kismet_loop | [video: on the eve]

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[video: on the eve]

[Once again, Sam's addressing her fellow Haveners through an open broadcast; this time, from her own apartment. She's sitting on the couch, rolling a glass back and forth between her hands.]

Okay, so! The clock's rolling over in just five more minutes, so I need to know: who's at home and awake? If you're a friend of ours and not awake, I'll apologize now because we might be waking you up in the next couple of hours. Depends on your door.

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[He shrugs] Probably because I’d never hear the end of it from Knock Out if I made you hunt for us too long.

[She considers, then makes a so-so gesture with one hand.]

That might be part of it---and I'm appreciative of that, Knock Out is on the level---but part of it really oughtta be that you're working off the tip of an iceberg. If you really wanted to stop me getting into somewhere, you'd have to spot me.

I grant doors which are way too big are problematic, but not entirely insurmountable.

Yeah, you are pretty tiny. Pretty easy to miss you if I’m not actively watchin’ for you.

[Oh, now there's a smirk.]

Even if you are, though that's not on account of size. I have a couple of cards to play with witchery, y'know.

[He laughs] Right, I keep forgetting about that magic stuff. So do I get to know what this witchery would be?

Sure. It's not like it's likely to come into play between you'n me. 'With' is maybe something else, if we're conspiring. But anyway; I've blocked people from noticing me before. I could do it again.

[Private to Breakdown]

I can also keep from being recognized, which is at least as useful. Not necessarily here, but generally in life.

Keep from being recognized?

How's that work?

I can really only give you the rough cause I've never----to my knowledge---been on the receiving end, but.... it's like other people do register that there is a person here, but no details stick, and it doesn't click that nothing's sticking. I'm there, but I read like a blank, and they just don't or can't twig to it.

[She shrugs.]

Makes me master of the quick fade, if I've got a crowd to fade away into.

Huh...that sort of thing work even on people who know you?

Yeah, but I gotta duck line of sight to get it going, or it's dicey. So! [She claps her hands together.] If I'm gonna use a crowd, it's gotta be a good size.

Huh. So we could be talking, and I could look away, and when I look back you could have magiced yourself so I wouldn't recognize you?

Yeah. I've never actually done that, because I think that much that close would sort of strain the spell---like, prematurely fray it? I don't have the vocabulary I want for this stuff---and knowing what you know now you got the context to go 'that's probably Sam' if you weren't caught up with the 'what the shit' but still; yeah.

That’s....really crazy to think about. Just the fact that you /could/ just...vanish on me like that. Pretty cool, though.

Abracadabra. [And she winks.] Got my little bit of leverage, and thanks. You want to know what the weirdest thing is?

Talkin' it over, hands down.

Yeah, well, it's weird to hear you talk about it.

Since this is already a weird conversation, this is your opportunity to ask about anything you'd wanna. Or, are we done 'til you get your bun?

[Because, by God, it's going to get thrown.]

You're really serious about that? [Amused.]

Yes.

I know you got no use for it, but Cybertronians and humans are alike enough I'm assuming you've got a junk drawer or a little box of odds and ends it can go in 'til next New Year's. And use of it isn't even the point, anyway.

[He laughs] I don't know if I should say humans are weird, or if just you are.

Whichever you want. I mean, I can't really argue with either... but! I'll see you soon.

[blip! The feed ends, and in (perhaps surprisingly) short order, there's someone at the door.]

Edited 2016-04-19 00:22 (UTC)

[omg, Sam if that’s you he just may close the door in your face just to be an aft.]

[And it’s you. Dammit, Sam, he doesn’t know whether to laugh to close the door.]

How’d I know it was you?

[Yyyeah, buddy, she's going to exploit the opening that uncertainty creates and hurry in while the door's open. Moving quickly---or as quickly as she can---makes her limp more pronounced, but she pays it no mind; she's busy pawing through her bag, even as she answers.]

I couldn't be bothered to sneak, to start.

[She shrugs, and having found what she's felt for, tosses a small something up at Breakdown. Being only a bun (albeit one wrapped in wax paper) the item bounces harmlessly off his thigh, and Sam just manages to catch it before it falls to the floor. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. She laughs aloud as she straightens and holds the thing up for Breakdown to see.]

Happy New Year. It's your bun now, but I got a gut feeling you're more interested in an explanation than in it.

[..............whelp, that happened. Sam, you're odd.]

Your gut would be right.

[The word is eccentric.]

Okay, so, tradition holds New Year's---eve and day alike---sorta set the tone for the year to come. First-footing, like I am, has a person banking on that. The first person to visit a household after the clocks roll over kinda carries in luck, for good or ill, since they're first following the fresh start. By giving a gift upon arriving, a first-footer can direct luck towards one or another thing especially; it's about association.

[Rolling the bun between her hands, Sam rattles off a little list.]

Coal for warmth in the new year, salt for flavour, a coin for prosperity, booze for good cheer---which is what I brought Knock Out---a pine branch for longevity, and bread? Satisfaction. Given you and your work at the hospital, it seemed like the best fit for the staple stuff.

You know? That's kind of a neat concept.

[Usually he'd tease her for just being weird, but...no really, that's a cool tradition.]

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