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Post by Eros d'Avonderre on May 4, 2009 15:41:34 GMT -5
Eros nodded lightly, easily following Mano's train of thought. "And to be so... comfortable there, one would think they must have been close at the time. Or incredibly horny, I can't imagine it would be easy to get away with something like that at a school." Not that it couldn't be done, anything could be done if one wished it so, but with an abandoned building, and one that was likely quite comfortable, why would anyone choose to do it the hard way?
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Post by Mano Berwyn on May 4, 2009 18:58:44 GMT -5
Mano went silent, contemplating the possibilities. He tilted his head slightly as he thought. Surely Michael would know. "Well, I would be all for going to ask Michael, but I have the feeling that he wouldn't be too happy to see me." Especially not with his meeting with Dare. He hadn't really thought much about it until Eros mentioned it.
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Post by Eros d'Avonderre on May 4, 2009 19:37:06 GMT -5
"What have you ever done to him," Eros asked, looking aside at Mano. Not that it mattered. One well-manicured hand rose to make an airy motion. "I'll ask him. I'd intended to visit anyway, so I might as well. Maybe see his little Mudblood in person." If the rest of the boy lived up to what showed in the picture, Eros could hardly blame Michael. For taking, not for continuing. It was an act of stupidity that he wasn't just keeping the boy as a side pleasure.
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Post by Mano Berwyn on May 4, 2009 19:49:58 GMT -5
Mano nodded and put his elbow on the arm of the couch, propping his chin lightly on his knuckles. "Make sure to tell me how that turns out, I want information just as much as you do." He just didn't tend to be as vocal about it as Eros was. He much preferred to find it out from someone like Eros who would willingly give it to fishing for it.
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Post by Eros d'Avonderre on May 4, 2009 20:14:52 GMT -5
"Of course," Eros said in lightly feigned offense. "After all, I do owe you for that lovely picture. Which I won't mention." Not unless it became necessary as a bargaining point to get something he wanted, but he couldn't see that happening. Especially since the photograph would likely be confiscated, and Mano would likely be unhappy about the situation.
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Post by Mano Berwyn on May 4, 2009 20:29:22 GMT -5
Mano had shot a sharp glance toward Eros at the mention of the picture, then he nodded when he was sure Eros wasn't going to let it slip. "I don't think they would like me having a picture of them very much," he said, turning his eyes forward again. "Good luck getting Michael to talk to you," he said, "I heard he kind of went ballistic on one of the old ladies that went into his shop to talk about the gossip column."
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Post by Eros d'Avonderre on May 4, 2009 20:34:28 GMT -5
Eros's lips twisted into a shadow of a sneer at Mano's warning. "Well, thank you for that," he said. "I'll be sure not to mention that I've taken to reading it lately. I'm tired of waiting until it's all been filtered and added to. I'd have thought that the column itself was an exaggeration, considering it usually is, but for that picture. I'm tempted to borrow it from you and make a copy." Or, rather, have a copy made. Under his supervision. The photo would lose its value if it was duplicated en masse and sold to the Prophet.
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Post by Mano Berwyn on May 4, 2009 20:45:48 GMT -5
"Go ahead, it's a good picture, it should be appreciated." Mano knew that Eros would take care of it and any copy that was made. "Besides, I think the column is still an exaggeration. From what Emilian said, at least the first one was." Yes, the picture proved it, but the pictures had been taken at a completely different time than the column had been written.
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Post by Eros d'Avonderre on May 4, 2009 21:01:10 GMT -5
"The one that said they were f~ing all over the school?" Eros asked, giving the photograph one last look before tucking it away in a hidden pocket. "I had wondered. Of course, the entire thing sounded ridiculous to me. It still does, and that was unmistakably Michael underneath that... You know, it reminds me. The Sotas had mentioned that they danced together, Michael and this Dare, and apparently Michael gave the boy the lead without a moment's discussion."
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Post by Mano Berwyn on May 4, 2009 21:16:36 GMT -5
Mano raised an eyebrow at that. "Really? That's strange. I mean, I never saw him as the kind of person that would end up taking up all the control, but there's a different between being a bottom and giving someone else the lead in a dance." He knew personally. He had no problem being a bottom, but he would never give someone else the lead in a dance.
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Post by Eros d'Avonderre on May 4, 2009 21:34:14 GMT -5
"Indeed," Eros agreed. He didn't at all mind the occasional switch, but giving the lead in a dance would be akin to declaring oneself part of the weaker sex, anatomy aside. Eros thought on that a moment. "Well, all those years that Soren kept him on such a short leash, I wonder if Michael got to enjoy it." It certainly seemed so. The only thing Eros was aware of that pointed to Michael having any control was the statement of a teenager in a gossip column that Michael wouldn't allow his pet to have friends. Certainly less believable than the first wave of information from the Sotas and photographic evidence.
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Post by Mano Berwyn on May 5, 2009 12:35:15 GMT -5
Mano shook his head, that didn't seem very likely, but he supposed that anything was possible. "He might have been doing it for shock value," he mused, "Or they might switch." There had been pictures where it hadn't been Dare on top. Mano shrugged, "I suppose that's just something else you can mention to him when you go see him.
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Post by Eros d'Avonderre on May 5, 2009 12:45:31 GMT -5
Eros looked at Mano. "Oh yes, I'm sure he'd respond marvellously to an inquiry as to whether he always bottoms," he drawled. He knew what Mano meant, but it would take far more than one meeting to determine something like that. "I'll ask about the dance, though. I'm sure if it was for shock value, he'd be disappointed if I didn't."
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Post by Mano Berwyn on May 5, 2009 13:18:04 GMT -5
"Good luck getting information out of him," Mano said absently. "Wonder if he's hiding anything else in that shop and flat of his...." He couldn't imagine much else that Michael could do to stun anyone, considering everything that had already come out. Well, unless he or Dare had a child floating around somewhere.
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Post by Eros d'Avonderre on May 5, 2009 13:27:18 GMT -5
"I'm sure he must, if there are pictures like these in existence," Eros said, patting lightly at his pocket. He was silent a moment, then looked aside at Mano again. "Damn you, now I'll be unable to stop imagining what else there must be." Pictures. He would never allow pictures of himself to be taken, as they could far too easily be used as leverage.
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