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 Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:50 pm
"Ohya?" He he smiled smugly, looking rather pleased as punch. "Well, you promised!" A date is a date!
"I am. Lily is three years younger than me, Jo is six years younger than me, and the twins Alice and Katy are twelve years younger than me." He chuckled, his face softening at her last question. "Hmm.. yeah. It was. But, they're all growing up so much they didn't.. need me anymore." He gave Nevada a soft smile. "That's life though. I really liked being the Big Brother while it lasted."
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:39 pm
"I'll keep it if you don't mind then." She startled a little at herself. Well...She had been over Otto for a while now, and he was a good friend. There'd always be a place for Tuck, he was special to her after all...ever since....When? Why was he so special?
Her face turned to a frown, before dismissing it. It had been a moment of infatuation then. No big deal!
It was okay to flirt with Dylon wasn't it?
"Did you leave because of that?" nevada turned to look at him, not really meaning to pry. "I left because Alaska left. She ran away a year or so before I did. Then I went looking for her...and I found her here." She paused, "You can be a big brother here though, if you find someone. I am a big sister to a couple of people myself. Stormy, and her boyfriend Gale. If you ever meet them." She frowned, "But I'd prefer if you didn't for me okay? Too handsome to be considered a brother."
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:48 pm
"Mmhm." Dylon admitted openly. "Without feeling like I'm needed, I don't know what to do with myself. All that time I thought they were dependant on me, but really I depended on them." He gave a short laugh anyway, shrugging lightly. "I need to be stronger than that."
He gave Nevada a curious look, that turned into a smile. He then played coy, holding his chin and giving her a side long glance. "Ah.. you aren't falling for me, are you?" He grinned cheekily.
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:04 pm
"I see...." that feeling, it must've been hard for him. He might smile, But Nevada knew what it was like to suddenly not be needed. Alaska had left HER not the other way around, and she had been dependent on her older twin more than she really admitted. That being said, everyone came to the Island with a purpose. And it was fitting that his was to be in moon, where he could protect again.
The Island was funny like that.
"It takes a lot of courage and strength to leave, especially for here." She squeezed his hand, "I hope you don't regret it later, but if you do, come find me. We can have a cupcake date."
And her face flushed a little, again unusual for the girl who was so at ease with flirtations. She was the one who could wrap her arms around Ian, snagging cruise tickets from him. Who had admittedly opened Otto up a lot more by clinging to him. By meeting Tuck because she had hazardously clambered in his bed for a place to sleep while they sang out in the hallway.
Yes she was at ease, but right now well...her heart fluttered. Something though, constricted on her a little. It made her feel like she didn't quite deserve this.
silly little nonsenses.
She returned his coy look over the whole internal musing, making her quiet for a bit before adding, "I don't know, are you hoping I do?" Blink Blink.
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:19 pm
Dylon squeezed back, giving a small nod. "I hope I have no regrets either.. but a cupcake date sure would help if I did." It would at least distract him with something nice. "Is there anything you miss? Or regret? I don't mean to prey, though. I'm genuinely curious." He asked softly.
As she called is bluff, Dylon cracked a smile and giggled. "You're good at this." Dylon smiled playfully, lightly bumping his hip against hers. "A girl as cute as you? Hmm~ Can't say I'd be against it." Too many pretty girls on the island. Dylon was going to have a hard time if they were all as cute and friendly. "I'm used to getting hit on in clubs. Not so much in a field with.. yanno.. soldiers."
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:17 pm
"Cupcake dates would help with a lot of things." She said seriously, because lets admit it. Cake, it did wonders.
"I regret some of things I said to my parents, we didn't end on good terms. But other than that no. I was missing half of me when Alaska left. I couldn't NOT be with her. So all the choices I made till I found her here have always felt right." She frowned a little before, "No I do have something I regret. I regret that I couldn't find myself before the Island, it took life and death, fighting with friends, losing to friends to realize that I was my own person. It makes me a little sad that my younger self didn't know this."
She smiled again, "So serious for our talk. Do you like movies Dylon? Bands?" his compliment made her smile widened and earned a very geniune laugh in the field. "Well handsome, We'll be seeing each other a lot. And in the heat of battle, and not. So..." She wanted to wink again, but realized at this point, it would do no good.
"Ohhhhhhhh a first time exprience. I like taking those." She laughed again, "I'm pretty comfortable in the setting after being here so long, but if it ever makes you nervous or anything...than I am doing it right." She grinned, "but let me know, I can tone it down."
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:25 pm
"And so, on that day, Cake or Cupcakes became code for "I have feels that need to drown in sugar." Dylon announced in a booming voice, his face stern since this was a very serious announcement. He then laughed, holding out his free hand's pinky to make a promise.
Dylon listened carefully, giving a soft nod every now and then. "Mmm.. finding yourself is hard. I wonder if anyone really finds it. We change all the time, right? I think that's the point of living though.. if you can't adapt or evolve... you're stagnant. Right? I think I let myself stay stagnant too long, and that's where most of my problems came from." Dylon offered a lighthearted smile for the woman.
"Actually, you're pretty tame as far as flirting goes." He said with a shrug, "I don't mind, really. I like it. It's the drugged up drunk girls that make it awkward. So um.. don't do that and we're fine."
