"He did?" That's something. That's a very good something to start off with. "I think if he can realize I'm not replacing him with Vrenille we can get off on a better foot. I like him. I'd like to do more with him, he's very good in the field."
"And that's exactly the issue, I think." Without saying too much, because she knows that regardless of what the actual issue is - as long as it's not something personal, something critical - Jesus is skilled at getting people to like him, and Jacob won't thank her for saying too much either way.
"But he knows we're good survivors. He wants that extra eye on things."
He chuckles. "I'll try to play it straight. For you." For a little while, at least. He'll give her a heads up if he decides he wants to pocket a few things.
He laughs at the joke, but her question sobers him.
"Midnighter." He doesn't know if she knows who he is, doesn't know how far the man's reputation goes. Given the ways he's propositioned Jesus twice though, he's not sure Midnighter even reaches out to women at all.
"I hooked up with him, not realizing he was the one who put a knife in Scott's back. I'm pretty good at reading people; he never read as dangerous to me the whole time I was with him. But it scared Drake."
"I won't let him hurt me." He's confident Midnighter won't try, but if he does, Jesus is ready to fight and run. "He wanted me to hurt him last time. I just want to talk now."
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Date: 2022-12-19 04:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-19 04:37 am (UTC)"And that's exactly the issue, I think." Without saying too much, because she knows that regardless of what the actual issue is - as long as it's not something personal, something critical - Jesus is skilled at getting people to like him, and Jacob won't thank her for saying too much either way.
"But he knows we're good survivors. He wants that extra eye on things."
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Date: 2022-12-19 04:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-19 04:46 am (UTC)"We can use my account, or if you decide you'd rather just rob the good people of Duplicity, I can just be scarce for a while."
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Date: 2022-12-19 04:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-19 04:56 am (UTC)"Who was it that hit Scott?"
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Date: 2022-12-19 05:12 am (UTC)"Midnighter." He doesn't know if she knows who he is, doesn't know how far the man's reputation goes. Given the ways he's propositioned Jesus twice though, he's not sure Midnighter even reaches out to women at all.
"I hooked up with him, not realizing he was the one who put a knife in Scott's back. I'm pretty good at reading people; he never read as dangerous to me the whole time I was with him. But it scared Drake."
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Date: 2022-12-19 05:16 am (UTC)"Scott seems like a hardass. I'm assuming this Midnighter is too, if he wasn't able to stop him?"
Rosita loves Jesus, but if he tried to torture her even under the influence of this place somehow, she wouldn't just let it happen.
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Date: 2022-12-19 05:17 am (UTC)"Scott tried to stop him." Jesus saw the black eyes. He knows what Scott's eyes can do.
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Date: 2022-12-19 05:20 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2022-12-22 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-22 03:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-23 05:47 am (UTC)"You'll be careful? Because if I have to do anything, it won't be the fog."
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Date: 2022-12-23 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-24 08:11 pm (UTC)"But okay. I start training in two days, so I don't know how much free time I'll have, but I will make time if I have to."