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Clive; "Black Hawk-Eagle"/"Tyrannus" ([personal profile] livewiththisdisgrace) wrote in [community profile] laytondressing2012-01-30 10:17 pm

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[As the... well. He still doesn't know what he is to Monocle, especially the one here, what with the man being from earlier in the timeline than he is. Well, either way. With him being whatever he is to the potential ruler of this place, he figures that if he has to deal with this, he might has every right to do it in public. Maybe someone will realise the connection between himself and Monocle, and it'll tarnish the reputation he has beyond any tarnishing that so much as meeting him does anyway.

He's freaked himself out, anyway, and since Monocle's not in his room, Clive doesn't really want to sit there on his own until the other gets back. Especially because he'd rather Monocle potentially have an explanation of what happened and a look at his room at separate points, all things considered.

Which is why there's a bloodied Clive curled up on a sofa in the lobby, picking idly at his fingernails. There's an awful lot of blood there, and it's clearly not all his. He does look a little pale and shaky beneath his feigned indifference though, so at least some of it is probably from him. The way he keeps coursing his fingers through his hair and staining it red is probably some indication of the fact that he's not quite so calm as he'd like observers to actually believe, too.
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[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[His antics, it would appear, have not gone unnoticed by Monocle. The other man walked down the corridor, seeming only vaguely irritated by the bloody heap that was Clive.

He stopped as he drew level with the boy, looking down.]

Would you care to explain what has happened in my room?

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
We've had talks, Clive. Talks about how your actions, by extension, represent me. You know fine well that this is a very delicate time for me and you running around slaughtering maids does not look good for my cause.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
...Did I really say that to you? It does sound very much like something I would say.

[Obliviously from a little further back in the timeline. 8D]

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You do come across as the sort of man who would run into a cabinet drunk.

[Watches him.]

...You should be washed.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You look disgusting. No one who represents me is allowed to look like that.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You live under my roof and are known to associate with me. You represent me whether you want to or not.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
That may be, if you run around my office drunk or deface public property, but killing someone is quite a different matter. Because if you kill someone then it implies that I don't have control over you.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Go on.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I would have done so, if you had clarified your need beforehand.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-07 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you saying that you want me to be around you constantly?

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-08 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
You're confused and irrational. With that in mind it's a wonder you stood against me as long as you did.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-08 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd say that it worked then, seeing as you're no longer in the right frame of mind enough to be a threat to me.

[identity profile] monocle-layton.livejournal.com 2012-02-08 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Could you kill me, Clive?

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