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[cold_dry_pieces]

So how long does someone have to be missing from the City before you start wondering if they're not coming back?

I don't want to jump the gun and move out on my roommate, but the ticking's kind of a pain, you know?



[ooc; sob wanted this up, replies may be sporadic/delayed >< /destroys responsibilities weeep]

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[synanthrope]

Curiosity.

[cold_dry_pieces]

I deal with prostheses and PT, not surgery. The bloody part's all done with by the time I see my patients.

[synanthrope]

Well, you can show me, and then the ticking will go away.

[cold_dry_pieces]

For a while.

Which is, admittedly, the best one can hope for here.

[synanthrope]

It doesn't bother me much.

[cold_dry_pieces]

You're lucky. Or you just haven't let it get too bad.

[synanthrope]

I do have a roommate.

[cold_dry_pieces]

By choice? Or just because it's more or less necessary?

[synanthrope]

Because she lives where I once did.

[cold_dry_pieces]

What would you have done if no one did?

[synanthrope]

I would have lived there anyway.

[cold_dry_pieces]

Alone?

[synanthrope]

Yes. Of course. I'm not bothered by solitude.

[cold_dry_pieces]

Neither am I. Just irked by the noise.

[synanthrope]

Well, if company is the solution, then I can provide that.

[cold_dry_pieces]

I rarely say no to company.

[synanthrope]

Well, then, come to the garage.

[cold_dry_pieces]

All right.

[Action]

[synanthrope]

[Here's the thing about Saya. She's a workaholic. So it doesn't matter what time he arrives at the Garage, because if it's before 1am and after 5am, she's there. She's impeccably dressed, as usual, her heels high as she sits at her desk, legs splayed in a way that's not quite natural.]

[Action]

[cold_dry_pieces]

[Sociopath or not, Brian appreciates a well-dressed woman, and the look he casts over her is approving without quite being creepy.]

Saya?

[Action]

[synanthrope]

[She turns and looks up at him, pulling her legs closer and stands]

Hello.

[Action]

[cold_dry_pieces]

I'm Rudy.

[Which she probably guessed, but human interaction tends to follow scripts, right? He offers a hand, a thin smile flickering over his lips.]

Thanks again, for taking me in a while.

[Action]

[synanthrope]

[She takes his hand and shakes it - her skin is hotter than most humans, but she doesn't worry too much]

Yes, of course. It's nice to meet you in person.

[Action]

[cold_dry_pieces]

Likewise.

[It's not the kind of thing he'd comment on, though he notices it. Instead he glances around curiously.]

Do you get a lot of business here?

[Action]

[synanthrope]

Enough to stay open. Although I like cars best, I don't cater exclusively to them.