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 Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:34 pm
As Candace seemed content to hug all over Harrison, Rep edged away from them both, self consciously covering his ring hand with the other. His nope meter was once again reaching critically high levels. He eyed the door, he could probably excuse himself to the bathroom and just make a run for the hills like the end of one flew over the cuckoos nest.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:35 pm
Leon's mouth made a tiny o shape.
That explained it. "who's going to wear the bride's dress then?"
If it was Rep, The boxer was sure Rep was going to swear it was a Bride's Kilt.
He continued to slide over to the sane part of the party where Melvin and Rin were. "Sup."
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:36 pm
Ro squinted at the ring, pausing for a moment before breaking into a huge grin. "You sly... you.... you smug little son of a..." Roland just started laughing finally taking a moment to notice Harrison and Rep sporting rings as well on closer inspection. He didn't go for a hug or anything, mostly to keep Rep from getting upset and settled instead for reaching up to give Jordan a shake on the shoulder.
"Two birds with one stone, or a stone for each in this case. Holy s**t. You do realize Candace and I have to take you out for like... bachelor parties or drinking or something it's like. Written law of friendship right?"
He turned to Rep, "And you as well, we can go as a group or separate but I am going to get an id from the life labs and I swear I'm buying you each a drink for this."
It was funny, it was the first time he ever had a friend 'getting married' and it was to two guys, on an island that likely had no marriage laws. Oh what an odd life being a hunter was.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:42 pm
Before had kept out of the way, positioning himself by the snacks and wondering to himself wether he should hightail it on out. He'd made an appearance, waved pleasantly at people, brought food (if Deus had a caterer rank somewhere he'd be all over that), and saw no one he was particularly close with. This wasn't his crowd and he'd learned from previous experiences it was best not to force himself.
But as he was about to quietly disappear, he noticed Rin and her distinct lack of an appendage. Huh. Guess Davey's not the only one now. Before supposed if someone's already paved the way, there's no reason for another person not to be able to manage it. But rather than risk offending Rin, again this was not his crowd, the Mist just reached a glass to try some of the beer Leon brought.
He had a sip when Candace started acting peculiarly. The suggestion of her drink being spiked had Before slowly swallowing 8C he... he wasn't going to have an adverse reaction to beer was he?
Vanna just chuckled at the unlikely thought of an inebriated Before.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:48 pm
Rep had had it. Absolutely ******** had it.
Leon got a blazingly furious look at his petty little comment and all the self conciousness and anxious desire to escape burned away in the wake of the spike of fury that overtook him. Rep turned on his heel and jabbed a finger in the boxer's direction.
"Listen you ignorant ******** s**t." he snarled. "When we get ******** married, we will wear whatever the ******** we want. And if I DID wear a ******** dress - which I'm not going to because I don't want to - I'd still look better than you, I'd look better than you in anything I ******** wore, you petty rat b*****d. No one's asking you to be ******** happy for anyone, god ******** knows you aren't capable of doing happy, but keep your bitchy little comments to yourself. You have a problem with me, take it up with me man on man, don't bring other people's happiness into it."
He'd had enough of Leon making him feel terrible everywhere he showed up and the man's nasty sentiments touched on all the biases he'd had himself before he came to the island in the first place.
"If you don't want to resolve whatever issues you have with me? Shut the ******** up."
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:53 pm
Melvin glanced to Rin and shrugged. "We just got together for New Years. Then people showed up and well, this is what you get." This is what you always got when you brought booze and people together. "I say drink your fill now. Everyone isn't going to be as gra.." Oh what was the word? Melvin looked at his glass a moment when he found a substitute word. "As kind with their booze as they are now."
When he saw Jordan holding up his hand and mention of brides and bachelor parties, he rose up and decided to move in. "Seems someone got hitched." He told Rin as he glanced at the trio of hunters. Rep was already hiding his hand and sliding back.
Hearing Ro talk about bachelor parties, he just took another sip. "You're getting a little ahead of yourself there, Ro. Some people like quiet arrangements." Considering Melvin had talked to Rep before about marriage and Rep flustered that he wasn't even interested, he was guessing he didn't want it to be a big deal if he was still hiding his ring even though it was being announced.
The talk of "quiet arrangements" was pretty much struck out when Rep exploded at Leon, stitching quick to red-hot fury. Considering how much the man had drunk already and also the damage he could inflict when he wasn't checking himself, Melvin grew VERY CONCERNED.
