patterned useless pretty boy call-out post

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THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER POST FOR ALBERT DE MORCERF

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Of course. Come on! It'll be easier before we lose the daylight.

[There's a small whiteboard by the doorway and Albert scribbles a quick message to Franz on it, before grabbing his keys and dashing out.

OUT THEY GO AGAIN. At the bottom of the stairs, however, Albert doesn't turn out onto the street. Instead, he turns into the building's small garage. Sitting in his space is an old-school motorbike.]

We'll make better time around the city this way.

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You expect me to hold onto you?

[easygoing enough, though, for Kanda]

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[Albert shrugs, not fazed in the slightest.]

Well, you can't very well be the one driving. You don't know your way around. And you're the one who knows what he looks like. It makes more sense if I keep my eyes on the road so you can have yours free to look.

... Besides. You don't have a licence. If you get thrown in jail... it's not like I have the money to bail you out any more.

[He says, like once upon a time he had enough money to just casually bail someone out of jail like it was no problem at all.]

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[snorts]

Let's get going, then.

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[Albert puts on his bike helmet, then shakes his head.]

Wait just a moment. First.

[And then holds out to Kanda the spare helmet.]

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. . .

[looks at it dismissively. disgustedly. and ignores it]

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There's no use huffing at me. It's the law!

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The law doesn't apply to me.

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Well, it does to me. I'm not going to get arrested because you're being prissy about your hair. So wear the damn helmet, Kanda.

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You can't make me.

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No, but we're not going anywhere without it.

What if someone crashed into us and you hit your head?

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I'd heal.

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... You know your hair is going to get messed up from the wind anyway, right?

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Just get on the bike.

[yanking the helmet out of his hands]

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[VICTORY. Albert just gives him a shit-eating grin.]

Fine with me! Let's go.

[And he does in fact get on the bike and start it up. VROOM VROOM.]

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[spitefully not fastening the helmet properly, when Albert's not looking. holding onto his waist]

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[GOOD ENOUGH.

Albert takes them on a sensible-enough tour through the streets of Paris. It becomes apparent pretty quickly that a bike is indeed the most sensible way to travel-- managing a happy medium between speed and efficiency. The city is too large to be covered effectively on foot. But the roads are also jam packed with cars, though Albert is able to weave between them with little trouble at all-- clearly, he's used to this.

He also takes them off the road from time to time, down old, forgotten side-streets and through public parks. Down the riverbank by the water's edge, around the tourist attractions and the skeevy red light districts. They ride all over until the sun is setting.]

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[raising his voice to be heard over the engine]

Oi, Albert. Are there—flowers? Gardens. The biggest gardens you have.

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Do-- Do we have gardens? Kanda-- this is Paris! Of course we have gardens! We have at least twenty of them!

[Albert shakes his head.]

Never mind. I can think of a few.

[He revs the engine and increases their speed, setting off in a different direction. Thinking. Parc Monceau is closer to where they are, but Jardin des Plantes is prettier... they're losing the light, too. Making a snap decision, he sets out for the latter.]

[hallucinogenetic]

As if I know where we are!

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[Over the hum of the engine:]

Did you seriously wander around an unknown city without asking which one it was?

[hallucinogenetic]

Why would that matter!?

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Wouldn't most people want to know where they were?!

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Doesn't matter where I am, as long as I can find Alma.

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[ O h .

Albert falls silent at that, for a moment. Then he nods. Kanda can't see his little smile, but there's fondness in his voice.]

... I see. ... Well, I'm glad at least. If you're going to marry someone, it should be like that. Definitely.