“It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Located directly adjacent to the Rec Center is the Student Union building, housing a well-stocked bar and arcade, billiards and an open area with couches and coffee tables.

“It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Sun May 27, 2018 7:54 pm

Basil sat alone on the XUB patio, a popular spot for smokers being that is was illegal almost everywhere else remotely comfortable on campus thanks to UK smoking laws.

He sat quietly with his feet up on another patio chair, a beer and a lit candle in front of him. A cigarette was smoldering between his lips.

Depending on who you asked he looked extremely relaxed or like a disheveled mess (possibly both) in his newly upgraded PJs and a ridiculously long snuggly scarf. His Wayfarers were blocking out what little British sun one gets in the winter.

((Open))
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Mon May 28, 2018 3:07 pm

Chase quietly slipped into a nearby chair without previously announcing his arrival, as was sometimes his way. The boy needed a bell or something.

"Isn't it a little cold for pajamas?"
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Mon May 28, 2018 3:12 pm

"Not when you're full of booze." He replied around the cigarette in his lips, bobbing a bunny slipper jauntily.

"Beer mate?" He offered.
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Mon May 28, 2018 4:03 pm

"No thanks. It's too early for me," he answered. Studying his invisible friend for a moment, he asked, "Penny for your thoughts, jammie man?"
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Mon May 28, 2018 4:30 pm

Basil was quiet for a long time, probably staring off at something, before speaking.

"It's aaaallll horseshit.

Life, love, studies, powers....

Everything except for controlled vice."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Mon May 28, 2018 6:59 pm

Oh boy. One of those moods.

He sighed. "Did you and Colette have a fight?"
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Mon May 28, 2018 8:10 pm

This pause was not as long.

"What does it matter? Clearly I'm just a degenerate anyways. Soooo... Whatever.

I'll just be what I am and maybe someone who isn't the moral authority on everything in the entire world will want me since the Queen of All is clearly out of my league. "
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Mon May 28, 2018 8:40 pm

"Now, because you're my friend, I'm going to try not to assume you're overreacting, buuut... are you sure this reaction is... well, proportionate?"
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Mon May 28, 2018 8:51 pm

"She called me a misogynist for saying women are better than men, which doesn't even fucking make sense, then took that as a personal offense to herself that I would think so little of her when clearly I was saying the opposite.

Later in the night she proceeded to use a handicapped dead person that she heard about in a sociology class in a joking fashion and when I called her on her hypocritical bullshit, she basically said it's fine if she makes inappropriate comments because she's so woke.

So you tell me how you would take that."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Mon May 28, 2018 11:47 pm

"I'd be pretty annoyed too. That doesn't even sound like the Colette I know. Granted, I don't actually know her all that well."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Tue May 29, 2018 12:20 am

"Relationships are like this Chase. The closer you get, the more you see the imperfections.

The ideal is that the other person can embrace the harmless ones and help you correct the more dangerous behaviors without punching more holes into you.

But my lot in life seems to be to get someone their fifth kebab for free."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Tue May 29, 2018 1:23 am

"You can get me free kebabs?" he joked to help the mood, only then recalling Basil bought him food all the time.
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Tue May 29, 2018 1:25 am

Basil let off a rueful chuckle.

"I could get you beer too but you never seem to want any of that."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Tue May 29, 2018 1:50 am

"The Lotus may be evil, but they had a solid diet plan."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Tue May 29, 2018 1:54 am

"All the more reason to drink.

Cuuuuuzzz they told you noooottt tooooo..." Basil replied sing-song, putting out the cigarette in a ashtray with his mouth, then leaning in to drink his beer, which he did not pick up off the table and almost dumped down his shirt.

"Oh fuck..." He chuckled, obviously drying his face on the back of his sleeve.
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Tue May 29, 2018 3:02 pm

He laughed, "I would have clapped if you had actually pulled that maneuver off. Like some lazy, possibly drunken magic trick."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Tue May 29, 2018 4:37 pm

"This is how us ruined souls must drink and smoke. With no hands."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Tue May 29, 2018 7:18 pm

"And then no liver or lungs. Sign me up."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Tue May 29, 2018 10:53 pm

"We're all gonna die someday.

Might as well make it of my own doing."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Tue May 29, 2018 11:53 pm

"That would be hard to do with no hands."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Wed May 30, 2018 12:00 am

"I'm figuring it out, can't be too hard." He comments as he managed a cigarette out of the pack with his bandaged hands, lighting it on the candle and taking it into his mouth.

"Enough of me... How's Chase?"
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Wed May 30, 2018 12:10 am

"Well, I'm finally giving serious thought to getting these tattoos removed after a new girl's bodyguard went berserk on me."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Wed May 30, 2018 12:22 am

"Why'd she go berserk?

I mean, I get that they're bad news tattoos or whatever but that's enough to set her off?"
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Wed May 30, 2018 1:44 am

"I was working out shirtless, struck up a conversation with a girl, this other girl comes in and she recognized the Lotus symbol and demanded to know who hired me."

"While punching."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Wed May 30, 2018 1:51 am

"Maaayyybbbbee she was so impressed with your swole-pecs and half naked body that she wanted to throw down but had to come up with an excuse to Queensbury and the tattoo was convenient. "

He offered as an alternate theory, sounding serious enough.

"Still, doing a cover job on that might be a good idea nonetheless."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Wed May 30, 2018 2:42 pm

"No but... that could be why her charge was staring at my chest," he said as if just realizing the possibility.

"Yeah... I don't want to have that happen again. She almost broke my nose."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Wed May 30, 2018 11:37 pm

'If I can manage without hands, lungs, or a liver, you can definitely live without a nose. That's mostly cosmetic."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Thu May 31, 2018 12:04 am

"This conversation sure got weird fast," he chuckled.

"Anyway, I read something online about this mutant tattoo artist in Lambeth that can control the ink and even pull it out. It might be worth checking out, right?"
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Thu May 31, 2018 12:50 am

"Definitely. But you should probably take a wing man if you're going to get ink done. Pretty certain it's customary."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Thu May 31, 2018 1:24 am

"You gonna get one? It'd be hilarious if it was visible, just floating there."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Thu May 31, 2018 1:37 am

"If you want me to, but theoretically I think if it's under my skin it probably wouldn't be visible unless I was.

Like how those liver and lungs aren't."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Thu May 31, 2018 1:41 am

"No reason for the pain then, assuming her way still hurts. Probably does a little."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Thu May 31, 2018 2:13 am

"I thought the pain was the point? To show off what a hardass you are."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Thu May 31, 2018 2:37 pm

"That and self-expression. Or in my case a symbol of loyalty. Which is why I can't believe I'm only just now considering removing them."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:11 am

"Ooohhhhhh turn it into Ms.Kinney's faaaaaacccee.

That will show where your loyalties lie."

He was definitely drunk.
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:52 pm

He laughed. "That would send an entirely wrong, awkward message... until she cuts it off of me."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am

"You just need to convince her it has nothing to do with how much you like her and everything to do with how much you hate everything not her."
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:22 pm

"I don't have a crush on Kinney, Basil," he protested.
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Basil Benson » Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:24 pm

"Well why the bloody hell not?

I would." Basil replied, then taking one of those weird, long drags off his cigarette that he didn't use his hands for.
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Re: “It's not the cigarette that kills you..."

Postby Chase Delacroix » Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:01 pm

"I respect her too much to have some ridiculous schoolboy crush on her. It would just be awkward," he said defensively as if he did, in fact, have such a thing.
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