obstinate, headstrong girl

One by one she slew her fears, and then planted a flower garden over their graves

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luckygcm :

gemma smirked and wrapped her arms back against her while cat shook her. “thank you for the compliment; i’m flattered- really, but i’d love for you to explain how that would be my fault.”

arm’s crossed, gemma watched as cat sent another arrow flying. this time being a practically perfect throw. oh shit. now gem was starting to feel a little nervous. she had to think fast on how she could possibly turn this thing around. if cat threw her last three like that, gem was in trouble. she took a step closer and made it seem like she was eyeing the board before sneaking an arm around her shoulder. “i’ll admit, maybe you’re better at this than i imagined.” she nodded as she pulled the angel in a bit closer. it was a cheap distraction tactic, sure, but gemma didn’t care. her pride was at stake. “you think you’ll be able to keep it up?” the familiar murmured close to cat’s ear.

“I’m not explaining anything to you; I’ve embarrassed myself enough.” Cat grins, and laughs, winding another dart back, and sticking her tongue out in concentration. She makes her third one, thrusting a fist up in victory.

gemma’s eyeing the board while cat is moving a hand, narrowing her eyes at the board. suddenly, there was a warmth along her shoulders, and cat is being pulled into the familiar’s side. she smirks, trying to keep her cool, “i bet that’s not the first time i impressed you. surprised you.” she says back, winding her hand back, she’s about to release when gemma lowers her tone. cat feels his body shiver, her gaze shifts as she tosses the dart, the distraction successful. Her dart hits the board, but doesn’t stick falling to the ground. cat flares her nostrils and scoffs, and turns to face gem, “okay. i’ll remember this.” she rolls her eyes, pushing the other girl away, and tossing the dart at the board, her frustration guiding it to success, “three is the number to beat, babe. good luck.” she offers a smirk, debating using her own tricks on gemma. 

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Lily tore some of the cotton candy off and placed it right into her mouth. “Not only does it look delicious it taste that way too. I’m Lillian, it’s nice to meet you Cat and thanks for sharing your cotton candy with me. Oh no you didn’t interrupt anything.” She quickly stuck her phone in her bag. “I was just checking up on some things and I finished as soon as you sat down.”

“Convenient then, huh?” She smirks, and lifts a brow, referring to the fact that she had sat down at the right time. She rips off another piece and hums, giving her company a once over, “Lillian is a pretty name; are you having a good time here?”

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“–You got yourself a deal.”

She flashes a grin at the other and took the sweet treat that was offered in her way. Another glance at the perfectly oval fluff of pink cotton candy, she took her first bite that dissolved sweetly in her tongue. A soft hummed fell from her before she knead the rest of the fluff into her mouth, in an ungodly pace. Licking off the sugar crumbs from her lips, Lyra looked at the young woman.

“–Well? Looks like I owe you another dessert..”

Catalina is stunned. She’s stunned and impressed and partly proud. She grins, and quirked a brow, “Before you buy me anything, you need to give me the name of the goddess before me.” She places her palms together and bows her head, she grin growing, “Seriously, like, I feel like I need you in my life–I’m Cat.” He holds out a hand for the other to shake, “It’s a pleasure to meet you, like, I feel like I need to buy you some more sweets.”

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“I think it’s because as I got older I didn’t show any interest in them, but now I couldn’t wait to go.” She replied with a small laugh escaping her lips. “Yeah, it’s really the carnival, everything else is just an added bonus.”

“It’s kind of the same for me.” Cat agrees, the new company is refreshing, “It’s just nice to take a break from adulting, and act like a little kid.” She laughs, “I can’t wait for the fireworks, honestly!”

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Lyra had opted to keep herself occupied with her second portion of the hamburger and a bottle of water that was sold by one of the plenty of food stalls inside the carnival. It’s not that she’s in the mood of trying on the rides, as the day has become too warm for her own liking. She finally found a perfect spot to shielding her from the scorching sun while enjoying her food, when someone appears on her side. Taking a bite from her dish, she watched the young woman blankly as she began to talk.

“–It’s an interesting proposition. What if I tell you that I can wipe it out from its existence in less than one minute?”

Cat blinks at this marvelous being and her words. She shakes her head, and looks away for a moment. “If you tell me that, I won’t believe you.” She says, and she pushes the cotten candy closer tot he other girl, “Do it right now. If you can i’ll give you whatever you want. And if you can’t, i get an i told you so victory and to do a little dance.” She smiles and leans back in the seat, “Please prove me wrong, please wow me.”

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gemma couldn’t contain the giggles the poured from her lips as cat pulled her hand away from her chest. she squeezed the angel’s hand back as they headed to their destination. and looked over the board. “go ahead miss dart champion. impress me.” gem took a step back and watched the angel completely and utterly fail. a smirk took over her lips until cat managed to try to blame gem for it. “wait, i distracted you?” gemma asked incredulously. “how can you even try to justify that? you sure that you just maybe aren’t as good as you think you are?” gemma took another step closer and nudged her. “you might want to go ahead and pick out your stuffed animal. with your little display it looks like i’ve got this in the bag.”

