[attempt] + [curse] @ jax 😌
𝚅𝙸𝙾𝙻𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽. / accepting!
There's a point during the fight—Sav marks it at about three minutes in—where he thinks maybe this kid could kill him if he really wanted to. If there wasn't that scrap of fear still tucked away inside him. Can't blame him, really; he'd watched the man obliterate the other Dredgen in a wall of flames and snatch his Ghost from the air before it could flee.
The sound of it shrieking as he crushed it with Void energy is still ringing in their ears.
He's gotta respect the guy. There's enough cuts and burns on him to warrant that much. But eventually he does manage to get him pinned down beneath his knees, his hand coated in a haze of pulsing indigo pressing firm against his throat. Abel curses and spits, and Jackson laughs.
"I like you," he says, almost purring as he leans down close. "How about we cut ourselves a deal, hmm? You come with me, we keep the rest of those arseholes off each other's backs."
Beneath the helmet Jax can feel the other doing a quick mental calculation. Weighing his odds. Maybe planning to kill him later on. That's fine, he supposes. Bit of fun after centuries didn't harm anybody.
A stiff nod is given and the Risen blinks through space away from the man on the floor, brushes off the dust and dirt from his arms, grins toothily beneath his helmet.
"You're gonna have a grand time with me."