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genessia2018-01-10 03:37 pm
solar_flare) wrote in genessia2018-01-10 03:37 pm
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[Yang's serious face flashes onto the screen, her arms loosely folded over her chest. One hand comes up to gesture as she begins.]
So I'm just going to get straight to the point for this: I need some sparring partners. And I don't just mean people who are good at punching and kicking, I mean someone who can test me and push my limits.
[She shakes her head with a small frown.]
I just... I need to be better. More controlled, more thoughtful. So whatever you're good at, weaponry, magic, super powers -- I'm interested. Maybe I'll give you a run for your money too.
...And if you're any good at dealing with enchanters or illusionists, send me a private line. There's a bounty that's giving me more trouble than he's worth, and I could use some tips, or back-up.
[Not something she likes admitting, especially for a one-star bounty, but that's how things stand.]
So I'm just going to get straight to the point for this: I need some sparring partners. And I don't just mean people who are good at punching and kicking, I mean someone who can test me and push my limits.
[She shakes her head with a small frown.]
I just... I need to be better. More controlled, more thoughtful. So whatever you're good at, weaponry, magic, super powers -- I'm interested. Maybe I'll give you a run for your money too.
...And if you're any good at dealing with enchanters or illusionists, send me a private line. There's a bounty that's giving me more trouble than he's worth, and I could use some tips, or back-up.
[Not something she likes admitting, especially for a one-star bounty, but that's how things stand.]
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[ Emerald didn't sign up not knowing what she was getting into. She said thank you, and Cinder told her what the stakes were- she explained everything to her, about Salem and magic, the whole shebang. It had sounded impossible, like a tale of lunacy, but she stuck around. She could've bailed the second Cinder said they were going to go pick up Marcus Black if she'd really wanted to. It wouldn't have been hard, it was long before she'd even gotten half of the Fall Maiden's powers and Emerald could disappear if she concentrated. She chose to be there, and she chose to stay. She doesn't need Yang feeling like she understands why she might go on a murder spree because she knows she was a street rat. ]
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[She rolls her eyes and props her cheek up on her metal hand.]
Look, I'm not gonna say I get all of it. I'm only going to understand about as much as you're willing to tell me, so that part's up to you. But I've got issues with loneliness too, and if I grew up in your position? ...I'd probably turn out the same, if not worse.
[She doesn't look happy to be admitting that, and it shows in the furrow of her brow and the heaviness of her frown as she turns her gaze to one of Mikaela's car posters.]
The point is, I don't think you're as bad as you think you are. You and Mercury were put in the worst kind of situation, but you pushed through it. Survived. Even managed to come out of it as a pretty decent person. We might not like each other much, but. I can respect what you're doing, and working to be.
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[ Yeah, she's hanging up now. Sorry, Yang, she really doesn't like what you're trying to do here. ]
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[What the hell? Yang's expression goes flat after the hang-up, and she tosses the communicator carelessly on the bed. So much for that.]