paradisa | ℒℒ 51

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ℒℒ 51

[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]

I've been meaning to tell you something, but it seems at every turn it's just bad timing.

I don't need our standard training, anymore. If I'm going to learn anything, I want to just focus on defense against magic, like what we started with before you were turned into a cat.

[/Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]

[Stephanie Brown]

So... I hope you aren't angry.

[/Stephanie Brown]

[Kara]

I think it's time that we talked.

[/Kara]

[ And, later... ]

[Damon Salvatore]

[ Did someone order a break-in? No? Well, she'll have to stay anyway until you say so.

But really, this started as her trying to write something, only to realize he would just ignore it and her, so instead she'll be waiting in a nice chair in his room, reading by a single lamp while a wrapped Christmas present sits in her lap. She's even decked out with a Christmas sweater for kicks.

They will talk whether he likes it or not. ]

[/Damon Salvatore]

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I don't wanna say.

Is it really that bad?

[ She couldn't have done more damage than what was done to Lana's restaurant....right? Thinking about that is scary. ]

Bad in the sense that I was the exact opposite of who I am, sure. I've worked hard to be who I am today.

That much I know.

[ But Lana isn't going to push. If it's too soon to talk about it, so be it. ]

I'm sure everyone else will understand, too.

I hope so. Villain-ry is in my genetics, I guess, but it's not a dominant trait. I don't need a reputation.

What do you mean, in your genetics?

[ Stephanie did your dad rob banks? That's rude. ]

Daddy dearest wasn't exactly the kind of man who donated to churches and fed the homeless. I don't know if he'd try to rob a restaurant, but he'd probably drink all the booze if not just mess up the place.

I'm sorry...

[ Seriously, what the heck else do you say to that??? ]

But I don't think that's exactly a matter of genetics. You've been through a lot, and still come out a good person. If anything, it's proof of the opposite.

It's alright. He was an ass. And now this is awkward.

[TELL YOUR BF THAT, LANA. Hence why this Borgia business has always struck a personal nerve with Steph. Family doesn't determine who you are.]

I've gone out of my way to prove that. I don't doubt it for a second.

[ SHE HAS TRIED, OKAY. HE DOESN'T REALLY LISTEN, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED... ]

Sorry, it was too personal of a question.

[ Lana would share her own awkward parent stories, but that would probably just make it worse, not better. ]

We can't really get more personal than the whole Black Mask thing before, so. Daddy issues rank slightly below that.

I guess that's true. I owe you two personal questions, in that case.

Oooh, fun. I'll have to think up good ones.

[Without falling into a whole lot of awkward.]

[ The awkward will go without saying. So long as it's not about Ezio, though, anything else should be fine. ]

Should I be scared now?

I hope not. I'm trying to not ask the obvious. [hey ur with my bff/kinda crush HOW'S THAT GOING]

[ TERRIBLE, HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO GET ME OFF, WHY THANK YOU FOR ASKING. ]

You can ask whatever you want. It's only fair.

[Steph has no idea why she does this to herself. It's going to be a trend.]

Umm... how's it going?

[YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.]

I don't know if that should count, that's a question you could get away with asking normally, isn't it? Unless...

[ oh god steph. ]

You mean. The bedroom?!

[WHAT]

NO!

Oh, thank God.

[ Because maybe that's a conversation she'd have with Chloe, but she doesn't know Steph even half as well. Although really the only big problem has to do WITH the bedroom, curses, so she has to say it's going great or else it will lead back in that direction... ]

Then that shouldn't count, but I'll answer anyway. It's going...well, I think. He tries really hard to be romantic, but you know nearly half the time he mucks it up by just being a pervert or chauvinistic. I try to cut him some slack, but...

I would never. I don't... ask that stuff. And I didn't know I could get away with asking about general stuff, with all the secrecy and whatnot and I think my face is on fire be right back--

[She has to fan her cheeks for a moment. Thanks, Lana.

Okay, she's back.]

Renaissance guys, huh. He'll learn. I mean, probably, he'll learn...

Sorry. Like I said, you can ask anything you want... So I just assumed you were going for the most private stuff. It's the kind of question my friend Chloe definitely would have asked if given the chance.

[ Gosh Stephanie, get it together already! Lana got over it quick enough. But, Stephanie does tend to get flustered more easily... It's cute.

Or it would be cute, if Lana didn't feel bad, because she seriously suspects Stephanie to have a crush. Then again, Chloe did on Clark, too... ]

I think he's come pretty far in a year. And he does try, that's what counts. He might ask a bunch of annoying questions when confronted with the problem, but that's better than trying to remain ignorant.

Some stuff he's fairly stubborn about, but he got on board with the independent future woman idea pretty fast, it seems. I probably have you and Molotov to thank for that. I have the feeling I got off easy most of the time.

[She was caught off guard, okay :( ]

He has.

After Damian, I have the patience of a saint. Explaining things to Ezio can be pretty interesting... sort of like having a toddler, I guess. A very big toddler.

Edited 2013-01-25 13:06 (UTC)

[ Aw, being reminded of Damian makes her sad. She misses him a lot, even if he did require a high level of patience and understanding. ]

I've made that comparison myself, but saying that to him would probably be too insulting. Still, aside from that, he's very sweet. It's just irritating to see him still act the same old way in public, even though I know why he has to. I can't help but worry how much of it is an actually an act.

[Calls him a big baby all the time, but she'll keep that to herself.]

He's determined to not screw this up. I don't think you need to worry.