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[antivirus]

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[dyinglights]

nobody said you couldnt fight back

oh jesus

what are they

"you cant stab me laurie"

[antivirus]

Worse.

If this is gonna happen, you need to listen. Pulling shit you're not ready for will hurt you, me, or both of us.

And since I'm on the wrong end of a chainsaw on the regular, I'm not signing up for losing a finger or pulling a muscle because you wanted to be a brat.

[dyinglights]

[ this — almost makes her feel bad. he doesn't know what he's offering or to whom he's offering it. maybe if he did, he wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole. so add 'lying by omission' to her laundry list of offenses committed against her fellow survivors. ]

stop calling me that. youre speaking to your elder here

[ which makes it all the more frustrating, that Leon could possibly have something to teach her. ]

[antivirus]

If you don't like being called brat, stop acting like one.

[dyinglights]

im tallying how many times you call me one and when you reach a threshold you're gonna get a surprise

when do we start

[antivirus]

When you agree to the condition, I guess we'll talk.

( if she was trying to dodge that, NICE TRY )

[dyinglights]

fine i agree to the condition

i will listen

happy?

[antivirus]

Just peachy.

( why is he doing this again? )

Don't expect it to go anywhere fast. Krauser had me licking his boots for years.

[dyinglights]

excuse me

what the hell does that MEAN

[antivirus]

It means you don't go straight to suplexes and what artery to sever first. You have ground work to cover first.

[dyinglights]

[ she thinks but doesn't say this is all so fucking stupid and pointless, because then Leon would just call it off out of spite. but christ does it feel stupid and pointless. the only reason she's come crawling back to him is -- ]

okay OBI WAN

like what

teach me how to throw a punch etc

[ you know what a punch is going to do to a thing like Michael? NOTHING!!! ]

[antivirus]

The best offense is a good defense.

You can think that's bullshit as much as you want, but that's where we start.

[dyinglights]

it doesn't bother you that were designed to fail in this place

like you cant save the fucking world here

[ or even one miserable girl ]

[antivirus]

( it's more of the same. it shouldn't bother him, at some point he should be used to catastrophic failure. he's been stuck in this Sisyphean loop for so long. what's another failure, another loss, another life.

if only it didn't bother him. things would be so much easier. )

So, what. We should just lie there and take it?

[dyinglights]

no

not necessarily

it feels good to fight back even if its pointless

you know that thing wont even let us die?

[ why couldn't she have just fucking died, like Annie?

maybe she already has the answer to that question.

having a conversation with her is probably like getting whiplash, her moods swinging back and forth rapidly: despair and then spite, over and over. in one breath she's ready to lay down and die, and the next she's ready to stab him again. ]

[antivirus]

( isn't that the whole schtick? death isn't an escape? ...unless she means before then. )

After being chased by a girl chopped up with a katana, guess I'm not surprised.

[dyinglights]

it just waits til were empty and then we go somewhere else

it doesnt even have the decency to let us go

so im stuck here with him forever

[antivirus]

Lucky you.

If you're stuck here anyway, might as well make him just as miserable.

( should he navigate the conversation away from revenge? maybe. too late. Laurie should go to Kate if she wants a calm and measured beacon of hope. )

[dyinglights]

yeah?

and who are you making miserable while youre here

[antivirus]

Why limit myself. I'll make any of them miserable.

Bonus points for shoulder eyeball or the dipshit in sunglasses, though.

[dyinglights]

but you dont have a real bone to pick

an axe to grind

[antivirus]

Birkin's dick measuring contest got Raccoon city leveled and Wesker was the one with the tape measure out. That's why they're bonus points.

[dyinglights]

um ew

whatever

whens the first lesson

[antivirus]

Hey. You asked.

( don't pry if you aren't willing to hear dick metaphors, LAURIE )

I don't care. Pick a time we aren't both dying.

[dyinglights]

i hope it wont interfere with your burgeoning social life