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[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [rua]
From: [bard]
Subject: Beltane

A joyous Beltane to you, mo chara.

(I figured I'd celebrate an ACTUAL Gaelic holiday as opposed to that corporate St Patrick's Day BS)

-D

Comments

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [blarney]
From: [dodgy]
Subject: Beltane

...thank you?

You do know we don't celebrate that anymore, right?

~T

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [artful dodger]
From: [silver tongue]
Subject: RE: Beltane

Well, apparently they do still celebrate it some places. Plus the whole neo-pagan hippie movement.

I'm going to a sort of Beltane/May Day party tonight.

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [silver hand]
From: [dodering]

Neo-pagen hippie movement, huh?

How traditional is this sort of party going to be? :p

~T

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [claddagh]
From: [hands, huh?]

Well, I kind of doubt we'll be driving any livestock through fires, but I'm sure there will be dancing, drinking, and some, ahem, "fertility celebrations".

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [knees and toes]
From: [hands]
Subject: Beltane

Mmm. Steak.

Ahem all you want, boyo.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [hem line]
From: [where should my hands be?]

I dunno how much 'ahem'-ing I'd do this evening. But the Knight does have to make his appearance.

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [Hemline ;)]
From: [Mini or Maxi?]

They make a pill for that, I hear. :p

It's the appearance I am curious about.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [Mini]
From: [utilikilt]

Oh, no need for pills. Just not necessarily participating.

Have you seen my Club suit? I could model it for you if you like.

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [swiss army kilt?]
From: [mini me]

I don't think I have? Sure, I would like to see it.

I think. *squinty eyes*

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [much prettier than a leprechaun]
From: [well, i'm not swiss...]

Would you rather have a picture, or an in-person modeling? :)

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [...cheese?]
From: [that's not saying much :p]

Depends. Am I likely to get charged with distributing pornography if you send me a picture?

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [I said much prettier. MUCH.]
From: [cheesy]

It's an -actual- suit. Not my "birthday suit".

Pervert. ;)

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [American]
From: [Have you SEEN leprechauns?]

Well, in that case, I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [beautiful with no comparisons]
From: [ew, that's not actually cheese]

All you ever have to do is ask, rua.

-D

(Attached is a picture of Doug in his very expensive all-white Hellfire Club suit)

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [Neither are you]
From: [Leprechauns?]

Don't promise me that. Someday I may take you up on it.

Very nice, bob.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [I just said leprechaun because you said mini me]
From: [well, I'm just saying I'd rather be cheddar]

You can take me up on it any time you want.

Thank you. And now where's yours? :)

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [Do you wear a slice of cheese on your head?]
From: [I give up. You win.]
Attach:party at which I am totally not on assignment and uncomfortable (http://isla-fisher.org/gallery/albums/MagazinesPhotoshoots/Photoshoots/2009_003/normal_009.jpg)

Do not laugh. :(

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [cleans up well]
From: [not in a buffy episode]

No laughing, promise. You look very pretty. I can tell you're having
fun by that expression, lady guard. :P

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [I don't remember that episode]
From: [knows how to get away clean]

I hate you.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [lady guard]
From: [rogue]

Eh, you're in good company there, I suppose. :P

I also like the gloves.

-D

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

So, personal interest, huh?

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

...what?

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Just curious after my impromptu meeting him yesterday.

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

What about?

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

That there was clearly some history there I'm missing, or something? 'Prettier every time I see it'?

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

I saw it for the first time when he showed up a couple weeks ago.

But... yes. Not history exactly. Just... I met him a few months ago while on assignment. Did not know everything about him, obviously, nor did I know he was going to show up here of all places. It caught me by surprise.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Sorry. It's not really any of my business, I shouldn't have pushed.

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Don't be sorry, mo chara. The person whose business it most is has taken himself across the country from me, so why should you not ask?

You know me. I was alone and lonely and bored, and he was fun and interested. We flirted for a few days, and then we ended. I was not expecting to have him show back up.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Because I'm nosy, and you don't owe me anything?

-D

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

I owe you enough.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

...why?

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

No reason I guess.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Sorry. Maybe I'm...well, feeling things I don't think I have any right to.

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

I guess you have a right to feel anything you want to. And I have a right to tell you to shove your head up your arse if I feel like it. And I am feeling like it right now. Or rather maybe like telling you to get your head out your arse.

I'll tell you if I think you're out of line. But I'll also be honest with you, as much as I can.

Because that's what friends do. Just... don't dismiss it.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

What, you want me to admit that I felt a little bit jealous and like "is there anything between them?" Because I was. Even though I have no right to be, because it's not like we're dating or anything.

The problem is that _I_ feel like I'm out of line. Especially since I'm the White Knight of the damn Hellfire Club.

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

I don't know what we're doing, but I thought the least of it was being friends. I don't know what the hell your Club duties have to do with anything, but if they're keeping you from feeling like you can talk to me, then maybe they're doing more harm than good.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

We are friends. Well, as long as you can be friends with me when I've got my head up my arse.

It's not the Club. Well, maybe it is, I don't know. I mean, I'm a member of a upper crust secret society who binge drinks and has irresponsible sex to cope with stress. Maybe I'm turning into some kind of Ivy League frat douche.

It's more my brain. And feeling guilty for feeling a bit jealous. And not always liking myself.

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Mmm. We can be a mutual arse admiration society. I don't always like myself right now either.

Look, I don't know where the Club ends and Dougie begins, but for what its worth, I like you.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Mmm. I'm always game for admiring your arse, rua.

Where does the Club end and Dougie begin? Where does the job end and Dougie begin? Where does the -mutant power- end and Dougie begin? I wish I knew.

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

*swats* My arse is off limits for now, boyo. :p

I don't know how to answer the rest though. I wish I did. I guess a good place as any to start is to go back to when you were happy and figure out what you liked about yourself then.

But I am not a trained shrink, so whatever I say might be utter bollocks.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Darn. Let me know when it's on again.

I...don't know. I mean, I know I've been happy, but all I remember is crap like, even at sixteen I had stuff like Logan threatening me and that damn love potion.

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Not until January at least. :/

I don't know, duine fionn. I've tried to type something out five times now, and have erased them all as trite.

Just. You're not alone.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Well, I'll wait, then.

That helps. Thank you.

I'm just...kind of a mess, I suppose.

[x-siryn.livejournal.com]

To: [mo chara]
From: [do chara]
Subject: New Guy

Aren't we all?