Trenton: That's right. One fer me, Yuri, and Xavier to boot. Granted I totaled mine cause I had an accident.
Yuri: That was the black ice thing, right?
Trenton: Yep, it was a late winter night, and even with my good night acuity I couldn't make out the patch of ice on the road till it was too late. Skidded around fer what felt like furever, before I went right off the road and crushed the engine into a tree trunk.
Yuri: Lucky it didn't end up in yer lap...
Trenton: Well, I didn't get out clean anyway. Y'all remember the leg cast I had to sport fer a few months.
Yuri: I remember that clunker. *Chuckles* Bigger than Qali.
Trenton: Yup. So yeah, ain't exactly as excitin' as Yuri's story.
Yuri: Excitin'? Pft...only cause there was a little bit of a car chase involved. One I got cut out of purty quick because one of the perp's acomplices used his movin' truck to slam me and Lance into a lamppost and drove off before we could make a move on him.
Trenton: That totaled it?
Yuri: Fella came up on us from behind while we was tailin' his partners and pushed us directly into the post. Almost split the engine in two, just like what happened with you.
Trenton: So...can you really argue that 'you' totaled it?
Yuri: That's how the commissioner saw it. *Shakes Head*. But enough about me, let's get to the entertainin' story.
Xavier: Please...I really don't want to tell this story...
Trenton: Aw c'mon Xave, it's hilarious.
Xavier: It wasn't at the time! *Huffs* Still isn't!
Yuri: Just spit it out Prancy-Boy!
Xavier: Fine...*Sigh* This happened back when Malcolm and I had been together for a while. Our relationship was getting serious, and we decided to move in together. So...Malcolm and I started looking for a new apartment that would accommodate us both. And we found one, the one we live in currently, which is very lovely and-
Yuri: We getting' to the story er' not?
Xavier: I have to paint a picture! To explain enough so there's no questions as to how this happened.
Yuri: That sounds like somethin' a perp would say while bein' grilled...*Chuckles*
Xavier: The apartment was on the tenth floor, and while we were able to move a lot of stuff with the elevator, some of the furniture was too large, so we had to use the stairs. Now, thanks to the way the building is designed, the outer portion of the stairs is only separated from the outside by glass.
Trenton: Ah, sacrificin' safety fer aesthetic purposes eh?
Xavier: Well, there were still reinforced guardrails. The problem is that when I lost my grip on the sofa and it slid back down the stairs at maximum speed, it...well...it hit the landing with such force it practically bounced back...clearing the guardrail, shattering the window and plummeting down eight stories.
Yuri: Where it shot smack dab into the hood of a cop car...
Xavier: I was mortified! Although relieved that no one had been hurt. The cop had parked to issue parking tickets, and thankfully it hadn't hit any pedestrians.
Yuri: Betch ya ya'll got a purty sizeable parkin' ticket fer that one eh Xave?
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