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:42 pm
She blinked, looking at his very stern face before laughing again. Her free hand coming up to take his pinky with hers. Strangers? Not on the Island. it didn't matter, in that moment, They had become friends. "Dylon, I do think our relationship has progressed nicely. I look forward to a beautiful friendship with you." Nevada laughed again. "I have feels to drown in sugar. Brilliant."
"Well you look good for Stagnant, but nonetheless, I am pleased you can come here." She drifted a little, "If we get too comfortable, we add spice to our lives. Do you think we add to much with drastic changes, or just enough because it helps us slow down later?" She closed her eye. "Sometimes even the choice is taken from us...." She reached up with her free hand, the same one she had pinky promised Dylon with to touch her eye bandage.
"Oh, well too much seems desperate. Too little is being shy." She chuckled, "If you reach a right balance, then it just because friendly. And I appreciate that you like, again, It means I am doing something right." His comment on certain girls made her laugh again.
"Don't worry, our weapons help us with that problem, not that I have that kind but....they don't like that feeling as much and the stronger the bonds are, the easier it is to spit those toxins out." She waited, "But a lot of hunters like Alcohol here, and we do have some parties. Gotta have some days to unwind."
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:19 am
"Unwinding is nice. No problems with that." It tended to be the over-consumption on too regular a basis that put him off. Some people relied on it as their only means of escape and entertainment. The worst sort of dependance.
"I like talking with you, Nevada." Dylon commented suddenly. "I'm a little curious though, and I don't mean to be rude, but your eye.. was it something that happened on duty?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:03 am
"Unless it's too much." Nevada smiled, "We are pretty good about not getting crazy, since our lives are already crazy enough." She didn't comment, she had never seen that before. She had at least been sheltered by her parents mostly in the suburbs. It's not like those places had clubs and stuff.
"Oh yeah?" Nevada turned to smile up at him, "I like to talk, and you're a great listener. But to make it equal, I enjoy talking to you too." The question though about her eye made her stiffen, stopping in the field. hand slipping out a little bit. It was more of startlement and shame that played across her features. She didn't really know that it was clearly expressing until she felt a small trickle of blood from biting her lip too hard. A habit she did when she got nervous.
/Hey pidge, It's okay, He's just asking. You have to expect this..../
But it's a deformity I am not use-
/Ain't no jacking deformity Nevada. It's a battle scar, you survived. It's okay./
"Um...Sorry." She tried to smile again, bringing her arms around in a protective shell. "Yeah it was uhm...A monster. In the Haunted house." She didn't elborate, they had just met after all. "So if you ever get a mission there, always take someone with you. Don't go alone okay?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:50 am
Dylon felt bad. He hadn't been able to help his curiosity. He felt her hand slip out of his, and couldn't but feel he'd made her much too uncomfortable.
"Ah.. sorry." He grimaced and rubbed his neck. "But I'll keep that in mind! And hey, have you ever thought of getting a really cool eye patch? Maybe one with a pretty design.. or a skull like a pirate." He grinned, trying to lighten the mood.
"I used to sew a lot of costumes, so I could make one just for you!"
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:57 am
The protectiveness came more from the fact that she knew it was odd. It wasn't just a battle scar to her, it was something that reminded her of her weakness.
"It's okay...." She moved a little closer, she had to open up after that, It's not like he said she was ugly. "I am just...It's still kind of fresh? If that makes sense. And I am still not quite comfortable with it." It was the only thing-
her attention peaked again, her face turning up towards him.
"I thought about getting one! But I didn't find any that quite suited. And I am not after looking like a pirate." She rolled her good eye but, "Just for me?" She looked down thoughtfully.
"You'd do that for a stranger?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:09 pm
"Oh.. okay." Dylon frowned, but nodded. "I'm still sorry though. I really shouldn't have been so inconsiderate." Maybe all that sleeping in the pod had ruined his manners.
Dylon nodded confidently, "Of course. We can't stay strangers forever, right?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:01 pm
"Ah, NO NO." Nevada held her hands out, holding them up. "I should expect people to ask by now. I mean, It's not often you see a hunter with a eye bandage. And its a good example of what happens when you are on the job." She tried to smile, "I'll be honest with you, I am just very um...nervous about it. it's a ugly wound, and sometimes looking at it just makes me lose a little self confidence. But its nothing that I won't get over...." She started to talk again, but this time wouldn't take his hand. It was too busy covering her already covered eye.
"I'll look forward to it then. I've never had somebody sew me something before...." She might've gave him a almost shy look before it disappeared into a smile. "You have any other hobbies Handsome?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:39 am
Dylon didn't like this at all. She said she'd be fine, but she was covering her eye with her hand now. This was just no good. "Well, if it's any consolation? You look pretty! I mean, I don't know what's under the patch, but does it matter? You've still got one very beautiful eye that I can see?" He fidgeted, wondering if maybe he should drop it all together. "I guess that doesn't mean much unless you think you're pretty, huh?"
Sulking. Dylon failed at being a good guy today. Sadness.
"Other hobbies..." He mused, running his hands over the tall grass, enjoying the sound they made as he passed them by. "Well, I was on the swim team in High School? Maybe not a hobby, but it's still something I'm passionate about." He grinned lightly, "I can cook and braid hair thanks to my little sisters. Again, no hobbies, but the latter is pretty embarrassing so I hope it kind of makes up for making you uncomfortable." He made a noise of surprise then. "Ah, wait! Will that make you feel better? If I reveal stuff that's embarrassing to me? I'll do it if you want!"
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