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matchstickrule.livejournal.com[With Matt gone, the room was much quieter than it had been, not just for lack of noise but for lack of movement and energy and heat, even with Mello prowling restlessly around.]
[He wasn't troubled by feeling restless for once, however. And it did give him the opportunity to poke through Matt's things, not that he cared, but out of curiosity he flipped through the magazines in Matt's drawer (boring) and inspected the half completed replacement laptop (also boring) and smoked a cigarette or two in the meantime.]
[And he could have gone back to his own room, really, but why bother? It was just as comfortable here, and the view was a little different from the windows, so that Mello could watch a different set of people moving down different streets. Just a little shift in perspective made all the difference. That was the lesson for today.]
[The smoke from his cigarette spreads out against the glass as he looks down at the people, all milling around like a brightly colored insect colony. Most of them looked to be in a hurry, and they were talking on cellphones to other people who were no doubt in just as much of a hurry, going somewhere else, guiding their lives to their purpose or having it being guided for them.]
[Normal people. That's what they were. All perfectly average and unremarkable.]
[Not really the sort of people that Mello had any interest in, from street level, but up here it was interesting to watch.]
[And part of him, to be honest, was keeping an eye out for Matt, because he would be down there somewhere buying things that Mello wanted but was too much of a prat to go get himself. Mello didn't see him, though, so he takes another drag for every person who looks like they could be Matt, but aren't. Just because.]
[Eventually his concentration is broken by the phone ringing - he doesn't hear it at first, or if he does he doesn't connect it to the one in this room, but once he does he pushes away from the window and answers it without a second thought.]
[He wasn't troubled by feeling restless for once, however. And it did give him the opportunity to poke through Matt's things, not that he cared, but out of curiosity he flipped through the magazines in Matt's drawer (boring) and inspected the half completed replacement laptop (also boring) and smoked a cigarette or two in the meantime.]
[And he could have gone back to his own room, really, but why bother? It was just as comfortable here, and the view was a little different from the windows, so that Mello could watch a different set of people moving down different streets. Just a little shift in perspective made all the difference. That was the lesson for today.]
[The smoke from his cigarette spreads out against the glass as he looks down at the people, all milling around like a brightly colored insect colony. Most of them looked to be in a hurry, and they were talking on cellphones to other people who were no doubt in just as much of a hurry, going somewhere else, guiding their lives to their purpose or having it being guided for them.]
[Normal people. That's what they were. All perfectly average and unremarkable.]
[Not really the sort of people that Mello had any interest in, from street level, but up here it was interesting to watch.]
[And part of him, to be honest, was keeping an eye out for Matt, because he would be down there somewhere buying things that Mello wanted but was too much of a prat to go get himself. Mello didn't see him, though, so he takes another drag for every person who looks like they could be Matt, but aren't. Just because.]
[Eventually his concentration is broken by the phone ringing - he doesn't hear it at first, or if he does he doesn't connect it to the one in this room, but once he does he pushes away from the window and answers it without a second thought.]
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