Faust shrugs the weight of the heavy sack off her shoulders, standing next to See-More, out in front of the entrance to the HIVE Five's hideout. The expression on her face was unreadable; she'd never planned to see this place again, and in fact, she'd been dreading it for a long time, and now here she was, a sackful of stolen goods in her hands,
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He carried three wine glasses between his fingers, and the bottle in his other hand.
He couldn't resist surprising them just a little bit, so he decided to let himself and the wine glasses and bottle all go invisible for the time being. Patiently, he waited for them to come inside.
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She slid the sack off her shoulder and onto the central table, leaving the goods still inside, as though the actual contents were an afterthought to the simple act of stealing them in the first place. "Hey, do we have anything to drink around here?" she says to See-More while she looks around, still trying to get used to the conflicting sensations of familiarity and difference she was feeling now that she was in the hideout.
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"Ghost!" She grins. "Didn't expect to run into you so soon, but then, I didn't expect to run into See-More so soon, either, and - well, one unexpected thing always seems to lead into another when I'm involved, these days, so I suppose I should have expected it, but I didn't." She takes her jacket off, tossing it next to the sack of stolen goods. "It's good to see you again."
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"AUGH! These stupid messed up pieces of-!" He freezes, catching sight of something - or someone - out of the corner of his eye. He turns to his two teammates and Jinx, and... frowns. "Oh. It's you."
He hadn't really seen, or didn't explicity remember Jinx's current form, he couldn't remember, but he could tell who it was.
((should we have a posting order?))
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"Who're you?" he asked after a grumble. Either he didn't notice Ghost holding the wine or didn't care, because it didn't seem to connect in his head that this was some kind of celebration.
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"Hey there, big guy," Faust says, then reaches up to tap him on the chest. "The name's Faust." She laughs. "But you always used to call me Jinx." She steps back and waits for that revelation to sink in. It's Mammoth, so in his case, it might take a little while. She crosses her arms over her chest, smirking. She can be patient.
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"I did mention that Jinx had gone through some rather dramatic changes, right? The new look is one of them. Being the resident telepath, I can assure you that she's the real thing."
Glancing to Gizmo and to Mammoth, he remarked, "And it seems that I'll need more wine glasses."
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"The name is Faust. I'm not Jinx anymore. I can't go back to being her." She looks him right in the eyes, then turns to meet the eyes of everyone else in the room - yes, even Gizmo. "I mean, who else is going to remember that time Billy put his new suit in with the rest of the laundry and See-More's uniform came out pink and green, huh?"
She rubs her nose, looking perfectly innocent, except for an impish twinkle in her eyes.
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And as soon as those words were out of his mouth, the memory of Brother Blood came to mind, and he looked down at the ground, frowning at himself.
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And he shuffled his feet, quite content to stand there and be quiet.
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She's a lot more centered, a lot more in control and confident, than even Ghost has ever seen her before. When she ran away, she was just a scared little girl, even if she hid it well; now, the girl in front of the HIVE Five has grown up, grown sure of herself. As much as it's clear she still cares about them, it's questionable to what extent Faust still needs any of them to be happy.
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Yeah, it doesn't take much to get Gizmo out of a funk and back to normal.
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