aerialassault | 001 [audio/action] backdated to the 18th

[accidental audio/action for CH 5]

--at's it. I'm gonna pulverize--

[The words, made audible through an accidental feed on the journal that Cliff threw aside, were cut off by the crack of splintering wood as his fist slammed into it at full throttle. Cliff had finally awoken from his shift-induced dream, and he was pissed. It was just unfortunate that the first person he saw that morning had to be the target for his frustration at the Malnosso.

He was going to crush their captors...after he crushed Albel Nox.

It wasn't going to be pretty.]

[very intentional audio]

Sorry 'bout the mess this morning. Technical difficulties. Won't happen again.

Now. What the hell was that last week? A shift? That's one helluva-- [He stopped and took a deep, calming breath.] Don't tell me that happens all the time.

I'm more than game if anyone wants to work off some stress. See ya at the Barracks. Or the Dome. I dunno.

Cliff Fittir. Over and out.

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[True to his word, Cliff could be found at both the Barracks and the Battle Dome at various points throughout the day, as he restlessly wandered between the two facilities because neither actually fit his needs for the moment. A good spar was what he had in mind, although he wouldn't say no to company with someone that didn't know him and was actually sane.

Don't worry. He'll be cool.]

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[Cliff scratched his head and looked away. Why else did she think that he made all of that noise earlier in the day? He groaned as the frustration from earlier that day returned.]

Aagh. Don't remind me. That was--

...

I don't wanna think about it.

[The shot-gun wedding with Albel was too much to tolerate.]

Now imagine a year of things like that.

[She gives him an absolutely bland look.]

[He stares right back in complete silence for a moment.]

Okay.

You win.

You'll understand with time.

It's not something I really wanna understand...

[He sighed.]

But. It'll happen anyway. Got any tips we can avoid some broken walls in the future?

Broken walls?

You...didn't hear the noise this morning, did ya?

I'm afraid not.

...Yanno? That's cool. It was kinda a mess.

Then again, you'll probly hear about it in the backlogs. That book seriously shouldn't of been on.

An accident, then?

Uh...let's say you have one of those guys that only you're allowed to beat up, and things got a little too weird between the two of you. What do you think happens?

Weird...how?

[Because this sounds...familiar.]

Like...like the two of you were drunk and did some things you regret in the morning.

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This...was something...you would not normally do? During Valentine's?

[She actually swallows...looking slightly pensive herself]

With a man?

It's something I don't normally do. Period.

[He realized what he said and how it was interpreted. He'd own that.]

...You probly don't know a thing about casinos and the glitz and the hush-hush of 'em, do you?

I won't tell anyone.

[Still...looking somewhat pensive, but starting to compose herself again, Rei smooths her haori a bit.]

[He sighed at the thought of it, as if in defeat. It happened. It was done. Too late for regrets. Idly scratching his head, Cliff figured that he may as well slip the details.]

S'okay. My roomie already knows. Heh-- I think half the village knows, if they remember any of it. Agh...what's the word they used in those books I had to read in college.

That's right. It was a shotgun wedding. [He mimed the slide and load of a rifle and pointed it at an unseen target on the wall.] Bang!

I'm not a marriage kinda guy. My job keeps me too busy for it. And, I don't think I wanna have to worry anyone about things.

You...married another man?

[She sounds only mildly surprised. At least she'd only kissed Kari...]

The Malnosso did it.

[It was a stock responce--but he elaborated.]

Well. That Shift. It'd never have happened otherwise. Why else d'ya think a wall went down?

Because you were angry and you have a foul temper?

[She'll just deflect this off so she can stop projecting, thanks.]

Well. [There was no point in denying it...] That too.

...Look. We were pissed so...we went at eachother. Nothing special 'bout it.

Because that's completely logical.

[Only a hint of teasing there.]

Who said anything about logic here?!

Sarcasm.

Tricky~

[He grinned. This was definitely familiar territory.]

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