Okay. So. This... This should be easy.
Nov. 21st, 2005 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
(OOC Note: This scene takes place before the casting of the spell for Strangers and will likely be slow played.)
Where does all of that confidence go? What is it about this situation that makes her into a nervous and awkward moron? She loves the pressure, loves the attention, loves pulling the attention to herself... And this makes her feel as though she's never done this before.
Of course, Mar'i's little pep talk wasn't entirely a pep talk and then some bastards broke into her apartment and stole her medals. .... She's still depressed about that. What's worse, she's had to decline interview requests about it. No, she doesn't want to talk about someone else having those medals. Yes, she wants them back, damnit.
So. It's time to track down Vic.
All else fails, she could really use a hug. And he's good at those.
Where does all of that confidence go? What is it about this situation that makes her into a nervous and awkward moron? She loves the pressure, loves the attention, loves pulling the attention to herself... And this makes her feel as though she's never done this before.
Of course, Mar'i's little pep talk wasn't entirely a pep talk and then some bastards broke into her apartment and stole her medals. .... She's still depressed about that. What's worse, she's had to decline interview requests about it. No, she doesn't want to talk about someone else having those medals. Yes, she wants them back, damnit.
So. It's time to track down Vic.
All else fails, she could really use a hug. And he's good at those.
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Date: 2005-11-21 05:36 pm (UTC)Bette! Come on in. I'm working on the correlations between the thefts, but so far nothing.
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Date: 2005-11-21 05:44 pm (UTC)"I still.. I don't know why anyone would take what they took. The medals I can sort of understand. But ... why someone would steal my diploma..." She's doing a good job. Her voice hardly wavered that time. She's still mostly trying to do this brave front thing.
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Date: 2005-11-21 05:50 pm (UTC)He looks up.
This is really shaking you up, isn't it?
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Date: 2005-11-21 05:54 pm (UTC)She looks on the verge of something before she pulls herself back, "Either someone knows who I am or I have a crazy psycho stalker. I... I don't know why..." A breath in. A breath out. "It feels personal..."
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Date: 2005-11-21 06:12 pm (UTC)It is personal. It would have to be, to take what they did. We just don't know why they're making it personal. But we'll find out.
Titans together.
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Date: 2005-11-21 06:17 pm (UTC)Bette moves closer, resting her forehead against his shoulder.
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Date: 2005-11-21 06:25 pm (UTC)It's going to be all right, Bette. We're going to find this jerk, and we're going to teach him a lesson. And in the meantime, we're here for you. I'm here for you.
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Date: 2005-11-21 06:33 pm (UTC)For a long time her best and almost only close friend was Gar who spent half the time hitting on her....
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Date: 2005-11-21 06:45 pm (UTC)He's grinning as he says it.
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Date: 2005-11-21 06:50 pm (UTC)Not that it likely makes the smallest true impact on him. "First off, I'm also a swimmer and a gymnast." She barely holds back from stickingher tongue out on him." I'll have you know I take responsibility for you all being on the West Coast now. I told you for years that this was the way to go. Better weather, nicer people, excellent surfing..."
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Date: 2005-11-21 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-21 07:02 pm (UTC)"..... more than two weeks."
Wow. She's almost pouting.
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Date: 2005-11-22 07:17 am (UTC)I'm kidding, Bette. I don't mean anything by it. Holding together a Titans team isn't easy. Titans West did a lot of good in its day. It just suffered from a lack of unifying threats like Trigon.
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Date: 2005-11-22 04:39 pm (UTC)She'd hit him again but she'd probably hurt her hand more than she'd come anywhere near impacting him.
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Date: 2005-11-23 01:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 02:59 am (UTC)There is a small smile on her face at that.
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Date: 2005-11-24 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 03:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 03:09 am (UTC)Or do I have to tickle it out of you?
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Date: 2005-11-24 03:40 am (UTC)Bette pulls a breath in and then looks up at him, "I think you're... really cute... and..." Oh dear.
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Date: 2005-11-24 03:45 am (UTC)"And" what?
He takes one hand off her waist, and moves it into view. It looks like he's warming up the fingers.
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Date: 2005-11-24 03:47 am (UTC)"Mar'i gave me words to say but I don't know if I can say them." God, this should be /easy/.
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Date: 2005-11-24 03:55 am (UTC)Mar'i gave you something to say? Now I am worried.
He's still grinning like a pirate, though.
Knowing Mar'i it's probably something about 'naked' or 'orgasms'.
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Date: 2005-11-24 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 04:00 am (UTC)You could just paraphrase. I don't need a Tamaranian level of forthrightness.
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Date: 2005-11-24 04:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 04:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 04:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 04:18 am (UTC)Mmmm...what was it you were going to say?
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Date: 2005-11-24 04:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-24 04:22 am (UTC)No, Bette. You were going to say something. As nice as that was, it wasn't talking. I am not a one-night stand.
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Date: 2005-11-24 04:25 am (UTC)She's probably about thirty seconds from bolting out of the room.
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Date: 2005-11-24 04:29 am (UTC)I know you didn't. But if we can't talk about it, then that's what it's going to end up being.
Maybe we should talk another time.
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Date: 2005-11-24 04:35 am (UTC)Bette turns and starts to leave the room.