[26: mirror writing]

[paper_knight]

OOC: Backdated to the 12th-ish.
He's got a bone to pick with Alex's mirror, but anyone is welcome to thread, mirrorside or realside!

Mark's in the now-empty ballroom, writing on one of the larger mirrors with a felt-tipped pen.
He's a scribbler ordinarily, but he wants to get his message across on the first try, and he's not sure if Alex's mirror will have the patience to decipher backwards writing, so he does the work himself, printing in large, block letters, carefully reversed.

ALEX KRALIE:

WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING???

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[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

[Dean frowns. The capital letters are intentional, he knows, and an accurate representation of the man across from him, but that doesn't make it any less irritating.]

You could stand to be a little more polite. I don't have to tell you anything.

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

Mark's lip curls, but Dean has a point. Several deep breaths later, he tries again.



But he can't be bothered to search for a less offensive term than "real."

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

[This gives Dean some pause. The frown on his face deepens, and he replies.]

The Real-Side Alex isn't the only one he's hurt.

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

If I knew, I would be railing at him myself...

[Dean only puts the dot-dot-dot there to give himself another moment to think. Then,]

...what did he do to Alex?

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

Or rather, it's not Mark's information to share.

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

How bad is it, then? What he did to me wasn't exactly a delight.

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

[The nerve of this man is really starting to irk him.]

You thought wrong. We're not a complex web of information where everybody knows everybody, contrary to popular belief.

We're the same as the rest of you in how we meet each other.

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

I should note that not everyone over here is a voyeur, either.

[Just most of them.]

Are you Mark Meltzer? I've met your mirror.

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

Nowhere. I was just curious. This isn't a police interrogation room, is it?

[You can feel the eyebrow raise.]

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

God, no. Your mirror spends his time keeping tabs on everyone, though. I think it's a hobby.

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

Mark's sole impression of his mirror is of an insufferable know-it-all.

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

Yes, that sounds about right. Many of the mirrors are like that.

[Save himself and a couple of others.]

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

It doesn't mean all of us are like that. But who am I to try and convince you otherwise? You make preconceptions just like the rest of them.

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

[There's a long, long pause before he replies. He wants to get right to the point, and know if this ecstasy-and-sex deal with Alex is a recurring thing.]

...did Alex drug him?

[paper-knight.livejournal.com]

He hesitates--he knows how private Alex is, and doesn't want to betray his confidence more than he already has--but even his lack of reply is an answer. So he nods shortly.

1/2

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

[Wow. Wow. Someone needs to learn his lesson.]

2/2

[respectedman.livejournal.com]

[But that's nothing that Dean Smith is responsible for.

He looks contemplative for a moment, worrying his lower lip with his teeth, and then writes:]

...could you do me a favor?