Catch-all: Alex

[soulus]

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[soulus]

I get enjoyment when I'm paid.

[Not that he's asking for payment right now. It's excruciating in a way.]

[chanteuser]

[ poor baby ]

That's-- [ really sad. wow. ]

Surely there must be other things?

[soulus]

I like easy money.

[chanteuser]

You could just work a job. That gets you guaranteed money.

[soulus]

My job is bounty hunting. Anything else would pay too little.

[chanteuser]

Bounty hunting? Like odd jobs?

[ ... this is familiar. ]

[soulus]

[Well, he supposes, she isn't wrong.]

It isn't unusual for bounty hunters to accept odd jobs between the pursuit of bounties on fugitives.

[chanteuser]

Yes, I know.

[ said slightly drily. ] While they don't do bounties all the time, I do live with two people who take odd jobs and hits for a living.

[soulus]

You're rather wary of deals for someone who lives with them.

[It's said less in an accusatory fashion and more as a statement.]

[chanteuser]

It's their job, not mine. I just take their calls.

[ ... that's really all it is, at the end of the day. ]

[soulus]

An intermediary?

[chanteuser]

More like a secretary.

[soulus]

[There's a thoughtful pause before he retracts his hand, slipping away from Alex's touch. Before he can say or do anything else, something fluffy brushes along her leg as Rupe walks around her to approach Rufus.]

[chanteuser]

[ the brush of floof makes her freeze, her gaze shooting down to see what just touched her. ]

...

[ awww. sorry rufus, she's immediately crouching down to get a better look at lil' rupe over here. ]

Hello there. [ and then, directed at rufus: ] Is this your pet?

[soulus]

[The brush was a happy accident. Now that Alex has her attention on him, Rupe watches her from his place in front of Rufus.]

It seems that way.

[chanteuser]

You don't know?

[ hello rupe... floofy.... ]

[soulus]

[Hello.]

I've forgotten.

[chanteuser]

[ she holds out a hand to rupe. will rupe sneef? or just chomp her hand. please don't i've done hand check ]

You've forgotten if you have a pet or not. [ said a little disbelievingly ]

[soulus]

[After a long stare, Rupe sniffs tentatively.]

Yes.

Have you forgotten anything?

[chanteuser]

[ she patiently lets rupe sniff away, so she doesn't startle the little fluffer by moving in for a pet too soon. ]

My life from when I was born until a few months ago?

[ ... bracket text will note that alex hasn't actually overheard or been informed that they're losing memories here as well. ]

[soulus]

. . . That's too much. Did you really forget, or are those the memories you've suppressed on your own?

[Rupe sniffs some more, taking his time to examine Alex's hand. Perhaps she'll be able to pet him in a moment.]

[chanteuser]

[ she looks up from rupe, letting him continue his hand examining, only to frown a little at rufus. ]

Who are you to tell me if I've lost too much or not enough?

[ she looks back down at rupe again. ] They'll come back, they're just taking time. That's what Doctor Theo told me. I'm not suppressing them.

[soulus]

[Rupe does continue his hand examination, letting the adults say what they will.]

Who's that?

[chanteuser]

He runs a clinic back home. His patients are usually more... specified, but he deals with regular illness and medical cases as well.

[ shady doctor, but a good one. ]

[soulus]

. . . Allow me to rephrase: have you forgotten anything this week?