MEME: Test Drive

[girlalmighty]

The 15th of every month from here on out will bring about our Test Drive meme.

Tag into this post with characters you're thinking of apping to the game (please include the name of their canon somewhere in or on the comment or on their profile page). It can be just a tag, a brief EP, whatever you want. You can be new to the game, or simply want to test out a fresh pup. Tag each other with these characters or those already in game, and have fun.

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Heroes

[perpetuated]

Mohinder Suresh




looks a little too busy for life right now

[wishesandsmoke]

Mohinder. Hi.

[perpetuated]

You're dead.

[wishesandsmoke]

It's nice to see you again, too.

[perpetuated]

You are dead.

Apologies if I can't seem to find your sense of humor about it. Which should honestly come as no surprise.

[wishesandsmoke]

It doesn't. But it's more I was dead. I'm not now. It's a pretty big distinction.

[perpetuated]

Yes, a pretty big distinction. The more important distinction being what you are if you aren't dead. I don't mean to be aweless, but to my knowledge, it's one thing that's usually permanent.

[wishesandsmoke]

"Usually" being the operative word. I don't know what I am either, other than older than I was supposed to get to be.

And sorry.

[perpetuated]

Eden ...

Why are you apologizing?

[ an uncomfortable laugh shakes the words. ]

[wishesandsmoke]

[ With a rueful smile.]

I would think if anyone knows how much I have to apologize for, it would be you.

For lying and keeping so much from you. For not being fast enough to kill him. For not trying to do so sooner. For... well, lots of things. There's a whole long list, but I won't bore you with the rest.

[perpetuated]

Regardless of what everyone seems to think, Eden, my life has always been in my own hands. It's just that I realized a little too late a terrible thing: that means that I have no one to blame but myself. For everything.

[ his expression shifts to tentatively wistful ]

And you never bore me.

[wishesandsmoke]

Well. That's good to know.

I had reasons, you know. I wasn't trying to hurt you.

[perpetuated]

Believe me, I know. Well, at any rate I have some perspective.

And besides, of the two of us, I've proven infinitely more malicious. How could I find fault when you're right in front of me?

[fluxed]

Oooh, look who the cat dragged in.

[perpetuated]

Elle.

[fluxed]

Always knew you were the smart one, Fight Club.

[perpetuated]

If you can explain, please do.

[fluxed]

You know, doc, I always suspected you knew the magic words. So why am I still tempted to tell you to mind your manners?

[perpetuated]

Manners are for those who still care.

Please. That's not what you really want though, is it?

[fluxed]

I don't think apathy looks good on you, Mohinder.

And you don't know me.

[perpetuated]

Neither did psychotic rage or a horrific self-inflicted skin condition. My vanity is used to it.

I know enough to know that you wouldn't bother talking to me if all you wanted was politesse.

[fluxed]

Could've told you that it isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Maybe I just missed those soulful eyes of yours.

[perpetuated]

Some lessons are better learned. That's the thing about life, Elle, isn't it. There's no control group.

I don't ... actually want to fight with you, you know. It's just that being civil seems like an investment right now.

[fluxed]

And we wouldn't want you to make a poor investment now, would we?

Lessons still imply that you have a choice. But, fine.

[ and this is where she's turning around ]

[perpetuated]

I didn't mean to imply ...

[ this is mohinder's grip on her shoulder ]

No, I did. But, poor a choice as I am myself, it's better than nothing in this instant, isn't it?