[ yes, his ego does tell him they're targeting him - after all, if there's four of them and only one of him, who's got more of a focus?
but it's not an argument he's going to go much further with. it'll just piss them both off, and with his eye and jaw in their condition, he's not ready for a full-fledged fight. david might not be at his best but he's already proven he can take evan down with his bare hands.
and he's not ready for that. again. ]
If you can talk that much shit, you can find your way back to the fire in one piece.
Might throw your ass slightly closer back than normal.
[ he's dumped bodies - dead and just unconscious - just close to whatever counts for a border around here before. makes his life easier because they don't wake up and start harassing him straight away, or draw the demogorgon to try and eat, and makes their life easier if they're alive by giving them a quicker out.
[ david snorts as he grabs his bag and swings it onto his shoulder, wincing when it hits his back. claudette's probably gonna be mad when he gets back and she sees he managed to wreck two whole shirts. ]
Real kind of you.
[ god he hopes that thing isn't slinking around in the dark out there. or some other killer ready to get the drop on somebody already hurt, but david feels like he can deal with that a lot easier. either way he lifts a hand in a tired goodbye and heads out the door. ]
[ kinder than he could be, evan thinks, giving david a very slight nod as he heads back into the darkness and then out into the forest. no traps go off, at least. and there's no immediate snarling or screaming or sounds of fighting. nobody - no thing - waiting outside for revenge.
once he's sure david's gone, he reaches up and feels around in his mouth for another tooth that was coming more and more loose the more he talked. it's bloody and hurts his jaw to get rid of, but like hell he's going to put up with it. knowing his luck, he'll be stuck with the pain of all this shit for hours yet before his next trial.
maybe he should have let that thing kill him. maybe he should have let david kill him. would have solved the problem, at least. but neither of them needs the ego boost, or at least david doesn't.
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[ yes, his ego does tell him they're targeting him - after all, if there's four of them and only one of him, who's got more of a focus?
but it's not an argument he's going to go much further with. it'll just piss them both off, and with his eye and jaw in their condition, he's not ready for a full-fledged fight. david might not be at his best but he's already proven he can take evan down with his bare hands.
and he's not ready for that. again. ]
If you can talk that much shit, you can find your way back to the fire in one piece.
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[ he's teasing, obviously. sliding off the bench to his feet with a grunt at the way the pain winds up his side and back when he lands. ]</small
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[ he's dumped bodies - dead and just unconscious - just close to whatever counts for a border around here before. makes his life easier because they don't wake up and start harassing him straight away, or draw the demogorgon to try and eat, and makes their life easier if they're alive by giving them a quicker out.
usually. ]
Or just drag you.
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Real kind of you.
[ god he hopes that thing isn't slinking around in the dark out there. or some other killer ready to get the drop on somebody already hurt, but david feels like he can deal with that a lot easier. either way he lifts a hand in a tired goodbye and heads out the door. ]
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once he's sure david's gone, he reaches up and feels around in his mouth for another tooth that was coming more and more loose the more he talked. it's bloody and hurts his jaw to get rid of, but like hell he's going to put up with it. knowing his luck, he'll be stuck with the pain of all this shit for hours yet before his next trial.
maybe he should have let that thing kill him. maybe he should have let david kill him. would have solved the problem, at least. but neither of them needs the ego boost, or at least david doesn't.
if he's get one from killing him at this point. ]