“No.” She starts, and wraps her arms around Gemma, shaking her, “No--you laughed, or looked at me or--I was distracted by how attractive you are, some good excuse, all right?” She leans back and pinches the bridge of her nose, “I can not believe I just did that... oh my god.” She looks up into the sky and sighs. It’s over dramatic and she has the need to scream into the heavens. “Whatever.” She forces herself to turn back to the board, she still has four more darts, “You won’t get them all anyway, nerd.” She winds her arm back and throws another dart, popping a balloon. She smirks, “I won’t let it get to me.”

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“Yeah, I guess it would be best to introduce ourselves if we’re going to be hyped up on sugar.” She laughed softly. “It’s nice to meet you Catalina, I’m Lecia.” She replied as she took a piece of the cotton candy. “It’s really amazing, it’s been a while since I’ve been to a carnival so I’m happy to be here for this one.”

“I know right, it’s been years for me.” Cat laughs, and pops some of the sweetness into her own mouth. When she said years she meant like sixty, or seventy years. It had been a crazy long time. She glances at the other girl, “Is the carnival what you’re most excited for? Or is it the drive-in or the fireworks?”

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Ayla grinned as an energetic girl slid in beside her, nearly smacking her in the face with a massive pink cloud. “My goodness; that’s nearly as big as some of the teddy bears you can win!” 

She daintily ripped a small section off, examining it for a moment. “It’s so sweet of you to share with me; I’ve actually never had it before but I’ve always thought it looked beautiful.” She popped it in her mouth, eyes widening in surprise. “Oh my goodness, it’s incredible; I could definitely help you demolish this.”

“I know right!” Catalina grins and shakes the bag in reference. Cat’s grin grows at her words, “No problem, I think I’d go into a sugar coma if i ate this by myself.” She laughs, and rips her own piece off. At the others words she blinked. She kept her eyes on her to watch her reaction curiously. This would be good. She laughs, and pats the girls shoulder, “It tastes just as good as it looks, huh?” She was adorable, one of the cutest. Cat rips the bag open further, and nudges it closer, “I can’t believe you’ve never had it.”

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Lily hadn’t been at the carnival too long. She had just finished playing the ring toss when she noticed she had missed a couple calls from back home. Going over to a picnic table Lillian scrolled through her phone to try to figure out if something was wrong. Texting the person back real quick she looked up at the girl who sat down. Her eyes lit up at the cotton candy placed onto the table. “I do understand I would love to help you eat it. This cotton candy looks delicious and its massive!”

“Awesome to hear.” She rips the wrapping open, and offers the first bite, “I’m Cat, by the way.” She grins, and rips her own piece of the sweetness off. She motions to the phone, “I’m sorry if I interrupted something, by the way.”

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lucasxkanara :

“Holy shit what did you even do to win that?” Luke’s jaw dropped at seeing the mass amount of spun sugar that had been placed in front of him. He barely had time to register the monstrosity as he listened to Cat’s proposal, but he nodded almost immediately. “There’s absolutely no need to waste that. Between the two of us we’re bound to be able to knock this out in not a lot of time. The only thing we have to worry about is how to deal with the inevitable rush of sugar that’ll hit our system after the fact.”

She avoids his gaze, “Well, I may or may not have demolished a small child in skeeball. but that is besides the point.” She quickly moves on, grinning, “Oh, we can totally manage that.” She nods confidently, and starts to open the bag, “Because when we hit that point of sugar rush maximum that’s when we play the games. we’ll have double the strength and agility.” she leans in a little closer, “we can wipe these stall clean, Lucas.” She offers the bag to the other, “Now, will you please do me the honor of first bite.”

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“right.” gemma cut the angel a look. “disadvantage.” she shook her head, trying to bite back the smirk taking over her mouth. gemma rose her brows and feigned a shocked and hurt expression when cat so selfishly said that even if she won she wouldn’t give gem her plush winning. gem didn’t think much on it because,well, cat wasn’t going to win. at least she didn’t choose to consider the option of if cat did. “what?” she asked, moving a hand to her chest as if she were clutching her bleeding heart. “wow, that says a lot about what you think about me, kitty cat.” gem reached in her jean’s pockets and retrieved tickets that she had bought earlier and gave them to the booth-man for both her and catalina. the worker handed both ladies their darts. the familiar looked to the board with balloons then smiled to the angel next to her. “would you like to go first or should i?”

