Home is behind, the world ahead
April is out.
It's not like there isn't still danger, roaming the streets and all, but April is a pretty non-threatening person, at first glance. She's hardly five feet tall, slim, drowning in a too-large patched leather jacket, walking down the street barefoot, despite the cold. Hey, she's got boots! Slung over her shoulder.
She just doesn't ( Read more... )
It's not like there isn't still danger, roaming the streets and all, but April is a pretty non-threatening person, at first glance. She's hardly five feet tall, slim, drowning in a too-large patched leather jacket, walking down the street barefoot, despite the cold. Hey, she's got boots! Slung over her shoulder.
She just doesn't ( Read more... )
He tilts his head up a bit to glower at her as soon as he catches his breath, still looking positively murderous and makes an attempt to advance on her, "You little..." But whatever brilliant insult he might have had in mind for her is sorely disrupted by the unexpected broken nose. It'll heal in a few seconds, but fucking ow.
He inspects his broken nose for a moment before shaking his head and snickering, albeit with a slight wince. Shake it off. Pain is fleeting and she's a little upstart who ought to be taught some manners. "You're not doing him any favors, my dear." Because the more people piss Adam off, the more he wants to do to them and everyone they care about.
He's not exactly a combat master with anything but a sword, but hand-to-hand's not exactly a foreign art. He holds a stance, but doesn't lunge for her- he'll let her come to him, see if he block her, even if she is fast like a freak. Arrogance, thy name is still Adam.
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She purses her lip and watches him for a moment, and then goes down while her legs come up - it's an acrobatic move, for certain, but it'll get Adam riiiight in the jaw. And if she got the right angle, he should be going down like a sack of bricks about the time she connects.
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This town has the strangest assortment of psychics.
And, of course, it's that one moment of utter confusion that distracts him long enough for her to get the kick to the jaw. Heal from every wound or not, when someone kicks you like that in the jaw, you go boom. There's no real healing from unconsciousness. Well, at least he's going to wake up more confused and irritated than homicidally annoyed.
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She considerately pulls him over to lean against the nearest building, and wanders into the store across the street briefly. She's there for a few moments, and then she's back across the street with an ice cream cone in each hand.
She solemnly nibbles on one of them while she waits for Adam to wake up.
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And she's eating ice cream. It is very hard to be irritated with someone when they're eating ice cream at you, but Adam is trying very, very hard to maintain his level of righteous indignation and annoyance that he just got schooled by a five foot nothing girl.
"What the hell?"
This is the only reaction to this sort of thing.
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Look! She's being considerate! Also epically confusing. But considerate!
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Well, she did say she was crazy... This is not the kind of crazy he's accustomed to.
He stands up, checking his nose compulsively. It's covered in blood, but it's not broken anymore. For the moment, he's not bothering to take the ice cream. He's not particularly concerned about poison, but he's not about to be nice to her. She hit him! Hard!
"What exactly do you think you're doing?" Adam does not respond well to being manipulated considering... He's Adam.
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