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[cachemoney]

[Fiona is a little out of breath, like she just hustled very quickly away from somewhere. Which she did, but that's neither here nor there. The background behind her is some innocuous wood panelling; she's in a house.]

Okay. So. Crunch time. Things are getting nuts out there, if you didn't notice. We are gonna wind up super screwed if we don't hop to figuring out what the hell to do.

[She holds up a vial. It has some alien writing on it, as well as a familiar symbol on the label.]

We found this inside the hospital. A shit-ton of them, actually. So who wants to find out what Zymandis asshole is responsible for this mess and beat an antidote out of them?



[ ooc. PS, maya, hanzo, and mccree might show up in your threads. feel free to threadjack as well! ]

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[cashlin]

[🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

also, snorting laughter--] Weens.

Aw, you're worried. That's cute. It's gonna take more than just some creepy crawlies to get the better of me; this Perdition's Rest place you guys were at before I got here sounds a lot like the planet I was on before ALASTAIR picked me up.

[moneyballer]

[He is worried. He may not know her very well, but he certainly isn't the type of person to wish death upon a stranger.]

But, you know what they do to people if you know what they are... Right?

That doesn't you scare you?

[Asher wishes he could live a life without fear, sometimes.

Maybe then he'd understand what it was like to be strong.]

Not even a lil' bit?

[cashlin]

[Good question. Lilith's mouth twists a little, brows knitting together, as she mentally chews on the statement.

Fear, it seems, is foreign to her. It's got to be. Because--]

If I let 'em scare me, that means they've already won.

[How else could she have fought her way through planets so unforgiving, if not without an unflinching faith in her own power? For years, that had been all she'd had to rely on. There was no room for hesitation or softness. Not on Pandora, and not on any other dry waste of rock she'd set foot on before that world.

Also, she's definitely gonna ruin that profound statement.]

If anything comes near my earholes, I'm melting it and setting the goop on fire. That's it.

[moneyballer]

[He's not sure if he should be jealous of her; it's obvious from the look in her eyes that there's a story there, and it's most likely an unpleasant one.

Still, he is. Must be nice to have that kind of faith in yourself. At the moment he doesn't understand.]

Sounds like a plan.

[Uttered with a laugh, a weak one.

She is this way because this is the only way she can afford to be, Millstone. You just don't see it yet.]

You gonna use a match, or...?

[cashlin]

[You got no idea, Ash.

She's also not bothered by the way that the man seems to wilt, almost. She likes intimidating people. She's scary. There, too, is power in fear.]

Naaah. I'm a Siren. I'm gonna use me.

what an unfortunate choice of words

[moneyballer]

[He is not afraid of her, not just yet.]

Wait.

Siren?

[He's thinking of those old school scary ladies who used to sing and crash ships.]

Shouldn't you be more... I dunno, wet?

oh no

[cashlin]

Not on your best day, "I can b ur daddy".

[DONT THINK SHE DIDNT SEE THAT SHIT.]

Also, wrong kind of Siren. Watch.

[She raises a tattooed arm and shows off an ethereally glowing hand, radiating a white-hot energy rippling with shades of blue, purple, and green.]

Let's just say I've got loads of tricks up my sleeve.

[moneyballer]

Who-hoaaaaa, tight!

[She definitely looked a little weirder than he was used to, although Asher had just assumed that she was an alien or something. He's seen enough to get used to them by now.

The way his eyes light up when she does that little magic trick is boyish in nature, oddly age inappropriate.]

Damn, that's hella sick!

So that's what you meant by burnin', huh? Sweet.

[cashlin]

[To be fair, she doesn't know if she's got any alien in her, either: kinda sucks to not know all that much about your powers' origins. She's probably human??? maybe.

But she grins, obviously pleased that he is pleased. She's the best, appreciate her.]

Right? They are pretty freakin' sick powers.

Also, I got a gun that sets stuff on fire. I'll be good.

Your name's Asher, right? [She's not gonna touch that big scene with your pissy boyfriend bc... lmao, not even she's enough of a drama hound for THAT mess.] Stay alive out there. Shit's gonna start going down fast.

[moneyballer]

[Even if it's in passing, even if she's just saying that to be nice with little thought in it...

That's nice. Asher appreciates it.]

I plan on doin' that, yeah.

Thanks, um...

[It's still weird, though.]

Take care, I guess.