Third Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn was stretched out on one of the couches and flipping through channels.

"Oooh, sharks."

After a few minutes, she was feeling a bit hungry, so she got up to make herself a sandwich. Any resemblance between the song she was humming and the Teeth theme song was purely coincidental.

[ooc: Open to all!]

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[nadiathesaint]

"Well, goodie for her. I guess I'm the only one she wants to bite and kick at, then."

Yeah, Nadia hadn't quite forgiven River for that. She had just been trying to help! Wasn't her fautl River was crazy and psychic. . . .

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler sat up very straight and stopped paying attention to the TV. His entire focus was on Nadia.

It might be a little disconcerting. "What? Were you sparring? You were sparring with her and she, she took it too far or something?"

[nadiathesaint]

"She threw a knife into her painted octopus and decided it was dead. I was trying to help, and she bit me. And then she kicked me."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler just stared at Nadia for a moment. He knew River was attached to her artwork, he knew she was unstable, but ...

Even at his worst, he had never hurt a person without some warning, some agreement from them to fight. Even when he didn't know what real was.

Even when he didn't know who he was.

"Did you say anything to her?" he asked, hoping. "Or think anything? That she was crazy? Because that really, really bothers her."

[nadiathesaint]

"I just wanted her to calm down. I said we could fix it. Give it an eyepatch or something. She hid under the table and I was trying to get her out."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"She was quite insistent that it was dead." Walter shook his head. "Nadia obviously meant well, but River didn't take it that way. I did get her to promise not to kick or bite her again, though."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Like a fucking toddler, Tyler thought. My girlfriend needs a binky and a nap.

No. that was cruel. he knew it, he knew it, he knew it, and ... he was standing. "That's something," he made himself say, voice hollow. "Thanks for telling me, guys."

And then he was walking out of the room, gritting his teeth until they squeaked.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia sighed and closed her eyes. "I'm forgetting something, here, aren't I."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Tyler and River are dating," Walter said. Or were?

"It's not your fault."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded. "Right. That'd be it, then."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter sighed and shrugged. "He has a right to know, right?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Yeah. I feel bad for him, not for her."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"She's always been nice when I've dealt with her, but I don't like that she hurt my-" girlfriend. No, not right. "That she hurt you when you trying to help."

[nadiathesaint]

Your what? What are we?

"Thanks."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

And wasn't that the question of the moment?

"Other than that, how are you? You beat Joxer in your workshop today?"

[nadiathesaint]

"It wasn't very hard. Look angry at him, and he buckles."

She wouldn't mention the more physical beating that had occurred in the gym. She hadn't actually hurt him, had she?

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"He doesn't seem to have much backbone, even if he brags a lot. I'm supposed to have sex spar with him tomorrow, I think."

[nadiathesaint]

"He won't be much of a challenge."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter cocked his head. "Do you want to meet up afterwards. I'll use him as a warmup. I'd like to see what you've learned."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded. "Sure. No wires from you, though. You'd be able to take me out too quickly."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Wires for sparring is cheating."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded. "Got to give the other person a fair chance. You're too good with those things."

She didn't mention the cut on her shoulder. It was small enough that she didn't feel she had to.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Sparring is for other skills anyway," Walter said, then smiled, looking eager. "Sakurazaki has some sword technique I want to spar with wires against. It should be fun."

[nadiathesaint]

"If you get to do it, let me know? I'd like to watch."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter nodded. "I'll call you when she and I finally are in the salle at the same time to try it out. She did say that it's a dangerous technique when other are around."