The Gig [Finished]

[yamikuronue]

"Uh.. yeah, that's fine." says Vic, awkwardly. "Um... thanks for last night."

[accalia]

"You needed help. I help. It's what i do," tony replies before reconsidering and amending "Well, it's what i joined the force to do, these days my work's mostly paperwork and trying to keep the boys working under me from going corrupt like so many of the day shift already has."

[yamikuronue]

"Sure," says Vic, shifting his weight. "But also, I mean..." He gestures toward the bullets.

[accalia]

"Yeah. I feel bad about that, but i wanted to make sure you wouldn't do anything permanent while you were still in shock." Tony seems genuinely upset at that, not the thought that Vic might have.... done something, but at the fact that Tony stole it from him, even if only for the night.

[yamikuronue]

Vic nods. "...I was going to. I don't... my life is in shambles. So thank you."

[accalia]

Tony finishes the eggs and serves Vic and himself before he replies.

"Yeah, your entire life got ripped away from you in one fell swoop. And, worse, through no fault of your own. It's not unreasonable to have.... those sorts of thoughts. I know i've stared down the barrel of my own pistol often enough, wondering is it even worth going on, continuing the fight? But i've never pulled the trigger... and times like this remind me why I haven't."

Tony falls to silent, eating from the plate in front of him at that. He said what he needed to and now there's time for food.

[yamikuronue]

Vic sits at the table, poking at his eggs with a fork. "What, times when everything goes to bits?"

[accalia]

"Times when i can help someone pick up the pieces." Tony replies "Had to do it myself without help, don't want others to have to do that."

[yamikuronue]

Vic cuts into his egg with the side of his fork, spearing the chunk and putting it into his mouth. Help... but what can we even do? he wonders, as he chews and swallows.

[accalia]

Tony continues to eat in silence. Tony's comfortable with silence and waiting and decides to wait until Vic wants to say something, or Tony thinks of something new to say.

[yamikuronue]

"So what's the plan?" he -- she? -- asks, when she finishes her egg.

[accalia]

Tony shrugs mopping up the last of the bacon grease on his plate with a piece of toast "Long term? No clue. I mean I expect I'll get contacted by the family eventually, I'm their man on the inside and they just cast me out along side you, That conversation's bound to be awkward but can't plan for it until it happens. Short term, gotta get all this taken care of before it goes off, and properly clean upstairs so you're not sleeping with all that dust." Tony gestures at the groceries as he talks, apparently some of it needs refrigeration.

[yamikuronue]

Vic nods. "Should I ask about the room?"

[accalia]

"You want to?"

Tony's tone's pretty neutral, he's not asking for the questions, he's not saying there won't be answers, he's just asking if Vic wants to know.

[yamikuronue]

"Kinda, yeah. But it's cool if you don't want to tell me." Vic shrugs.