WHO: Ate & George WHEN: Evening, New Year's day WHERE: George and Ate's apartment building WHAT: Random cuteness, boy pouting, and 'oh hey, you're a midget now' times.
A brand new year and Ate was recovering from her hangover in a brand new apartment to match it. What was not brand new was the infatuation with that stupid New God that she just couldn't shake. He'd written just to remind her that he was getting married, just to get to her, and usually that sort of thing would cry out for her own special brand of vengeance. But mostly it just hurt. She was an ancient goddess yet the Democratic Party kept turning her into nothing more than a sniveling little girl. She should have cut him up into little bits and fed him to fish. That she didn't had nothing to do with the fact that he might be stronger than her.
Stupid boys. How come stupid Mark got to make her all... stupid??
With heavy footsteps she slumped down the stairs, muttering at her shoes (blameless in this whole mess as they were) and then thumped on George's door. "George!" she shouted through it, after taking another sip from the beer bottle in her hand. "Give me attention!"
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-01 07:53 pm (local) (link) Track This The first thought George had when he heard Ate was 'Oh balls, Sebastian is going to be pissed.' He darted to the door like the apartment was on fire and yanked it open.
Ah. He was at breast-level with Ate now. Well then.
"Ate?" George asked. "Are you okay?"
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-01 07:56 pm (local) (link) Track This Ate blinked at the teenage boy who was definitely not George. She looked past him into the apartment as though the real George might be lurking there, but he wasn't and so she looked back at the kid in confusion.
"Who the fuck are you?" she demanded. "If you're one of those hell-people killing my saint-friend I'm going to feed you your own balls, you little shit."
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-01 07:59 pm (local) (link) Track This George was oddly touched by this.
"No, Ate, it's me, I promise," George said, startled. "Redcrosse. Saint George. I'm under a spell, though, that's all."
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-01 08:03 pm (local) (link) Track This Ate quirked an eyebrow and leaned in to study his face. He didn't look like her Redcrosse but he did pretty much smell like him when she sniffed, and he felt like him, she supposed.
"Hmm," Ate finally said, straightening up and then poking him in the forehead and though proving he was real. "Duessa?"
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-01 08:06 pm (local) (link) Track This Huh, she was sniffing him. Did Ate have a super sense of smell? He'd have to ask about that.
"She is an evil bitch and our plan is to punch her in the face if she ever reappears," George said firmly. "And then maybe go get tacos once she's gone."
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-01 08:09 pm (local) (link) Track This Ate brightened a little at the suggestion of tacos, because one was never too depressed for Mexican food. She held out the half-empty bottle of beer to him. "Wanna come play with me?" Ate asked (or, more correctly, whined.)
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-01 08:20 pm (local) (link) Track This "Um, sure," George said, reaching up to pat Ate on the shoulder. "Sebastian, I'm gonna go hang out with Ate for a bit, okay?"
He hustled out of the apartment, since Sebastian and Ate speaking had the potential to end in Sebastian and Ate fighting, and George knew that would make him very sad.
Once he had his shoes on, he stepped out into the hallway. "Are you okay?"
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-01 08:29 pm (local) (link) Track This Ate kicked the skirting board in the hallway. "Stupid Mark says I'm not allowed to make a stupid fuss about his stupid wedding." Not that Ate even cared because Mark was stupid too.
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-01 08:33 pm (local) (link) Track This "You mean Democrat Guy Mark?" George asked. "Oh, Ate, I'm so sorry. Did you...I mean, did you know he was seeing someone?" George wasn't sure how much Ate and Mark actually talked. "Here, let's head up to your apartment, okay?"
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-01 08:37 pm (local) (link) Track This "Some other stupid god," Ate nodded, heading up the stairs. "I even told him I wasn't going to make trouble and once I even wrote this letter to her and it was really nice because I'm really nice and he completely flipped out about it and so over-reacted." She pushed open her apartment door (no need to lock it, as she saw) and continued talking. "And I thought maybe he still liked me because he said that maybe he would let me kill people for him and-"
Ate sat down heavily on the floor and looked up at George tearfully. "Why doesn't he love me anymore, Redcrosse??"
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-01 08:47 pm (local) (link) Track This George stumbled over his own feet at the mention of Ate possibly assasinating people for the Democratic Party (the amount of ways that would end badly were truly staggering), but was immediately distracted once Ate started crying.
He dropped to his knees next to her and wrapped her in a hug. "Shh, it'll be okay." He rubbed her back. "Sometimes, even if two people really love each other, it just doesn't work out between them, you know? And it's nothing either of them did, it's just the way things worked out."
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-01 08:53 pm (local) (link) Track This That was a stupid answer and it wasn't fair! But George was nice and the hug was sort of okay, even if that sort of thing was a bit gay unless it was some weird start up to sex.
"But he's mine," she whined. "We killed a president together! That's supposed to mean something!"
