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savetheearth2013-08-30 05:20 pm
shortspoken) wrote in savetheearth2013-08-30 05:20 pm
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Who: Alan and Annabel
What: Sparring practice. Which won't turn nasty and grudgey and personal in any way (haha yes it will)
When: Yesterday evening
Where: The park Annabel used to work at
Warnings: There will be violence and huge spoilers for Attack on Titan within! Stay out if you're only watching the anime ok good
[ For most people, goading a teenage boy into a fight under the vague pretense of it being "practice" would be a terribly scummy thing to do. For Annabel, it's just your average Thursday.
In her defense, Alan is really annoying. And he cost her her old job. And she's pretty sure he was involved in one of her less pleasant echoed memories. And he's taller than she is. It's her who should be feeling victimised here, being such a tiny frail young lady and all.
Which is why she brought her taser, just in case. GOOD LIFE CHOICES, ANNABEL, A+++.
She leans against a tree in the park and waits for Alan to show up. She's pretty sure she'll be able to hear him coming from five blocks over. He's that shouty. ]
What: Sparring practice. Which won't turn nasty and grudgey and personal in any way (haha yes it will)
When: Yesterday evening
Where: The park Annabel used to work at
Warnings: There will be violence and huge spoilers for Attack on Titan within! Stay out if you're only watching the anime ok good
[ For most people, goading a teenage boy into a fight under the vague pretense of it being "practice" would be a terribly scummy thing to do. For Annabel, it's just your average Thursday.
In her defense, Alan is really annoying. And he cost her her old job. And she's pretty sure he was involved in one of her less pleasant echoed memories. And he's taller than she is. It's her who should be feeling victimised here, being such a tiny frail young lady and all.
Which is why she brought her taser, just in case. GOOD LIFE CHOICES, ANNABEL, A+++.
She leans against a tree in the park and waits for Alan to show up. She's pretty sure she'll be able to hear him coming from five blocks over. He's that shouty. ]
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[ Aww yee, gloating.
She hauls him to his feet, letting go of his hand with only the slightest hesitation. The urge to keep her grip on it and interrogate him is strong, but he's clearly in no fit state to ]
What did you remember.
[ Oh right yes she's a little shit and doesn't care if Alan should be talking about this right now
Ok carry on ]
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[She'd punched his jaw off. Before dropping a tree on him and god that hurt.
Was it even Ellie? Maybe it just looked like her.]
I don't really know.
[Either way, he can't tell her. No one can know what he was.]
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You don't know much, do you. Does that always happen? The steaming.
[ She nods at him, folding her arms. She is not liking the evasiveness. At all. ]
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[He glances down at himself, making a horrified face at the faint wisps of steam.]
It's happened before a couple of times when I was angry, but...
[The titan had been steaming from her injuries. Now that he's making the connection, he recalls how impossibly hot the other one's mouth had been when it swallowed him.
(monster)
He shudders, the panic rising again. It wasn't supposed to be like this.]
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[ She's not about to let him freak out again, so she reaches up to click her fingers in Alan's face. Godfuckingdammit she should not have to reach UP to do that. Life is pain. ]
Stay with it, idiot. The steaming isn't anything to worry about. Others have it too.
[ Meaning Ryan and Bertl and NOBODY ELSE!! ]
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[Oh fuck, they do. Ryan's got it. Does that mean he's the same as Alan? It makes sense, they'd been soldiers together. But weren't they supposed to be training to kill titans? He'd made such a big deal about it to Jean...]
It doesn't make sense.
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[ She flicks her bangs out of her eyes impatiently. Then notes the lack of pain in her jaw from the head movement.
Huh.
Not unexpected, considering. ]
What do you know?
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[He stares, not sure if he should be scared or not.]
So I guess it really was you in that memory. That titan was you.
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[ Her eyes flick left briefly as she idly twists at the ring on her index finger. ]
Are you sure your blood didn't get on me? Titan?
[ This lying-without-lying business is really difficult. But that's totally plausible! ]
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[oh fuck oh fuck, this is all wrong, he doesn't want to be a monster]
No. I'm sure.
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[ This is kind of a gamble, but... Ryan said he had to consciously heal his wounds. And Annabel had been thinking about her jaw shortly before it stopped hurting. So...
She pulls out the catch on her ring, releasing the barb, and clenches her fist on it. ]
Well.
[ She raises her bleeding palm to show Alan, making a very conscious effort not to think about the wound or the slight pain of it. It's not steaming. ]
Are you still sure?
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[He stares at her hand, his heart sinking. Maybe he really did imagine it. He could have been mixing up what he was really seeing with the memory or something.]
I guess not.
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She really does, though. ]
Relax.
[ Really, really scummy. ]
It's not even a big deal. You have a superpower. Congrats.
[ She wipes her bloody hand off on her pants, allowing it to close up as she does so. She can't be sure she won't visibly heal it in front of Alan by accident, and the fabric should stop the steam being visible.
Scuuummmmm. ]
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[A superpower. Hah.]
Thanks for the practice.
[And he turns to go. He can't stay here anymore.]
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[ It's a stupid idea, considering. But: ]
- if you need more. You have my network number.
[ And she nods him away. He'll be fine.
(Scum scum scum scum horrible scum) ]
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[He's not going to call her. He doesn't want to fight anymore. It's not going to change what he is, but maybe he can feel a little less like a monster that way.]