[ this is not what dutch expected when she came here. she'd been expecting snogging, maybe a quick fuck -- but then, the last time they'd done that, dutch had used eggsy to distract herself from johnny and alvis going back into stasis.
this isn't bad. she still didn't expect it. for a moment, she musters eggsy, eyes sharp. assessing his honesty, deciding how willing she is to share with him based on how willing to share he is, too. her gaze softens at his answer. ]
Yeah.
[ she lifts her glass again. ] I'll drink to that.
[ full disclosure: eggsy never knows what to expect with dutch, just that he always enjoys it.
a clink and a drink it is, then. ]
I like hearing about your mental, space world, y'know. [ a little softer, that. still intimate and perhaps no less sad, given that all their worlds are gone. ] It's ain't like anything I've ever known.
[ nothing wrong with keeping a boy on his toes, now, is there? though dutch hardly does it on purpose. she's not that calculating, though khlyen would have liked for her to be. ]
Yeah?
[ all their worlds are gone and dutch misses the quad, despite it all. she wants to face aneela. to get a chance to end the war. instead, she's here.
[ relief colours his face when she admits her newness to magic. sometimes, he feels like the only one from somewhere normal. ]
Huh. We've got different political structures, but the issues are kind of similar to me. [ suspicious royals, territorial lines, and so on. ] Did you mess around with that pact business back in Wyver?
[ interesting. both what she says about her home and the pact. ]
Yeah. Me and Henry gave it a go. [ he hasn't mentioned it to anyone, even harry hasn't discussed it since, but he doesn't think you'd have to be a spy to guess who he would select as a partner. ] It's weird shit, Dutch.
[ not bad or good weird, but he apparently speaks russian now, so. ]
Like... Henry studied some languages at uni, yeah? [ wait. ] Do you have uni? [ quickly. ] At school. And I didn't, not even a little. [ in a tone suggesting he finds that obvious. ] But now — it's like I did.
[ he's welcome to hit her up for a drink (or more likely: something else) any time — but yeah. it's pretty much whenever she wants and dutch likes it that way.
maybe eggsy deserves better. maybe he doesn't mind it. ]
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Loaded question, I guess.
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[ she holds her glass out for a refill. if they're talking about stuff like this, she wants to be more drunk than she is. ]
Do you?
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at her question, eggsy thinks of his father, his family, and harry hart. ]
No. [ there's a list of things he needs to do — that he intends to do. ] It's a work in progress.
[ maybe that's how it is for everyone. ]
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this isn't bad. she still didn't expect it. for a moment, she musters eggsy, eyes sharp. assessing his honesty, deciding how willing she is to share with him based on how willing to share he is, too. her gaze softens at his answer. ]
Yeah.
[ she lifts her glass again. ] I'll drink to that.
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a clink and a drink it is, then. ]
I like hearing about your mental, space world, y'know. [ a little softer, that. still intimate and perhaps no less sad, given that all their worlds are gone. ] It's ain't like anything I've ever known.
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Yeah?
[ all their worlds are gone and dutch misses the quad, despite it all. she wants to face aneela. to get a chance to end the war. instead, she's here.
she shrugs. ] It's crazy, I'll give you that.
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Like this place?
[ el nysa, in its craziness -- or in other ways. ]
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Some of it, at least. Not the magic. [ that's new to her as well. ] And the politics are different.
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Huh. We've got different political structures, but the issues are kind of similar to me. [ suspicious royals, territorial lines, and so on. ] Did you mess around with that pact business back in Wyver?
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[ as for his second question, ] No.
[ too suspicious. too unwilling to link herself to anyone. lacking any serious candidates, too. ] Did you?
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Yeah. Me and Henry gave it a go. [ he hasn't mentioned it to anyone, even harry hasn't discussed it since, but he doesn't think you'd have to be a spy to guess who he would select as a partner. ] It's weird shit, Dutch.
[ not bad or good weird, but he apparently speaks russian now, so. ]
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Weird how?
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Fair. Guess that makes it just useful, not creepy as hells.
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Yeah. [ more useful than he can let on. ] So have a magic hook-up with someone with sick powers next time.
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[ even with what he's saying, dutch isn't sure she'd go for it. that she'd trust anyone enough to, much less the mages here. ]
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[ dutch doesn't care much for either wyver or olympia, but wyver suits her better for now. ]
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You mean I ain't gonna see you whenever I want — well, whenever you want.
[ teasing! but also it's definitely... whenever she wants... ]
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maybe eggsy deserves better. maybe he doesn't mind it. ]
There's always the station.
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Oh, stop it, you romantic.
[ but he'd go to the station in a heartbeat. ]
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Take that back.
[ but she's smiling even as she nudges him with the toe of one boot. ]
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[ sad dutch will never see casablanca tbh. ]
DID YOU EVEN SLEEP
LISTEN IM JETLAGGED 4AM IS THE NEW 8AM
ok fine
""''stop talking""" i'm laughing
she's a mess
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