“please.” she scoffs, and rolls her eyes, “stop whining and accept defeat.” she counters as gemma clutches her chest. she giggles, and grabs her hand pulling it away from her chest. and giving it a squeeze as they approach the booth, cat accepts hers and moves to the counter, tossing gemma a glance, “oh, i’ll go first; give you something work towards. a goal, if you will.” she flashes the familiar witch a smirk as he winds her arms back, catches his lips between her teeth. she narrows her eyes, and tosses her first dart. the results come through within a second, cat completely misses. her dart smacks the board and falls to the ground. catalina stares in shock for a moment before she covers her mouth to try to prevent her giggles as she shuts her eyes leaning against the booth, “no..no, okay, you distracted me.”

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Lecia had been quietly sitting by herself, thinking about what she was going to do when she heard the voice from beside her. She turned and her eyes fell onto the giant cotton candy. “I don’t think I have ever seen so much in my whole life. I couldn’t pass up the chance to have some of that, I will be honoured to help you.”

“Then an honor it is.” Cat grins, and starts untwisting the bag, “I’m Catalina, by the way. Figure you want to know who you’re sharing this mess of sugar with.” she opens the bag, and moves i so they can both easily access the sweet, she rips a bit off and leans back on her hand, “So, how great is this carnival?” 

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gemma was actually pleased when she was invited to the carnival. she usually didn’t attend these kinds of thing alone. they were something that was best enjoyed with company.

so as she walked with cat, her eyes looked over all the booths. flashing lights and excited screams where everywhere. she had to admit that it was a pretty fun environment. gemma playfully bumped back into her and shook her head. “i think that the strongman game would be completely unfair.” she smirked as she cut her a glance. an angel’s strength was unmatched by most supers. especially a familiar’s while she was outrageously competitive, gemma wasn’t prepared to sign up for a challenge that she wouldn’t be able to beat. “so darts it is.” the familiar smiled as she used her knee to playfully nudge cat’s behind to the booth. “don’t worry though. when i win i’ll give you the cute stuffed tiger.”

“oh, do you want to tie one of my hands behind my back?” she smirks, and lifts a brow, “give me a disadvantage so you have more of a chance at beating me?” sure, she could demolish almost anyone at a game like strongman, that was just in her nature, but she was still going to brag and poke fun at gemma. anything to get the other riled up. “darts, eh, all ri---” cat gasped at the sudden knee to her butt. she glanced over her shoulder as she rubbed at her behind. “oh, yeah?” she glared, “well, when i win i’m going to pick out the cutest thing there, and not give it to you. ass.” she broke out into a grin as they approached the booth.

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“okay, look, here’s the deal.” catalina starts as she slides into the seat beside the person. she didn’t have time to even see who this person was, but she could find a single ounce of her that cared. “i have this.” she’s says, and puts a jumbo cotton candy down in front of them, it’s big enough to cover their faces. she looks at the other person, “i won it. and this, i can’t eat this by myself, but i also can’t waste it, understand?” she taps the side of her head and grins, “so, here’s my proposal, we totally go ham on this thing together yeah? we knock this sucker right out of the park.”

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lthis town event would be a nice break from the recent stock pile of work she had. honestly, it was her own fault, she was the one that took on the case load of files and wanted them settle them early. but she welcomed the upcoming opportunities, the break, the fun. the girl beside her. it had been a while since she’d seen gemma, and inviting her to screw around at the carnival made complete sense; because what other way was cat supposed to get her outside? the chances of gemma showing up her own were slim, and cat would much rather enjoy the carnival with a friend than by herself. 

“so,” she leans to her side, knocking her shoulder against gemma’s, “do you want me to beat you in darts first, or do you want to lose the strongman game first?” she looked at her, lips curling into a challenging smirk. 

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with the approaching school year, catalina was drowning in paperwork and files. her shoulders were tense, and her eyes sore. things were getting dreary and dull; but the announcement of the latest event would surely give her that boost of fun she’d need to get her through her work. a break from case files, and a stuffy apartment or busy diner would be more than welcomed. 

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lucasxkanara :

“All righty, something warm, as requested.” Luke slid the coffee cup across the counter, careful not to spill it. “I managed to break into the best stock of espresso we’ve got, hope it works okay.” The coffee shop had been slower than usual as of late, and he was appreciative of the familiar face to break up the monotony of cleaning counters and grounding espresso beans. “I gotta say it’s been a bit since I’ve seen you in here; finally decide you missed the best lattes this side of the Pacific?”

“been drowning in files.” she admits, pulling the warm cup closer to herself, “i’m too tired anymore to fill my own coffee pot, and that thing was expensive. i’m betraying myself coming here.” the corner of her mouth tilts into a smile, “but i have to admit, they really are the best.” she had tried coffee from all of the world, and there was something perfect about the coffee here, the coffee lucas made. catalina didn’t know him all that much besides casual conversations here, or greetings as they saw each other outside throughout asteria. she leans against the counter, “so, how have you been? anything exciting happen lately? drama, annoying customers?” she asks before taking the first drink from her coffee, humming delightfully at the taste.