He... complains. But he complains about literally everything because he's a baby, and he only allows himself to smile maybe once a year. What a tragedy.
Yes, it counts. Also, I'm going to need you to call or text me ahead of time before you kick his ass so I can be there for it.
My dreams are like yours, I guess. I can only dream of things I've seen before, things from my memories, so Art always looks, like, sixteen when I dream about him. Same with Benji. I don't actually know what Dodge looks like, but I know what golden retrievers look like in general so he just looks like any old golden retriever in my dreams.
Oh don't worry. I know. He says he doesn't like me all the time. I don't really care. As long as he doesn't trip me while we're running away from anyone.
Well. We're still at the I attack him and get flipped over and slammed into the ground and have my lungs cry because all the air is knocked out of them phase of learning how to fight him. But I've gotten harder to do that to.
You also dream about having an entire zoo of animals? Because that's what all my dreams are. [ No they're not....... ] I look awesome. Just so you know.
Wait. So you don't know what you look like? Arm Candy this is the most tragic thing I've read today.
Yeah, I wouldn't count on that. I wouldn't put it past him.
Oh my god, you're actually crazy. I love it. I mean, not the part where you get the wind knocked out of you by my asshole of a brother, but look at you go.
Hahaha. Dodge is more than enough for me. But "awesome" is kind of broad, you know.
I mean, I have a general idea of what I look like. I know I have brown hair and light brown eyes, and I know there's a handful of moles on my face and neck. I could probably use a haircut. But the last time I saw my face clearly was almost six years ago. Art says we're ugly though, so thank god my eyes went to shit, huh?
He lets me hide behind him all the time, I think if he planned on murdering me he'd have done it by now. But maybe. Sucks for him. I'm kind of like a roach. Hot right?
I want to learn how to protect myself and he won't teach me so I'm just going to harass him until I learn via osmosis or something.
Is this a subtle way of asking me to describe myself. Because I really like awesome. Okay, well I'm almost as pale as you, which is surprising since I lived out there for a while. Blue eyes, blonde hair. Long hair. Resting bitch face. Shorter than you. A nose. A face. Y'know. People features. I'll allow one moment of romantic touching my face to "see" in the future. But it has to be fairytale or I'm suing you.
Wouldn't call ya Arm Candy if you were ugly. Art says a lot of stupid shit anyway. My rule of thumb is if he's talking you should pretty much ignore him. Unless he's doing that thing with his eyebrows. Not that you can tell if he's doing a thing with his eyebrows, so maybe just rule of thumb number one.
I think if he was ever going to murder someone, he wouldn't plan it. Less time for the crime if it's accidental and not premeditated, or whatever.
You should know that when it comes to Art, persistence is key. Annoy the shit out of him until he can't do anything but agree to whatever it is you want in the hopes you'll get out of his hair. But don't tell him I told you that.
Do you have freckles? Are your ears pierced? Nose, maybe? Bangs, no bangs? I don't like doing the whole face-touching thing that much. It helps ME, but it usually just makes people feel weird and uncomfortable, so words are usually better. Details.
Also, I know what eyebrow thing you're talking about. He's been doing that since we were kids. I can't see when he does it anymore, but sometimes I can kind of feel it in his tone, if that makes any sense. Unless he's got a new eyebrow thing I don't know about.
Maybe, but he'd have to try really really hard. I'm not afraid of him. Underneath that awful layer of dickery and rudeness is another layer of the same thing, but beyond that I think he's got a teeny tiny little gooey center. Maybe. He's like a fucked up clam.
I already annoy the shit out of him. But your secret is safe with me. It's not like I can't fight it's just I want to be able to fight better. Y'know?
No freckles other than on my shoulders when I get too much sun. Ears are pierced. Nose is not. Needles that close to my face are a no thanks. (My ears were done when I was too young to tell my mom no way.) Bangs that I usually sweep to the side because they get in my eyes way too often. Yeah, but I'm giving you a freebie where there's no weirdness or uncomfortableness.
This less gooey center and more... unexpected pearl. Don't tell him I said that, either.
I know you do. He annoys the shit out of me complaining about how you annoy the shit out of him. He's probably one of the better people to learn from, though. I also might be a little bit biased.
Why not trim your bangs if they get in your eyes? Do you sweep them to the same side, or just whatever gets your hair out of your eyes fast enough?
