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[ ask him about his secret hockey dreams, david. ]
don't get philosophical. just makes things worse around here.
[ referring to the start of all this - which, arguably, he started. ]
don't get philosophical. just makes things worse around here.
[ referring to the start of all this - which, arguably, he started. ]
I wasn't?
[ excuse you he doesn't have thoughts and feelings everyone knows that ]
[ excuse you he doesn't have thoughts and feelings everyone knows that ]
yeah you were. or stupid. not sure which is worse.
I was making a joke and you started getting philosophical.
you're a hell of a liar.
i got shit to do. go bother someone else.
i got shit to do. go bother someone else.
You're the one who kept the conversation going after you said you were busy.
[ don't point out that he's the cause of his own problems, david, he'll get philosophical. and then mad.
but, to make a point, there's no response to that text. ]
but, to make a point, there's no response to that text. ]
if it's another one of those fucking firecrackers you can keep it.
tempting but nah
youre gonna have to play king arthur to get it though
youre gonna have to play king arthur to get it though
you know
sword in the stone
im the stone
[ he's lost a lot of blood okay let him have this ]
youll see
sword in the stone
im the stone
[ he's lost a lot of blood okay let him have this ]
youll see
[ it pings off some ancient memory dessicated into almost nothing in the recollections of his past, just enough that he snorts out a laugh at what david says. of course, he also grasps what the problem probably is, then. ]
where are you.
where are you.
passing by merchants little camp
you know shes got all this shit and not a single bandage
you know shes got all this shit and not a single bandage
i don't think fixing injuries was on her list of shit to do.
[ he doesn't like going anywhere near her place except to trash it, but this time, he'll give david the benefit of the doubt. he might regret it. not that it would be the first time.
but on his way there: ]
you trying to fuck with her?
[ he doesn't like going anywhere near her place except to trash it, but this time, he'll give david the benefit of the doubt. he might regret it. not that it would be the first time.
but on his way there: ]
you trying to fuck with her?
not this time
figured i could raid her place for for a first aid kit or something but theres shit all useful stuff here
figured i could raid her place for for a first aid kit or something but theres shit all useful stuff here
too bad.
[ he's disappointed. if david got mauled making her life difficult, this would be an easier job.
but he's on her - on his stolen property now, looking for a blood trail or an almost-corpse. david's somewhere, and apparently armed in a disadvantageous way. ]
[ he's disappointed. if david got mauled making her life difficult, this would be an easier job.
but he's on her - on his stolen property now, looking for a blood trail or an almost-corpse. david's somewhere, and apparently armed in a disadvantageous way. ]
how about next time me and ger dance i'll give you a call
[ there's a trail of blood heading from the camp off into the woods, but it's not david's. he's paused under one of the staircases up to her cabin, leaning on one of the metal poles holding it up for stability. obviously been in a scuffle of sorts, worse for wear, cut up and bruised, but not dying just yet. ]
[ that could change quick enough though, there's a hunting knife wedged in his gut that david's smart enough not to pull out yet, right hand pressed to the wound to try and minimize how much the knife moves around when he does. ]
[ david's good at keeping quiet — people forget that sometimes, only to his advantage — but he's no jake, he's not silent. evan will hear him once he's close enough. ]
[ there's a trail of blood heading from the camp off into the woods, but it's not david's. he's paused under one of the staircases up to her cabin, leaning on one of the metal poles holding it up for stability. obviously been in a scuffle of sorts, worse for wear, cut up and bruised, but not dying just yet. ]
[ that could change quick enough though, there's a hunting knife wedged in his gut that david's smart enough not to pull out yet, right hand pressed to the wound to try and minimize how much the knife moves around when he does. ]
[ david's good at keeping quiet — people forget that sometimes, only to his advantage — but he's no jake, he's not silent. evan will hear him once he's close enough. ]
[ the first blood trail he doesn't follow for long, because it's heading away. he can tell that much. there's no second, or at least he doesn't find one before he finds david, bloody and pale and still alive.
he glances at the knife, but the handle doesn't tell him much. the blade would, because that's all he ever sees, aimed at his face or his own gut by idiots who don't realize who they're attacking (or don't care).
it's a nasty stab, though. deep enough to kill easily but shallow enough, or maybe just angled wrong enough, that it won't do it quick. and he doesn't generally carry bandages with him. ]
I pull that out, you'll be dead real quick.
he glances at the knife, but the handle doesn't tell him much. the blade would, because that's all he ever sees, aimed at his face or his own gut by idiots who don't realize who they're attacking (or don't care).
it's a nasty stab, though. deep enough to kill easily but shallow enough, or maybe just angled wrong enough, that it won't do it quick. and he doesn't generally carry bandages with him. ]
I pull that out, you'll be dead real quick.
So don't.
[ generally speaking, david's a fan of not being dead, as much as people might get the impression otherwise. (evan.) reaching out to evan is calculated, he knows that with the way things are between them right now, neither of them really wants to be the one to break that fragile truce they have. he's not gonna come out here and finish david off just because he can. more likely he'd tell david to deal with it himself if he had absolutely no interest in helping, and that's fair enough. david wouldn't hold it against him. ]
[ he pushes away from the pole he's leaning against, looks up at evan with a frown. of course, he did make that sword in the stone joke, but he was expecting to be somewhere he wouldn't just immediately bleed out when it came to it. ]
Wasn't expecting you to come out here. [ he takes a breath, gestures toward the treeline with a jut of his chin. ] Just missed your favourite stalker.
