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 Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:01 am
Nevada shook the snow out of her hair, walking through the portal with an obvious distaste for the sudden heat. 2 weeks of snow and ice had gotten her used to the outpost. She had needed it. New years left her shaken of what could've been. What should've had the hunters managed just a little bit different.
She had gone to escape again, running away because the idea of a constant happiness scared her, worried her....made her yearn for something she would never have. Sisters, a family, Stormy as one of her girly best friends without serious issues they had now.
The snow melted, and Nevada let out a sigh, looking around. She supposed the right thing to do was to find Stormy, let her roommate and sister know she was back. That eventually they needed to talk.
Rubbing her hands over her face, she missed the boy she walked into, stumbling into him.
"Sorry!" She squeaked, seeing a famaliar blonde head, "Oh hey there handsome." Ottoooooooooo.
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:10 am
Otto tended to forget just how many friends he had until he tried to avoid them.
His head had been down as he'd walked, hands in pockets and gaze lidded with sorrow. His mind had been in the clouds, and when he bumped into Nevada, he felt as if he'd suddenly plummeted from a great height. He flinched, looking up suddenly with surprise. And at that moment he regretted taking a walk.
"Hi.." He replied on impulse, his mind suddenly panicking as he tried to come up with ways to drive her off. His heart wanted to keep all his friends close. His mind told him he didn't deserve it. not after what he'd said to Eva. He didn't deserve a single one of them. Not their love, not their kindness, not even their company.
In a panic, he pushed past her and tried to pretend this just didn't happen.
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:21 am
She knew that look, she knew it too well. If there was something Nevada could specialize, it was messing things up for herself. The look she saw on Otto's face was the same, the one she had when she had told Lance about Aria, the one where she did something she regretted.
And Otto had always been there for her, it was only right to return the favor.
The shove surprised her, but he wouldn't get far, her hand snaking out to take his arm.
"Wanna talk?" She smiled lazily and almost gently at him. "Or we could go out to the training field and beat some stuff up." Her smile widened, "Or maybe I can tempt you with candy?" She teased.
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:42 am
Why was it so hard? When he first got to the island, telling people off and barking at them came so easy he never had to try. But he didn't want to hurt her. He'd been mad at Eva, and at himself. But he wasn't mad at Nevada just like he wasn't mad at Molly.
He couldn't rightly push them away quite so easily.
He looked back at her, his arms vainly trying to pull away from her. "I'll beat things up. I don't want candy." That, right there, was a big clue that something was terribly wrong.
Otto never refused candy.
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:04 am
She let go, because that's what he wanted and fell in step beside him. Long hair swished at the movement, her hands lacing behind her.
"Okay, we can beat up things." She led them to the training fields, Turning to face him as they hit the center of the fields and far enough away that they wouldn't have to worry about weapons being in the way.
She took off her jacket, folded it neatly in a pile and then started to stretch.
"So what happened Otto?" She looked straight at him, her one eye to his two. "And before you try to tell me it's nothing, your sprung like a coil and not usually so avoiding with me. Is this because of that..." She frowned, "Other world thing?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:11 am
He was about to say it was nothing, but she called him out on it before his mouth opened to retort. He huffed lightly, taking off his own jacket and tossing it aside carelessly. "It wasn't the other world." He replied glumly. It hadn't helped in the least. It probably intensified feelings he'd had concerning the island and his relationships. But it wasn't the main problem. "I broke up with Eva."
His heart clenched as he cracked his knuckles, giving his arms a stretch to prepare for some boomerang tossing.
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:35 am
"I suppose the otherworld should be treated like a happy bunch of memories yeah?" She mused, "Even if I never wanted to see a point of my life where I was truly happy."
She set herself up defensively, since she didn't want to really hit things. She offered it to Otto because it would make him feel better. The initial shock flickered across her face, melting into a very calm and very curious look. This was the same Eva that, when she had confessed to Otto, he turned around and confessed to her.
It was the same Eva that she honestly stepped aside for, because she thought it would make Otto happiest. She had seen it, after all, and gave away to those feelings for him. As well as feelings for anyone else.
"What did she do?" she asked simply.
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:44 am
"Nothing." he replied, wondering if he really felt comfortable hefting the heavy Tenya around today. "That was the problem." What was the point of a relationship if he felt like it was a stagnant pool that never evolved? He was always the friend, or the puppy. She would leave him for weeks, months, and when she returned it was back to square one. The blonde fidgeted with his necklace, looking at Nevada curiously.
"Hand to hand ok? I'm not feeling the heavy weapons spirit today."
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Pixie Nyxie rolled 1 4-sided dice:
2
Total: 2 (1-4)
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:57 am
"Sounds good!" She lifted her fist to block anything coming up. "So she wasn't around?"
She hesitated, "You'll have to open up a little more to me handsome. Did....so all this time? Nothing has well...coupley happened to you?"
Nevada: 50/50
Defense: 2
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Bittiface rolled 2 6-sided dice:
6, 6
Total: 12 (2-12)
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:08 am
"Not a single thing." Otto relented. He was going to spar with her, he may as well talk with her. She wanted that. It was an exchange; venting through force, in exchange for information. Easy peasy.
