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[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.]

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Date: 2011-06-07 09:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
Then you should get more.

[This said... like it's the most obvious thing in the world.]

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Date: 2011-06-07 10:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
[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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Date: 2011-06-07 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
[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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Date: 2011-06-07 11:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
More than anything else you're going to find.

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Date: 2011-06-07 11:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
[An idea occurs to Faye in that moment. She could totally use a drink herself, and, after being cooped up for so long, she'd kill to get out of this house. And maybe take a breather from that total mother hen of a... "nurse". Why not try to get Riza to come along?]

So, how about it?

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Date: 2011-06-07 11:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
Why not? It's not going to hurt anything.

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Date: 2011-06-08 12:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
[NONSENSE. Listen to Faye and you will go far, for she is wise.]

It's just a drink.

[Or five.]

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Date: 2011-06-08 12:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
[Thaaat's the spirit, Riza. There might even be a very faint devious little smile there.]

I'll meet you in a few minutes?

[Although more like a lot of minutes, because lol leg injury and someone refuses to use crutches :|]

[Video]

Date: 2011-06-08 12:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
The bar.

[Come on, get with it.]

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Date: 2011-06-08 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
[Hang out with Faye more, and you'll get quite an education.]

[A nod, and the feed is cut. Time to start the long process of walking on a leg injury with no crutches.]

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Date: 2011-06-08 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] p0ker-alice.livejournal.com
[And Faye will come hobbling along eventually. It takes her much longer to get there than it normally would. But, as soon as she spots Riza, she straightens, and attempts to keep her steps as normal as possible while she walks over. ... She doesn't want anyone to know that she's still struggling with the recovery process, after all.]

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