"Lemme rephrase. I can pull my punches at first. The idea is getting you to a point where you don't actually have to take a hit," Cassandra says.
"Depends. Do you think you're going to have time to stretch if someone tries to kill you?"
She's accessing previously unheard-of levels of sarcasm, but she feels like he deserves it.
Cassandra rolls her eyes and just moves on.
"Do you do anything else to keep fit? Running, swimming?"
"Well, it's something you might wanna take up if you're serious about being able to look after yourself," she says, a little more seriously now. "Even if it's just to make you better at running away from...whatever."
"...I wouldn't have any reason to think you'd be lying," she says, slowly. "Did the monster person use the gym for... monster... stuff?"
"Did you kill him too?"
Because he should have done, it sounds like.
"Uh huh. What d'you mean, kept? Like...a pet?"
"I'm going to level with you, 'straightforward' isn't the word I'd use to describe anything you've ever told me," Cass points out.
Cassandra just stares blankly at him for a while, then shakes her head.
"Yeah, you definitely need to work out more."
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna judge you for being easy to kidnap," Cassandra says. Judgementally. "I am gonna put together a training schedule."
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Date: 2021-08-09 03:41 pm (UTC)"Lemme rephrase. I can pull my punches at first. The idea is getting you to a point where you don't actually have to take a hit," Cassandra says.
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Date: 2021-08-09 03:45 pm (UTC)He sighs. And looks around. Then over at her.
"Do I need to do anything or... stretch or something?"
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Date: 2021-08-09 03:48 pm (UTC)"Depends. Do you think you're going to have time to stretch if someone tries to kill you?"
She's accessing previously unheard-of levels of sarcasm, but she feels like he deserves it.
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Date: 2021-08-09 03:54 pm (UTC)"Ha, ha, very funny. Weren't you the one just know saying we'd 'work up to it'?"
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Date: 2021-08-09 03:57 pm (UTC)Cassandra rolls her eyes and just moves on.
"Do you do anything else to keep fit? Running, swimming?"
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Date: 2021-08-09 04:03 pm (UTC)"...not really, no."
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Date: 2021-08-10 09:53 am (UTC)"Well, it's something you might wanna take up if you're serious about being able to look after yourself," she says, a little more seriously now. "Even if it's just to make you better at running away from...whatever."
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Date: 2021-08-10 01:09 pm (UTC)“…if I tell you that there actually was a monster person who took up running a gym, would you believe me?”
No, really, there was. It was horrific.
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Date: 2021-08-10 01:20 pm (UTC)"...I wouldn't have any reason to think you'd be lying," she says, slowly. "Did the monster person use the gym for... monster... stuff?"
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Date: 2021-08-10 01:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-10 01:52 pm (UTC)Blink.
"Oh."
Pause.
"...Eww."
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Date: 2021-08-10 01:53 pm (UTC)“Quite. Unfortunately, terrible people can also have terrible senses of humor.”
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Date: 2021-08-11 01:10 pm (UTC)"Did you kill him too?"
Because he should have done, it sounds like.
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Date: 2021-08-11 09:44 pm (UTC)He sighs.
“Unfortunately, even monsters have politics.”
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Date: 2021-08-11 11:30 pm (UTC)"Uh huh. What d'you mean, kept? Like...a pet?"
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Date: 2021-08-11 11:38 pm (UTC)"Helen is anything but straightforward."
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Date: 2021-08-12 11:37 am (UTC)"I'm going to level with you, 'straightforward' isn't the word I'd use to describe anything you've ever told me," Cass points out.
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Date: 2021-08-12 03:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-12 03:38 pm (UTC)Cassandra just stares blankly at him for a while, then shakes her head.
"Yeah, you definitely need to work out more."
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Date: 2021-08-12 04:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-12 05:18 pm (UTC)"Don't worry, I'm not gonna judge you for being easy to kidnap," Cassandra says. Judgementally. "I am gonna put together a training schedule."
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Date: 2021-08-12 11:55 pm (UTC)"I will do my best to abide by your schedule."