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[prettywithawill]

Wherever this was, it wasn’t where Valkyrie was supposed to be. Not that it wasn’t lovely; the beach and the ocean and the trees and all of that. It would make a nice vacation spot and she could do with a holiday after all, she’d just saved the world again and she never really got much of a holiday after any of the times she did that

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[noonelaughed]

Chris hasn’t seen Thalia since Maxxie’s birthday. Maybe while they’d been in the compound at the same time or they’d passed each other on the path or something, but he definitely hasn’t properly spoken to her since then. And to be honest, he’s not even entirely sure that it was her he’d spoken to her then, he’d been so off his face that night. All of it had been one big fuckin’ blur of lights and music and dancing, really.

It’s still proper weird though, what happened between them, and Chris knows it’s mostly cause of Effy and Tony. If she were anyone else, it’d be just like any other time, wouldn’t it?

“Alright, Thalia?” he asks, when he sees her in the compound, looking a bit lost.

[prettywithawill]

The Compound was apparently crazy-central, which made it a bit disappointing when it didn't seem all that crazy. It all seemed very mundane, really. Magical island with no magic (which was beyond frustrating) and the Compound almost seemed like some sort of university rec center. Her first order of business was going to be finding the crash room to stay in tonight and then finding a hut immediately. Sleeping with a bunch of strangers all around was just creepy.

She was wandering around when she heard the guy call out what he thought was her name.

"Not Thalia," she said with a sigh, rolling her eyes. She knew it wasn't the guy's fault, she'd met one person already that looked like her, but it was annoying. "Not Effy either. I'm Valkyrie."

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It's really obvious that she's not Thalia or Effy when she actually talks, and Chris blinks a few times, surprised. He'd been sure this was going to be a really fuckin' weird conversation, but this is just mental.

"...shit," Chris says, then scrubs a hand over his head, mussing his hair. He wonders if Tony knows yet that his sister has another twin walking about.

"That's gotta be proper weird for you, I'll bet."

[prettywithawill]

"It definitely hasn't been a lot of fun, that's for sure," Valkyrie said. It had been rather annoying, actually, but she knew there wasn't anyone at fault. They all couldn't help it if she looked exactly like two other people.

"Be glad though. The first guy who mistook me for Thalia ended up on the wrong side of a judo through. So I think I'm getting a bit better at dealing with it, yeah?"

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"Fuckin' ace, man," Chris laughs, wondering just who she's beaten up over thinking she was Thalia. Alright, so maybe it's weird, there being someone else with the same face around, but Chris likes her already. Like Effy or Thalia'd do something so brilliant.

"So, welcome to the island, I suppose. Chris." he adds, then holds out a hand for her to shake.

[prettywithawill]

Valkyrie gave him a shy smile and shook the boy's hand. He seemed nice enough and thought that her putting a judo throw on someone was ace, rather than a bit crazy. That may or may not be good.

"Thanks, nice to meet you Chris," she said. "I would say it's nice to be here but... kidnapped and all."

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“It’s alright, though,” Chris replies, “Y’know, even though no one’s really supposed to be here.”

He knows that he definitely isn’t. Chris isn’t supposed to get any of this, as fucked as it is most of the time.

[prettywithawill]

"I like to actually intend to leave my normal dimension when I actually leave it," Valkyrie said, scrunching up her nose as she thought about how she really wasn't in her normal dimension.

"Although I guess going to tropical-island-world is better than ending up in medieval-Europe-world or something like that."

[noonelaughed]

"But doesn't everybody get like... axes or something back then? That might not be all bad." Chris says, though he'd never really paid much attention back when he'd taken history.

[prettywithawill]

"Do you find yourself needing an axe a lot?" Valkyrie asked. She could see how that sort of thing might be useful in a place with a lot of trees with no central heating, even if it was a tropical island. Did they need a lot of firewood here? Or did they need to defend themselves?

"You know you can just go buy them in a hardware store or something."

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"Not really," Chris admits with a shrug, "Just thought it made be cool to have one, is all."

Not that he'd really even know what do with one if he had one. It might've come in handy helping Cassie out a few months back, but other than that, it'd probably just sit in a corner of his hut or something.

[prettywithawill]

Valkyrie tilted her head and looked at him for a moment, tapping her chin thoughtfully. He didn't exactly look like some sort of rugged mountain man or barbarian but she supposed it was a bit prejudiced to think of only those sorts of types as axe wielders.

"I suppose you'd look pretty good with an axe," she finally said. "I approve. Would you want one of those big ones with two heads you strap across your back or a smaller one?"

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"What's even the fuckin' point of one of the small ones?" Chris asks, cause if he's gonna have an axe for anything, it's gotta be one of the big ones. If he's got an axe, he doesn't want someone mistaking it for a fuckin' butter knife or whatever.

"I mean, can you imagine any of the people in those wars back then with the tiny ones?"

[prettywithawill]

"Faster swing, better for close quarters, plus you could hold a shield with a smaller one," she says, answering as if she's obviously put some thought into this before now, which she has. Tanith really liked to talk weapons with her.

"See, if you've got a great big axe that you swing with two hands, and I manage to get in close," she said, stepping up until she was only a few inches away from him. "It's hard for you to get me with it. While I can strike you easily with my smaller one."

To illustrate her point, she made a chopping motion with her hand and hit him lightly on the chest.

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"See, but that's what you've hands for, yeah?" Chris says, and his expression slips into a playful grin. Not that he's anything but absolute rubbish in a fight, but at least he knows that much.

Suddenly, though, something dawns on him.

"Are you from someplace where everybody wears armor and shit?"

[prettywithawill]

"But then you don't have your axe, and I still have mine," she said, chopping him on the chest again.

"And no, only weird people wear armor and everyone avoids wearing shit if at all possible. I'm from Haggard, just outside of Dublin. 2011."