are the ants.

[She goes back to cooking-type things.]

So how're you doing with all of this so far? You seem pretty cool with it.

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[thewildone]

I don't know. I guess I needed an escape. Here or Berlin, it doesn't even matter. In fact, here is better. Away from everything.

[He closes his eyes for a moment. His fight with Brian was only yesterday, but it seems distant. Distance is good.]

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[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

You can't get much more away than an alternate dimension.

[Penny!senses are tingling.]

It's okay to be not entirely fine with this. I know I was completely freaked out when I first got here. If some of my friends hadn't already been here, I think I would've lost it.

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[thewildone]

Quick question--ever heard of Brian Slade?

[As well they should be.]

So...sometimes people run into people that they know? Normally? Back home?

[It isn't exactly the tone of someone who's hopeful.]

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[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

No?

[Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Ambiguity: Curt has it.]

Happens all the time! ...Not all the time, but it definitely happens. Is there someone you're trying to not run in to?

[thewildone]

Someone who goes by that very name. Not that it's a big deal, or anything. But there's not anyone I can think of that I really want to run into.

[muttered]Which is pretty depressing, come to think.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Oh. Wow.

[with some forced cheer] Look at it this way, though! You have a whole crazy-alternate-dimension's worth of people to meet, and odds're good you'll find at least a few people here you won't mind running into.

[thewildone]

[He tries to shake off the dark mood.] Point is, I needed a fresh start and I guess this is as fresh as they come. And I like meeting new people.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Then you're definitely in the right place. The City's not nearly as bad as some people say it is. [pause] I mean, some of the curses can be rough, but every place has a downside.

[thewildone]

Just how bad do they get?

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

On a scale of one to ten?

[She gives this some thought, popping lasagna into the small oven.]

I don't know. I've heard of some pretty awful ones--zombies, things like that--but I've only been here for... sevens, at the very worst.

[thewildone]

I guess sevens are something you can learn to live with. I think I've had a couple nines, and that was without anything supernatural involved.

[He fidgets with his pockets.]

Can I smoke in here or do I have to got outside?

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Home's pretty interesting, huh?

Oh, it's okay to smoke in here. Just not by the sheep.

[There are now five sheep in the room. Where the other three came from is anyone's guess.]

[thewildone]

I've just had some bad times. Some of them my own damn fault.

[And some of them not, but this doesn't feel like the time to introduce electroshock treatment into the conversation. He fumbles for a cigarette and lights it.]

Uh, what's up with all the sheep, anyway?

[Curt stares warily at the sheep and backs away. Which is totally just because he's listening to Penny, not because he's intimidated by livestock.]

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

I hope things'll be better for you here, then.

[The sheep seem to sense Cut's wariness, as their collective attention is focused on him. Don't run or they'll attack!]

Those? It's kind of a long story. Don't worry about them, though... I've been meaning to find a new home for them, so they'll be out of your hair soon. Sheep aren't exactly house-pet material, and Freckles and I already have a dog and a duck between us.