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You've reached Claude Bérubé.

I'm currently not available.
Please leave a message
and I'll call you back as soon as possible.

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Thank you.




[This is the post for IC contact with Claude.
Text, audio and action - everything goes.]

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audio;

[justcrywolf]

But you're calling back.

audio; 1/2

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Looks like it, right?

audio; 2/2

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Seems I didn't need my one-night stand speech, after all.

audio;

[justcrywolf]

Fuck, you have a speech? Sorry I missed it.

audio;

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"Listen, you're nice and all - probably just my type, but I don't do one-night stands and unless you're willing to give this a try, I'm sorry to say that the door is that way over there. Here is a pack of condoms for your continued adventures. Use them wisely."

audio;

[justcrywolf]

... okay, that would have probably intimidated me a bit.

audio;

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I'd picked you for the type, yes.

audio;

[justcrywolf]

I've been around, what can I say. [Have a low laugh.] In any case. Saturday?

audio;

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I'm in Marseilles next weekend. Work. [There's a pause. He's obviously considering how to phrase what follows.] There's a great seafood place near the hotel I usually stay at.

audio;

[justcrywolf]

Wow. Okay.

audio;

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I know it might seem like a hassle, but the plane ticket's on me and the hotel room is free, so...

audio;

[justcrywolf]

Fuck no, I can pay my own ticket.

audio;

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Whatever. [Said somewhat dismissively.] Do you want to come? You'll be entertaining yourself most of the day, but evening's all yours.

audio;

[justcrywolf]

Shit, Claude. I don't know, give me a moment.

audio;

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Sure, I have all day.

[Not. Dude, he's at work.]

audio;

[justcrywolf]

[Deep breath.]

Fuck it. We're doing it.

audio;

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[You can hear him smiling. Hear it.]

We're leaving at nine in the morning, so I hope you're more of a morning person when you're not coming down from an orgasm.

audio;

[justcrywolf]

[The laugh is sort of half-choked this time. Jesus, this feels weird. Foreign. Not entirely, of course, but...]

Quick warning though - I have a speech on steady relationships.

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[downplaying]

So I figured.

audio;

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I feel pretty confident that we'll work something out.

audio;

[justcrywolf]

Good. That's... good.

audio;

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Just imagine us fucking in some alleyway near the Old Port of Marseille. It really doesn't need to get more complex than that.

audio;

[justcrywolf]

Hey, I'm up for it. Complex or not.

What time was it again?

audio;

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Nine o'clock. At the airport. Gate A03, but you should meet up with me at the standard meeting point.

audio;

[justcrywolf]

Sure. Sure, guess I'll see you there.