bragnificent | IC CONTACT ➛ mask or menace.

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what now

grumpy? quit acting like i ran over your cat

do i honestly seem like someone whod have a cat
what do u want

[Magnus hesitates; second guesses himself. he doesn't want to make Reggie feel bad, but, well -- it's been a while. maybe it doesn't sting as much as it used to. maybe this'll help it sting less]

[(and besides, it's nice to think and talk about Archie for him, anyway)]

i found some stuff archie left at my place. i was thinking you should have it.

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what could he have possibly left at ur place

remember how he decided i should love football and play football and made me watch a ton of football?

[attached, a stack of dvd boxes and sets; SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS and CLASSIC GAMES: 8 and THE ROAD TO GLORY: ONE COACH'S JOURNEY]

he just kept bringing them over. it was a whole clockwork orange thing except i actually didn't mind it that much.

oh
i was wondering where all those went

doesnt rly seem like it took tho did it
or do u actually secretly play now but just dont build any muscle

[igNORES the SLANDER because he doesn't care. go do another push-up]

man that would be a hel of a twist wouldn't it? if i'm like, throwing spirals into the sun from my roof in secret.

idk if id call it a twist so much as an improvement
but im assuming thats a no

yeah it didn't take. it's not my kinda sport. i kind of want to try surfing while i'm here? but it seems like, way too cliche for a blond white guy with long hair.

anyway. you'll definitely enjoy them like archie would want.

so who cares if its cliche, if u wanna do it then just do it

yeah. like he would want.
i can come by & get em later or sumthing
thanks 4 not just throwing them out i guess

maybe.

i wouldn't throw them out? they're archie's. it's a hassle to get to my place, i can bring them to you.

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unless you wanna come over and watch one?

yeah ok

[ Unhelpful and unspecific, yes, but Reggie is too caught off-guard by this conversation to respond with much more than the bare minimum of coherency. It's been such a weird couple of months for him, as far as intimacy and remembering Archie goes. ]

ur not hitting on me r u

what part of watching football seems like it'd get me in the mood for romance? archie used to bribe me with non-traveling food so i'd sit through a whole game.

hey it works 4 some ppl
especially if theyre games uve already seen b4, bc then its just like bckground noise
so its a p fair question

[well that felt like an unwanted peek into Reggie (and,,, Archie's) private life. he's suddenly wondering what else these tapes have seen. he stops wondering that]

what time are you coming later?

[ Is it really a conversation with Reggie if there isn't at least one moment of spontaneous TMI? Hardly, ]

if ur still @ the same place i can probably be there in like an hour or so

yeah, it's the same place. the wards should still let you by. food?

yeah i could eat

ok. see you later

[ 45 MINUTES LATER HE'LL BE THERE, with a six-pack and a couple pizzas. And probably regrets? Whatever, too late for that now. ]

[Magnus opens the door, blinking in surprise at the offerings. the six pack, he expected, but the food, not so much]

Oh. Dude, you didn't have to do that. I got tacos. [he posits, with curiosity] Pizza tacos...? Um, come on in.

[into Fauxhalla he goes, and Magnus has all the windows open wide, letting the summer breeze blow through the treehouse. the tacos are keeping warm in a bag that's leaking onto the table in front of the tv. it's mostly neat and comfortable, but Magnus was clearly still in the process of cleaning up for company, as he's got a pile of girl's clothes under one arm, and picks up one of Clarisse's many conjured-and-forgot-weapons off the floor (a long dagger or a short sword). he drops it into an umbrella stand next to the tv (with several other handles sticking out of it)]

[he arches his eyebrows a little helplessly at Reggie]

Sorry. You might wanna check the couch before you sit down.

[he drops the clothes into a laundry basket, pushing it with his foot down the hall towards Clarisse's room]

[ Reggie stares at Magnus, the couch, the room in general a bit like he's just walked into a strange parallel dimension, but then heaves a heavy breath and decides fuck it, it'll be fine. It's not like he's spending the night in this glorified barnyard.

He puts the pizzas down on the table, the beer on top of them, and then his feet on the table as well once he's sat down and made himself comfortable on the couch-- luckily not on anything sharp. ]

It's cool. Like whatever, it's only pizza. [ Reggie leans forward only to grab one and crack open one of the beers. ] How many people even live here?

Only three, including me. [he walks over to the TV, scanning the room for more weapons and sports bras as he does] But the girls are messy as shit. [even his cousin has a habit of leaving things sort of around the house in media res in a way that differed from his Norse friends; books and plans and papers and clothes and half-eaten plates of food, when inspiration drew her elsewhere] It drives me kinda nuts.

[satisfied nothing will literally impale Reggie accidentally, he moves to the table, taking a beer and cracking it likewise. as he takes a swig, he stoops to start sorting through the DVDs he'd shown Reggie on the phone, spreading them across the remaining bare square of the table for better perusal]

Edited 2018-07-27 07:36 (UTC)

Pfft. [ A bit of a laugh. ] Sure glad I don't have that problem. Guess living alone does have some perks after all.

[ Not that Reggie can't be a bit messy himself, especially since Archie was usually the one of them that did most of the cleaning, but it's also easy for Reggie to tolerate his own mess.

Plus, having Veronica pop by periodically was incentive enough to keep things tidy within reason, at least periodically. Whether or not that'll still be something that continues remains to be seen.

Taking a swig from his own beer, Reggie leans forward to look over the DVDs and then taps one of the center ones.

This one's pretty good. You seen it yet?

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