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DEMONS ARE FUNNIER THAN PEOPLE

[bestbestiary]

herblism:

A tad bit roughed up from the altercation she had while away, she flipped her hair in her face and tugged her sleeves down before she hurried over to Anya. Of course she wanted to see her new tattoo, she always loved them. Sometimes Sylvi wished she’d chosen the same path as Anya, but she was good at what she did. Everyone said so.

Her face immediately brightened up and she pushed her hair out of the way to see better, but ended up revealing a deep cut on her face without thinking. “That’s so cool! How long ago did you get it?” The cut wasn’t healing as it should be, and Sylvi didn’t think to find out what medicines might work yet. She wanted to stop by Anya’s first.

Sometimes Anya could get sidetracked by her own end of the conversation, often talking over everyone else talking. It was a trait a lot of people found annoying, and sometimes it had her missing important context clues. She almost misses the cut, too busy ranting while staring at her tattoo. “Well I got the outline done a couple weeks ago but the finer details were fixed up yesterday and like, I feel like it’s not completely-” Looking up, she stops short.

“What the fuck, babe?” Dropping her shirt again, she grabs Sylvi by the face but manages to avoid touching the cut. “Baby, who did this? What happened?” She leads her to the nearest stool and turns to dig out her first aid kid. It wasn’t a rare occurrence for Anya to get scraped up during an experiment. 

[bestbestiary]

At the sound of the lab door sliding open and shut, Anya's head pops up. She'd been playing with a harpoon gun, working on making the line razor sharp. It would be a present for the less annoying Hopkins twin. "Hey babe," she says with a smirk, sliding off her stool to grip the bottom of her shirt. "New tattoo, wanna see?"

Before waiting for an answer, she lifts it up to expose an ouroboros on her left hip. The skin around it puffy and red. "You like?"

[lipat]

[dailyhannahsimone-deactivated20]

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[chasingknowledge]

So what if he was caught almost red handed, it’s not like she saw him shove it in there. He just happened to be standing next to her locker, big deal.

“Oh someone left something in your locker?          What is it? Do you like it?”

[bestbestiary]

Looking at the book's cover, she traces the intricate gold lettering with her pointer finger. It was beautiful, obviously a first or second edition. He must have snuck it out of the Hopkins' library.

Her smile tells him everything. "It's the wrong edition." She preferred the edited bestiary with the Shelley forward. When her eyes meet his, there isn't a trace of disappointment in them. The fact that he remembered makes her feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Leaning upward, she plants a gentle kiss on his cheek before slipping the book into her bookbag.

[chasingknowledge]

“No way! It was… that guys fault!”

       [ he pointed at a random person walking by ]

[bestbestiary]

Anya doesn't even bother looking where he points, too busy snorting and giggling at Dan's desperate attempts to cover up his mistake.

"I'm supposed to believe that guy left this in my locker?"

[chasingknowledge]

     “It’s not my fault!           I mean… I saw nothing.”

[bestbestiary]

     "Liar, liar, jumper on fire!"

[elitehuntsman]

Elijah was touched that she got so worked up, she’d probably be a great nurse if she wanted to do that. It’d be nice to have her around his other workplace as well. He kept himself from laughing too much at her response.

“Oh really? A lot of people mix us up, it’s odd to be completely honest. Anyway, the crossbow is beautiful.”

[bestbestiary]

"Beautiful is for things that are only good for looking at."

She picks up the crossbow again and quickly collapses it. The wings break down into a single shaft, the handle fitting nicely in her hand. Holding it up, she aims it at the beam hanging from the ceiling and rubs her thumb over a sensor. Abruptly, the quiver, now serving as a line, shoots out and wraps around the beam. She pulls the handle tight to show him how taut the hold is with a triumphant grin.

[bestbestiary]

he’s my batman;

She wasn't going to beg him to stay. That wasn't in her nature, just like staying behind wasn't in his. It was clear how much Elijah loved his brother, despite decades of fighting, and it was painfully clear how much he loved the witch he was leaving to defend. But who would stay to protect her if the war reached their walls?

The thought is selfish, and she pushes it away before it can grow life.

"I'll be waiting for you," she says softly, watching him chose which weapons to take and which to leave behind. The moon barely lights the lab tonight, and she wonders if he'll walk her home before he goes. "I'll be here, like I always am in this... This stupid lab." And she tries not to get emotional about this, because that's not like her. She felt so useless here. "Just waiting for you, because I..."

