[Thread] Superdickery

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Characters: Faye Valentine (OU), OPEN
Where: The Plaza.
When: Midmorning, after the end of the love potion plot.
Summary: Faye comes to her senses and is VERY ANGRY. She goes outside to throw a fit vent.
Warnings: Anger. Definitely some swearing. Probably a LOT of swearing. Possibly violence.

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Outside the Cafe, Leon's teaspoon was making a whirlpool out of the coffee steaming before him. He had an hour yet before he reported to Sylvanas so this was his last chance to unwind. He found his thoughts wandering to how the hard luck that'd dogged him in his world seemed to have lost his scent here, and let his life take a slow turn for the better. There was a whole list of these things, but topping it was that the Slayer he was crazy about shared his sentiments after all

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Someone cleared his throat and Faye whirled to face him. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously, eyeing the strange man she'd never seen before... who appeared to be holding her coffee-dampened lighter. She scowled at his commentary, not really getting his reference and not in the mood for banter anyway. She was about to bite his head off when it occurred to her his voice was familiar.

She raised an eyebrow. "...Leon?" She paused, then grudgingly accepted her lighter. "...Thanks," she muttered.

((Ahahahaha yaaaaaaaaay~!))

[yersmalltime]

"Good to see you, Faye." Yep, 'Ms. Consuleo' all right. He'd never met her in person before now. But if voices could tell things about people then she wasn't far from how he thought she'd look. "Even if it does look like you've gone off your rockers, trying to play fetch with a Keeper." There was no mockery in his tone though. Just a trace of concern.

OOC: She is SO a younger hotter-tempered Ada. XD

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Faye grunted non-committally to his greeting, studying him. He was a few inches taller than her, and she judged him to be a few years older than her, too. He was... kinda handsome, actually.

She could sense the honest concern in his voice, so she tried to reign her temper in a little. Leon seemed to be a decent guy... she didn't want to pick a fight with him. She sighed heavily, still scowling. "Yeah, I know, stupid thing to do," she grumbled. "...Not that the little fuckers seem to give a shit," she added acidly, narrowing her eyes spitefully at one of the glowing orbs. She sighed again, wiping her lighter off on her coat and pocketing it. She glanced at Leon, noticing the coffee that decorated his jacket. She raised an eyebrow. "...I do that?"

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Leon spared a glance at his blotched bomber jacket, chuckled. He'd forgotten all about it the moment he learned this sassy and ravishing (how that combo set off de ja vu alarm bells at the back of his head) lady was Faye. "Uh, yeah. But don't worry about it. Wouldn't dream of chipping away at your bounty rewards. Lord knows y'need 'em." Another jest meant to lighten her mood, for they both knew money meant nothing in Econtra.

He waved at the table he'd been seated at, smiling a bit. "Though... how about fixing me a new cup and we call it quits? Way better than trying to tick off the men upstairs, wouldn't you think?" No malice or suggestiveness in that offer. Simply acknowledging she wasn't having a good day and that he was trying to help.

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Faye stared at Leon, her face still frozen in its sulky expression. Then one corner of her lips twitched upwards just slightly. "...You know how it is. It's hard for a girl to get by all on her lonesome with the cost of living so high." Her voice didn't carry its usual teasing tone, but it was clear her sense of humor was still intact, if a bit lacking in enthusiasm at the moment.

She raised her eyebrows at him, glancing over to the indicated tables. She waffled a little, shoving her hands into her coat pockets and looking around the plaza, glaring aimlessly at nothing and everything. Faye sighed deeply, returning her attention to Leon and eyeing him for a moment before speaking. "Fix me a cup of coffee and we've got ourselves a deal."

Although Faye was still clearly pissed, her expression and general demeanor sour (and likely to stay that way for a while), she was already much calmer. For better or worse, Faye's temper burned hot, but it also burned out fast.

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The grin widened a bit. She'd skipped right to his real plan, since he didn't actually care whether his butane-flavored espresso got replaced or not. He'd play 'the Boy Scout wrapped round the femme fatale's fingers' as long as she'd relax and forget by the end. "All that caffeine in your blood. Now you're really gonna tick 'em off."

