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 Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:15 pm
EPIC HIGH FIVE~~~~
"Man, that's cool, seriously," Jordan said. "Out of all the weirdos in the world, huh?" Then he grinned. "So does guard duty count as a playdate?" Stupid joke, maybe, but the simple happiness of having discovered the coincidence was nice. There hadn't been much awesome unmixed with awkward or unpleasantness lately.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:53 am
The Misty continued to maintain that goofy grin on his face as he sat back on his chair, leaning back almost lazily. It was the happy sort of lazy, not the slacking-off type, mind. "You know, even if it was, it's totes coo~ 'cuz it's still not something my parents fixed up for me." He paused for a moment, pursing his lips in thought then continued, "Does this mean I can call you a "Bro" or do I gotta have been an Alpha?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:04 am
Jordan laughed. "Nah, it's cool, bro. Phoenix just calls me boss, anyway, and you got your own if I remember right." He held a fist out for a companionable fistbump. "It's more a nickname than anything by now, anyway. I don't think much about the test any more."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:22 am
There was a visible cringe when Jordan mentioned him having a "Boss" of his own. With a forced smile on his face, Before returned the fist bump, "Ah ha! Yeah! Boss-dudes and Boss-ladies! Yup! Division Leaders, totes the Bosses, yeah?" Clearly, Before needed to get a new fashion designer because he still keeps wearing his heart on his sleeve. In the most blatant of segues, Before piped up, "I'd ask you what test they made you take but it's prolly best not to dwell on that, yeah?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:31 am
Oops. Jordan mentally marked that topic as off limits for the time being; clearly something had happened there, though he had no idea what it was. He picked up the subject change as though he hadn't noticed the wince. "Yeah, it was a stress conditions test, not so indicative of how people behave cooperatively. I don't take anything that happened then personally, really."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:42 am
Before went quiet as he mulled over his own test, his tone uncharacteristically devoid of emotion, "Ours was kinda this ******** half cooperation-based half kill-everyone-not-on-your-team thing involving those ******** control pendants." He leaned back into his chair, purposely staring at the monitors but not really seeing anyone on the screen. In that same monotone he continued, "Dr. H was watching ours. Did you know who was watching yours?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:23 am
"I don't - no, I do know," Jordan corrected himself, shaking his head. "It was Caelius. We were in a room with a group of others. We were supposed to determine who the traitor was and kill them." He grimaced. "It ended up with everyone dead. I've heard that after I died, the walls started closing in, and the last few survivors ... " He trailed off, shuddering with disgust and horror. Knowing that the deaths had been in golems did nothing to dispel the remembered sense of terror and desperation.
"Anyway," he added, "the person who gave us our instructions must have been Caelius, because that was definitely Circe he was carrying."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:42 am
Before never gave much thought to what the other trainees must have gone through before they woke. Mostly because he didn't want to and his partner had been more than willing to provide a distraction. But strangely enough, Vanna was silently listening to the conversation and wasn't even trying to prod Before into a different subject.
"We never got to see Dr. H but he introduced himself over the PA system. Man, the flashbacks to PE was way better than having to go at each other. Glad that Bix managed to make it out of that test alive," the mention of the albino Sunny seemed to restore some of Before's earlier energy. "Hey um, speaking of Circe, someone mentioned that wielding her does, ah, funky things to your brain. Is that true?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:50 am
Jordan's eyes sharpened slightly and he turned to look at Before, putting things together. "You had a spar with Candace too?" he answered. "Yeah, it's true. Holding anyone else's weapon for an extended period of time will start doing weird things to your head, but I think Circe moreso. Also pisses off your weapon something fierce."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:03 am
Welp, there goes Before's attempt at being covert. He rubbed the back of his neck, anxiety suddenly building up in him, "Wouldn't call it a spar, more like an ambush massacre." But it wasn't because of the fact that Candace nearly killed him but more on his earlier opinion of the female Misty now needed something of a total overhaul. "So it really was Circe's FEAR-juju that made her act like that? Have you ever sparred with her without Circe?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:10 am
"As far as I can tell, yeah." While Candace was not one of Jordan's favorite people at the moment, he wasn't going to denigrate her to others because he had a personal problem. "I haven't sparred with her since, but I've fought with her on missions; she's capable of restraint and good at what she does. And the crazy look hasn't reappeared."
He tugged the collar of his shirt and his scarf down to show Before the top end of the long scar that angled down across his chest. "She also pretty much groveled over this; I believe she was sincere."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:31 am
Before remembered, vaguely, his own post-massacre one-on-one encounter with Candace. The Misty hadn't been groveling, but she was bordering on hysterical. "Man, that's nasty! This one I got from Bo-er, Ariane and Conan made it worse during the Haunted House mission," he explained, pointing to the scar across the bridge of his nose.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:40 am
"Looks like it hurt, damn," Jordan sympathized. Then he grinned. "At least it emphasizes your rugged manliness?" he teased.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:37 am
Before didn't mind the teasing about his manliness or lack thereof. With the change of subjects into something he was much more accustomed to, the Misty only chuckled, "Aw shucks, you're just saying that~" He leaned over and lightly elbowed Jordan.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:44 am
Jordan kicked lazily in the general direction of Before's leg and missed completely - which was fine, because that hadn't actually been the point of the gesture in the first place. "Would you rather I say something like your face looks like a foot then?" he laughed. "Because I can totally insult you if you'd rather, gives me a chance to get creative and all."
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