bragnificent | IC CONTACT ➛ mask or menace.

Eat shit? I'll smell you whenever I want to smell you. You're not the boss of me.
I'm going to smell you even harder, just because you told me not to. Try and stop me.

[ he's not, really. his nose isn't really a power he likes to abuse. he can literally smell lies and emotions told and felt in a room, like, hours before he gets there, which is a bit of a mindfuck for him, even after 22 years of werewolf life. the less utilized, the better. ]

If you say so.
Thank him for me, if you get the chance.
For the car, I mean. Not for the soul-shattering atrocity he committed in my sweet sweet baby.

ok well
i guess if ur THAT desperate to smell me itd be kind of a shame to deny u the privilege
cuz i know i do smell good

[ Maybe a little too cologne / body spray / hair product-forward sometimes, but still... better than directly post-work out. ]

not happening
what good would that do when he doesnt even know u
im the one who owes him for it so its me u should be thanking
again ;P
& no we didnt fuck in her if thats what ur so worried about

Ugh, I'm gonna throw up.

[ best friends. ]

Okay, fine. Whatever.
Keep your secret boyfriend a secret. I don't care that much. I was just being nice.
I know you didn't fuck in her. I'm just giving you a hard time.
I still smelled arousal and I still wanted to die.
You've come so close to killing me so many times, Reggie. So many times.

I'm not thanking you again.

u should
last one doesnt count if its sarcastic

[ Best friends! ]

not my boyfriend
& kind of a weirdo too tbh
so id been hoping to just get whatever favor i owe him OVER with but im probably still gonna be on the hook for it for a while
unless he forgets about it which i guess is also p likely

but how many times tho? u cant just say that and not list examples

Fuck off.

Hold on. Pressing pause on the murder talk.
I know that I have a habit of jumping to conclusions and assuming the worst about people,
But I don't want you to owe someone something if they're not... trustworthy.
You didn't get into any trouble by asking for his help, did you?
A car isn't worth your safety.

[ ...... well tate probably wouldn't agree with that and probably would have asked reggie for his help even if it meant getting in a mob boss's pocket, which is kind of what derek's assuming is happening here, but ]

what?

[ Oh, right, maybe that sounded... although, Reggie isn't really sure how to explain Kavinsky in any way that might alleviate Derek's concerns. "Well, remember that guy I told you about who broke into my apartment and watched me sleep for a while?" Yeah, no. ]

no no nothing like that
dont worry about it
like we're friends and everything its just a big favor to ask someone w/out owing one in return, yknow?
cuz ur right
a car for EITHER of u guys wouldnt be worth any more than that

[ it's not like Derek hasn't broken into Reggie's place before. there might have been the occasional sleep-watching incident, for that matter. who's to say??? granted, yes, if he found out kavinsky pulled that same shit, murder would be afoot, so maybe it's best to keep that quiet, but.

man he hates reggie's friends. all of them. there's literally none that he's met that he likes. ]

Maybe not a car, but.
You definitely like me enough to get all self-sacrifice-y if I needed it.
IF I were about to get shot, you'd totally dive in the way of that bullet.

[ At least he HAS friends, Derek. ]

u wish
im not taking a bullet for anyone whod probably survive it more easily that i could

Good point. You've got a weak little fleshy human body. Skinny and small.

[ reggie still likes him, though, that's all he cares about. "you can get shot better than me" isn't "i'd rather just watch you get shot", so hey. ]

[ HOW DARE YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES OF HIS ANSWER... which yes, does mean exactly that. The overall sentiment is real, Reggie might jump in front of a bullet for some people in theory, but in actuality he still doesn't want to die saving someone who probably or definitely would live anyway. ]

nah id probably be more like my buddy moose
he took a few bullets protecting his ex gf and still lived
like some kind of human meat shield
but then he was in the hospital / pt for a while and ive got better things to do than waste away in bed

[ the more derek hears about reggie's life back home, the more he worries about him. bruises, gun violence. he sounds like he's from fucking beacon hills, sometimes. ]

What "better things"? All you do is party and jerk it in other people's cars.

[ oh right, he's supposed to be letting that go. hold on ]

I kind of want to meet Moose.
He seems cool.
Cooler than you, at least.

maybe i SHOULD of jerked it in ur car
give u something else to remember me by when ur driving it
thats the real issue here isnt it
it turns u on but not rly enough to do any good

[ A bit of a delay, before he continues: ]

hes not cool
and pretty much is worse than me in almost every possible way
but i mean yeah hes ok

Shit, you caught me. This has actually all just been a prelude to me asking you if you're up for getting fucked.
You in? Tick tock, better answer quick.

