#hunter interaction

[kleptomaniask]

a faint smell has suddenly carried into kat's room. metallic and musky, familar, but milder. hands plant on her shoulders from behind. they're familar too, thin, rough, warm as freezerburn. cleaner than usual.

"boo." hunter leans forward and rasps in her ear. she giggles, grinning at her playfully. her visit is random, and at an odd time, she usually liked to be alone for a while right after battle. she doesn't seem to have anything for her either. strange.

Kat has been... preoccupied. Her eyes have been low, her hands have been shaky - and she's been acting odd throughout the last few fights. She tenses first, but relaxes when she remembers who it is. She turns, quickly, to face her, and smiles, but Hunter can tell that she's more tired than usual.

"It's you." She sighs, relieved. "I'm really glad to see you. I.. you were really great out there," she blushes. She's steps a little closer to Hunter, and Hunter can hear her heart beating, fast, but slowing down as she stares at her. "I'm.. um.. I'm sorry I didn't do more today," she mutters quietly.

[blacktiespy]

hunter walks along the mine's corridor, small flashlight in hand. her boots crunch the gravel under them softly as her fingertips slowly drag along the dusty leftside wall. silent except for her footsteps, and the quiet, repeated chant under her breath of the instructions. she stops in her tracks and falls silent once she feels a shift in the rocks. the slightest imperfection.

clicking on the flashlight, she finds the outline of the false wall. just like she said. she presses on it. it gives and cracks ajar. unsheathing her knife, she pushes the door open and shines the light through.

- @thebubblybutcher

[As soon as the door opens, a few things happen - first, what little light was originally in the room shuts off, extinguished. Then, quiet - but not quiet enough, she hears footsteps, just beyond her light, then the sound of something above creaking with someone's weight. Then, finally, the dim lights come on again - and the door closes to snap the rope holding up a net.]

[Someone's trying to give himself a head start.]

[The space itself is strange - curtained mirrors replace every wall. A makeshift desk with newspaper clippings and maps is pressed against one, a bed on the other.. far too extravagant, however, for the rest. A few stolen paintings on the walls echo Kat's style - but is far more organized. It's clear where she got it from. She can hear him in an adjacent room.. one wall must be false.]

[kleptomaniask]

one evening when returning to her room, she'd find a real rabbit's foot on a chain, white and soft, and a gold necklace adorned with small mammal bones laid carefully on her pillow. a few jasmine flowers scatter the empty space. there's no indication of who left the gift, but the nature of them gives a clear hint.

[She's exhausted, that specific night - long days have been pretty common recently. She's half inclined to collapse onto her little bed when she notices the gifts. She holds the rabbit's paw very carefully, in one hand, stroking the soft fur with a bruised, shaky thumb. She holds the necklace up in her other hand to the light, looking at the gold chain. She spreads her fingers and continues to stare at the chain. There's a ghost of a smile on her face. She'll have to surprise her, somehow. She pulls the necklace over her neck and squeezes the rabbit's foot tightly before falling into bed, silently hoping that Hunter's still nearby, or that she at least sees her sleeping like this. The smell of Jasmine is nice. It's almost.. warm. Everything is warm. She's all warm and staticky and it almost feels like she's going to be sick. The intensity of her emotions don't really read on her face, but she clutches that rabbit's paw a little tighter.]

[kleptomaniask]

hunter approaches, her expression slightly hard. she hands kat the strange note she had found and growls her words.

"anything happens, you come get me, yeah? you have the say on what i can do to this prat once i get my hands on him."

- @thebubblybutcher

[She looks at the note for a moment, eyes wide. She goes pale. Looks like she's seen a ghost.]

"Yeah, yeah, I'll come get you."

[kleptomaniask]

hunter suddenly leans over kat's shoulder silently with her signature large grin, far too close to the other for comfort. lord, she seems to get a kick out of startling the thief.

she brings her hand out in front of kat's face to show off something she was pinching between her fingers. it was an.. earring? yes, a single earring fashioned out of of a rifle round, shiny and golden, a magpie's wet dream. handmade, it seemed. a bullet made into jewlery.. not only poetic, but two things hunter had previously spotted much of in kat's little collection.. perhaps it shouldn't be read into too much.

the unprompted gift was an unusual gesture, but the grinning creature didn't say anything, only stared at her with her chin practically resting on the other's shoulder. that damn smile is unreadable on her. a smile usually has a clear message, but it seemed as if hunter's lips were always stuck upturned.

@thebubblybutcher

[She's briefly startled, letting out a little squeak - scary! Upon seeing the object, though, she closed her hand around it. Her hands were oddly cold. Her eyes are wide, and she's got a bright smile.]

Oh, thanks! Um. What's the occasion, Hunter? Do you need a favor, or something?

[She's more used to taking things than being given - So, naturally, she expects it to cost her something. She turns the earring a few times, her eyes sparkling.]

[kleptomaniask]

(hunter walks up to kat and shoves a sticky hand toy into her hand. she skitters away cackling, audibly trying to hold back a maniacal evil augh.)

@thebubblybutcher

Thank you hunter! I will keep this on my person for the next time i go back to the concrete room

[itsajobnotamentalsickness]

(jumping up and down)

CAN I PET GLEEP GNORP ??

-@mentally-unstable-hunter

If you're gentle and he allows it then sure. I'll let ya.

It's more gleepgnorps choice.

[anotherbloodiedbonesaw]

(hunter appears in the medbay behind medic, despite him not hearing the doors.. or hearing anything from her, really.)

"hey doc, i 'eard you've been refusing to sleep lately....

i'd just like you to be aware that i know the exact dose of ketamine it takes to incapacitate a bloke like yourself and i've already nicked your stash. so keep that in mind next time ya go throwin' a wobbly up late, alright? better a good night's rest than waking up buzzin' on the floor with a needle in your neck."

(she pats him on the shoulder with a friendly smile.)

-@mentally-unstable-hunter

[Spinning around, he placed a syringe gun to the Hunter’s neck.]

Ahehehh, und, keep in mind if you did so, I have a sehr gut vay of punishing you back. Isn’t zhat fun, hmm?

[He tilted his head toward the incubator, grinning.]

You vould never see zhat little birdie again. So I warn you, vatch your vords und actions avound me, Tigerin.