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[bloodandbrass]

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[bloodandbrass]

why do you need to know?

[hardlydead]

Just covering my bases.

[bloodandbrass]

[ that, he thinks, is doubtful. ]

gonna try and bring her down a peg?

[hardlydead]

Not exactly.

[ ... ]

Her and Ghost Face have both been up my ass lately. Wanna see if I can redirect a bit of that at eachother instead.
Course, if I'm still here when she gets back I'm probably gonna have to be more direct with her instead.

[bloodandbrass]

[ is that a fight he wants to see or is that just going to make things worse?

well, it doesn't involve him directly, so ... ]

they don't like each other much already, far as i know.

she doesn't fight. just tries to kill. dirty tricks like you thought. wishes she could be half as sneaky as that asshole. in a corner, she goes for the eyes. isn't totally lost without the knives, but she's not strong enough to do shit.

[ to him, anyway. ]

[hardlydead]

[ hm. he takes a minute to think that through — and squash how badly he just wants to fight just about every killer. ]

Good to know I sized her up right.
Hoping it doesn't come to that just yet though.

[bloodandbrass]

just put his knife in her tech. drive her insane.

better hope she doesn't catch you because i ain't saving you from her.

[hardlydead]

Nah. That's not gonna do it.
Too late for that one anyway.

[ he doesn't comment on the second bit, he doesn't expect nor does he want a rescue from evan if somehow
this goes sideways, but that doesn't feel worth saying. ]

[bloodandbrass]

[ mostly, he's of the opinion that anyone who gets caught and slaughtered by adriana deserves it for being that pathetic. ]

just get another knife stuck in your gut and beat his skull in to keep it. can't be hard.

[hardlydead]

Call me crazy but I'm not gonna do that if I can avoid it.

[bloodandbrass]

fine. coward.

[ he doesn't mean it that harshly, actually. he wouldn't do it. ]

why's it too late?

[hardlydead]

No, I said call me crazy.

[ ha ha ha. anyway. ]

Already been here a little bit.

[bloodandbrass]

didn't think i needed to say it.

so how many of those flying things she's got have your scent?

[hardlydead]

I see two left I haven't smashed yet. Could be more but I doubt it.
Don't do shit without her here though so I'm not worried just yet.

[bloodandbrass]

won't take her long to figure out something's up once she's back. you better have a good way to try and prove it wasn't you unless you want to get punctured.

[hardlydead]

Don't intend to be here much longer for a start.
This isn't a spur of the moment thing.

[bloodandbrass]

what'd she do to get you this mad?

[hardlydead]

I'm not.
Just trying to make a fucked up situation work in my favour for once.

[bloodandbrass]

gonna get yourself killed.

[ except that probably doesn't hold any weight anymore. ]

or you're gonna have two assholes with grudges on your case. other than me.

[hardlydead]

Already got her and that spooky cunt giving me extra shit anyway.
She's mad I smashed up the place, he's mad I used his face to do it. And that I apparently lost two of his knives.

Way I see it, either I point them at eachother or they escalate now instead of later.

[bloodandbrass]

you know what this sounds like to me?

[hardlydead]

Don't start.

[bloodandbrass]

you keep forgetting escalation here doesn't stop. they kill you, you don't stay dead. it's never finished for them.

[hardlydead]

So I'd better not get caught then, eh?

[bloodandbrass]

that ain't your specialty.