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RONIN

kiss your perfect day goodbye

"She is an actress playing the role of Juliet, who is a child. There's a big difference," Ronin says, sounding annoyingly reasonable about the whole thing. "And besides, you have no idea how many sins she might have committed up to now. Her soul might already be damned." And this would be a hilarious joke to keep up if it weren't for the imminent start to the play, honestly.

Stepping into the box as if he's been there dozens of times before (because he has, in various times and iterations of himself), Ronin accepts the bottle of red wine one of the ushers presents him with, and nods to the angel beside him for some champagne to be placed in an ice bucket at Remi's disposal. "Right, something like that." He rolls his eyes, sitting himself down in his seat and relaxing instantly.

"I also happen to know the theatre owner, which helps."

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REMI

when people say that something is forever

"That doesn't mean there isn't still time for redemption." Remi hastily adds, not wanting to interrupt per se but nearly doing so just the same. As the theatre lights flicker, any further argument dies on the angel's lips. He takes his seat, managing somehow to appear both polite and infinitely bothered (which is to say, British).

With the stem of his glass clutched in one hand, Remi nervously smoothes down the pleat in his pants with the other, all the while attempting to surreptitiously eye Ronin. Failing utterly in his endeavour, the angel sighs in defeat, leaning over slightly to avoid having to shout above the opening orchestral movement. "You didn't really, did you? Surely it would smell of more than just cinnamon if someone's life was at stake?"

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RONIN

kiss your perfect day goodbye

Curling his lip at the idea of redemption but offering little more on the subject thanks to the dimming of the overhead lights, Ronin sips at his wine and gets comfortable. (That is to say, boneless and all but sprawled out in his seat, his wine glass held casually between his fingers). Indeed, he's almost absorbed by the familiar orchestral overtures when Remi leans over, and Ronin shifts to hear him without ever letting his eyes leave the stage.

"No, of course I didn't - I just ripped a page out of some guy's book," he says easily enough, shrugging at Remi. "I wouldn't want to wreck the performance with something like that; I'm a demon, not a barbarian."

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REMI

when people say that something is forever

"Oh thank Heaven." Remi murmurs, visibly slouching back into his seat before starting and sharply glancing back over at Ronin. Deciding that, if the girl was safe it wasn't worth arguing over a torn page, the angel exhales softly before leaning back against his chair.

Perfectly upright compared to Ronin's boneless slouch, the angel begins to mouth the dialogue of the play as it begins, not missing a single syllable. Full of expression and wonder, if the performance below is at all heightened, all the more fortuitous for those in attendance. Though the angel is by no means comfortable in the box with Ronin, he does allow himself to refill his champagne glass once during the performance. Maybe twice.

As Romeo and Juliet's secret wedding is planned, the lights rise to signal intermission, leaving Remi with a love-struck expression that's as angelic as can be. "Ah." Placing a hand over his heart, the angel sighs theatrically. "Now if only it would just end here, mmm?"

either way, it ends

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