[closed] yeah yeah and I'm alright

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Date & Time: June 29 — July ∞
Location: Around Exsilium
Characters: Saul & TBA
Summary: A catch-all log for Saul's many business etc. meetings throughout the month, because otherwise there would be like a million logs up. Not even an exaggeration. An actual million.
Warnings: Drugs in Jesse's thread, violence in Coby's, sap in Effie's.

[Sometimes, the best way to get over something is to find a suitable distraction.

Since Saul's #1 distraction has always been work, he doesn't see why that can't be the case here as well — he may not technically be practicing law at the moment, but his skill set is undeniably useful. Extremely so. (As far as he's considered, anyway.) He doesn't need his own office or a secretary or a PI or a bodyguard to get plenty of shit done. He's Saul Goodman, for godssakes — what the hell good is he if he's not working?

His hands have been idle for too long, and look at where they've gotten him.

Devil's tools indeed.

So here he is, keeping busy. Training, doing business, drinking more coffee (and alcohol) than he probably should. Whatever works, right? Right.]

Comments

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Uh.

[That's a hefty order, Lisbeth.

He reaches for a napkin and cleans his fingers, then dabs at his mouth and shrugs.]

You're gonna have to be a little more direct than that.

[hejhej]

[oh for fuck's--

she looks him directly in the eye, leaning over the counter slightly]

Tell me why you, Jesse, and Walter Fucking White are such a shitshow.

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[He looks offended.]

I was not a shitshow until Walter Fucking White showed up. Neither was Jesse. Sure, we might have both been on that track, but there was a way off. Now? Pfft. Forget it. I explained Walter to you, didn't I? He's a man out of control, and you know how Jesse is. So loyal and caring and all that shit. It's a terrible combination. I dunno what else to tell you.

[hejhej]

What I don't understand is why he keeps Jesse around. They were constantly angry with each other; the version of Walter who came to Siren's Port is very much different than what I'm hearing from you about what he's doing in Exsilium.

But there's so many layers to this story that I don't think I can go to Jesse to understand it fully anymore.

[She's silent for a bit as she tries to word her next statement.]

I dug around in people's past for a living in Sweden and I promised not to do that to him. But when Walter, Gus, and Jane show up on my doorstep and he goes on a bender - I have to start asking questions.

[The only good visit was from Jane even if she and Lisbeth had butt heads to the point where it put a strain on their relationship with Jesse; he'd gone to rehab and cleaned up]

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[Ah, shit.

Saul's going to throw up if he actually has to say this out loud.

He downs a mouthful of coffee in preparation, cringes at having swallowed too much at once, then appears to steady himself before speaking.

God damn it.]

He needs Jesse. And for that reason, he thinks he cares about Jesse.

[hejhej]

[Lisbeth's face carries a deadpan expression at Saul's answer. That's not-- even she knows normal people don't do that.]

And I thought I was fucked up.

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Well, congratulations! You're not as fucked up as Walter White.

[He checks his pockets, frowns.]

Sorry. Fresh out of gold star stickers.

[hejhej]

And Jesse blurs the line too, doesn't he?

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Of course. Jesse, who was so convinced he'd be the one to run off and wipe his partner from the history books, is now instead convinced that he's sorry.

[Sorry. Can you believe that, Lisbeth? Saul can't.]

[hejhej]

[Well this was a textbook abusive relationship if she ever saw one. She sighs and rubs her eyes. Lisbeth looks at Saul for a moment before speaking again.]

And we're all supposed to take it on good faith that that's what's happening.

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Bingo.

[Right on the nose.

Saul shrugs.]

I'm working on it. I still need to talk to Walter.

[hejhej]

That's going to go over beautifully, I'm sure.

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[Cue a bright, wry, theatrical smile.]

Have a little faith, sweetheart.

[hejhej]

If you ever need to dispose of a body..

[She lets the sentence hang as she picks up her travel mug and gives him a look as she drinks her coffee.

Is she serious or joking? Who knows!]

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Actually, I have missed my guy back home. You wanna be my new guy? ...gal?

[Is he serious or joking? Who knows!!]

[hejhej]

Saul, how romantic.

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[Eyebrow.

Waggle.]

[hejhej]

[So charming.]

Call me some time.

[She had to get back into bed before the others got home. Lisbeth being up before noon when she wasn't working would really raise some questions. And she really wanted to get back into bed.

She takes her travel mug and walks towards his door.]