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[not_so_smooth]

Now that Sam knew that people on the island weren’t crazy, or at least they weren’t crazy cultists who only thought they were from other dimensions and used to have super powers, he figured he owed a few apologies. Well, maybe not apologies, but he could at least go seek out some of the people he met early on that he had kind of avoided because he

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[thethirdwonder]

Cassie was indeed in the middle of a training session, in this case, going over some drills with Oathkeeper that Zuko had given her during their training session that morning. Her movements were violent and obviously more vigorous than necessary, as she worked out her frustration at her shelf. The training session that morning had been very quiet, the only sound being Zuko’s directions and the occasion grunt of exertion. This had been a good thing since going home with Zuko for the weekend was not something Cassie wanted to talk about. The feeling of helplessness she had felt as Azula’s prisoner and the embarrassment of having to be rescued by Zuko as the prize in some tradition duel had been more than her pride as a superhero could bare.

She was Wonder Girl dammit, not some damsel in distress.

So, the intensity of her training had only increased since she’d woken up back on the island as if to make up for her wounded pride. But once she saw Sam approaching out of the corner of her eye, she found a place to stop. She stretched for a moment before acknowledging him with a nod and a tired smile, running a hand through the hair that had escaped her ponytail. “Hey Sam, what’s up?”

[not_so_smooth]

Cassie's training or workout or whatever it was definitely looked.. rigorous. The ferocity and which she was moving through her forms looked just a little frightening from the bit that Sam had seen. He could definitely believe she was some sort of Amazon warrior goddess. She hadn't said she was a goddess, but Sam would have been willing to believe it if she told him.

"Actually, I was going to come here to tease you about thinking you can fly while simultaneously hinting that I realize it's probably true that you could, but I'm sort of a little afraid of you now so I'm not sure what I'm doing here. You, uh, you looked good though. I mean, very... Amazon-y."

[thethirdwonder]

After the mood Cassie had been in the past few days, that made her smile. It was nice that she at least looked like an Amazon, even if she didn't feel like one. Azula may have had the upper hand with her bending but she still shouldn't have gone down that easy.

While she normally enjoyed teasing Sam, Cassie just smiled lightly and shook her head slightly. "Thanks Sam. And you don't have to be afraid of me. I was just working out a little tension." She rolled her shoulders then walked over to the tree where she'd left her water bottle, picking up the bottle as she leaned Oathkeeper against the tree. "So, someone finally explain the island to you like you'd believe?" She asked before. taking a long drink of water.

[not_so_smooth]

Sam wasn't sure if he bought that it was a 'little tension' but he really didn't know Cassie enough to say for sure or to call her on her bs if he was for sure. BS about being able to fly and potentially being crazy was one thing, this was probably a bit more.

"I figure you're all equally delusional and crazy, or you're all telling the truth and since I'd rather not live on an island of crazy people, present company excluded, I figure you all might be telling the truth."

Which was as close to a "you were right" as she was going to get right now. Besides, there was something else he wanted to talk about.

"I did hear though, about a little misadventure that involve you, dinosaurs, and almost being eaten. Now I don't remember, was it you that almost ate the dinosaurs or the dinosaurs that almost ate you?"

[thethirdwonder]

Cassie heard the implied statement and smiled. She liked being right, most girls did. "Glad to see your catching on. Believe me, it will only get weirder till you think you're the one going crazy." Despite her small smile, her warning was a bit serious, because well...it was the truth. She just waited for the morning that Sam woke up a girl and came freaking out to her. And of course she couldn't wait to laugh at him before helping him into a bra.

To Cassie's credit, she didn't snap at him when he brought up the dinosaurs. After the recent bout of helplessness, the last thing she wanted to be reminded about was when she broke her leg and lost someone close to her. Closer then she should have let him.

Instead, her voice was flat as she asked, "Who told you about that?"

[not_so_smooth]

"Oh good, because I really needed to go crazy again," Sam said. Not that his particular brand of crazy had been anything like creating his own fantasy world, but it was still crazy and even if it was just for a few moments it was not something he wanted repeated.

Sam noticed her change in tone right away. He'd only heard her be upbeat and teasing before and the flat tone was startling and made him instantly wish that he hadn't brought it up.

"Uh, some guy, Kon? About as big as a house, only with muscles? Sooooo, training with weapons. Bladed things. With... loopy, pointy things on them. Very cool. Do they have a weapons box, like the clothing box or is that from home?"

[thethirdwonder]

"At least you won't be alone this time?" Cassie offered, since those bouts of craziness usually were island wide. "It usually happens to everyone at once. Believe me, you'll know it when you see it." She wasn't really trying to be comforting, more like a teasing warning.

When he said Kon's name, her eyes narrowed. Why did it never seem like Kon got just how what happened had effected her? It wasn't a joke, especially when he had been ignoring her under some weird illusion of giving her space and Chekov had broken up with her and then disappeared, all on top of a broken leg. It really wasn't something funny or something she wanted him kidding about with people he barely knew. "Yeah, that's Kon. He's...someone I know from home." And who she really wasn't happy with right now. "Sorry, that's not something I like to talk about it."

