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notrosecolored) wrote2026-01-12 07:10 pm
notrosecolored) wrote2026-01-12 07:10 pm
Duplicity Contact Post
Call, text, action all go here
Call, text, action all go here
[The early hour doesn't even rate a blink.] Here?
[ He shakes his head until he's finished swallowing his coffee.]
No. Patch's gym. Expect that to change in couple of months.
No. Patch's gym. Expect that to change in couple of months.
...What would you need to bring to a personal training session?
That kind of up-close armed combat is really more Carver's forte.
[ Well! It is. ]
[ Well! It is. ]
[He shrugs.] I know how to do it already. I want to learn something new.
Then leave the knife out. Do you want to learn how to use a staff?
[Heh] I...already know that one, too.
I don't know how to fight someone with powers.
I don't know how to fight someone with powers.
Who with powers are you planning to fight?
[He smiles wryly] I don't plan my fights. I avoid them. But they do happen.
Okay, but if you're fighting with anyone here who has powers, and those powers aren't 'magic', then I want you to lose.
[ Is he being a smart ass now on purpose? Yes. Not entirely lying, but still. ]
[ Is he being a smart ass now on purpose? Yes. Not entirely lying, but still. ]
[He laughs] Does that mean everyone with powers is on our side? And magicians aren't?
It means that the people with powers are, so far, my people. I don't know most of the magic users, so they're still unknowns.
[ So... yes, basically that is correct. ]
[ So... yes, basically that is correct. ]
Well, hand to hand fighting I'm comfortable with. Carver's from the same place I am; whatever he knows, I probably know. I only have a knife right now, but I can use anything I can get my hands on. And probably have.
[So the personal training he needs is up to Scott.]
[So the personal training he needs is up to Scott.]
Then let's see what I can do that will push you. We can start at the gym and if it looks like it's going to take more intense work, we'll take it to the gym to avoid property damage.
...You are remarkably more sane than Carver.
...You are remarkably more sane than Carver.
[He knows. And there is real sympathy in the way he frowns.]
He's been through a lot. He's lost all of his people. His family. [He looks up at Scott] I was lucky. I never had one to lose. It was easier for me to adapt when the world ended.
He's been through a lot. He's lost all of his people. His family. [He looks up at Scott] I was lucky. I never had one to lose. It was easier for me to adapt when the world ended.
I'm not sure if that's a remarkable show of compassion, depreciation, or both.
[ He likes Carver fine, but he's pretty sure of...
Nothing with this, actually. ]
Why didn't you have family?
[ He likes Carver fine, but he's pretty sure of...
Nothing with this, actually. ]
Why didn't you have family?
[There is the smallest hesitation]
I aged out of the foster system. Years ago, obviously. Family just isn't something I tried to have.
I aged out of the foster system. Years ago, obviously. Family just isn't something I tried to have.
What did you do between aging out and the world ending?
[ Hesitation would mean backing off is polite, but Scott's starting to think this guy is going to stick around.
So he wants to know more.]
[ Hesitation would mean backing off is polite, but Scott's starting to think this guy is going to stick around.
So he wants to know more.]
[ He is just going to leave the part of one of them being dead and the impossibility of ever leaving this place with that commitment in tact out of the picture. Not helpful, even if it also applies to him to some degree, too.]
That's good. I'll look forward to it and congratulations again.
That's good. I'll look forward to it and congratulations again.
I worked. Not steadily. I stole things, I had boyfriends, I moved around.
[ He lifts his eyebrows a little like something just made sense to him. ]
And then the world ended and you found a specific purpose.
And then the world ended and you found a specific purpose.
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