http://blondefuse.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] blondefuse.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] badfic_manor2010-11-08 06:15 pm

Cherry bomb 002 ♦ Nice ♦ En Francais [In person]

[Nice had woken up somewhere dark, cold, and noisy; the metro, or rather, the French version of the underground. She was freezing, and she only felt colder when she emerged into the open air, the rain hardly welcome on her exposed arms. Hugging them around herself, she started walking, trying to work out where in the hell she was now. Of course, the French sign posts gave her a hefty clue.

She'd been walking for about half an hour before deciding to stop somewhere for shelter - she was completely soaked, miserable, and didn't know the first bit of French beyond 'Hello'.

This was going to be a long week
.]

[In Person]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-12 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[A long pause. He opens the door to the coffee shop. He was curious about her as well. He nodded to an empty table for them to sit at. Then he said]

Quid pro Quo. I tell you, you tell me.

[He gets up to get the coffees from the unremarkable barista]

What do you take in your coffee?

[In Person]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-12 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[A curt nod and Mello goes to get the drinks. He returns shortly with an espresso and a plain black coffee. He pushes hers towards her and sits down across from her, retrieving a chocolate bar from his coat pocket to go with his drink. He unwraps it slowly, watching the silver foil curl and fall. He's trying to think of where to start. It's always hard with things like this. Might as well just ask her.]

Do you want the long version or the short one?
Edited 2010-11-12 17:54 (UTC)

Re: [In Person]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh the long version. Well, here it is abridged. If he likes you maybe one day you'll get the rest of it]

I was working undercover in the mob and it came the time for us to part ways. I rigged the base with explosives, designed them myself, built them myself, placed them myself. I was supposed to be a full block away before I pushed the button, unfortunately I was interrupted and in order to make sure everything I planned for would still come to pass I had to blow the place up while I was still inside. My left side's pretty bad and part of my right thigh and calf, but I'm alive so...

[A bite of chocolate]

I really can't complain. What happened to you?

[Now a sip of coffee]

[In Person]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Jeez.

[Mello takes a bite of chocolate]

Can't imagine having this scar for that long. Must be murder in the winter, every winter. I can barely stand it and this thing isn't even half that old.

[In Person]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, for the most part.

[Pripyat through him for a loop but how often is it going to be -90 degrees?]

[In Person]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-16 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Snort]

No girl, I've got a guy though. You? You leave someone behind when you got dragged into this place?

[In Person]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-16 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mello nods and gives her a sympathetic look]

Being here doesn't help, either. On the bright side, the Author has a habit of bringing in people who know each other.
Edited 2010-11-16 17:35 (UTC)

[In Person]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-17 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Never lose hope, the Author likes that too much.

[A grim sort of smile]

Let's talk about something else. What kind of caps do you use on your pipebombs?

[In Person] I've googled it. A lot. For this freak.

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-17 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mello nods and appraises it.]

Pretty good. Of course I need to see it in action to know for sure.

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Well, let's set 'em off.

[Mad grin]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Mello jumps up. Explosions are a go! He practically runs out of the cafe. Only thing that could make it better is if he had some of his own to set off]

[identity profile] worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com 2010-11-19 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Mello watches appreciatively. He took a bite out of his chocolate bar]

It's a beautiful thing.