followstheflame: (And they won't stop breaking us down)
Riza Hawkeye ([personal profile] followstheflame) wrote2011-06-07 03:18 am

Report 057 - [Accidental Video]

[The PCD turns on to show a hand pulling away from it.  Soon, it can be seen that that hand belongs to Riza as she moves to stand in front of the cabinets in the kitchen of the House of Love and Pictures.  Even though her back is to the feed, it's obvious she's unsure about something.  Her hands clench and unclench at her sides and she rocks back and forth, shifting weight from one foot to the other.

Finally, with a short exhale, she reaches toward one of the upper cabinets and pulls out a nearly empty bottle of brandy.  Standing on her tiptoes to peer into the cabinet, Riza then also pulls out a shot glass.  Well, this is a start.  She sets both on the counter in front of her and...hesitates before opening the bottle, but only for a moment.  Soon enough, the amber liquid fills the shot glass and Riza throws it back, then sets the glass back down (with a little more force than necessary) and shakes her head back and forth, cringing.

She breathes for  second, then repeats, though now the bottle is empty.]


...This isn't enough.

[Sighing, she leans over the counter, resting on her elbows, and lets her head fall into her hands.  She doesn't move and the feed switches off.]
unreadability: (C: centre of disinterest)

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[personal profile] unreadability 2011-06-07 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
And now, it is over?

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Change is always possible, Mademoiselle.

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[identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look, Riza, she knows you're having a hard time lately. She is too, honestly. Maybe she's not typically in the business of playing therapist, but she sympathizes, and her voice begins to take on a quieter tone.]

It might be useful.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. We have enough of that.

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[identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Long enough.
unreadability: (irritated: correction number xx)

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[personal profile] unreadability 2011-06-07 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mireille is about to tell her that it might never start at all. That running from your fears will only bring you down, but one look at Riza's expression and she holds her tongue.]

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Certainly.
unreadability: (calm: resigned to an eternal dream)

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[personal profile] unreadability 2011-06-07 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
My father... has a ritual when finishing lengthy negotiations. He stays in his study all evening, emptying the finest bottle of cognac in his collection. Most often by himself.
unreadability: (neutral: porcelain skin)

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[personal profile] unreadability 2011-06-07 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it is not. Problematic settlements rarely are, after all.

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[identity profile] aangin-loose.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't give you that. I'm sorry. But I can be here.

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[identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[She knows, at least somewhere in there, that Riza's words are true. But that doesn't mean she wants to accept them. Running from her problems is generally her m.o., after all, and is that a trace of annoyance at challenging that?]

It helps.

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[identity profile] aangin-loose.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I can try to find something if there's something that might be here that'll help cheer you up some.

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