He also used to do this thing where he'd touch right in front of his left ear with his middle and ring finger when he was anxious about something. Like right where your jaw hinges. I don't know if he does that anymore.
Unexpected pearl? Woah. Haven't seen that yet. I'll have to keep my eye out for it. Another secret safe with me. Soon I'll be able to blackmail you.
Oh. Sorry I guess. I mean not really, I don't regret annoying him. Besides if he wasn't so hard headed maybe I wouldn't annoy him so much. ... No that's a lie. I totally would. Can you fight?
Last time I cut my bangs it was... an experience. A bad experience. I used to get someone at the facility I'm from to do it but. Not going back there. Maybe I'll try again sometime. Whatever side. They're at an awkward length where they like fall in my face no matter what I do. Wow, I'm talking way too much about my hair for this to actually be interesting.
Good to know, very good to know. You're like the Noodles whisperer. I'll have to keep an eye for it. Any other tips and tricks I should know?
I'm not very nice when someone crosses me. Just a warning.
Don't be sorry. He's annoyed by pretty much everything, so I'm used to it. And him. But yes, I can fight. Not really the same way most people do. I'm better at deflecting and using peoples' center of gravity and their momentum against them, listening to where they are in relation to myself, paying attention to the shift in the air. I'm better at one-on-one, for obvious reasons. Kind of terrible if it's myself against many. I'm sure none of that made any sense.
You're not talking too much. I asked because I want to know. The more details, the better the mental image is. I can't really put a puzzle together if I don't have all the pieces.
I'm not any kind of whisperer, I'm just exactly what you said: his brother. And as his brother, I'm probably expected to show some amount of loyalty or something, so I'll be holding on to the rest of his secrets. For now.
So you're basically a cute less broody Daredevil. That's pretty cool. You should show me some of what you know so I can use it on your brother because all of that sounds bad ass. It totally made sense though. You've still got your 6th sense or whatever. Like when you know people are watching you, right?
I'm a puzzle? Wow, you must really be bored.
Alright. Fair enough. I can respect a loyal dude. I'll probably figure them out anyway.
Art's probably the second-to-last person you want to try my style on, since he's the one I practice with most of the time. You could still give it a go, but don't be surprised if you end up on your face. As for that feeling of being watched — I still get that prickly feeling on the back of my neck and the weird tightness between my shoulders sometimes, but I can't always prove it's because someone's staring.
Do you do puzzles because you're bored? I used to do them because they were challenging.
I'm going to defeat him. If it's the last thing I do. But also I still want to learn some stuff from you. It'd help me for people other than Art.
So you ARE Daredevil. That must be really helpful. Is it scary? Not being able to see? I'm scared of the dark and being blind sounds terrifying. Sorry is that too personal? You don't have to answer that.
Well I suck at puzzles for the most part. But yeah if I was bored I'd do one. You find me challenging? I'm not sure if I'm offended or if I like that. Anything else you want to know to solve your puzzle? We could play 20 questions.
We can see if one of the training rooms is free one of these days.
It's not scary for me anymore. It used to be, when things first started taking a turn, but now the most it ever is is frustrating, and even then that's only sometimes. You'd probably hate it.
In this case, challenging means interesting. I don't really have any other questions at the moment.
That's tough. Ya know Art makes a big deal out of being tough but I think you're stronger than him.
Okay. Well I do so I'm gonna ask them. How old are you? Where are you originally from? What kind of books did you like? Music? I can play 20 questions for both of us.
23. Before here, we lived in New York. I like mystery-thrillers and non-fiction, and whatever Benz is reading, when I can convince him to read out loud. I'm not particularly picky about music, but I don't really understand the appeal of heavy metal, and whatever it is when they just scream the whole time.
23. You're guys are so young. [ Aurora... Pls. ] New York. That's cool. Benz? Does he not like reading to you? Right? I hate heavy metal. And that's screamo and it's awful. I think they just sound like they're dry heaving. Hm. What about Hobbies?
I find enjoyment in how much he hates it and what it implies.
Benz doesn't mind reading out loud, but I don't ask him to do it often, especially if he's reading something boring. Hold on, how old are you? I thought you were around the same age as us.
Good to know he hates it. He never gives the the satisfaction of knowing that.
