brokenvariable:

“No, of course you aren’t. You’re too idiotic to make the smart decision.”

Attacking first was… a poor move. Making the first move revealed your intentions, your strengths, and just how far you were willing to go– even if you didn’t intend on broadcasting any of that. It was what kept him standing to casually, fingers still drumming a beat against the arm of his buster.

“Your sister made the right decision. Or, no…” A curious look seemed to seep into his red eyes, softening his gaze as his brow furrowed. “… I didn’t ask her. I– I didn’t make her. She just… asked to be happy.

“Did you know that she wasn’t happy? Not before. But she’s so happy now.”

“I’d never go Maverick just to be happy. I got better shit to do with my time than random mass murder, like punching Sigma in the crotch armor to see if he goes down like a human would.”

Rebecca didn’t know why she admitted that one, but the longer they kept talking, hopefully it would give him the idea to not dismember her.

“It’s not our fault that she never said anything. Dad can’t do anything if she doesn’t say something about it. He wanted to give her a chance to tell him of her own volition, just like he gave me the chance.”

She was still tense, wondering if the other would make the first move or not, because she certainly didn’t want to. She was impulsive, not completely stupid.

She did know she wouldn’t be able to survive a one-on-one fight though, but she wasn’t going to glance at anything around the room to make her plan to escape as soon as she had an opening obvious. 

That would also be stupid and Zero would probably whack her upside the head for it with a datapad. She’d keep eyes on the enemy, have internal scans look for an escape instead.

If she survived this, she was going to beg for an emergency teleporter.

iiregularhunter:

@deafenedchampion

He grimaced before forcing a smile.

Right. How many kids did Xav have–

“Uh. Hey there.” Was he… supposed to be… getting to know her? Sure, they had been dating for two months now and he had briefly spoken with Tomoe and Aerin, but… was this really the ‘meet your kids’ point?

“I’m…. Zach.” And I bang your dad-

Rebecca stared for a good minute or so before signing a quick hello, before holding up a finger in a ‘wait a moment please’. She reached up to her ears to turn on her hearing aids so she could actually respond at a normal volume.

“Hi, I’m Rebecca. You’re going out with Dad?”

This was the guy who was making her dad really happy? Well, she’d definitely never rib him for his taste in dudes ever again. Somehow though she thought the other probably wouldn’t appreciate that she thought he looked cool.

Absently, she wondered if he’d let her braid his hair… It looked soft.

brokenvariable:

@deafenedchampion

“You’re one of the brats that X enjoys calling his family, aren’t you?” A question, though there was nothing for her to really answer.

Kai just stared, curiosity masked with indifference as his fingers tapped against the surface of his buster.

“What piece of you should I send back to him to hurt him the most?”

“I’m sure you’re already picked out a piece. I’m not going down without a fight.”

Which was probably obvious by the fact that she already had her armor on, her personal shields maxed out. She didn’t bring out her saber, she definitely wasn’t confident enough with it to hope to survive this encounter. Her buster would have to do.

You’re right. Why did I ever bother asking? You obviously like X more. Zero’s just an aftermath. You just want to be like your ‘dad’ and couldn’t care less about your ‘papa’.

“Yeah no, we’re not doing this. Goodbye. If you would kindly fuck off, that would be wonderful. I like both Papa and Dad and that’s the end of it. I have better things to do with my time than listen to some dickshit trashtalk the love I have for my family.”