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New Life, New Year

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"New year, new life."

James blinked and looked up and over to Dr. Razyn. He cocked a brow at the doctor's first comment of the evening.

When the younger Razyn asked James if the elder could come to their home for New Year's Eve, James didn't know what to think of it. At first he thought it was a prank, or some kind of shenaniganery. But as the night went on, and the typical guests streamed into the mansion foyer and subsequently living room, dining room, kitchen, bedrooms and gaming parlor, he took note that neither of the two Razyns seemed to be up to anything. 

So it wasn't until when around seven minutes into ten o'clock that Dr. Razyn made his first comment that James realized that they had been sitting together for almost an hour, eating the light New Year dinner.

Letting out a soft grunt of acceptance of this fact, James returned the comment. 

"You what, mate?"

The doctor turned to him, so his organic eye could meet his. "You've been gone from the tunnels too long."

James closed his eyes and shrugged. "True. Uh, five years now." He slowly opened his eyes, and let them widen a little. "Yeah. A long time since I was down there." He looked over to Dr. Razyn. "I didn't realize."

Razyn nodded. He turned to watch Marc punching his brother Devinne in the stomach. The mutant man crumpled, laughing, while the middle brother David laughed along. Marc sneered, pulling Erica close.

The quiet men looked back at each other. The doctor broke the short silence. "New life, new year is a phrase that gained popularity last year, with the rise of a spore-core popstar." He made a motion of pulling an opening hand away from his mouth a few times. "Every year, everyone can spread themselves through friends and family, just like he and his kin can."

James nodded. "You're getting pretty hip." He picked up a spoonful of soup and sipped it, watching Jessica stroll over. She was grinning wide as always as she took a seat between them.

"Hi you two!" She seemed especially peppy, which James had to admit he didn't mind. 

Razyn gave a short wave, mechanical wrist silently swaying. James did the same.

Taking a slice of bread in hand, James drawled out an "Ey, wassup."

Jessica shrugged, the thick fabric of her dress bunching slightly and relaxing with the motion. "I just finished setting up the boring bits of the new year, so I thought I'd swing down here and see how everyone is doing." She looked over the twenty or so people gathered in their home.

She threw her hands up at someone who just dropped onto the couch. "Oh, its Jen!" She hopped out of her seat. "I gotta go see her, it's been way too long." She looked back at James and Razyn, who stared back at her. "Don't cause too much trouble you two." She winked. "New year, new life!" With that, she skipped over to the couch, almost floating.

James furrowed his brow. "Oh, Jess knows that phrase." He shrugged with a smirk and looked to Razyn. "I feel old now."

Razyn nodded. "That cannot be so bad."

"Nah." James chewed on some bread, watching the tv from where he sat. "Getting old... Happens." He looked down at the crusts in his hands and gnawed on them.

"You have gotten older, James."

James looked over to Razyn. As always, the doctor showed nothing in his expression.

James gulped slightly. Hearing his name droned out like that sounded ominous. Everything the doc did sounded ominous or looked dramatic.

All he could muster was "I guess, yeah."

The doctor looked to him, seeming bored or uninterested in the conversation. As if it didn't matter. James could never figure out the guy. "When I first met you, do you remember what you said to me?"

James furrowed his brow. "Uh... No. No, not at all. A lot of that time was... You know what happened."

The doctor didn't say anything after that. He just watched Devinne pick himself up and wander over to where his siblings were standing around, and joined them for a drink.

James returned to watching the tv.

"I want to make everything back the way it was before, and I don't want it to change again."

James blinked several times, as if trying to wake himself from a dream. He slowly turned towards the doctor, who was turned to face him fully. He was leaned in slightly.

James shook his head. "What?"

The doctor only nodded. "That is the first thing you told me. You wanted to reset your life and prevent it from changing."

"...Oh." That seemed random.

"You have changed since then. When we were first introduced, you were dead set on never changing or growing up, or anything else of the nature."

James stared at the doctor. Razyn stared back at him. They sat like that for a few moments. James took a deep breath and scratched his cheek. "Oh. I uh... Thanks? I guess?"

Razyn shook his head, and watched the tv. "Think nothing of it, old friend."

James smirked and gave a snort. "Aight."

Someone cleared his throat next to James, and he jumped in his seat. "Jeeze."

The younger Razyn shrugged, smiling. "Enjoying yourself, boss and bro?"

The doctor nodded.

James just gave the younger Razyn a disapproving look. Feigned anger, but he has told Razyn not to sneak up on him. "Sure. What up?"

Razyn shrugged and walked off. "Just wanted to know what you were talking about." He sat down next to James. "You talk about that thig you wanted to talk about?"

James looked to the elder.

The elder shook his head. "It was not necessary. As I anticipated."

The younger nodded, smiling a little. "Good. That's good." He patted James on the back. "Before you ask what we're talkin about, just don't worry about it, boss."

James shook his head, raising his hands a little. "Whateva." He reclined in his seat and sighed. "New uh year, new life."

The elder nodded, watching the tv. The younger gave a short cheer, and pulled James closer, hand on his shoulder. "Atta boy, boss! New year, new life!"

James just smirked as he supped his soda., watching the New Year's coverage on the tv.
Happy New Years!

Just a little bit of a rattling off of words and dialogue about growing up and having some time to think.

Also a great chance to find a voice for modern James. 

Characters (c) me, qinop.
© 2015 - 2024 qinop
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