That makes sense. Tell him to read better books. Wow. Okay. Rude. You're not supposed to ask girls how old they are. Nah I'm just messing with you. 24. That year makes you so young.
Maybe if he didn't want to be called Noodles he shouldn't be such a wimp.
I guess. Or maybe people who look younger than they are and don't like being like "Yeah I'm actually 76." How did you know I was around your age? I could be a really spry 76 year old.
You're right he kept me from panic beating him to death with a crowbar when I thought he was a bandit trying to murder me. That's something I guess. Which was complete panic and self defense don't hate me for freaking out at your brother.
Oh really? Don't trust a thing he said about me. It's all lies.
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I don't mind questions, so long as they aren't ignorant. How is anyone supposed to learn anything if they don't ask questions?
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Aw. Noodles talks about me? That's so sweet. Thanks. I try.
I'm learning how to beat Noodles up by watching him. Does that count? But seriously being a jerk about something you can't really help is shitty.
What are your dreams like? At the other compound I used to know someone who only dreamed in black and white for some reason.
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Yes, it counts. Also, I'm going to need you to call or text me ahead of time before you kick his ass so I can be there for it.
My dreams are like yours, I guess. I can only dream of things I've seen before, things from my memories, so Art always looks, like, sixteen when I dream about him. Same with Benji. I don't actually know what Dodge looks like, but I know what golden retrievers look like in general so he just looks like any old golden retriever in my dreams.
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Well. We're still at the I attack him and get flipped over and slammed into the ground and have my lungs cry because all the air is knocked out of them phase of learning how to fight him. But I've gotten harder to do that to.
You also dream about having an entire zoo of animals? Because that's what all my dreams are. [ No they're not....... ] I look awesome. Just so you know.
Wait. So you don't know what you look like? Arm Candy this is the most tragic thing I've read today.
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Oh my god, you're actually crazy. I love it. I mean, not the part where you get the wind knocked out of you by my asshole of a brother, but look at you go.
Hahaha. Dodge is more than enough for me. But "awesome" is kind of broad, you know.
I mean, I have a general idea of what I look like. I know I have brown hair and light brown eyes, and I know there's a handful of moles on my face and neck. I could probably use a haircut. But the last time I saw my face clearly was almost six years ago. Art says we're ugly though, so thank god my eyes went to shit, huh?
That was a joke.
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I want to learn how to protect myself and he won't teach me so I'm just going to harass him until I learn via osmosis or something.
Is this a subtle way of asking me to describe myself. Because I really like awesome. Okay, well I'm almost as pale as you, which is surprising since I lived out there for a while. Blue eyes, blonde hair. Long hair. Resting bitch face. Shorter than you. A nose. A face. Y'know. People features. I'll allow one moment of romantic touching my face to "see" in the future. But it has to be fairytale or I'm suing you.
Wouldn't call ya Arm Candy if you were ugly. Art says a lot of stupid shit anyway. My rule of thumb is if he's talking you should pretty much ignore him. Unless he's doing that thing with his eyebrows. Not that you can tell if he's doing a thing with his eyebrows, so maybe just rule of thumb number one.
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You should know that when it comes to Art, persistence is key. Annoy the shit out of him until he can't do anything but agree to whatever it is you want in the hopes you'll get out of his hair. But don't tell him I told you that.
Do you have freckles? Are your ears pierced? Nose, maybe? Bangs, no bangs? I don't like doing the whole face-touching thing that much. It helps ME, but it usually just makes people feel weird and uncomfortable, so words are usually better. Details.
Also, I know what eyebrow thing you're talking about. He's been doing that since we were kids. I can't see when he does it anymore, but sometimes I can kind of feel it in his tone, if that makes any sense. Unless he's got a new eyebrow thing I don't know about.
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I already annoy the shit out of him. But your secret is safe with me. It's not like I can't fight it's just I want to be able to fight better. Y'know?
No freckles other than on my shoulders when I get too much sun. Ears are pierced. Nose is not. Needles that close to my face are a no thanks. (My ears were done when I was too young to tell my mom no way.) Bangs that I usually sweep to the side because they get in my eyes way too often. Yeah, but I'm giving you a freebie where there's no weirdness or uncomfortableness.
It makes total sense. You guys are brothers.
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I know you do. He annoys the shit out of me complaining about how you annoy the shit out of him. He's probably one of the better people to learn from, though. I also might be a little bit biased.