With which deadpan remark he waved her over to his table. He asked her how she wanted her cofee. Whatever answer she gave, he began to mix it slowly.

He turned one blue eye on her as he mixed, from under a bang of dirty blonde hair. "Okay, let me guess: you found a pretty looking bottle in the fridge and had a sip. Next thing you knew, you had the hots for the unlikeliest people. Tell me that wasn't it."

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Faye grunted, allowing herself to be herded toward the table. "More like 'give me some caffeine or I start throwing rocks at everybody'... I did not sleep well last night," she grumbled.

She replied shortly with "A drop of milk, one sugar," and threw herself petulantly into a chair. She scowled and crossed her arms when he guessed at the source of her ire. "That's more or less it, yeah," she replied.

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Ouch. "Anyone try to take advantage of you in that state?" The spoon left the new coffee whirlpool and he fought the urge to turn his eyes skyward, as if expecting someone else's lighter to come crashing down.

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Faye looked mildly disgusted at the concept. "Not like that, no. I seem to have avoided the creeps." She shook her head, scowling. "Far as I'm concerned, though, I was taken advantage of. Whatever that tea was, it messed around with my feelings, made me act like a fool, made me-" She looked away, swallowing. "...A lot of what I felt was- unpleasant." She returned her gaze to Leon, her eyes burning with anger and indignation. "That was a violation. And I don't appreciate it. I don't appreciate being manipulated." She clenched her jaw.

((So you keep talking about how Faye reminds you/Leon of Ada Wong. I know very little about Resident Evil and I was curious so... I decided to research by reading fanfiction~! *sneeeeeeeerk* There's a lot of horrible writing out there... but I think I've got the gist of Ada's personality and I agree... the girls have a lot in common.))

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He slid the cup her way casually, something of a wince on his features. "That makes two of us. I may've dodged this whole tea fiasco, but I have been played like a puppet before." He remembered himself infected with Las Plagas. Remembered Saddler bringing him to his knees with a gesture even as he bade the likewise-infected Ashley to come to him.

His lips pursed. "Least you didn't have a sentient mind pulling your strings. Take it from me: that's worse."

See? See? =D Though... it would've been way better if you'd settled for her cutscenes in RE4 rather than wade through fanfics, of all things. XD

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Faye picked up the cup of coffee, taking a careful sip. She cocked an eyebrow, glancing sidelong at Leon. She wasn't in the mood to be sympathetic, or to hear 'your problems aren't so bad, I went through worse'... Faye was self-centered at the best of times, and especially when she was in a bad mood. ...But she preferred to avoid being asked certain questions, so....

"Suppose it would be," she muttered grudgingly. "...So how'd that happen, then? Magic?" She wrapped her fingers around her coffee cup, warming them, and glanced down to scowl at her reflection. God, I look a mess, she thought. Bags under my eyes... I haven't brushed my hair, I'm not wearing any make-up, and I'm still in my pj's... I'll ruin my reputation!

((But bad fanfic is the best kind of crack~! XD Or maybe I'm just a masochist.... Anyway, just finished watching the cutscenes on YouTube. The script made me roll my eyes (though, when is that not true of video game scripts?) but the action and fight choreography were pretty freaking awesome. And yeah...

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"Parasites. Think... tapeworm with a hive mind. Except if you find one inside you, good luck ignoring whoever's got control of the mommy." A wince. "Crazy volatile shit right there. And a hundred times worse in the hands of a cult out for world domination."

The impact of the things Leon did never really struck him during or immediately after a mission. But he did wake up certain nights in a cold sweat, remembering just how very lucky he was sometimes.

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Well, that pulled Faye's attention away from her own angst. She stopped with her coffee cup halfway up to her lips, a look of horror and revulsion on her face. "That's disgusting!" she exclaimed. She gaped at him for a moment, then laughed a little- not in a 'ha ha that's funny, I laugh at your pain' sort of way, but in a 'that is the most horrible thing I have heard recently and it has made me kind of hysterical' sort of way.

"...Holy crap!" said Faye after a pause. She put down her coffee cup. She shook her head, then the corner of her lips twitched up into a tiny sympathetic/apologetic smile. "You're right, that is pretty damn bad."