"I got up the nerve to kiss her once in April. It was the only date we went on." Otto threw a fist at Nevada, feeling more comfortable with a weaker fight then having to go all out on her. "I get that there isn't time for relationships on this island, but after a year I thought we'd get closer."
Another punch.
"She's never around, and I can never get myself to get closer to her. I'm always just her puppy or her pal. So what's the ******** point?" Another swing was thrown. Otto felt a little more loose lipped now that he was distracted by a spar.
HP: 60
Damage: 6
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Pixie Nyxie rolled 2 6-sided dice:
4, 3
Total: 7 (2-12)
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:19 am
The first punch grazed her elbows, the second punch was turned away and the third punch hit her squarely on the arm. She shook it off, pleased to hear that he was talking.
The condrum of course was the idea that they were dating. She couldn't imagine a relationship with someone where touching and kissing were rare, and coveted along with time.
Even on the Island, her and Chelsea still spent a good amount of time together. Even if they didn't see each other, Nevada at least tried to make the moments she did see Chelsea matter.
In no means was she judging Eva, no. It was just weird to her.
"Ah puppy. That's one of the reasons you always get treated like a little brother or kid right?" Nevada raised an eyebrow, "I remember you telling me that when we first met." She looked away, "I'm a little bias Otto, to you in every way. I don't know Eva as much, So I am not going to speak as much for her. But to me it sounds like the problem lies in time." She smiled sadly, "And how the time is spent with each other. I know work is important, it's our lives here, but it should never be used as an excuse to well...not be a girlfriend or boyfriend to each other." She bit in her lip.
"What did you tell her when you guys broke up?" She reached over and pinched his arm...gently of course.
Nevada: 46/50
Damage: 1
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Bittiface rolled 2 6-sided dice:
4, 5
Total: 9 (2-12)
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:36 am
"I.." Otto pulled away from the pinch, cringing as he brought up the pain of his words to Eva. "I said I was mad that I felt like the one chasing her all the time." He threw another punch, his arm shuddering from the terrible memories.
"She kept blaming herself for everything. Not once did she tell me it was my fault. And I just let her think it. I even threw it back and her."
HP: 59
Damage: 3
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Pixie Nyxie rolled 1 4-sided dice:
4
Total: 4 (1-4)
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:44 am
She studied Otto harder.
"So you told her that you felt like you were the only one trying. And she responded by accepting that you were..." She studied him.
"What do you think you're doing wrong then Otto?" She looked up at him, "What's wrong on your side of this relationship?"
Because there was always two sides. Even if she thought, deep somewhere that maybe Eva would find this as a wake up call, that Otto was not wrong in what he did because he was telling Eva honestly how he felt. Because in the end, Nevada cared more about Otto, who was her friend and hurting, then she did Eva, the girl that seemed to be causing him pain.
Nevada: 42/50
Defense: 4
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Bittiface rolled 2 6-sided dice:
5, 2
Total: 7 (2-12)
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:52 am
"How should I know? She didn't complain at all! She never does! She never confides in me, never tells me when she's upset. It was only ever me." Otto's voice became more upset, his brows knit tightly together as he threw another punch.
"How am I supposed to get closer to someone if they don't trust me enough to let their walls down? I trusted her enough to confide in her! Do you got any idea how hard that is for me?!" His voice was raised, his punches more careless and quick.
HP: 55
Damage: 1
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Pixie Nyxie rolled 2 6-sided dice:
4, 4
Total: 8 (2-12)
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:06 pm
"I'm asking what you think is wrong with you, but from where this is going, I don't think it's wrong of you to assume that it's not you at all..." The punches, she could feel, were getting erratic, the angerier he got, the more he lost control of himself.
Was it words too? Did he lose control with Eva? Say things he regretted? Otto was a hot tempered one after all but he cared, he cared too much for it not to hurt....
"I can't speak for her Otto, I can't tell you because I'm not her. I don't have those barriers with you, you've seen my bad side and my good side." She gave him a sad smile. Once long ago, she briefly wished she had been. Eva, who could smile at anything, who could win the heart of Otto, who had friends a plenty. She didn't have to know Eva, even with their one meeting, to understand that the girl was selfless, more then Nevada could ever be.
"You can't get closer to someone like that...But you took the right first step. You told her so, you told her what you wanted...no expected...." She lifted her head. Nevada blocked another punch, reaching over to grab Otto by the collar of his shirt. "because there are expectations when you go from being friends to dating. Because you become two instead of one, a couple."
"You're frustrated, you're upset Otto. God ******** knows this Island can bring the worse out of us over the smallest things. But it's not just walls and barriers for you to leap through...Jesus Otto, You're beating yourself up over the fact that you actually want something from this place. You want love and someone to share it with...not constantly trip around wondering if and when you will get it..." The grip on his collar loosened and she folded her arms around him in a hug. "I'm sorry it hurts and I'm sorry you had to hurt her in the process. But if you can't be honest with her Otto, and vice versa...then perhaps it's a good time for you guys to take a break and look back on it."
Nevada: 41
Damage: 2
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