The words feel trapped in her chest, with barely a centimeter to move. He just looks so lovely, dressed in black with hair to match and his pale skin reflecting off the scant moonlight. She wishes he would look at her. See her. "I love you." Her voice is small, and she knows there's a good chance he didn't hear her.

So she says it again.

   "I love you."

[elitehuntsman]

Instead of setting the gun down, he put it in his shoulder holster and turned his attention to the crossbow. This table of weapons was bringing him too much joy, his smile was going to be permanently plastered on his face if she kept showing him things like this. Gingerly, he picked up the crossbow and examined it.

“Don’t worry I won’t cu-.” he hissed and pulled back his finger, feigning injury.

[bestbestiary]

Anya all but squeaks, rushing around the table to examine the damage.

She grabs his hand, putting the crossbow down with her other. "Let me..." Her voice trails off as she finds absolutely no blood on his finger. The jerk. She huffs, looking up at him with a frown. "You know, I never saw the twin thing until now."

[elitehuntsman]

“Ten!” his eyebrows rose in astonishment. Elijah was more than a little surprised at that. He’d expected the effects to last two or less in a beta model.

Elijah noticed her slight disappointment and met it with encouragement. She was too hard on herself, though he loved her drive to make everything perfect she deserved congratulations for her breakthroughs.

“That’s really great Anya, it’ll really help.”

[bestbestiary]

Sometimes she's really worried that Elijah believes she's better than she really is. She's afraid of disappointing him, but still his comments always make her smile. Nodding, she looks down at the rest of the weapons and points to one that looks like a crossbow.

  "This one next."

It's pure silver, the string something akin to a garrote. She touches his hand when he goes to pick it up, voice rushed. "Careful when you test the quiver, it will cut you."

[winnie-the-bish]

[elitehuntsman]

Taking the bullet, he examines it with an even bigger smile than before. This was a huge breakthrough for them, but it was also pretty damn cool. He held out his hand for the gun to put the round back in.

“Quicksand huh? So you’re saying I can shoot Noah and he’ll be completely fine, but slow. How long before the effects wear off?”

He definitely wanted to test this on his brother, just for the fun of it really.

[bestbestiary]

Anya is more than a little proud of herself. All the previous inventors of the weapons for the Associations had only focused on killing. She falters at his question though, crossing her arms over her chest.

  "Ten minutes? At the most? I'm working on it..."

She was a perfectionist and she was always uncomfortable with her work until it met her standards. Hopefully he wasn't too disappointed.

[elitehuntsman]

Elijah leaned forward and picked up the one she gestured to. Nice and sleek. It’d be good if her ever found himself up close to enemies. He admired the woman’s craftsmanship as he twisted the gun to check out all the details. He held the gun out for her and smiled his approval to show or tell him the best part.

“Yes very, but you’re making me nervous. Spill it, what’s the best part?”

[bestbestiary]

Anya's nose wrinkles when she laughs, as per usual. She takes the gun and opens the chamber, it's preloaded only for this demonstration. Slipping one of the rounds out, she holds it up to him.

   "This round holds enough concentrated valerian root to slow your opponents             without harming them."

She reaches out to drop the round in his palm. "It will make them feel like they're running through quicksand, essentially."

[sisterxhunter-blog]

Sarah immediately leans her head over to lay on her best friend, smushing her face into Anya’s shoulder.

     “Give her a chance to what? Laugh at me?”

And maybe that’s unrealistic but still.

     “I’m sorry, I just don’t like not knowing what’s going to happen.”

[bestbestiary]

Anya promptly wraps an arm around her friend, drawing her closer. The world doesn't seem so chilly with her close by.

   "That's love, Sarah."

It hurt, and it made everything seem unrealistic and unattainable. It hurt like hell but she knew...    "And it's worth it."

[sisterxhunter-blog]

Sarah promptly bangs her head against the table. This sucks.

     “What if I don’t want to say anything to her? What if I want her to go on living in ignorance of the fact that I’ve liked her since pretty much forever?”

Why did she have to tell her? Like shouldn’t that be her choice? It’s not like there was any chance in hell that Vale would like her in return. Nope nope never

[bestbestiary]

Now Anya was getting fed up, what was it about Hopkin that made them so oblivious?

   "Sarah, she deserves to know. She deserves to have a chance."

And maybe she was speaking from experience but that wasn't something she wanted to delve into. She sighs and falls down onto the couch.    "You could be missing out on something...amazing."

[bestbestiary]

Anya leaned against the table between her and Elijah, a spread like she prepared for none other on the flat surface. She gestures to the gun on the far right with her chin. It's small, yet clearly durable, and black as night.

   "It's a beauty, huh? But that's not the best part."