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[rockandrollvampire]

[Looking for your resident 80s loving, Madonna worshiping, nerd of a vampire? You've got him. Leave a message for Tobias Matthews here!

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[ahigherpitch]

[ Some things are more important than Toby's beauty sleep okay? Like the gender fumbling Daphne is currently doing in preparing to go out tonight. A frustrated sigh comes through the other end of the line -- ]

Fine. Fine. Okay, let's go, come on, try again.

This feels ridiculous. It feels like I'm violating myself. How is that even possible?

[rockandrollvampire]

[He yawns once more as he waits for her to try again, eventually sitting up to search out a carton of smokes. She'll hear the sound of his Zippo clicking in the background.]

Because you're not used to it? It's not easy the first few times, but it gets the figure you want. [He exhales a smoky breath.]

You getting it this time?

[ahigherpitch]

[ A heavy sigh, and another complaining mumble. ]

Yeah, I'm getting it.

[ The sound of tape ripping can be heard. ]

How did you even learn this anyway? Who even figured out that you can do this?

[rockandrollvampire]

[He exhales slowly, relieved that this time seems to be going better. Thank God. He wasn't sure he could explain it over the phone right now, even over video.]

Dunno who figured it out first. It's been around since before your time though. [Another exhaled breath. God this cigarette is exactly what he needs right now.]

Lovely woman I met at a party once showed me how it was done after some asshole made a comment about the fit of my dress. I gave him a good shove for it, but the technique was was appreciated. Certainly came in handy every time I felt like being gussied up after that. [He chuckles.] She was fun, too, though not nearly as fun as you.

[ahigherpitch]

It's unnatural is what it is. Weird, unnatural--

[ She says as she squeezes her legs together to hold everything in place while she tears the tape-- ]

And incredible, the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

[ Okay, yank that tape back honey-- ]

It's like I'm doing stage magic or something. Hey, how many gals like me have you known anyway?

[rockandrollvampire]

At least you have tape for it. I've had times where I had naught but my own knickers to work with. Having to show off my bare legs instead of covering them up when my dress is shorter is scandalous.

[Or it was the last time he did it in decades around hers. It was also awkward as Hell and having any form of tape makes this whole ordeal easier.]

Hm, I dunno. I've not counted them. That feels rude. [And the number of fucks he gives about people not fitting "the norm" of society is exactly zero.] Least a few dozen over my years? I got out a lot before I met Dorian, and then we went out even more for a while.

[And what did you find in the dingy little clubs Toby liked to frequent with his boyfriend in the 80s? All the queer folk and social outcasts. Ahh, the 80s. God does he miss them some days.]