Didn't think it was possible for someone to be worse than you in any way, let alone in all ways.
He must be a real piece of work.
Caaaaaaan IIIIIII ask who shot him?

yep
knew it
but idk what kind of time window are we talking about
cuz im not agreeing to a 3some

dont get me wrong like he is a good guy
just kind of an idiot sometimes
always stumbling into trouble
not that hes the only one

[ Archie's kind of the same way, except yet worser still. Does Reggie have a type? Maybe so. Anyway, he relents to say: ]

serial killer
the black hood
theyve caught him by now tho so thats one less thing to worry about

Too slow. Offer retracted.
Back to slamming myself desperately against my car, tears rolling down my face, as I curse god for the underwhelming sexual experience you've tainted it with.
Shame.

Reminds me of a few people I know back home.
Too bad he's too far away for me to smack him upside the head when he screws up.
Also,

Can Riverdale just calm down for like, a second.

whatever
been there done that ive moved on already anyway
so enjoy ur car

thats exactly what im saying tho
if u think im bad u've still never met archie
hes even worse than me and moose combined

[ Actually, all three of them are bad. Moose is probably the least so in that he mostly just stumbles over dead bodies, gets shot while getting high in the woods, and immediately rebounds from his dead girlfriend with the guy he's been trying to cheat on her with. Reggie and Archie... really, two different sides of the same disaster coin, in a way. Not that Reggie sees it that way. ]

i kind of doubt it

You know I don't believe you, right? Like.
There's not a tiny, gullible shred of me that believes any of your friends are as short-sighted than you. Let alone more short-sighted than you.
That's not an insult. It's a compliment, really.
You've found this perfect event horizon of blindly charging into situations half-cocked that honestly cannot be eclipsed by another human being.
It's a talent. Don't sell yourself short on your talents.

But yeah, I hate your town. Move away, already, the next time you're back. Start a new life in the midwest. Nothing happens there.

u remember i told u archie was in juvie right
like his gfs dad is an actual mobster
and thats prob not even the weirdest or the worst situation hes ever gotten into

[ Reggie can only say "probably" because he doesn't actually know most of the details pertaining to the other shit he knows Archie's been involved in, like the Black Hood and Jason Blossom murder investigations... but still. He knows Archie almost died at least a couple times.

Also definitely going to omit any of his own dealings with and manipulations by said actual mobster, because they are... not good. Basically, Reggie knows better than to try to defend himself. He'd probably only prove Derek's point. ]

moron
even if i WANTED to move theres no way could i ever sell my parents on the freaking midwest
who wants to live there

[ derek wants to say "yeah, but that's the dude who you thought could raise a dog", but if that, like, legitimately made reggie sad, he'd feel pretty awful about it. so. backspace, backspace. ]

Yeah, okay. If you say so.
Nobody wants to live there. That's the point. You're a moron. Moron.

[ wait - ]

You said the speakeasy you work at is all... mobster aesthetic.

ur right, cuz I dont even wanna live there
and i mean riverdales not so bad
not always
its just been a rough year

[ Dot dot dot. He's not sure he likes where Derek is heading with this thought, but... ]

yeah
so?

[ look, as someone who has had a few rough years in his home town, he gets it. he just wants reggie to make better decisions than he does, which means not sticking around while everyone is fucking dying. but.

whatever. not like reggie'll remember this conversation next time he's ported out anyway. ]

How authentic is that aesthetic?
You're not... involved, are you?
Your friend's girlfriend's dad is a mobster, you're suddenly working at a speakeasy that acts like a gang...
Feels kind of weird.

[ Hometown pride is a complicated thing. Reggie certainly doesn't mind the break from Riverdale while he's here, and certainly intends to move once he's graduated, but there's concerns associated with leaving such a familiar place, too. Big fish small pond syndrome tends to work in his favor at a place like Riverdale High, but in a big city? He'll be invisible.

Which can be both good and bad. He's been learning more that sometimes the immunity that comes from relative anonymity can be a good thing. But only as long as he knows what he wants to do with his life by then, too. Otherwise he'll be invisible and lost. ]

oh
no SHES not a mobster, hes not involved in the business at all
i mean, not for lack of trying but
she wants nothing to do w/ him
and neither do i
so ive just been helping her out w/ the whole thing

Edited (FORGOT A THING) 2018-12-24 05:00 (UTC)

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