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[bardsofprey]

Who: Eddie & you!
Username: dethhead
Warnings: n/a, will add as needed

Greetings, fellow children of the apocalypse and working stiffs.

[Eddie waggles his fingers at the screen. There's a dopey, easy grin on his face, but the bags under his eyes tell a different story.]

Say a guy misses curfew- by three minutes- and gets locked outta the apartments. What's the best place to hole up for a night? Hypothetically.

[He's starting to think this ADI housing deal was the wrong choice. It feels so weird, not being able to come and go as he pleases. Stifling.

That's almost it, until Eddie clicks his fingers and rocks back towards the camera-]

Oh, and purely in the interest of my long term sanity, if anybody here plays DnD, I'm taking party applications. So. Show me what you've got.

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[bardsofprey]

[Pushing him down a well seems a little contradictory to getting him home safe, but one can only suppose a Harrington has to do what a Harrington has to do.]

Right, sure. [Eddie scoffs.] Truthfully, that kid is in a pod all his own. I'm not even gonna pretend I know what kind of pod it is. Ruder than you, weirder than me. Real freak.

[This is where he'd elbow Steve if he could, and it's sort of annoying that he can't. Eddie shoves his hair back out of his face, which is all of a sudden lit up by the dim light of the Flophouse.

It's kind of funny, to watch that 'oh I don't need to speak sense into someone' realisation sink into Steve's face.]

Noooooo arguments from me, man. I th- [wait no wait it's horrified shrieky-voice time] -- Tortured? When the hell did you get tortured? Because my brain might be kinda fried at this point, but I'm pretty fucking sure I'd remember that!

[haircaring]

[ Try not to look fond of Dustin Henderson even when you're making fun of him and kinda laughing about it. Fail to not look fond of Dustin Henderson. The terrifying fucking power that that egomaniacal little weirdo has. Most of those little weirdos.

Disgusting. ]

Uhhhhh, yeah? Starcourt? Russians? Mindflayer? I guess it was just kinda me and Robin getting all the face time with the Russians, but.

[ Steve takes a longer processing pause. A ???? sort of pause. A 'realizing he has facts wrong' pause. ]

...

But you... weren't in the party yet. For that.

[ This is not his fault.

It's Eddie's fault for fitting the team vibe and the Russians' faults for giving him a concussion while all that shit was happening. ]

[bardsofprey]

[The grin that rolls over Eddie's face is nothing short of sly.]

Steve. It's okay, I understand. Really, I get it. You just feel like you've known me forever. It's sweet. I'm touched.

[The gross part is, despite his teasing tone, Eddie finds that he kinda means it. The last two words even come out weirdly sincere, and he clears his throat. Don't address it!! Do NOT perceive him and his feelings about being included and accepted!!!]

You'll have to tell me sometime. About you, Buckley, and the Russians. And the Mindflayer. You know, if you want to. I get it, if it's all a Family Video crew secret.

[haircaring]

[ Scoff. SCOFF. ]

Shut up.

[ Gottem. ]

You're gonna be a pain in the ass and then ask to get in on my mall job secrets? Huh?

[bardsofprey]

That is exactly what I'm doing, yes. Glad we're on the same page.

[He grins at Steve, a little goofy, until there's the sound of someone making groggy, concerned noises a short ways off.]

Shit, one second.

[Moments later Eddie pops back onscreen, gusting out a relieved sigh.]

See? Nothing to worry about. Luxury couch all to myself. Bed and breakfast.

[There's a vending machine.]

[haircaring]

[ There are such practical life perks to the mobile phone lifestyle. Like literally being able to keep an eye on one of his many accumulated dipshits while they walk through a weird town in the dark. Truly a little weight off of his shoulders. ]

Yeah, wow. We should all be so lucky. [ 🙄 ] Tell you what, don't keep your new roomies up on my account. We can negotiate badass torture stories tomorrow.

[ As badass as torture stories get when you and your future best friend are both in little sailor uniforms. But he thinks that doesn't have to knock points. ]