Comments | mixed_muses: Nix Gordon, OC, Barways

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Nix Gordon, OC, Barways

Jun 05, 2010 18:57

A tall young woman walks into the bar. She's wearing pyjama bottoms and a spaghetti strap top, but her hands are filthy and her bare feet and the ends of her trousers are caked in blood which may or may not be her own and which clashes badly with the pale pink cotton. There are dark circles under her blue eyes, and right now her cobweb of scars ( Read more... )

bethan's rabble, nix gordon, cal chandler

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manny_moo June 5 2010, 18:03:20 UTC

"Tchuh," the man a few seats down tuts. He takes one look at her appearance and nods knowingly.

"We had that problem at the shop once. Creatures everywhere. We had to fumigate to get rid of them. Impervious to your standard rat trap."

brokensteeldoll June 5 2010, 18:09:16 UTC

[OOC: Omg, I love you. Just FYI. :D]

Nix blinks large blue eyes at him over her mug of tea. Milliways. But Bar does some seriously good fried bread, so all is well with her world.

"Vermin infestations suck, don't they?"

manny_moo June 5 2010, 18:16:34 UTC

"Well, they weren't so much vermin as they were mysterious furry creatures. We never did figure out what they were."

Is he... yes, he's actually smiling as he shakes his head with an odd sort of nostalgia.

brokensteeldoll June 5 2010, 18:23:28 UTC

...He's got to be high on something. Probably weed.

"Ours was definitely vermin." And by now extremely in the past tense, and Nix, forking a small mountain of bacon into her mouth, permits herself a small smug smile at a job well-done once she swallows.

"Coulda lived without it happening at 4 in the bleedin' morning, though?" she offers.

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themanclion June 7 2010, 19:22:24 UTC

'Bloody 'ell, luv. Wha' happened to you? Lose a fight with some chicken wire?'

Gene? Is slightly pissed. But the smell of the full English caught his attention and then, so did the state of the woman.

brokensteeldoll June 8 2010, 00:03:20 UTC

She flips him the Vs, but apparently more out of general habit than any real feeling.

"Surprise vermin infestation."

It hasn't occurred to her that he might be referring to her scars: she's not used to anyone acting like they're unusual.

themanclion June 14 2010, 23:41:11 UTC

His eyebrows go up - with amused approval - at the Vs, and he waves his pint glass in a vague sort of way.

'Rifle on rats?'

Seems a bit extreme but it's not like he doesn't approve.

'...no rat did tha' t'you.'

brokensteeldoll June 15 2010, 10:00:43 UTC

"Never said they was rats, did I?"

'Vermin', after all, can encompass a hell of a lot of things.

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americas_son June 10 2010, 00:23:27 UTC

From behind her at one of the tables, Nix is being eyed.

"You missed a spot," Cal tells her helpfully.

He doesn't move to sit near her, at least not yet. Even with someone less volatile, the whole blood-and-gun thing would function as a pretty good indication that tolerance for social interaction might not be at its highest right now. With Nix, leaving the first physical move up to her is probably the smartest thing to do.

brokensteeldoll June 11 2010, 00:14:29 UTC

Nix pokes her tongue out at him.

"Shurrup, you."

(She's actually almost too tired to be volatile. 4am battles in filthy underground tunnels will do that for you.)

americas_son June 11 2010, 00:43:37 UTC

"Just saying," Cal - uh, says. "The waitrats are gonna start giving you dirty looks in a minute."

Rats are really good at that, too. Something about the eyes.

Cal himself is still eying Nix, but his entire posture is casual - he's slumped in his chair in a studied sort of way that tends not to come as naturally as it used to. He's used to the chaos of Nix's world by now, and has learned to keep his responses low key. Mostly. Usually.

brokensteeldoll June 11 2010, 01:06:16 UTC

She shrugs. "I'll live."

Breakfast first. Manners later.

"Y'alright?"

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