[Snake-Eyes' lair. There's a new rack in the same corner as his ninja equipment. This one's displaying half-a-dozen spike-knuckled
trench knives. Their blades, lovingly polished to a scinitillating sheen, gleam in the flickering candlelight
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Do you plan to use them?
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[And the things she says sound even more terrible than usual. Probably because she's not bothering to seem nonchalant about her choice of words. In fact, she'll follow up with a wicked laugh. Because everything is suddenly amusing.]
You fought in the Arena, didn't you?
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A few times. Didn't end well.
...surprised anyone noticed.
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I fought there recently. I'm surprised you didn't notice. [smile!] I'd like to do it again, sometime.
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You'll excuse me if I haven't exactly kept up since leaving. Police work is serious business.
[Smile... very much noted. He's not entirely sure if she's "asking him out". So this is his way of feeling out her intentions.]
Glad to hear it, though. How did you do?
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[So smug.] I won. [And her smile turns mischievous.] I still don't know who I fought. So mysterious, that one.
We should cross blades some time. I'd say today, but somehow I don't think a fight is what I want.
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[One doesn't need to read the smoke and honey in her voice to get what she means.]
I'm not sure if that's what you want either. Easy to mix lust with bloodlust in this kind of... 'weather'.
Still. I could give you one. Just not in the Arena.
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Mmm. [He's right. That is what she's feeling. It's not unusual, it's just ...a little random. And the sight of knives isn't usually this enticing.] I suppose. I have confused them before.
Where, then? In the ruins? It is a fight we're talking about now, yes?
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[Meaning yes. It's a fight all right.]
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[It would certainly make things easier, since she attracts so much of it.]
All right. When?
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[GRIN. That's a yes, by the way.]
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Later then.
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