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-01 09:04 pm (local) (link) Track This Okay, seriously, what in the fuck? George wondered, still patting Ate on the back. He really hoped that wasn't a state secret he'd just been told.
"I know," he said out loud. "And it does mean something. And when you love someone, they're always yours in a way, no matter what happens. "
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-02 08:40 am (local) (link) Track This Ate pulled back with a growl and then threw the half-empty bottle at the wall violently where it shattered and sprayed the both of them with a litte glass and beer, even at this distance.
"I could pull out his entrails through his navel," Ate sneered, standing up. "You know, back in the day he would have begged me to take him back. He would have crawled through acid just to touch me- they all would have!" Then she slumped a little and pouted. "No one used to be able to resist me."
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-02 04:02 pm (local) (link) Track This "Tons of people still find you irresistable, Ate," George said, leaning back against the door. "People throw themselves at you all the time, right? I don't know him personally, but he's probably the one that changed, not you."
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-02 07:11 pm (local) (link) Track This "You don't throw yourself as me," Ate pointed out. Then she pondered for a moment, letting the idea flit across her face as she cast her eyes down his body, of really digging her claws into him. George wouldn't resist her if she worked her magic on him. She was infatuation and obsession and how could Redcrosse say no? But she shook her head and let the thought go. That wasn't what George was for, and besides, Ate was still a little confused by this boyish face her Redcrosse was wearing. It just wasn't right.
"He thinks he's changed. He says he's not 'bad' anymore," Ate explain, with annoyed air quotes. "Well, I'm not 'bad' either, so whatever!"
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-03 01:46 pm (local) (link) Track This "I'm married," George said firmly, even as he saw Ate considering the idea. "I'm married, and I love Sebastian, and I take that really seriously."
She apparently disgarded the idea, which made George sigh in relief. He didn't want to be angry at Ate, and her trying to mind-whammy him was definitely something to get angry over.
"I think he just means that he has to be a politician now," George said. He was trying to think of a way to say 'he can't murder presidents anymore' that wouldn't offend Ate. "So, you know, boring. He can't go out and do fun stuff or cause chaos because he's got to be responsible."
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-07 03:55 am (local) (link) Track This "Responsible is lame," Ate said, throwing herself down onto the couch, already completely over the idea of seducing George. And then, with barely even a pause and without any lead up, she said, "paint my toenails," and kicked off her high heels.
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-07 09:06 pm (local) (link) Track This "That it is," George said solemnly, smiling at her a little. And then he couldn't help but laugh.
"I can't promise that your toes won't end up looking like someone without thumbs went at them," George warned, getting up to flop onto the couch next to her.
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-07 09:14 pm (local) (link) Track This Ate reached out and grabbed a glittery silver pot of nail polish from the table and tossed it to him before throwing her legs onto his lap. "Make 'em pretty," she told him, "or I'll paint your eyeballs." She was mostly joking. "Tell me how pretty I am."
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-08 07:06 pm (local) (link) Track This George just laughed and looked at the bottom of the bottle to see if there was anything in particular he needed to do. 'Shake before using'. Makeup is weird, George reflected, shaking the bottle a few times before twisting the lid off.
"Ugh, this stuff smells," George said, breathing in a whiff of nailpolish fumes. "I don't know how women do this."
He took Ate's foot and, with great concentration, starting brushing the nailpolish across the nail of her big toe. Not looking up, he said, "You're beautiful, Ate. I'd say you were a goddess, but that's redundant." He shot her a quick smile.
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-13 01:49 pm (local) (link) Track This "We have stronger constitutions," Ate told him seriously when George made a face at the smell. "For having the babies or whatever."
She wiggled her toes at him expectantly, watching to see if he was going to mess it up. But when he told her she was beautiful Ate beamed at him brightly. See, even Saintly little Redcrosse thought she was a hottie, and she'd been involved with screwing him over by summoning Duessa. ... sort of. Not really. Whatever.
Now if only Mark could get that message as well.
"I think you should kill him for me," Ate said rather casually, deciding that it was a good idea as she said it.
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-13 02:15 pm (local) (link) Track This Like a doctor performing highly delicate heart surgery, George moved on to her next toe. He laughed when Ate suggested killing Mark.
"That would be a bad idea," he said, waiting until she stopped wiggling to continue. "Trained CIA assassins would show up and drag us both to Guantanamo Bay and waterboard us for like a million years."
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[info]recklessate 2011-01-13 02:19 pm (local) (link) Track This Ate smirked as she reached for the lipstick on the table. "It'd be worth it to see the look on his face." She leaned across without moving her legs too much and drew a lipstick heart on George's cheek.
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[info]the_lancer 2011-01-13 02:41 pm (local) (link) Track This "Hey!" George laughed, jerking away too late to avoid the lipstick heart. "This stuff takes forever to get off!"
He waved the nailpolish brush at her in a vaguely menacing fashion, grinning the whole time.