#cerebralis

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     Shekti hummed softly to herself, in rhythm with the knife moving up and down. Bits of vegetables fell to either side, ready to be thrown into a pot for stew. It was rare that she mustered the energy to cook herself a decent meal, but today was a good day. She didn’t know why, she just knew something good was going to happen.

     Her musings were answered when her phone began buzzing in her back pocket. She frowned at the unfamiliar number, lifting it to her ear. “Hello?” She couldn’t help the suspicion in her voice. No one called her except the few supernatural contacts she had set in place, and their numbers were saved to her phone. “Who is this?”

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[ cerebralis ]

    “Wow, Honey must like you. She doesn’t love strangers this well at first.”

     The greyhound pushed its nose at the man’s hand, her tail wagging slowly. Honey, despite being a therapy dog in a house full of strangers, took her time getting to know new people. Often she would sniff them out first, and then follow them around for a bit. Only then would she begin to ask to be petted and then climb up to sleep with them. It was the way Honey best felt able to provide help for others. She liked to sleep with them.

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It’d been quick, and Andrix almost didn’t realize what he’d done until he met her eyes again. There’d just been a brief pause in their conversation, and without thinking much of it, he’d leaned over and lightly kissed Nikita’s nose. It wasn’t as if he wasn’t affectionate, but it took time and trust, which were sometimes hard to establish with people.

“I–sorry. Was that…” He couldn’t even finish the question, wondering if he was entirely overthinking this. It’d just been instinctive, but he wasn’t sure why.

Her smile transformed into a look of surprise at the gentle pressure on her nose. Instinct told her to back away, and her feet shuffled back away from him. Slim fingers touched briefly to her nose as she stared at him. Her gaze trailed down to her fingertips as she moved them away again, before looking back up at him. Nikita blinked slowly.

“That was...” What was it? It left her face feeling a little warm. “Unexpected.” That was a word for it. She didn’t know what else to say.

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cerebralis

The target walked with a limp. For someone that did not know what to look for, it wasn’t noticeable. The Asset knew the changes in a gait that happened when one or both of the legs were not all what a standard human was born with. He did not know how he knew it, but he knew. He knew like he knew how to take someone apart with just his bare hands. 

Once the target reached his destination, the Asset dropped behind him, holding a knife up to his throat with one hand, and sticking the fingers from the other hand in the target’s mouth. “Open the door, go inside. Scream, you die. Eat cyanide, you die.”

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cerebralis replied to your post

Well, I have to try and get some sleep now, but that is 100% happening in my next reply. :D

Yay!! I look forward to it! Sleep well!!

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cerebralis replied to your post

That’s definitely comforting to know! I wasn’t really assuming she would because they seem to have a good understanding of each other.

I honestly think him calling her one of those nicknames will make her smile now that she’s so sleepy. She’s definitely working to build on that understanding it she’s staying overnight. 

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cerebralis replied to your post

That thread where she is basically asleep on his couch seems like the kind of thing where he would call her a nickname...even if he's unaware that she could actually hurt him :P

I don’t think she would hurt Andrix though, especially after he offered her his couch to stay on. Especially when she’s sleepy, she gets more okay with those things and a touch more affectionate.

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(( cerebralis Ssssssssssssh I’m dating you the pain I put you through doesn’t count))