6th Hat Flip [Accidental Video/Action]

[immamartillo]

[Somewhere in Luceti, Firo's draped over a tree branch, asleep and freshly returned from his mallynapping. He looks a little worse for the wear, but he's out of the woods (figuratively) now, isn't he?

Unfortunately, gravity's not going to give him a break today, and as soon as he shifts in his sleep Firo goes tumbling to the ground. How's that for a wake up call?

It's not far of a fall, but Firo's incredibly ungraceful landing doesn't do him any favors. There's a crunching sound as he hits the ground, twisted around so that he lands on his left hand.]

Ah-! Ow-! Shit!

[Firo stays lying like that for a moment: both in the process of waking up and cursing everything from the malnosso to the tree- whatever he can blame for this situation. Then, with some reluctance, he rolls onto his side and stares at his hand with a mixture of pain and consternation. Unlike what he's become used to over the past few years, it stays stubbornly broken. His eyes widen. This is not how it's supposed to work...]

What? Why isn't it-?

[He tries to flex his fingers and winces; it's then that he catches a glimpse of his journal lying open nearby. Great. Of course it had to show off one of his less dignified moments.]

Damnit... Are you kiddin' me?

[Sighing and gritting his teeth against the pain, he pulls himself into a sitting position. Arms crossed over his chest, he takes a deep breath and tries to recover some aplomb.]

So... Guess I'm back. Screw this place.

[ooc: Firo's back from being mallynapped and is now going to be without his immortality for a while. After a few weeks it'll return to its normal Luceti dampened state.]

Comments

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[immamartillo]

But what if we got lost again?

[Their track record isn't so good.]

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[lostinmyway]

Then we'd just find our way again.

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[immamartillo]

[He can't really argue with that logic, though it leaves him with another question.]

...Does anything bother you?

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[lostinmyway]

[She stops to think about this.]

Hmm.... I wonder.

[That would be a "no."]

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[immamartillo]

[He chuckles.]

I think that's supposed to be the sorta thing you don't hafta wonder about.

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[lostinmyway]

Oh, do you?

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[immamartillo]

Well, you know if somethin' bothers you, right? So then if nothin' bothers you, you'd know.

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[lostinmyway]

Oh. All right.

[Yeah, she's a little confused now.]

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[immamartillo]

[He scratches his head.]

...Am I wrong?

[He usually is.]

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[lostinmyway]

Hmm.... I don't know. Are you?

[Oh geez, here we go.]

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[immamartillo]

Uh, well...

[Give him a long moment to think.]

That's not really for me to say. If I thought I was wrong, I wouldn't have said it, but I don't know I'm right. Does that make sense..?

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[lostinmyway]

[There's a very long pause as she attempts to sort through this.

Finally, she says vaguely:] ...Oh, yes.

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[immamartillo]

[He notes that pause.]

Sorry, was that too confusing? I should probably just stick to simple stuff.

[Normally he's the one being confused, not causing it.]

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[lostinmyway]

[She shakes her head and smiles at him.]

It's all right. I understood just fine!

[...Sort of.]

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[immamartillo]

Really? Good.

[He's not sure if he should believe her, but he just smiles and decides not to press the issue.]

Hey, do you recognize this area at all? Think we're gettin' close?

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[lostinmyway]

Oh, yes, I think we are.

[And for once, she's probably right. The trees are thinning up ahead, and--is that part of a garden over there?]

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[immamartillo]

Really?

[He tries not to sound too excited, but he is eager to get out of the woods. He squints as he tries to see farther ahead.]

Your place did have a garden, right?

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[lostinmyway]

Yes, it has a very nice one. Would you like to see it?

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[immamartillo]

Sure. I don't think I've ever actually seen it before.

[From what little he's glimpsed, it looks impressive.]

Did you put it together all yourself?

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[lostinmyway]

Hmm.... Well, some of my friends help a little sometimes. [But mostly it's all her!]

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[immamartillo]

That's still pretty amazin'. I've never tried anything like that.

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[lostinmyway]

Oh, haven't you?

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[immamartillo]

No, there isn't space in my apartment for that, unless I put up window boxes.

[But that's too un-gangsterly.]

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[lostinmyway]

Oh, window boxes are a nice idea. You can grow lots of things in them.

[Grune doesn't care about your gangster pride, Firo. :|]

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[immamartillo]

Yeah? Maybe I'll look for some.

[It's pretty obvious a lie, especially considering he doesn't even make eye contact while saying it. He figures it's okay since it's a nice one as far as fibs go.

It's just not really what most people'd expect from someone in my, um... profession.