Not wanting to upset Sam with her dark mood, Cassie closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath before opening them with a small smile as she held out Oathkeeper so the crystal weapon sparkled in the light. "It's not from here and it's not from my home. A friend of mine, Roxas, got this keyblade as a gift from his home and he left it to me when he disappeared. Since then, I've been learning how to use it since I've never really trained with a weapon outside the traditional staff and lasso for an Amazon."

[not_so_smooth]

Sam didn’t know how reassuring it would be to have company going crazy, especially if it was everyone. Or maybe not everyone freaked out in the same way he did. It was entirely possible some people handled going crazy better than Sam did.

When she mentioned Kon and how she didn’t like to talk about the event, he got a strange feeling that he had inadvertently inserted himself into something private that he wasn’t welcome in. If he didn’t like Cassie so much, he would have made up an excuse right then and there to leave to avoid the massive potential awkwardness.

“Seriously, you’re just training with a keyblade, like no big deal? You know that’s…”

Sam paused. What was he going to say, it wasn’t a real weapon? She had it, it was real.

“Uh, it’s a lot more sparkly than I imagined it. Not that I’ve imagined it before, it’s just, you know, sparkly for something that kills people.”

[thethirdwonder]

Cassie was glad he stayed. Sam hadn't been around then, hadn't even known Chekov or her and Kon when they had been together, if they ever really were. He was new and refreshing...and really just what she needed.

"Do I know it's from a video game? Yes. Kingdom Hearts to be exact. You've heard of it, haven't you?" Then she held it out him. "Here. Try it. It doesn't have it's magic anymore but it's still indestructible and a fairly effective weapon."

[not_so_smooth]

Sam was glad that she knew it was from a video game, it was kind of awkward knowing how much of that you could say around people. While Zell seemed to have taken it hard, from what Sam had seen he hadn't freaked out too much in the long run. Other people might not fare so well and Sam didn't even want to think about the fact that maybe he was from a video game or something.

"Yeah, I have. I, uh, played the game. It's pretty popular," he said, eying the weapon. "You know, I'm gonna pass. Because I'll hold it wrong and will be surprised by how heavy it is because you make it look not very heavy and then there's the awkward moment for me where I realize you have more upper body strength than I do and you'll get that look in your eye that means you're smug but aren't really being overtly smug which just makes it more smug somehow."

[thethirdwonder]

Considering how long she had been here, it was no surprise to Cassie by now. She'd even seen some of the comics she herself was from. And she was sure one day she'd be consoling Sam when he found whatever thing he was from. It was really only a matter of time.

And despite Sam not taking the weapon, her eyes took on the very expression he described, complete with smug grin. "Awww come on. What kind of attitude is that?"

[not_so_smooth]

Sam was pretty sure it was cheating when cute girls pleaded like that, because it was practically impossible to refuse him. And she wasn't even really pleading that much, Sam was just that weak. And maybe a small part of him really did want to hold the keyblade.

"Alright, but if you laugh I swear I am never doing anything you ever ask me to do again, okay?" he said.

[thethirdwonder]

"I promise not to laugh. Really." Sam should be thankful that Oathkeeper was fairly light for a weapon made of magic crystal so she wouldn't have any reason too.

She moved her hands further up the hilt so she could hand it to him. "Here. I know you want too. If you've played the game, you have too."

[not_so_smooth]

"You are half laughing already," Sam accused her as he took the weapon from her. It was actually lighter than he thought and the weapon swung upward a bit when he took it from her. Maybe she would think he was amazingly strong and not just a spazz?

"Do you know if Oblivion is here? And does knowing about these now make me not a video game nerd but some sort of badass weapons expert?"

The fact that he didn't look natural at all holding the keyblade was probably enough to answer the badass weapons expert.

[thethirdwonder]

Cassie was half laughing and she was very thankful to him for that. With the mood she'd been in lately, she needed a good laugh.

"Oh no, your still a video game nerd. If you knew how to use it, that would be another thing but...yeah." She was kind and didn't go on to describe exactly how he looked holding her keyblade. "And yeah, Oblivion is here. Roxas gave it to Riku when he disappeared, who I think gave it to Zell when he then disappeared. Riku's went home with him." This made her frown slightly. "I went home with Roxas once. Outside of the Disney characters, it didn't seem like a very nice place."

[not_so_smooth]

"I know how to use it. You press X," he mumbled, stepping back to brandish the weapon in what he thought was a totally sweet pose. Yeah, he could totally imagine himself cutting a Decepticons face off with this thing.

He wondered if Zell would let him see Oblivion, but he wasn't sure he should ask. It might set his friend off on one of his, 'I'm a real guy!' tirades.

"Yeah, it's... not really a happy place."