cigsandbeer | IC INBOX

Hey! So it's me, again. About your inmate... again.

[She swears she's not looking for excuses to message him! It's just a coincidence, honest.]

Sokie, this time.

Hey.

She want a weapon, too?

[PLEASE appreciate the self-control he's exercising by not making a comment about how he's already lent Sokie his best sword.]

Oh! [Tendi laughs] No I'm- I'm really not worried about Sokie defending herself. Quite the opposite! We've been sparring. She has healing magic so there shouldn't be any long-term injuries resulting, but I wanted to give you a heads up so there aren't any, um. Misunderstandings. If someone walks in on us.

[Which suggests that she's not exactly talking laid-back practice sparring here.]

[She gets a laugh back in reply.]

Fuck, are you ripping each others' limbs off or what? [He sounds completely unbothered by the idea.]

Not yet! [Far too cheerfully. It's unclear whether she's joking.]

There've been a few broken bones. No big. But she needs the outlet and I'd rather she take it out on someone with experience, you know?

Sure. It's way more satisfying fighting someone who puts up a decent resistance.

[Now he's wondering if he could engage Sokie in some marathon sex. Not that sex and violence are interchangeable ~~when you're as vanilla as Gojyo~~ but they sure are both ways of expending energy.]

You're looking after all the inmates on board, or just keeping an extra eye on mine? [Said entirely good-naturedly.]

[That, and Tendi's a little worried Sokie might pick a fight with someone who's not prepared for her level of training. And intensity.]

I guess I just have a lot of inmate friends? And they keep getting paired with you? [She laughs again.] Just don't tell Sokie I called her a friend, she'd probably hate that.

Well, guess you do seem like the kinda girl who'd make friends everywhere. [Says the guy who befriended Hilbert within the first five minutes of meeting him.]

That, or the Admiral just figures the two of us have similar taste in people. Or similar compatibility, whatever.

And my lips are [zipping sound and hand motion. Gojyo sympathises: he's still getting used to openly admitting he's friends with his bff roommate of five years that he'd die for.]

That part's pretty new actually? [Well, past couple years new. She hasn't had a lot of friends in her life.] But it's not important! Thanks for understanding. You're a real one, Gojyo. [Hopefully next time they talk it can be about something not work related.]

New, huh? Well, no time like the present. [Team Extroverts Who Used To Be Kinda Lonely unite.]

[He laughs.] Nah, I'm a bastard, really; my good looks and charm just got you fooled. I'm just not one to complain about two girls getting rowdy.

A couple years new, anyway.

[Oh, Gojyo. She grew up on an estate almost completely staffed by shirtless hunks. She does still appreciate some nice eye candy, discreetly, but she's hardly fooled by it.]

Uh-huh. Well, it's not like I'd spar that hard with a guy, so...

--Oi, what kinda wusses are the men in your world?! Clearly you need to spare with some actually manly men. I am officially embarrassed on the behalf of all the dudes in your world.

Oh, no, plenty of guys can fight. It just feels... I don't know. Weird to hit a guy that hard for the sake of sparring, I guess.

[Weird for reasons she doesn't really want to go into. But also because, yeah, a lot of gender roles are reversed on Orion.]

[................]

...If for whatever reason we ever end up fighting, I'm gonna need you to not hold back, or you're gonna hurt my feelings real bad.

Mmm... I guess that depends on why we're fighting, though?

What the-- No it doesn't--

WHY?

...because I don't want to kill you?

[Why is that even a question?]

Excuse you, like I'd die that easily!

It's kinda hard to keep count in the middle of a fight, but I've been up against at least fifteen youkai at once and come out on top.

Okay, well- ignoring the question of whether I could kill you- [and she's not entirely convinced she couldn't] -I don't like fighting people with the intention to kill them. Like, ever. But especially friends. So there'd have to be something really fucked up going on for me to not hold back at all.

Friends, huh...

[That goes somewhere with getting him to cool off, at least.]

Okay fine, no trying to kill anyone, but you can't like... hold back on punching me or whatever.

Yes, friends.

[She's very sure about this. You're a good guy, Gojyo.]

Well... I'll try, all right? But if you're, like, possessed or mind controlled or something I'm still only going as hard as I need you to get you restrained, because that's not fair.

Oh, don't worry: I'm way to cool to be possessed or mind controlled. [But his tone is much softer, with little left of the macho pride. What was that about having friends being kind of a new thing, again?]

We ever end up fighting, you're gonna be facing the real me.

Right, much too cool. [Solemnly, but she can't help a little smile pulling at her lips.]

Okay, if we ever do fight, somehow, I'll take you seriously.

IC INBOX

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject