Cyrus had been confused when Cassie had asked if he wanted clothes. Was there something wrong with his toga? He thought that it covered all of the appropriate bits. And he was probably going to revert to wolf form at some point or other, so clothing would have been silly.
Then there had been giggling and Cassie had brought up the Super Bowl incident, which he had always felt had been blown way out of proportion and then Eliza had fallen on him.
"Youokay?" he asked, helping her back up onto the bed.
Stupid toga slipped a bit. He hiked it back up over his hips.
Eliza wrapped her arms around Cyrus for a moment, tugging on the end of his hair. "No," she said, answering both her cousin and Cassie as she pulled back. "I'm not alright. But that's normal." She waved her hand dismissivly. "Cyrus, do you remember where you put your glasses?"
"I think I saw them where they were keeping me and the others," Nico volunteered, resolutely trying to not look at Cyrus while wondering about the scars.
"Oh good. It would be bad if he lost another pair. Go get your glasses, cuz."
Nico watched the werewolf go, not speaking until he was out the door and well gone. "And that's your cousin?"
"Yup," Eliza said with something approaching cheerfulness.
"Wow. Do they all look like that?"
"Don't I wish," she said with a shake of her head. "Cyrus got the good genes. Too bad he's a wuss. And my cousin." She made a face, inviting them to share in the unfairness of this.
"Well, if he's not a close cousin, it's not that big a deal," Nico pointed out.
"His mother is my father's sister," Eliza groaned dramatically.
"Now that just sucks." Nico comiserated.
"Boys suck. They all suck. And not in the good way," Eliza proclaimed, flopping back on her pillow. "When they aren't being all stupid and cave man like or manipulative, they're totally off limits, or just plain gross." She made a face.
Cassie didn't feel much like pointing out that at least Cyrus wasn't off limits to Nico and her, because really, Cyrus probably acted like an idiot too.
Cassie sat on the floor. She didn't want to bother pulling out a seat. "Even when they're androids."
"In the defense of androids, I cannot hear them," Eliza said.
"How is that a defense?" Nico asked.
"It's not, really. But as far as I'm concerned, anyone I can't hear should be a saint. You have no idea how much of a pain in the ass it is dealing with a guy when you know exactly what he's feeling at any given moment. That and the whole no-touch thing."
Nico snorted. "Remind me to introduce you to Kevin when he wakes up. I think it'd be great to know what they're thinking. Maybe then they'd actually make sense."
Eliza held up the arm with the IV needle in it. "I'll trade you the Stick for the Empathy."
Cassie tucked her legs close to her body and rested her head on her knees. She'd thought Vision had been a saint. Well, not a saint, but really, really... something.
"It's a magic stick," Eliza corrected with a snort. "Please don't demonstrate. My head hurts bad enough as is."
"It's not that bad. Just cause your cousin freaks out about it-"
Eliza held up a finger. "I'm always the first to admit to Cyrus' wussness. But he's got good reasons to be a wuss, and if something's telling him to flee with his tail between his legs..." She trailed off, spreading her hands wide. "Whatever the fuck it is, it's something that empaths react to, badly."
"If you start quoting Lord of the Rings, I'm gonna pull it out just to shut you up," Nico groused.
"What? The 'your staff is broken' part?" Cassie stood. "Uhm, why don't we just go back to talking about how boys suck?" She was good with that, something they could all agree on, and she'd all ready had enough fighting for today.
Eliza nodded quickly. "This is a good plan. I like this plan. Who wants to hear about the time Billy and my brothers beat up a guy and stuffed him into a garbage can?"
"Billy's the witch guy, right?" Nico asked.
"I'd go with magic user," Eliza said with a little shrug. "I know witch is a gender nutral term, but to me it implies a certain kind of religiousness that Billy doesn't follow. Unless there's something else he hasn't told me. Boys and their oh-so-important secrets."
"At least yours didn't hide the fact that he was secretly in league with super-villains." Nico countered.
"Billy beat up a guy and stuffed him in a garbage can?" Eliza knew how to pique Cassie's interest. "Do guys just have to beat people up?" She would have added how it must be on the Y chromosomes but Vision didn't have Y chromosomes.
Eliza shook her head. "I can't prove that is was Billy who did the actual beating, but I know he was involved. He always gets involved in stupid things when it comes to my family."
"Violence doesn't seem to be limited to to guys," Nico offered. "But there's something about how they are that just encorages it. I think it's the way their raised."
"Or programmed," Cassie grumbled, sitting back down against the wall. "Or maybe it's hormones." She said louder. Did androids have hormones? Probably not. Why did she care?
She played with the buttons of her jacket. "Who did Billy beat up?"
"Tommy McGillacuttie," Eliza said, packing a lot of meaning into that name. "He was a boy who went to the same comic shop as us. He was only dating me because he could get free ice cream from Grandma, but at least he was interested. The way Billy acted, you'd think he was a super-villain or something. It was soo lame."
Nico nodded. "Very."
"It's almost enough to make a girl go gay, swear to God."
Then there had been giggling and Cassie had brought up the Super Bowl incident, which he had always felt had been blown way out of proportion and then Eliza had fallen on him.
"Youokay?" he asked, helping her back up onto the bed.
Stupid toga slipped a bit. He hiked it back up over his hips.
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"I think I saw them where they were keeping me and the others," Nico volunteered, resolutely trying to not look at Cyrus while wondering about the scars.
"Oh good. It would be bad if he lost another pair. Go get your glasses, cuz."
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"I'll be right back." he mumbled, padding out of the room.
His toga slipped again and he paused in the doorway to readjust it before going to retrieve his glasses.
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"Yup," Eliza said with something approaching cheerfulness.
"Wow. Do they all look like that?"
"Don't I wish," she said with a shake of her head. "Cyrus got the good genes. Too bad he's a wuss. And my cousin." She made a face, inviting them to share in the unfairness of this.
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Well, visiting Eliza had helped. Not all guys were jerks... though that was probably the hormones talking.
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"His mother is my father's sister," Eliza groaned dramatically.
"Now that just sucks." Nico comiserated.
"Boys suck. They all suck. And not in the good way," Eliza proclaimed, flopping back on her pillow. "When they aren't being all stupid and cave man like or manipulative, they're totally off limits, or just plain gross." She made a face.
"Amen to that," Nico muttered under her breath.
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Cassie sat on the floor. She didn't want to bother pulling out a seat. "Even when they're androids."
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"How is that a defense?" Nico asked.
"It's not, really. But as far as I'm concerned, anyone I can't hear should be a saint. You have no idea how much of a pain in the ass it is dealing with a guy when you know exactly what he's feeling at any given moment. That and the whole no-touch thing."
Nico snorted. "Remind me to introduce you to Kevin when he wakes up. I think it'd be great to know what they're thinking. Maybe then they'd actually make sense."
Eliza held up the arm with the IV needle in it. "I'll trade you the Stick for the Empathy."
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Cassie looked up. "Stick?"
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"It's a magic stick," Eliza corrected with a snort. "Please don't demonstrate. My head hurts bad enough as is."
"It's not that bad. Just cause your cousin freaks out about it-"
Eliza held up a finger. "I'm always the first to admit to Cyrus' wussness. But he's got good reasons to be a wuss, and if something's telling him to flee with his tail between his legs..." She trailed off, spreading her hands wide. "Whatever the fuck it is, it's something that empaths react to, badly."
"If you start quoting Lord of the Rings, I'm gonna pull it out just to shut you up," Nico groused.
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"Billy's the witch guy, right?" Nico asked.
"I'd go with magic user," Eliza said with a little shrug. "I know witch is a gender nutral term, but to me it implies a certain kind of religiousness that Billy doesn't follow. Unless there's something else he hasn't told me. Boys and their oh-so-important secrets."
"At least yours didn't hide the fact that he was secretly in league with super-villains." Nico countered.
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"Violence doesn't seem to be limited to to guys," Nico offered. "But there's something about how they are that just encorages it. I think it's the way their raised."
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She played with the buttons of her jacket. "Who did Billy beat up?"
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Nico nodded. "Very."
"It's almost enough to make a girl go gay, swear to God."
Nico coughed.
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