Round One...

[meteor_heart]

Who: Tifa Lockheart and Reno And Cloud And maybe you! (Spectators and all)
When: Mid-afternoon, backdated to the date of Reno's arrival
Where: The Waterfront of Sector 4
Summary: Tifa and Reno had a major spat and now it is time to THROW DOWN!
Warnings: Violence and Language. Maybe spoilers for FF7. Reno.

Comments

[longlivethedon]

It was a failproof tactic, rile your enemy until boiling point and their moves became sloppy and usually easy to predict. He was positive he wouldn't need that tactic to beat Tifa but, hey, would just make the ass kicking that much easier and sweeter to rub in her face. Even then though, what he'd said? Hadn't been entirely made up. Yes yes, Cloud's fucked up head was Hojo's fault he knew that and wouldn't deny it, but the fact still remained he handed that black orb over and gave the planet a death sentence. So what if Cloud turned out to be some hero, in the end wasn't he just cleaning up a mess he created? And what about Tifa...she knew something was wrong with Cloud when they were traveling, could see it in her eyes when she looked at him. But she wasn't even willing to admit that maybe she'd played a tiny roll in their fates. He wanted someone strong, a challenge, but she was just like everyone else, afraid to face the truths about her. What a shame

[meteor_heart]

Surprised more then anything else. Out of what Reno just said to her, Tifa mostly heard "wonk wonk wonk 'What the hell does Rude see in her?' wonk wonk". Or something like that, when she's mad she tends to tune things out. But with wide eyes she blinks and puts a hand on her hip.

"Rude? And me?" I mean, not that Rude turned out to be a horrible guy, or was bad looking (what was it with turks? was there a minimum attractiveness level to get in?) but really, Rude? That's a surprise.

[longlivethedon]

...OK, that was unexpected. He was expecting to rile her up even more by calling her manipulative but instead she took the exact part that really...didn't matter. Girls were all the same weren't they? They make death threats and smash tables and you mention a guy liking them and suddenly everything is peachy keen.

Him and his tongue some days.

"...You gonna kill me or not?" He came here looking for a fight, and quick and easy or not he wants it damnit!

[meteor_heart]

"I was gonna..." Tifa had a plan of her own coming into this, one that had been temporarily derailed by Reno's mention of his larger, almost silent friend. Now that she had a chance to shake it off, it was back to plan A. "...but then I got to think about it and...you know? I feel bad for you."

Turning she walked to the edge of the walkway, facing the ocean and holding one arm with the opposite hand. "I mean, all this time I thought you were just a weaselly little jerk but now...now it all makes sense. I mean..."

She turns on the spot, heels together and arms tucked behind her back, with a sickly-sweet smile on her face. "...you wanted to be the hero right? The one who saved everyone from fiery apocalypse and won all the girls hanging off your arms. That kind of regret must eat at you for a long time before it turns into jealousy...but you shouldn't feel bad Reno. You were too busy being a good little soulless automaton to be a -real- man."

She gives him another wide, fake, dripping with insincerity smile.

[longlivethedon]

...What.

No, seriously, what?

She was playing the man-pride card. She...she actually thought that one would work? She thought he was that STUPID? She honest to fucking gods thought it would...

...Oh, she was good. She even got a chuckle out of him.

And a Demi2 spell targeted at her to boot.

"I thought we were here to fight?"