Accord // AU

[hatesblindjokes]

[Vincent is wandering around the city streets in the dead of night, looking for the hotel that Robin told him about. the goal is to meet up and discuss the game plan, now that he's here.

but given that he is both lost and blind, that's proving kind of difficult. that motherfucker, would it have been so hard to give him directions? and no one really wants to talk to a seven-foot, weird-looking guy this late at night, so he's mostly just... hands in his pockets, shoulders hunched up, trying to listen for conversation or something that'll help him figure out what is where.]

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[hatesblindjokes]

Great. Figure he deserves a couple, if he's been here a while.

[...he thinks on something for a minute, until another thought dawns on him.]

Oh, hey. You, uh--got a name that's easy to spell?

[mortalcoil]

[this guy has at least deserved learning his name, so he stops walking to take his hand again. No reason to try to walk and write and read at the same time.

C O I L-- nice easy letters traced one-by-one on his palm]

[hatesblindjokes]

[he "looks" down at the approximate place where their hands are--very patient about this whole thing. when he's done, Vincent makes a little spirally motion with a finger.]

Like the metal things?

[mortalcoil]

[he's used to people comparing his name to snakes or rope, but he's seen coils of wire so... he pats his arm. Yep, like the metal things.

Coil mimics the little spiral motion, though it's of no benefit to Vincent. It's just habit.]

[hatesblindjokes]

All right. [that probably has some significance, but he leaves his theories to himself.] Vincent, on the off-chance Robin didn't say anything.

[he holds his hand out. handshake? :>]

[mortalcoil]

[gdhj almost no one ever offers him a handshake. He finds it funny, and totally accepts]

[hatesblindjokes]

[and upon shaking his hand, Vincent suddenly understands why Robin associates with him.

his own half of the handshake is pretty light, given that he has massive hands and tends to crush people's fingers. but it is a handshake all the same.]

Slick. Nice to meet you.