video; UN: TripleJ

[kyley_b]

[The hair. Oh dear god, the hair. Kyle's recognizable mass of curls has been gelled within an inch of its life and sculpted into a wavy helmet. And where are his sleeves?!]

Yo Trench, what up what up, it's ya boy Kyley-B!

So's I need a little help here - anybody know a place in town where you can get some dope-ass ink? Because, you know, if you look up 'too much swag' in the dictionary, there'll be a great big picture of my face, and attitude like that deserves the best, you know what I'm sayin'?

Help a guy out here.

PEACE!

Comments

[hearthebell]

Lots of things.

[Slightly defensively.]

Candy... cupcakes, croissants, chocolate, cake, marzipan, pudding, whipped cream, ice cream, Bavarian cream... all cream... oh, and fruit. Except the ones classified as vegetables culinarily, like tomatoes or avocados.

[kyley_b]

So sugar. Damn, dude, you gonna get diabetes. But okay. Let's find a fuckin bakery.

[hearthebell]

I haven't yet...

[Not that he's been tested, and not that being young and surviving some punishing habits in relative health is terribly unusual. A man simply looks at life differently when he always expected to die young, and was proven soundly right on the matter.]

I like bakeries, though. It's a little late in the day, but I know one that bakes scones around teatime. Maybe some are left.

[kyley_b]

It sucks, take it from me. I had to get a whole new kidney and shit. A fuckin sociopath's kidney no less.

Duuuded yeah, let's go!

[hearthebell]

A new kidney, as well?

[L's sounding a little skeptical now.]

Either you've led a very extraordinary life, or you're a compulsive liar. Either way... I want to hear more of your stories.

[Take me away from the world for awhile, he doesn't add, leading the way to the teatime bakery and their slightly cold scones.]

[kyley_b]

Dude, yeah. I got diabetes as a kid, and my kidneys failed. I almost fuckin DIED. I had a rare blood type so it was hard to find a donor.

What, you think I'd make that up?

[hearthebell]

I don't know if you'd make it up.

[Blithely and honestly.]

I've only just met you... and when people are nicer than I thought they'd be, I don't make any assumptions. What I want is rarely the case in reality.

[kyley_b]

That's pretty fucked up right there, dude.

C'mon. Sugar coma time.

/wrap?

[hearthebell]

You think so? Maybe I should try to be more trusting, at least here in Trench.

[He'd never, ever make that mistake where he's from. Old habits carry over. Old habits can be harsh and hobbling.]

If the crash can let me sleep through the night, I'll consider it a rousing success.

Totally

[kyley_b]

[Kyley-B shakes his overly gelled head.]

You're nuts, bro. I think I like it. C'mon.