Why not trim your bangs if they get in your eyes? Do you sweep them to the same side, or just whatever gets your hair out of your eyes fast enough?
He also used to do this thing where he'd touch right in front of his left ear with his middle and ring finger when he was anxious about something. Like right where your jaw hinges. I don't know if he does that anymore.
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Oh. Sorry I guess. I mean not really, I don't regret annoying him. Besides if he wasn't so hard headed maybe I wouldn't annoy him so much. ... No that's a lie. I totally would. Can you fight?
Last time I cut my bangs it was... an experience. A bad experience. I used to get someone at the facility I'm from to do it but. Not going back there. Maybe I'll try again sometime. Whatever side. They're at an awkward length where they like fall in my face no matter what I do. Wow, I'm talking way too much about my hair for this to actually be interesting.
Good to know, very good to know. You're like the Noodles whisperer. I'll have to keep an eye for it. Any other tips and tricks I should know?
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Don't be sorry. He's annoyed by pretty much everything, so I'm used to it. And him. But yes, I can fight. Not really the same way most people do. I'm better at deflecting and using peoples' center of gravity and their momentum against them, listening to where they are in relation to myself, paying attention to the shift in the air. I'm better at one-on-one, for obvious reasons. Kind of terrible if it's myself against many. I'm sure none of that made any sense.
You're not talking too much. I asked because I want to know. The more details, the better the mental image is. I can't really put a puzzle together if I don't have all the pieces.
I'm not any kind of whisperer, I'm just exactly what you said: his brother. And as his brother, I'm probably expected to show some amount of loyalty or something, so I'll be holding on to the rest of his secrets. For now.
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So you're basically a cute less broody Daredevil. That's pretty cool. You should show me some of what you know so I can use it on your brother because all of that sounds bad ass. It totally made sense though. You've still got your 6th sense or whatever. Like when you know people are watching you, right?
I'm a puzzle? Wow, you must really be bored.
Alright. Fair enough. I can respect a loyal dude. I'll probably figure them out anyway.
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Do you do puzzles because you're bored? I used to do them because they were challenging.
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So you ARE Daredevil. That must be really helpful. Is it scary? Not being able to see? I'm scared of the dark and being blind sounds terrifying. Sorry is that too personal? You don't have to answer that.
Well I suck at puzzles for the most part. But yeah if I was bored I'd do one. You find me challenging? I'm not sure if I'm offended or if I like that. Anything else you want to know to solve your puzzle? We could play 20 questions.
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It's not scary for me anymore. It used to be, when things first started taking a turn, but now the most it ever is is frustrating, and even then that's only sometimes. You'd probably hate it.
In this case, challenging means interesting. I don't really have any other questions at the moment.
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That's tough. Ya know Art makes a big deal out of being tough but I think you're stronger than him.
Okay. Well I do so I'm gonna ask them. How old are you? Where are you originally from? What kind of books did you like? Music? I can play 20 questions for both of us.
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23. Before here, we lived in New York. I like mystery-thrillers and non-fiction, and whatever Benz is reading, when I can convince him to read out loud. I'm not particularly picky about music, but I don't really understand the appeal of heavy metal, and whatever it is when they just scream the whole time.
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23. You're guys are so young. [ Aurora... Pls. ] New York. That's cool. Benz? Does he not like reading to you? Right? I hate heavy metal. And that's screamo and it's awful. I think they just sound like they're dry heaving. Hm. What about Hobbies?
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Benz doesn't mind reading out loud, but I don't ask him to do it often, especially if he's reading something boring. Hold on, how old are you? I thought you were around the same age as us.
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That makes sense. Tell him to read better books. Wow. Okay. Rude. You're not supposed to ask girls how old they are. Nah I'm just messing with you. 24. That year makes you so young.
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Isn't the whole age-asking stigma a result of people being offended that you can't guess how old they are just by looking?
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I guess. Or maybe people who look younger than they are and don't like being like "Yeah I'm actually 76." How did you know I was around your age? I could be a really spry 76 year old.
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Also, I do talk to my brother sometimes. I ask questions. I like to know things.
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Oh really? Don't trust a thing he said about me. It's all lies.
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He's the one who said you're about our age. Not sure why he would lie about that?
[ also, the twins might go back and forth a lot, but they try not to lie to each other, so. ]
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