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Right. [He looks Summoner up and down] Wwhat else is neww? You look like you got black-kissed by a lawwnring mowwer.

[Turns, starting to get away from the elevator a bit now.]

Might as well have, take a guess.

...I'm not goin' to fuckin' guess. I don't think I wwant or care to knoww. [No, actually he can't resist] Is it Spinneret?

[He prickles at that, quickly replying.]

-No. [His wings flicker.]

No...

[He visibly relaxes a little. Though he's actively pursuing Disciple now, there's still a part of him that gets very jealous about Mindfang. He clears his throat] Wwell, a course not. I should a knowwn that much. [Awkwardly, he folds his arms] It's not the Highblood, is it? [He's sort of running out of adult trolls that Summoner might not like...]

Heh, oh but it is. [A shrug.] Who else could do this so effortlessly, eh?

[He grimaces] You aren't actually black for that piece a hoofbeast leavvings, are you?

Hoofbeast leavings? [A raised brow.]

Hey, he's... pretty impressive, huge douchebag though. [A whistle.] But I dunno, pretty sure we're not- [Shrug.]

[He lifts a corner of his lip contemptuously, showing a few sharp teeth. The fact is GHB killed him, twice, and his hatred for him is completely platonic - partly because he's utterly terrified of him.] That's wwhat I said, an that's wwhat he is. I see nothin' impressivve about him other than his size, wwhich is nothin' to actually croww about on account a all he had to do wwas eat and groww. [Growl] You're better off, don't wworry about that. Best you can do is stay awway from him.

Size, strength, will power, the fact that he gets dirty himself insteada hiding behind his lusus. [Another shrug. Summoner soon glances at him, raising a brow.]

Better off staying away from him? Uh, not so much. Pretty sure doing that would just end up causing problems. I'm, I'm all right not really being in a quadrant with him and just playing around though. Get's stress out.

[Dualscar's getting visibly agitated by this, his fins flaring and flattening and his fists clenching]

Good for you, then. I hope you enjoy your injuries, on account a the fact that it's just a matter a time before you wwind up disappearin' from the bubble for a wweek. But it's your fuckin' mistake to make.

I already did? [A laugh.] That ass hole won't test my nerves again, the idea of me really being done with him and saying 'no' is something his dumbass can't deal with. And well-

Since he knows if he kills me again, everything we do's over, he'll listen. [A sly smile.] Proper training, Scar.

[To Dualscar, this is such a touchy subject, and the fact that Summoner is laughing and being cocky when Dualscar can't even be in the Grand Highblood's presence is shredding to him. It was hard enough to lose to Summoner once, to lose his leg and be culled. This is just a reminder that, somehow, this lowblood is so much stronger than he is.

And every smile and laugh seems like a jab to Dualscar. Like deliberate mockery, when the truth is that Summoner probably isn't even aware of his feelings.]

Right, you're all good wwith trainin' those better than you. [He sneers, fins flaring with anger. That was what his own loss had been, wasn't it? Training. Training Dualscar to behave.] Howw long do you think you can get awway wwith that? Flauntin your arrogance wwith us? You'll be smacked dowwn evventually, don't think you wwon't!

[Yeah well he definitely doesn't mean it like that. he's not even really being cocky about this, he's just expressing himself in a rather- honest way, saying it like it is, which is actually kind of nice. But yeah, there's history between he and Dualscar, he's not denying that, but they're past it, right? Dualscar's moved on pretty nicely too considering Disciple and all. So Summoner doesn't see the problem in talking about his black fight buddy to a degree.]

[A laugh, shaking his head.] Better than me? No one's better than me, we're all about the same, I'm just better at training wild animals is all. [A smile to himself, hands back to his pockets as he walks slowly through the woods.]

What-?

I'm not a wwild animal!

[He snarls and makes a grab for Summoner's arm, trying to jerk him back to face him.

He remembers they were mostly talking about the Grand Highblood, but with the connections as they've been made in his brain, they might as well be talking about him. Because everything is basically about Dualscar in Dualscar's head anyway. And besides, Summoner didn't exactly deny what he just accused him of a second ago, either.

