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If Marcus had known Gale's birthday had come and gone he'd have gotten the younger hunter a gift. If Marcus had known he was feeling depressed he'd be trying to make Gale feel better. The thing was, a lot of this relied on 'ifs', not known facts. And Marcus? Well he never claimed to know much to start with.

The knock at his door got him looking at his phone. Cass hadn't texted him, and judging by the fact he couldn't think of anyone having any reason to bug him for a mission- it was safe to open the door. He half expected it to be Leon or Jordan, come to cash in on the uh- favor he kind of owed them. But no, it was Gale. Smaller, sad Gale. "Hey." Did he come to talk about that mission he'd hinted at? Unsure he motioned to come inside. "What's up?"

Well. That was a bit unexpected. Gale didn't seem they type to be a skirt chaser but- The guy wanted to pick a girl up Marcus wasn't going to stop him after all, having someone to be with was a blessing really. "Girls huh? Well I don't know if I can give the best advice, but I can certainly try you know? Why the sudden inquiry?" He smirked. "Getting a crush on another trainee?"

Modest teasing, no one was really ever exempt from it. Sitting down, Marcus motioned him to sit as well. "You said talk to girls then 'certain things'. You realize that some guys will take that as 'I want to learn how to talk my way into a girl's pants right? I mean, if you want that that is cool I won't stop you just have to be a bit less obvious then that is all." Leaning back he shrugged. "My teasing aside, what do you need help with, whatever your reasons, I will try to help you with what you need."

Well s**t son. Marcus wasn't that sure how well this would work out but- he said he would try so try he will. Judging by Gale's reaction he did have a crush, but, it was likely he'd not say who. No matter, if the guy was good he'd know from the gossip soon enough. It was a small island after all.

"It's okay you know. To have a crush, I mean, we're all prone to them. Or to want to get into a girl's pants, not my place to judge. BUT-" Patting Gale back he smiled. "I can do my best. First off though, have you ever kissed a girl? Been on a date? Or nothing at all. I need to know the basics here Gale."

Scowl harder Gale and your face might get stuck like that which no girl would find attractive. "Easy for me to say because I never had any problems with talking to girls. Well no big problems at least. I was just really lucky when it came to Cass." Very lucky indeed.

Rubbing his chin, Marcus thought about ways to go about this. The guy had zero experience. This was going to be fun. "Well, is there a girl you would feel comfortable talking to? I mean, you don't have a crush on someone like Julie, or, Clarice right? Because if you do, I think you should cut your losses on those. Plenty of other girls. Less crazy and less connected to the Doctor ones." Sorry Clarice, as nice as you were...Gale was probably not good. Too young. And he probably wouldn't survive being in the life labs.

"Our first goal then, aside from helping you talk to girls, is getting you a date."

Marcus chuckled, and no, it wasn't at your pain Gale. "Well, do you act like a kid brother, or do you act like a guy who's interested in spending some 'quality time' alone with a girl?" He used finger quotes when speaking. Mostly since 'quality time' was 'questionable time' on the hunter island.

"And good. if they were your types I'd think you a masochist. And she's older and it won't work out?" He grinned. "I'm older than Cass and we're still together. Age... Doesn't matter much I suppose. I mean Julie did send us to get booze of all things. And as for a date with who-"

Scrolling through his contacts he picked out a few names. "Well, there is Reine, Ennea, Madison, Ceres, Eva-" He smiled. "But first talking to girls. Step one? Don't be fake. Girls hate that stuff. They might not like an honest guy 100%, but they will hate a liar. Fastest way to break up is lying."

Okay, he couldn't help but bust out laughing at that. "Oh man. I'm sorry but, then you need to relax and realize, you say you act normal but you're just talking to me about this and your face is a tomato." Wiping his eyes Marcus shook his head smiling. "I'm not try to poke fun at you I swear, but I think you're over thinking it. Girls- they like honesty, they like to know how we feel and how they make us feel. They like to hear compliments when we mean them and they like the small times when we'll do something for them not because we want in their pants but just because we want to make them happy."

Leaning back he went on. "Step two, don't talk to her like she's 'a girl' talk to her like she's just another person. I mean, obviously you throw in a compliment here and there, Talk about shared interests, casually invite her to join you on said shared interest and bam." Finger snapped in the air. "Date set."

Picking up his phone again, he smirked. "Or...I can set you up. You're a hunter who is supposed to be fearless after all." The text was just waiting to be typed and sent.

Marcus suddenly felt sad for Gale. He was the youngest hunter on the island, pretty much anyone of the girls was guaranteed to be older than him. Damn it just- Gale, you poor man. Well. Not a man yet you still a virgin but hopefully not forever. Nobody wanted to die a virgin. Maybe he could score that way? Nah that was cheap. Love was rich-

Deep breath and Marcus nodded. "It's a bit of a trail by fire Gale. Kind of like the candidate thing yeah? You have to go balls out to get what you want. And yeah wait no I don't mean- literally just- ugh." Man now he was fumbling all over. "You know what life is? It's a b***h. And you have to take what it dishes you and accept it. But sometimes Gale, you can tell life to go ******** itself and you can do what you want. Sure, sometimes it can blow up in your face but if you never take that chance? You'll never know. Sometimes you come out and make life your b***h. Who gives a ******** about age?"

Not him obviously.

"I am going to make you face life Gale. For your own good." He suddenly began to type something into his cell phone.