I didn’t do all this training just to sit on my laurels.
[She loves a good fight; get into just the right rhythm and the highs get so high it’s impossible to feel fear. And now, with her chroma flowing again, and more of her gear back, she’s itching for an opportunity to put on a full show. All in time, though.
She leans her hand on her palm, grinning.]
Really? Don’t say that, you’ll just egg me on to push you harder again.
Sort of incidental, then? Whenever a fight comes along.
[Far more leisurely than crossing a Continent with seemingly infinite Nevrons to cut down. She's glad for him. Much as she loves a good fight, the constant violence of it is bitter.
She much prefers flirting with him.]
I think it's so cute that you question that, like I wouldn't jump you right here.
[It'd be interesting, she thinks, to see Vax in the same room as his sister; her experience with Vex has been unusual, slivers of a person and her relationship to her brother. But right here, in the moment, she is certain Vex does not want to know what Sciel is thinking about her brother.
She runs her ankle along his calf, playfully.]
Oh? Would you mind them watching if they did deserve it?
[ Vex has never been easy to get to know, but she's improved since Percival wormed his way into her heart. The twins may look alike, but they differ in some ways.
And Vex would probably want to know what Sciel is thinking as much as Vax wants to know what Vex and Percival get up to when they're alone. Which is not at all.
It’s so funny, it feels like half of the people here live in those little apartments, and the rest are either in the woods or in sprawling private estates.
Sure, if it did, but I don't like the idea of asking Echo for anything.
[ So he never has, including items from home. Vax doesn't want to bring things from home and feel comfortable here. He wants to see all of them get home, if that is their wish. ]
I spent my whole life under an “Echo.” I don’t think it’s stupid to assert yourself against her. But this isn’t the first time you’ve brought this up –– your dissatisfaction with having to be here.
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[ She reminds him of a few of his friends back home. And some of the ones he has here, too. Her last remark gets an amused laugh. ]
Well, you've forced me to up my game.
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[She loves a good fight; get into just the right rhythm and the highs get so high it’s impossible to feel fear. And now, with her chroma flowing again, and more of her gear back, she’s itching for an opportunity to put on a full show. All in time, though.
She leans her hand on her palm, grinning.]
Really? Don’t say that, you’ll just egg me on to push you harder again.
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[ Vax fights often, or he did at home, but he didn't put lots of time into training, necessarily. Nor formally.
Her grin has him leaning forward a bit to meet her gaze. ]
I'd like to think I'm up for the challenge.
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[That comes with its own perks, though; more time to develop adjacent skills, more time to get to know one's body, how it moves.]
Are you? What do you think you'll try next?
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[ He's sure there are some incredible fighters in this world. He already counts Sciel as one of them.
As for what he'll try next, Vax smiles. ]
Does this mean there's going to be a next?
[ He would not presume, but he would hope so. ]
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[Far more leisurely than crossing a Continent with seemingly infinite Nevrons to cut down. She's glad for him. Much as she loves a good fight, the constant violence of it is bitter.
She much prefers flirting with him.]
I think it's so cute that you question that, like I wouldn't jump you right here.
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[ Fighting was a part of life and put coin in their pockets.
Vax then laughs softly at the teasing. ]
Nobody but us and a couple of bots around.
[ He's teasing, of course. ]
I'm not sure Echo and Aurora deserve the show, though.
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She runs her ankle along his calf, playfully.]
Oh? Would you mind them watching if they did deserve it?
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And Vex would probably want to know what Sciel is thinking as much as Vax wants to know what Vex and Percival get up to when they're alone. Which is not at all.
She's got him turning a bit red again. ]
They'd have to go pretty far to deserve that.
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What would they have to do?
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[ In a situation like that, maybe Vax would be willing to let them watch. ]
But if you don't want to wait for all of that to happen, my apartment is not far from here.
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Sounds sexy. I'm happy to stay here, though, given the circumstances. I want to see your place.
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Are you sure? It's not much to look at.
[ Vax never did anything to make it feel like a home, but it's a place to rest his head. ]
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I'm sure I've seen worse.
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Well then, you are welcome any time. I don't want to rush you, of course.
[ She might still want her meal. ]
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[No sense in letting food go to waste.]
It’s so funny, it feels like half of the people here live in those little apartments, and the rest are either in the woods or in sprawling private estates.
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It's convenient, I guess. And it feels.. temporary. Even though I've already been here a year.
[ And yet, he still lives there having hardly changed a thing. ]
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It is! But isn’t it nice to have a home base? A place you can make yours, even if it isn’t forever?
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Before I got here, I had lived on the road for a long time, moving from village to village. Taking up space in inns or camping.
[ It's what he's used to. ]
We had a home, briefly, but we were driven out when dragons attacked Emon. Here, everything always feels so different. Even the apartments.
[ It's hard to make it feel like home. ]
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Would you want one, though, if it felt right?
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[ So he never has, including items from home. Vax doesn't want to bring things from home and feel comfortable here. He wants to see all of them get home, if that is their wish. ]
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[Surely everything here is from Echo, asked for or not?]
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It just feels too much like cooperating with our guard. Some things we can't help but take.
[ He gestures at the table with food on it in front of them. ]
But making a request feels too much like I'm fine with this arrangement when I'm not. It's probably stupid, I know.
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I spent my whole life under an “Echo.” I don’t think it’s stupid to assert yourself against her. But this isn’t the first time you’ve brought this up –– your dissatisfaction with having to be here.
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I guess I can't speak of this world positively, except for the people I've met.
[ And he's only just begun to make friends fairly recently, despite being in Etraya for such a long time. ]
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