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[sub][i]“There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion, even by the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.”[/i]

[b]Interaction:[/b] [@FunnyGuy] [@Shard]
[b]Location:[/b] Lounge.[/sub]

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[color=gray]He had opened his mouth to say his name but Casper had beaten him to the draw, that was fine, it saved him a modicum of trouble anyway. He still said it, driven by the urge to at least [i]appear[/i] socially apt in some manner or form. "[b][color=003471]Devan, yeah.[/color][/b]" He nodded to Casper, noting the same unfamiliarity that he was feeling. He and Casper weren't so different, of course, he'd known this through his short time here. Messy, scary powers. 

Not exactly marketable, the two of them.

"[b][color=003471]Red Death, uh, out there. Like the short story.[/color][/b]" The name was one he often found himself reexplaining, or looking back on with embarrassment. He liked it, of course, it was [i]his[/i] but it [i]was[/i] fairly dramatic against a name like [i]Rain[/i].

Viktor's cold tone was not lost on him, although it mostly served to put him on edge. He didn't know whether they'd be arguing by the end of this discussion or not. He hoped not. Devan had a long history of what could only be described as "schoolyard scuffles" that had either ended in him gasping on the ground like a fish or the other boy going to the nurse. Luckily, Viktor... [i]seemed[/i] affable enough. Not outright insulting. Not to him, anyway.

Maybe tactless was a better word than "insulting". Like someone who didn't know any better not to ask certain questions. He [i]mostly[/i] wrestled down a grimace. "[b][color=003471]He's not an alien,[/color][/b]" He threw in neutrally (and still somehow too quickly, like someone who liked to debate), because it wasn't exactly... mean-spirited. "[b][color=003471]Jus' uh-[/color][/b]" He nodded towards Casper because [i]he[/i] certainly didn't know enough about his powers to explain them competently. 

He knew it involved ghosts but that... was about the extent of his knowledge. 

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