Tryin' to walk through the pain

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Who: Albedo and Gaignun
Where: Gaignun's hotel room.
When: Saturday morning.
What: Brothers meet after a painful death. Violence and bonding ensue, in that order.
Rating: Probably PG-13 for mild violence and references to death and insanity.

It didn't take much to figure out that Nigredo was angry, but Albedo couldn't blame him. He had, after all, felt the same way when it was him forced to watch his brother fade away. But he didn't regret what he had done-well, maybe he acknowledged that he shouldn't have said some of the things he had while he was insane, but he didn't regret dying. There hadn't been any other way, unless Rubedo had spontaneously reappeared. And that was what he needed to explain to Nigredo, now that he had the time and the focus.

To anyone who didn't know better, he seemed perfectly calm walking through the hotel toward his brother's room. Nobody would have been able to tell that the last time he'd been able to walk on his own, he had been on a rampage and traumatized two people. They wouldn't be able to tell that he was still volatile, barely containing a nearly crippling pain. In truth, he felt like he'd been torn in half, but he couldn't let it show. He couldn't let himself show his weakness. Not in the hallway, and not as he raised a gloved fist to knock firmly on his brother's door.

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[namedforcat]

"Gilgamesh? I think I've heard his name spoken over the network." Nigredo answered thoughtfully, walking with him. "I'm sorry you have to suffer with someone like that, but you do have a prime position there."

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"Why do you think I haven't already quit? And aside from that, someone has to make certain he doesn't get the brilliant idea to get rid of all of the books that don't strike his personal interest."

He might not be the businessman of the family, but he did know that that was pretty blatantly a bad idea.

[namedforcat]

Nigredo of course wondered to himself how long that was going to last. Albedo may be older, but he was still very changeable at times.

"It's a wonder someone hasn't bought him out already if that's how he's running his business."

[fractured_white]

It would probably last until Albedo was satisfied that he had everything the store stocked that had caught his eye.

"He managed to get a clue about his inventory. Of course, his attitude has yet to improve."

[namedforcat]

And then will you get a nine to five job like a proper person Albedo once you have all your books? Nigredo won't always pay for your groceries you know.

"Well I'm glad to hear that. Books shouldn't be so mistreated. If this is how people acted I'm not surprised everything went digital by our time."