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[nolessthanseven]

Hey! You've reached the fabulous Isabelle Lightwood. I'm obviously not here right now, but leave me a message, and I'll get back to you.

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[nolessthanseven]

I won't.

Way too many. It's like there's nothing we can even do about it. We're just doomed to watch them all go.

[justice_is_blond]

One after another. And I want to stay here, but if everyone goes what's the point? All gone, freedom becomes empty.

[nolessthanseven]

Exactly. It's super depressing, too. I don't even know if I want to stay here half the time. When my brothers were here, sure. Now? [she just gives a wry laugh.]

[justice_is_blond]

I want you here. But that's not reason for you, it's mine. I know. I get it.

[He sighs, drinking again from his glass.]

This isn't really helping. Nothing does.

[nolessthanseven]

And I want you here, too. I mean, you actually make this place tolerable.

[she sighs too.]

Doesn't help that I'm being totally depressing.

[justice_is_blond]

So am I. It's been that sort of a day. Week. ...Month, really. Worst month here.

[nolessthanseven]

Month, definitely. You think it'll get better next month? Only place to go is up, after all.

[justice_is_blond]

[Anders snorts.]

I can think of very few ways it can get worse, at least.

[nolessthanseven]

That's a start. [she takes another long sip of her drink, tapping her fingertips idly near the Forge.]

You didn't stop drinking, right? You're not allowed to sober up yet.

[justice_is_blond]

I sober up far too quickly, but I'm not quite there yet. Onward to more drinking?

[He finishes up his drink and orders another.]

[nolessthanseven]

Onwards and upwards, as they say. It's funny because of the double meaning. [a wry sort of laugh, and her attention is back to her drink.]

How do you sober up far too quickly? Is that one of those mage things?

[justice_is_blond]

It's a Warden thing. Our meta... the... meta... [He stops and then says the word very slowly and carefully:] metabolism. Fast, very fast. Hard to get drunk, hard to stay drunk. Takes a lot. Between it and Justice I mostly don't bother trying.

[nolessthanseven]

That makes sense. Except now, where it's totally necessary. Tell Justice to lay off a little; he's not helping here.

[justice_is_blond]

He's letting me, tonight. He knows. [Anders chuckles grimly.] He doesn't want me broken.

[nolessthanseven]

That's because broken doesn't really do him much good, does it? [and this is almost a little weird to talk about, thanks to that one time she sort of liked the guy.]

[justice_is_blond]

No. It doesn't. And even when he's being a pain on purpose, he knows what he's doing.

[nolessthanseven]

Small blessings. So what're his thoughts on getting drunk?

[justice_is_blond]

That it's a waste, except when I need it, which is unfortunately rare in his mind. Far too rare

[nolessthanseven]

[she makes a disapproving noise.] He's such a party-pooper. Everyone needs it every once in a while.

[justice_is_blond]

He's an asshole. And he doesn't even have his own. Asshole, I mean. Spirits don't. They don't eat, so why would they need one?

[nolessthanseven]

[...okay, that gets a laugh.] Spirits are such jerks. You know, mundies rant and rave about how cool they are sometimes? They've obviously never met one.

[justice_is_blond]

[Anders snorts.] They have no idea. We'd be better off without them, some days. A lot of days, really. I'd like to see their faces if they ever met a spirit.

[nolessthanseven]

Most days. I dated one once. He didn't have a body. Just one of those spirit-bodies; you know how that goes.

But I'd love to see someone's face when faced with a spirit. Too bad there aren't more of them around here.

[justice_is_blond]

How do you date a spirit? And last I checked, so far as I know, there are three here. Justice, Jack Frost, and Pitch. But I'm quite certain Pitch isn't the good sort of spirit.

[nolessthanseven]

With great difficulty.

Oh, I guess Jack is sort of a spirit, isn't he? What with being Jack Frost. [she laughs.] I liked him. But I've never met Pitch.