09- Suspisicion

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Is sitting cross legged with her hair back in a plat and reading Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, there is a big pile of books on one side of her and another cup of coffee on the other side of her]

[Turns a page] I think he’s planning something that I won’t like, two cups of coffee and all these books?

[Frown] Definitely suspicious.

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[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Costa's isn't any better than Starbuck's.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Turns another page] You are rather obsessed with coffee.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Just because I appreciate it that doesn't mean I'm obsessed.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Mm, so you say [Takes another sip of the coffee, she's a little distracted at the moment]

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[And Ianto takes a sip of his own coffee.] What's so suspicious about giving you coffee, anyway?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

He never gives me things... Unless he's about to do something that'll really hurt [Frown]

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Would turning down what he offers you help at all?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

I might as well enjoy myself before it happens.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

You don't sound very bothered.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Shrug] I can't change it.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Do you know that for sure?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

He can rip me apart in his sleep, I don't want to test his patience.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

I can see why you'd want to be cautious around him.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Smirk] abandon hope all ye who enter.

[gerogerodance.livejournal.com]

[leans over her shoulder]

Nee nee what are you doing, gero? What is this, hm hm?

[clayfireworks.livejournal.com]

"He"?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Lord Loss, my... Employer of sorts [sips at coffee]

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Jumps a little] Reading.

[brokenamethysts.livejournal.com]

[Ambles up casually, hands in pockets. The sight causes him to smile fondly, but he hangs back a bit in order to leave should she dislike interruption.]

I always kinda liked David Copperfield. Enjoying it?

[clayfireworks.livejournal.com]

Hm. Whenever my employers are playing nice, it means they want something, un. [He peers at the books curiously.]

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Glances up and smiles] My father used to read them to me when I was little, I always liked Oliver Twist best.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Exactly, or that they're going to do something awful without telling me.

[Tilts head] Never read it?

[gerogerodance.livejournal.com]

Aahh, reading, gero. [pouts] I thought it's something interesting!

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Reading is interesting!

It reminds me of when I was six.

[clayfireworks.livejournal.com]

That's the way it happens, un.

Never heard of it. Must be only on your world, un.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Employers can be surprsingly evil.

Hm... Maybe... Seems a shame if only we have Dickens though.

[clayfireworks.livejournal.com]

In my line of work it's not all that surprising, un.

Is he famous in your world?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Nor in mine.

Dickens? Extremely famous, everybody knows his name at least.

[clayfireworks.livejournal.com]

[Amused smirk.] Maybe famous authors are different, but I guess employers are the same all over, un.

[gerogerodance.livejournal.com]

Mmm, what is interesting in it, gero?

Eeeh, six? Why, why?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't surprise me [Smirk]

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

It's a classic.

My father used to read it to me.

[gerogerodance.livejournal.com]

What is a classic, gero?

Mmm, he did? And why only when you're six, gero?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

A... [Frown] Very well read thing which many people like, I think.

Well not only then, it's just he read it to me for the first time when I was six.

[brokenamethysts.livejournal.com]

Your father was well-read. ...Though Oliver Twist always was too hard for me to read for too long. Poor kid goes through too much.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

My father always had a fondness for reading me and my sister unconventional books.

Eh, I was a strange child.