For once, this isn't about romance, either. That, at least, is true.]

[That gains another "wha-" and then a slightly surprised, "you-?" Before he's being tugged. Summoner's body tenses, wings opening a little in surprise. He's got an initial 'flight' response before any 'fight', but it's Dualscar, what the hell even?]

[He rips his arm away, shoving at him a little before stepping away, frowning and giving him a rather frustrated look, hand sliding through his hair again.]

Okay, I, I don't really know what your problem is here, but I wasn't talking about you, 'Scar, stop being so high tide.

But it's not that different from wwhat you did to me, noww is it! [Dualscar's voice is a bit high and frustrated, as well. Less angry and more distressed, though there's anger as well] Trainin' me to be wwhat you wwanted. Punishin' me for steppin' out a line. And he...he's just bigger fish to fry. More interestin' to you for some reason than I evver wwas.

I punished you because you did something wrong. I fucked you because I wanted to and because you wanted to, and now I'm spending time with you because of that reason too. I'd hope it's the same for you, but damn- [His brows furrow, stepping further from him.]

If you're gonna add to the rest of the bullshit I gotta deal with right now, I'm- I'm not doing this. [Shakes his head, moving away. He lets out a tired sigh, glancing to him again.]

Good luck with whatever's working for you, but I'm- fuck, fuck this, man. [Grits his teeth, opening his wings.]

Edited 2013-01-13 18:40 (UTC)

[Dualscar had been on the edge of absconding from the conversation as well, but for Summoner to react like this, it brings him back to Earth to some extent. He can't help getting emotional over the Grand Highblood, but he had come here because he enjoyed spending time with Summoner.]

Wwait!

[His fins flatten. Admitting he's wrong, or upset, is so very hard for him]

I wwanted to spend time wwith you.

[A stare, shoulders relaxing a little, wings lowering but not closing.] I'm having a hard time figuring out if you mean that or not, and that kind of makes me uncomfortable, Scar.

[Sigh, shaking his head slightly and rubbing fingers over his forehead and eyebrows before he slides the hand to the back of his neck.] Wanted to? If that's changed, it's allright.

[Dualscar's fins are still flat and unhappy and he's not entirely sure what to say, but he does want to smooth things over. He takes a step closer]

I shouldn'ta gotten that wway ovver this. I just... I don't knoww wwhy you'd evven wwant to spend time wwith the Highblood that wway, but it's none a my business or concern. I didn't come here to fight wwith you.

I dunno, ya feel how you do because you do. [Shrugs, looking up to him.] Guess he just- reminds me... [Glances down, staring into nothing for a moment. Yeah, reminds him, nostalgic, the Highblood keeps things as he knows them back on Alternia and he, hates him, but damn.]

Yeah I'd rather just enjoy your company, okay? [A weary smile up to him.] I'm, I'm really tired lately.

He reminds me about things, too. [He hesitates, then sits down on a nearby stump.] Bad things. But none a that matters, either.

The simple truth is, all I came for wwas to enjoy your company, and...I don't mean to make you more tired. This wwas just a bad convversational gambit, an I'll take responsibility for not changin' topics earlier.

He reminds me of the revolution. [A sigh, closing his eyes and leaning back a little, shifting weight on his feet.]

And what I fight for... reminds me of my life, that it's not this place, here... I'm- not, really supposed to be here. [A weak smile, glancing down again.] Like him, he and I, shit we're, not the same at all but- [Shakes his head a little.]

Yeah, no, it's uh, it's cool. I wasn't meaning anything offensive by what I was saying, I'll just- sorry. I'll keep quadrant talk outta here, okay? Be smarter for me anyway not to talk about it.

[He's silent for a bit] I knoww you wweren't meanin' anythin' against me by wwhat you said, only I'vve got a lot a hard feelins about what he's done to me... [He trails off. This isn't something he wants to talk to Summoner about, and he doubts that Summoner really cares about his feelings in that way, either. So he just shakes his head] It doesn't matter an maybe you're right that it's best wwe don't talk about quadrants for a bit. [A beat] You'vve been flyin' a lot, then?

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