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[teaserving]

been sitting on this awhile

i know i told a handful of you but i also admit i don't know all of his friends
anyway
mohammed avdol isn't here anymore

i dont want your pity just so we're clear
that's it

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[teaserving]

it's very rarely ever clean cut
usually it's people backed into a corner who don't have much other choice
dont get me wrong i still think there are some awful bastards in the world and they deserve to rot
but most of the time it isn't that simple

but hey
glad we agree

what's your name

[roseblooms]

Kurama. There are some titles that usually go with that, but it would be insufferably pretentious of me to mention them.

At one point in my life, I was a thief. That's where my own interest in puzzles and mysteries originated. And I suppose you could say I have a soft spot for detectives, after one in particular showed me an extraordinary and entirely undeserved kindness.

[teaserving]

good because i'd also think it was insufferably pretentious and call you out on it

well you can forget it on the kindness part im not a very nice guy

[roseblooms]

And yet someone married you.

[teaserving]

never said he wasnt a little crazy to do that

[roseblooms]

Well, that was nice of you. Marrying a crazy person, and all.

[teaserving]

dont get me wrong
i loved him for his crazy
and other things but the crazy i accepted

[roseblooms]

May I ask what he was like? You speak so fondly of his crazy, I can't help but be curious.

[teaserving]

he was warm
friendly
way more patient than i deserved
serenaded me with 80s pop songs and had awful puns and jokes

[roseblooms]

He sounds remarkable. A rare find, indeed. And nice enough for the both of you, I assume?

[teaserving]

he'd be nice enough for at least 5 people
mohammed was a good man who deserved more than he ever got

[roseblooms]

Perhaps so. But regardless of what he might have deserved, I suspect he got at least one thing he wanted, and there's something to be said for that.

[teaserving]

guess you might have a point
somehow i did something right by him

[roseblooms]

I do have a point, but the way I comb my hair covers it up.

So. What will you do now, as someone that a good and worthy man chose to love?

[teaserving]

uh
ok

good question
work on moving out of our apartment i guess
take care of his chickens
continue my business
accept the fact that im a widower
that kind of shit

[roseblooms]

That's an old joke. You've not heard it before?

...

Chickens?

[teaserving]

must not have hit italy

yeah
mohammed had three chickens
michael lionel and prince

[roseblooms]

Jackson, Richie, and The Artist Formerly Known As, I presume.

How do they fare, in a world filled with wolves and cats and foxes?

[teaserving]

nailed it
like i said 80s pop songs
he was really into them

they do all right but it probably helps that i don't wolf out like most sanguis
anyway
they're safe with me