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[wolfishflame]

[Aly looks a little chagrinned, and blows out her breath with a "whuff" sound.]

Okay, I have a confession to make. The name I've given out isn't the one I usually go by. It's Aly. But you can still call me Keahi. I don't really care.

[She shrugs.]

No such thing as an overabundance of caution, right? And for any faeries out there...this is your only warning to stay well clear. You try and step, and me and Dr. Bonkers will fix the little problem of you being alive.

That's all.

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[Aly looks like the cat that ate the canary.] Told you I could work with hardball.

Comments

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[annihilist]

Yawn.

[Devin, don't be an ass.]

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[wolfishflame]

Oh, come off it, Gerard. Just admit that I won.

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[annihilist]

You're assuming that was the game I was playing.

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[wolfishflame]

Liar, liar...pants on fire. [She wiggles her fingers and a little fireball appears above them briefly before disappearing.]

Say it. Say that I bested you.

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[annihilist]

Have you considered being less childish?

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[wolfishflame]

Wow, Devin, being a sore loser is not a good look on you.

And I could be, but where's the fun in that when it's so clearly rustlin' your jimmies?

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[annihilist]

[Quiet laughter.]

You have yet to see me perturbed, young lady.

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[wolfishflame]

[She grins.] Is that a challenge?

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[annihilist]

You're going to take it as one regardless of what I say.

Be careful what you wish for.

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[wolfishflame]

[Fondly:] Oh, you old so-and-so.

Settles it. I'm keeping you. You remind me of a friend of mine.

[TRANSFERENCE ISN'T UNHEALTHY WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT]

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[annihilist]

[Sigh.]

You can't have me.

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[wolfishflame]

Mm, too late. We're friends now.

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[annihilist]

Strictly speaking, that's not how friendship works. The two parties usually have to actually like each other.

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[wolfishflame]

You like me. I'm mischievous and playful. Like a puppy.

Like a big scary pitbull puppy, but a puppy. And those guys get a bad rap, anyway. Ain't the dog's fault, it's the owner's.

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[annihilist]

I tolerate you. And I don't have time for pets.

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[wolfishflame]

I feed and walk myself. Suuuuper low-maintenance.

See, when your stoic sort of type 'tolerates' someone, I know what they mean. Like I said, you remind me of someone.

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[annihilist]

And who might this unfortunate soul be?

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[wolfishflame]

A wise guy, who's also a wiseguy. You two'd get along like peas in a pod.

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[annihilist]

You need to find yourself better role models, if you've been hanging around with someone like me.

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[wolfishflame]

Oh, I'm sure he would agree.

We just can't seem to avoid each other, though.

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[annihilist]

Bully for him.

Find someone else to cling to; the city's big enough.

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[wolfishflame]

That would require finding someone else, and I don't wanna.

Plus, this seems to really annoy you, which is a bonus.

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[annihilist]

[Devin laughs quietly, coldly.]

Are you really so desperate for attention that you come to me? This entire announcement was just to annoy me? My word, you are a damaged creature, aren't you.

[She's better off not clinging to him. He's not a good influence, and he doesn't deserve her attempts at friendship.]

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[wolfishflame]

"Damaged"?

[She laughs a little, smiling just as coldly.]

Devin, I've been poisoned, bitten, shot, stabbed, and killed. I've watched friends die in front of me when I couldn't do a damn thing to save them. I've changed my entire being, everything that I am. Do you know how much that hurts, Devin? To unmake and remake your entire body, when there are enemies breaking down the door, ready to kill you at your most vulnerable?

Do you know what it is to get your fucking head chopped off and live to tell about it, Devin? Do you see where that might make me a little...damaged?

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[annihilist]

[He looks bored as she lists all of that off. With the exception of getting his head lopped off and actually killed, Devin's lived through much of the same, though with different context.

The vampire would much prefer to offer comfort or commiseration, but he must not. She needs someone who isn't like her, who isn't as damaged. She's young; she has time to heal.]

Let's see... yes, yes, yes, yes, already dead, yes, yes, and no, [Devin counts off coolly.] And then some.

Do you expect me to care? Because I don't.