He couldn't help but glance at Rin's missing arm before moving in close but not enough to intervene just yet. They were two guys after all, and they had some beef between each other. It was good to settle things. He just didn't want it to be fatal or causing some permanent, limb-missing damage.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:54 pm
Finally, the conversation caught up with Jerry, his brows furrowing as he glanced over to where the attention focused, nearly soaking his shirt with soda. "You... you guys are engaged?? Since when!" He seemed too stunned to even wobble at Rep's outburst.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:07 pm
It was still chaotic and loud jumbled madness in Rin's book. Oh... new years? People threw parties for that too? Isn't it a bit soon after Christmas?.. She shrugged. Well, if that's the case... when in Rome.
Rin felt compelled to eye Melvin's glass before asking, "What is?..." Her train of thought was immediately derailed by another burst, passing Leon, chaos and... what? What did Jerry just say? She gave Rep a baffled stare. They're engaged?
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:08 pm
He knew that a Rep flare up was on the horizon, The sun and its solar rays were frequent and unexpected. Still he was perplexed that for once, it was aimed at him. The look of shock was accompanied by a single eyebrow raised at the ginger and his slew of words.
He didn't make a sound, a peep as Rep continued to unleash whatever words he had in his vocabulary until it went silent. "Are you quite finish there, white dwarf? Because for once, I was not tying to take a cheap shot at your manliness."
"But."
he continued after a pause. "I did get you to admit to the engagement in public."
The smile on his face was positively beaming.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:26 pm
Whatever reaction Before might have had about Rep and Leon's exchange was swallowed along with the entire glass of beer the Mist held. Engaged? Wait three people? How did that? When did? As an inexperienced drinker, the bitterness of the alcohol along with the slew of questions in his head had Before coughing and sputtering.
Did this little discovery color his opinion of the three involved? Maybe. It was less about their orientation than it was their choice in partners. Before still didn't have a high opinion of Rep but he respected and liked Harrison and Jordan. He thumped his chest, trying to dislodge whatever remnants of beer stuck in his windpipe. Maybe he shouldn't have stayed this long...
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:28 pm
"Haha, alright, alright," he patted Candace's back at the excited strings of congratulations. "Since Christmas," he answered Jerry, grinning and pulling back to show Candace the ring.
There weren't any diamonds on it (although he was wearing the earring Candace had gotten him, in a vibrant blueish-orange), just two strips of gold with a silver strip in the middle.
"Titanium," Harrison said, proudly.
...Rep wasn't handling the attention so good. Harrison eased his non-ring hand around Rep's waist and pulled him close again, although the grip on Rep's waist was anything but easy. He glanced at Leon, expression disdainful, before kissing Rep's cheek with deceptive gentleness. The grip stayed firm.
"It's not a national secret. But thanks for the congrats."
Take it easy.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:37 pm
Rep had slid off into the realm of anger and panic and it was looking harder and harder to get himself back to the happy state he'd been in moments before, half the people in the room had their attention on the subject at hand, and through his own fault, the stand off.
Leon's response left him at a temporary loss, unsure whether to continue on the offensive, to feel patronised by the way he was waved off - or to tolerate the follow up comment as just amiable joking. He had no idea how to read the other hunter, every time he considered him a friend it turned out he'd been wrong and it wasn't mutual. He frowned deeply and was leaning towards more aggression when there was an arm around his waist and a kiss against his cheek.
He tensed up in surprise before the fight seemed to ebb out of him.
The blush came back and he looked away from Leon moodily, derailed from his rant.
"That wasn't how I heard it."
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:41 pm
Seeing as Harrison's show of gag-worthy PDA had kept Rep from tearing a limb, Melvin turned to get out of the mass of people and noticed Before gasping for air. "Woah. You're going to make it?" He joked lightly.
He also looked over to Rin, who had moved towards him but had been stopped. "Did you say something before?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:53 pm
Rin quickly clipped her mouth shut and narrowed her gaze at Rep. Turning her attention instead back to Melvin and softening it, "Oh. I just wanted to know what you were having. Drinking."
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:00 pm
He held up his glass. "Whiskey." Speaking of, he had left his bottle unattended at his seat. Moving over, he picked it up, checked it to make sure no one had taken a sip, and returned to put at a table right next to him. He was guarding it.
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