[ generally speaking, david's a fan of not being dead, as much as people might get the impression otherwise. (evan.) reaching out to evan is calculated, he knows that with the way things are between them right now, neither of them really wants to be the one to break that fragile truce they have. he's not gonna come out here and finish david off just because he can. more likely he'd tell david to deal with it himself if he had absolutely no interest in helping, and that's fair enough. david wouldn't hold it against him. ]
[ he pushes away from the pole he's leaning against, looks up at evan with a frown. of course, he did make that sword in the stone joke, but he was expecting to be somewhere he wouldn't just immediately bleed out when it came to it. ]
Wasn't expecting you to come out here. [ he takes a breath, gestures toward the treeline with a jut of his chin. ] Just missed your favourite stalker.
[ the idea of letting david bleed out does appeal, but it sours somewhat when he mentions a favorite stalker. what replaces it is genuine amusement, because he saw the blood trail. maybe he should have followed it, and finished the job. ]
Looked like he was on his way out. [ evan looks back in the direction of the blood. ] You get him bad?
[ for that much blood? of course he did. and now evan's already considering the best way to get that knife out without leaving david to spend his last moments like a wild deer. it's not, in fact, all that difficult to get on evan's good side, or at least drop oneself a few ranks down the shitlist. sending certain other killers running with their tail between their legs is one of the best ways.
but he's not the sort to carry bandages with him, which means he'll have to find another option if he wants this to go any way but the usual. ]
Looked like he was on his way out. [ evan looks back in the direction of the blood. ] You get him bad?
[ for that much blood? of course he did. and now evan's already considering the best way to get that knife out without leaving david to spend his last moments like a wild deer. it's not, in fact, all that difficult to get on evan's good side, or at least drop oneself a few ranks down the shitlist. sending certain other killers running with their tail between their legs is one of the best ways.
but he's not the sort to carry bandages with him, which means he'll have to find another option if he wants this to go any way but the usual. ]
Surprised he managed to get up and scarper off.
[ david was, in the moment, completely ready to kill him, which is something he's choosing not to think about at all. nor is he going to lend any mental real estate to the part of him hoping the fucker bled out and died out there, or the way the idea rings with a pang of disappointment at not being there to see this hypothetical death. ]
[ even if having the fucker stick him with a knife and run off kinda just makes david want his head even more. ]
[ maybe he should be, but david doesn't seem overly concerned with the knife sticking out of him. adjusts the way his hand is resting against the wound with a hitched breath and a hiss of pain and starts walking, steps slow and deliberate, body listing to the side a little, but there's confidence to it too. this isn't his first time in a situation like this. ]
[ david was, in the moment, completely ready to kill him, which is something he's choosing not to think about at all. nor is he going to lend any mental real estate to the part of him hoping the fucker bled out and died out there, or the way the idea rings with a pang of disappointment at not being there to see this hypothetical death. ]
[ even if having the fucker stick him with a knife and run off kinda just makes david want his head even more. ]
[ maybe he should be, but david doesn't seem overly concerned with the knife sticking out of him. adjusts the way his hand is resting against the wound with a hitched breath and a hiss of pain and starts walking, steps slow and deliberate, body listing to the side a little, but there's confidence to it too. this isn't his first time in a situation like this. ]
[ details would be better, evan thinks, but as he watches david try to push himself up and stand he figures it'll be a while before he gets that. the fact that david could send him running, though, and only get stabbed once that he can see for it, is impressive.
still. walking like that, he'll die too quick. ]
Sit down before you gut yourself.
[ with some confidence that adriana's not around - otherwise she would have showed up already, he figures - evan heads up the stairs toward her living space. he's been in there a few times, taking out his frustrations, so he knows what she has.
he's back only a minute or so later, the white sheets off her bed balled up in the same hand as a bottle of something he didn't bother reading the label of. they aren't perfect, but they'll do for long enough. either for a trial or to get his ass back to the workshop - entity only knows which one'll be first. ]
still. walking like that, he'll die too quick. ]
Sit down before you gut yourself.
[ with some confidence that adriana's not around - otherwise she would have showed up already, he figures - evan heads up the stairs toward her living space. he's been in there a few times, taking out his frustrations, so he knows what she has.
he's back only a minute or so later, the white sheets off her bed balled up in the same hand as a bottle of something he didn't bother reading the label of. they aren't perfect, but they'll do for long enough. either for a trial or to get his ass back to the workshop - entity only knows which one'll be first. ]
[ david stops moving at evan's insistence, turns to look at him in confusion only to see the man heading up to the cabin. a moment of wondering what he's doing ticks over and then david moves toward one of the worktables skull merchant has around the place and pushes some stuff off to take a seat, hesitantly putting his weight down first before he actually does plant himself on it. ]
[ he hasn't had a chance to take stock of his injuries so far, so focused on the whole knife in his gut thing, only really aware of some slashes on his arms because he can see them when he looks down. aware of the bloody nose only because he can taste it at the back of his throat. ]
[ he's tonguing at his split lip when evan comes back down, raises an eyebrow at the sheets in evan's hand but it's not a complaint. ]
She's gonna be pissed about that.
[ like the bloody fight leaving a mess in her space isn't gonna piss her off anyway. ]
[ he hasn't had a chance to take stock of his injuries so far, so focused on the whole knife in his gut thing, only really aware of some slashes on his arms because he can see them when he looks down. aware of the bloody nose only because he can taste it at the back of his throat. ]
[ he's tonguing at his split lip when evan comes back down, raises an eyebrow at the sheets in evan's hand but it's not a complaint. ]
She's gonna be pissed about that.
[ like the bloody fight leaving a mess in her space isn't gonna piss her off anyway. ]
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